Adilia
@adilia12.bsky.social
paediatric infectious diseases, medical mycology, host-fungus interaction, antifungal resistance
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18 Fully Funded PhD Studentships – October 2026 Start
Join our BBSRC-funded doctoral programme in Infection Biosciences, tackling global challenges like emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance, and food insecurity.
Learn more & apply: www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
Join our BBSRC-funded doctoral programme in Infection Biosciences, tackling global challenges like emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance, and food insecurity.
Learn more & apply: www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
18 Fully Funded PhD Studentships – October 2026 Start
Join our BBSRC-funded doctoral programme in Infection Biosciences, tackling global challenges like emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance, and food insecurity.
Learn more & apply: www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
Join our BBSRC-funded doctoral programme in Infection Biosciences, tackling global challenges like emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance, and food insecurity.
Learn more & apply: www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
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Fungi can be found everywhere. People can get fungal diseases from contact with an infected animal, skin scrapes that are exposed to fungi in dirt or plants, and from breathing fungal spores in the air.
📸 Microscopy: D. Thomson, D. Corzo Leon, A. Hudson, T. Bedekovic, M. M. Guillan
📸 Microscopy: D. Thomson, D. Corzo Leon, A. Hudson, T. Bedekovic, M. M. Guillan
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fungi can be found everywhere. People can get fungal diseases from contact with an infected animal, skin scrapes that are exposed to fungi in dirt or plants, and from breathing fungal spores in the air.
📸 Microscopy: D. Thomson, D. Corzo Leon, A. Hudson, T. Bedekovic, M. M. Guillan
📸 Microscopy: D. Thomson, D. Corzo Leon, A. Hudson, T. Bedekovic, M. M. Guillan
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Last chance to register for the first #MycoClinics of Season 5.
Dr Dionysios Neofytos will speak about PCP in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: What we need to know.
📅 Thursday 4 September, 🕓 16:00 (UK time), 💻 via Zoom.
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr Dionysios Neofytos will speak about PCP in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: What we need to know.
📅 Thursday 4 September, 🕓 16:00 (UK time), 💻 via Zoom.
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last chance to register for the first #MycoClinics of Season 5.
Dr Dionysios Neofytos will speak about PCP in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: What we need to know.
📅 Thursday 4 September, 🕓 16:00 (UK time), 💻 via Zoom.
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr Dionysios Neofytos will speak about PCP in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: What we need to know.
📅 Thursday 4 September, 🕓 16:00 (UK time), 💻 via Zoom.
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🎓 Congratulations to our 2025 Graduates! 🎓
This week, we proudly celebrate the outstanding students graduating this week. We're incredibly proud of all you’ve achieved, and excited to see the impact you’ll make 🧫🌍
This week, we proudly celebrate the outstanding students graduating this week. We're incredibly proud of all you’ve achieved, and excited to see the impact you’ll make 🧫🌍
July 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎓 Congratulations to our 2025 Graduates! 🎓
This week, we proudly celebrate the outstanding students graduating this week. We're incredibly proud of all you’ve achieved, and excited to see the impact you’ll make 🧫🌍
This week, we proudly celebrate the outstanding students graduating this week. We're incredibly proud of all you’ve achieved, and excited to see the impact you’ll make 🧫🌍
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PODCAST DROP!
This week Callum & Alyssa talk to Jeremy Day about Cryptococcus! Overview & diagnostics this week, treatment next week. Enjoy!
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#idsky #idtwitter #microsky #infection #fungi
This week Callum & Alyssa talk to Jeremy Day about Cryptococcus! Overview & diagnostics this week, treatment next week. Enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#idsky #idtwitter #microsky #infection #fungi
113. The yeasts: Cryptococcus part 1, overview and diagnosis
Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 07/07/2025 · 45m
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July 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
PODCAST DROP!
This week Callum & Alyssa talk to Jeremy Day about Cryptococcus! Overview & diagnostics this week, treatment next week. Enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#idsky #idtwitter #microsky #infection #fungi
This week Callum & Alyssa talk to Jeremy Day about Cryptococcus! Overview & diagnostics this week, treatment next week. Enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#idsky #idtwitter #microsky #infection #fungi
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We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. George H. McCracken, one of the founding architects of the field of pediatric infectious diseases, passed away July 3 at the age of 89. Dr. McCracken was a founding PIDS member and served on the BOD twice. He was an icon, a mentor and friend.
July 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. George H. McCracken, one of the founding architects of the field of pediatric infectious diseases, passed away July 3 at the age of 89. Dr. McCracken was a founding PIDS member and served on the BOD twice. He was an icon, a mentor and friend.
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Co authors that I’m aware are on here include; @emilyplumpton.bsky.social @billhorsnell.bsky.social @profandrewmac.bsky.social,
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Co authors that I’m aware are on here include; @emilyplumpton.bsky.social @billhorsnell.bsky.social @profandrewmac.bsky.social,
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We took part in the recent @penarc.bsky.social pop-up Research Cafe. @drpetercook.bsky.social and his lab talked about the work they are doing on #asthma. This was a great opportunity to engage the public in the work that we do at the Centre. Lots of interesting discussions and insights.
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We took part in the recent @penarc.bsky.social pop-up Research Cafe. @drpetercook.bsky.social and his lab talked about the work they are doing on #asthma. This was a great opportunity to engage the public in the work that we do at the Centre. Lots of interesting discussions and insights.
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Trends in candidemia over the last 14 years: a comparative analysis of Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
Trends in candidemia over the last 14 years: a comparative analysis of Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans
Our study analyzed 14 years of candidemia in a single institution in order to compare the incidence, clinical outcomes, and transmission patterns of both species.
doi.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trends in candidemia over the last 14 years: a comparative analysis of Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
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#imageoftheweek
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#imageoftheweek
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
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Check out the Noster prize winning essays @science.org The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines
Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines
www.science.org
July 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Check out the Noster prize winning essays @science.org The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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What if something quick and free could cut your heart attack risk by 34%? Getting a flu vaccine each year is linked to a 34% lower risk of major cardiovascular events. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Influenza Vaccination and Cardiovascular Risk
This meta-analysis updates a previous meta-analysis examining the association of seasonal influenza vaccination with prevention of adverse cardiovascular events for a new large clinical trial.
jamanetwork.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What if something quick and free could cut your heart attack risk by 34%? Getting a flu vaccine each year is linked to a 34% lower risk of major cardiovascular events. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Join us this week for #MycoTalks with Andrew Alspaugh and Erica Washington.
📅 Thursday 26 June
🕓 16:00 UK time
💻 Via Zoom
Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 Thursday 26 June
🕓 16:00 UK time
💻 Via Zoom
Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join us this week for #MycoTalks with Andrew Alspaugh and Erica Washington.
📅 Thursday 26 June
🕓 16:00 UK time
💻 Via Zoom
Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 Thursday 26 June
🕓 16:00 UK time
💻 Via Zoom
Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The CMM LATAM Unit has been awarded a prestigious grant of over R$ 5 million (£750,000) from FAPESP, the São Paulo Research Foundation, to tackle endemic mycoses in Latin America.
Read the full story here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycol...
Read the full story here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycol...
Funding granted to tackle endemic mycoses in Latin America
Founders and leadership team of the MRC CMM and CMM LATAM Unit
sites.exeter.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The CMM LATAM Unit has been awarded a prestigious grant of over R$ 5 million (£750,000) from FAPESP, the São Paulo Research Foundation, to tackle endemic mycoses in Latin America.
Read the full story here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycol...
Read the full story here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycol...
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A groundbreaking advancement in the detection of mucormycosis has been achieved by MRC CMM's Prof Chris Thornton & his collaborators! Discover more at news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
New test could save lives from deadly fungal infection which spiked during pandemic
A new lateral-flow test could one day save lives across the world through early detection of a deadly fungal disease which dramatically spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. The test is being…
news.exeter.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A groundbreaking advancement in the detection of mucormycosis has been achieved by MRC CMM's Prof Chris Thornton & his collaborators! Discover more at news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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Please repost: We are looking for a postdoc interested in antifungal immunity to study T cell responses and sensitization to Malasezia in atopic dermatitis. #Immunology @lableibundgut.bsky.social @neil-gow.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social
For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
June 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Please repost: We are looking for a postdoc interested in antifungal immunity to study T cell responses and sensitization to Malasezia in atopic dermatitis. #Immunology @lableibundgut.bsky.social @neil-gow.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social
For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Trump has made it so easy to see how hollow and self-centred the Global North is
The UK is slashing its aid budget, following in US footsteps.
“Rather than rising to this challenge and offering emergency support, the UK is delivering another blow to health systems around the world."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
“Rather than rising to this challenge and offering emergency support, the UK is delivering another blow to health systems around the world."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts
Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Trump has made it so easy to see how hollow and self-centred the Global North is
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Exciting new BBSRC-funded doctoral programme to train the next generation of researchers in Infection Biosciences. You will acquire high level training needed to combat existing and future disease threats to human and animal health.
Apply by 28 Feb 2025
www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...
Apply by 28 Feb 2025
www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...
January 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Exciting new BBSRC-funded doctoral programme to train the next generation of researchers in Infection Biosciences. You will acquire high level training needed to combat existing and future disease threats to human and animal health.
Apply by 28 Feb 2025
www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...
Apply by 28 Feb 2025
www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...
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Management of Rare Mould Infections is the topic of our next #MycoClinics with Dr Giovanni L Breda and Professor Monica Slavin
Join us!
📅Thursday 6 March 2025
🕓16:00 GMT
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us!
📅Thursday 6 March 2025
🕓16:00 GMT
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Management of Rare Mould Infections is the topic of our next #MycoClinics with Dr Giovanni L Breda and Professor Monica Slavin
Join us!
📅Thursday 6 March 2025
🕓16:00 GMT
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us!
📅Thursday 6 March 2025
🕓16:00 GMT
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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We are pleased to announce that Professor Adilia Warris, Co-Director @mrccmm.bsky.social, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Read more here:
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Professor Adilia Warris elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Professor Adilia Warris, Professor at the University of Exeter and Co-Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, academic career development and training strategy lead at the NIHR Exeter BRC, an...
sites.exeter.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We are pleased to announce that Professor Adilia Warris, Co-Director @mrccmm.bsky.social, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Read more here:
sites.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycol...
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January 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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This will kill so many people living with HIV who depend on PEPFAR programs to stay on their HIV treatment driving further HIV drug resistance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This will kill so many people living with HIV who depend on PEPFAR programs to stay on their HIV treatment driving further HIV drug resistance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...