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JCI - An IFN/STAT1/CYBB axis defines protective plasmacytoid DC–neutrophil crosstalk in Aspergillus fumigatus–infected mice
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October 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The fungi living in the body play an important role in health – here’s what you should know about the ‘mycobiome’
The ‘mycobiome’ refers to the hundreds of species of fungi that normally live on and in our body.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently
Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin
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October 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Mushrooms: Why do they kill? - ABC listen
As daily updates about the 'mushroom murders' monopolised newsfeeds around the country, the What the Duck?! team started questioning the motives.  Not the human ones — the fungi ones. Why would a mus...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Schüler and colleagues summarize our current knowledge of magnetosome formation and organization within the cell, and they explore their function, diversity and potential applications.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers
The Max Planck Society is good at attracting international postdocs but struggles to retain them, survey finds.
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September 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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How fungus-farming termites control weeds
Termites enlist microbes to defend their crops from undesirable fungi
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September 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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MSGERC Dr. Fungus App

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‎Dr. Fungus
‎The Dr. Fungus app serves as a companion to the official Dr. Fungus website, the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium resource for fungal disease education. This app provides up-to-d...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Aspergillus and Host-Pathogen Interaction: Focus on treatment-relevant aspects
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, with an expanding spectrum of at-risk p…
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September 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Why nurturing the gut microbiota could resolve depression and anxiety
Links between gut microbes and mental health could lead to large-scale trials of probiotic interventions.
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September 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Forget AI-generated music, this music was composed using DNA sequences
This researcher began writing DNA sequences to compose his own music. He hopes to inspire more people towards the space between STEM and the arts.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Mycoviruses steer fungal fitness - Nature Microbiology
A mycovirus drives the fitness of the lung-infecting fungus Aspergillus fumigatus under stress, helping it to survive within immune cells, and thus shaping its pathogenesis.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet
This is a significant scientific development, but several hurdles remain before we might see these antibiotics available for use.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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The Molecular Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases with a Focus on PCR www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/15...
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July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Forget AI-generated music, this music was composed using DNA sequences
This researcher began writing DNA sequences to compose his own music. He hopes to inspire more people towards the space between STEM and the arts.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Is US beef safe to eat? How worried should we be about ‘mad cow disease’, growth hormones and fatty meat?
US beef will soon be back on Australian menus. But how does it compare with home-grown beef? Three experts explain.
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July 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly
Prevention may be the best way to cope with the worldwide wave of treatment-resistant fungal pathogens.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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New paper out, surgery meets the microbiome: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Microbiome impacts surgical outcomes– comparison of gut microbiome dysbiosis in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy: results from the MISO pilot study - European Spine Journal
European Spine Journal - More than 10% of patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH) develop failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) often without clear...
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July 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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My new article for the @theconversation.com is co-authored with @olliemorton.bsky.social and covers the recent recall from #aflatoxin

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What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?
Aflatoxin can cause serious damage to the liver, including cancer. But contamination recalls are rare.
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July 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?
Aflatoxin can cause serious damage to the liver, including cancer. But contamination recalls are rare.
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July 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Please share! Exciting post-doc position in the Mitochondrial Research Group at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/research.... Great team of supportive colleagues, this project could drive meaningful change to patients, closes 8th April www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ082/r...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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👀Upcoming events:
BMS Annual Meeting 8 and 9 Sept 2025
BMS Adult Muscle Teaching Day 8 Sept 2025
BMS MRI Workshop 25 Nov 2025
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March 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Pilot Study Comparing the In Vitro Response of Circulating Monocytes to Aspergillus fumigatus Swollen Conidia in Patients with Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Healthy Volunteers www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/11...
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June 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Challenge Programme 2026 Webinar - Unravelling the pathways of human invasive fungal diseases - Novo Nordisk Fonden
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May 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM