The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
@mrccmm.bsky.social
Based at the University of Exeter, the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology is a research facility focussed on the global threat of fungal infections and anti-fungal resistance.
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/medicalmycology
www.thefungalthreat.com
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/medicalmycology
www.thefungalthreat.com
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🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves!
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves!
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
📣 Join the MRC CMM team 📣
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
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November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
📣 Join the MRC CMM team 📣
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
Catch up on #MycoTalks Season 6
Episode 1 - Angie Gelli and Tuo Wang: youtu.be/gumk_Ye280E
Episode 2 - Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski: youtu.be/Yv6uNNp_TLg
Episode 1 - Angie Gelli and Tuo Wang: youtu.be/gumk_Ye280E
Episode 2 - Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski: youtu.be/Yv6uNNp_TLg
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Catch up on #MycoTalks Season 6
Episode 1 - Angie Gelli and Tuo Wang: youtu.be/gumk_Ye280E
Episode 2 - Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski: youtu.be/Yv6uNNp_TLg
Episode 1 - Angie Gelli and Tuo Wang: youtu.be/gumk_Ye280E
Episode 2 - Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski: youtu.be/Yv6uNNp_TLg
📣 Join the MRC CMM team 📣
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
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November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📣 Join the MRC CMM team 📣
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
Dr Johannes Rack's team are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore a new area of research: how fungal ADP-ribosylation signalling influences Aspergillus fumigatus survival, virulence, and diseases progression.
Deadline: 23 November 25
Join us for our next #MycoTalks with Eric Dang and Minh-Hong Nguyen
🗓️ Thursday 20 November
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
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November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🎆 Fungal fireworks! 🎆
This #imageoftheweek shows Trichophyton, the fungus behind athlete’s foot & ringworm. It is a mould, which forms spores that germinate and grow long, thin strands called hyphae.
📸 Mark Stappers, Ian Leaves and Darren Thomson, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
This #imageoftheweek shows Trichophyton, the fungus behind athlete’s foot & ringworm. It is a mould, which forms spores that germinate and grow long, thin strands called hyphae.
📸 Mark Stappers, Ian Leaves and Darren Thomson, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🎆 Fungal fireworks! 🎆
This #imageoftheweek shows Trichophyton, the fungus behind athlete’s foot & ringworm. It is a mould, which forms spores that germinate and grow long, thin strands called hyphae.
📸 Mark Stappers, Ian Leaves and Darren Thomson, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
This #imageoftheweek shows Trichophyton, the fungus behind athlete’s foot & ringworm. It is a mould, which forms spores that germinate and grow long, thin strands called hyphae.
📸 Mark Stappers, Ian Leaves and Darren Thomson, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
🚨 CMM LATAM Unit website is now live 🚨
Explore the CMM LATAM unit, established by University of São Paulo, Brazil and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (CMM).
🌍 Explore cutting edge research
🎓 Discover funding and training opportunities
🛡️ Join the FAILSAFE network
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Explore the CMM LATAM unit, established by University of São Paulo, Brazil and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (CMM).
🌍 Explore cutting edge research
🎓 Discover funding and training opportunities
🛡️ Join the FAILSAFE network
cmm-latam.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🚨 CMM LATAM Unit website is now live 🚨
Explore the CMM LATAM unit, established by University of São Paulo, Brazil and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (CMM).
🌍 Explore cutting edge research
🎓 Discover funding and training opportunities
🛡️ Join the FAILSAFE network
cmm-latam.com
Explore the CMM LATAM unit, established by University of São Paulo, Brazil and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (CMM).
🌍 Explore cutting edge research
🎓 Discover funding and training opportunities
🛡️ Join the FAILSAFE network
cmm-latam.com
👻 This creepy critter isn’t a Halloween costume, it’s Trichophyton - a fungus that causes athlete’s foot & ringworm! 🧟Seen under the microscope, it looks like it’s reaching out to haunt your skin🎃
📸 Mark Stappers
#imageoftheweek #halloweenscience #halloween #fungi
📸 Mark Stappers
#imageoftheweek #halloweenscience #halloween #fungi
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
👻 This creepy critter isn’t a Halloween costume, it’s Trichophyton - a fungus that causes athlete’s foot & ringworm! 🧟Seen under the microscope, it looks like it’s reaching out to haunt your skin🎃
📸 Mark Stappers
#imageoftheweek #halloweenscience #halloween #fungi
📸 Mark Stappers
#imageoftheweek #halloweenscience #halloween #fungi
#imageoftheweek ¦ Screening a library of mutant fungi
Scientists at the Centre often remove or 'knock out' a particular gene to see how it affects the fungi's response to different antifungal drugs, to deepen understanding & improve outcomes for patients.
Scientists at the Centre often remove or 'knock out' a particular gene to see how it affects the fungi's response to different antifungal drugs, to deepen understanding & improve outcomes for patients.
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#imageoftheweek ¦ Screening a library of mutant fungi
Scientists at the Centre often remove or 'knock out' a particular gene to see how it affects the fungi's response to different antifungal drugs, to deepen understanding & improve outcomes for patients.
Scientists at the Centre often remove or 'knock out' a particular gene to see how it affects the fungi's response to different antifungal drugs, to deepen understanding & improve outcomes for patients.
Join us this week for #MycoTalks with Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski @olszewskilab.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
🔗 Register now to secure your spot: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
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October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Join us this week for #MycoTalks with Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski @olszewskilab.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
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🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
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This weekend we've been at the @newscientist.com Live event at London ExCel. We've seen thousands of people keen to learn about the global threat of fungal infections and answered some really tricky questions, such as 'Are fungal spores soft or hard?'.
#outreach #STEM #engagement
#outreach #STEM #engagement
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This weekend we've been at the @newscientist.com Live event at London ExCel. We've seen thousands of people keen to learn about the global threat of fungal infections and answered some really tricky questions, such as 'Are fungal spores soft or hard?'.
#outreach #STEM #engagement
#outreach #STEM #engagement
🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ Candida albicans goliath cells
Goliath cells are oversized, ultra-sticky yeast cells formed when Candida albicans is starved of zinc. They cling to plastic and build biofilms, making them a potential culprit in hospital infections. 🧫
🔗 buff.ly/JikHPLM
📸 Iana Kalinina
Goliath cells are oversized, ultra-sticky yeast cells formed when Candida albicans is starved of zinc. They cling to plastic and build biofilms, making them a potential culprit in hospital infections. 🧫
🔗 buff.ly/JikHPLM
📸 Iana Kalinina
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ Candida albicans goliath cells
Goliath cells are oversized, ultra-sticky yeast cells formed when Candida albicans is starved of zinc. They cling to plastic and build biofilms, making them a potential culprit in hospital infections. 🧫
🔗 buff.ly/JikHPLM
📸 Iana Kalinina
Goliath cells are oversized, ultra-sticky yeast cells formed when Candida albicans is starved of zinc. They cling to plastic and build biofilms, making them a potential culprit in hospital infections. 🧫
🔗 buff.ly/JikHPLM
📸 Iana Kalinina
🎉 Preparations are underway for New Scientist Live 2025 🎉
🧫 Ian, one of our fabulous Research Technicians, is making sure the fungi are looking their best, ready to wow the crowds!
📅 Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October
📍 New Scientist Live, Excel London, stand G24
🔗 buff.ly/MCuaJX4
🧫 Ian, one of our fabulous Research Technicians, is making sure the fungi are looking their best, ready to wow the crowds!
📅 Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October
📍 New Scientist Live, Excel London, stand G24
🔗 buff.ly/MCuaJX4
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🎉 Preparations are underway for New Scientist Live 2025 🎉
🧫 Ian, one of our fabulous Research Technicians, is making sure the fungi are looking their best, ready to wow the crowds!
📅 Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October
📍 New Scientist Live, Excel London, stand G24
🔗 buff.ly/MCuaJX4
🧫 Ian, one of our fabulous Research Technicians, is making sure the fungi are looking their best, ready to wow the crowds!
📅 Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October
📍 New Scientist Live, Excel London, stand G24
🔗 buff.ly/MCuaJX4
🧠🌿 A full house at Sidmouth Science Festival yesterday for Prof @neil-gow.bsky.social talk on the fascinating world of fungi, supported by Ian Leaves.
From deadly infections to life-saving research at the MRC CMM, visitors explored killer fungi through microscopes & stunning artwork! 🔬🎨
From deadly infections to life-saving research at the MRC CMM, visitors explored killer fungi through microscopes & stunning artwork! 🔬🎨
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🧠🌿 A full house at Sidmouth Science Festival yesterday for Prof @neil-gow.bsky.social talk on the fascinating world of fungi, supported by Ian Leaves.
From deadly infections to life-saving research at the MRC CMM, visitors explored killer fungi through microscopes & stunning artwork! 🔬🎨
From deadly infections to life-saving research at the MRC CMM, visitors explored killer fungi through microscopes & stunning artwork! 🔬🎨
Reposted by The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
Encouraging to find a packed audience at the Sidmouth Science Festival to hear about how good and bad fungi shape the world. @mrccmm.bsky.social. Also thanks to Ian Leaves for mycohelp. @britmycolsoc.org.uk @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Encouraging to find a packed audience at the Sidmouth Science Festival to hear about how good and bad fungi shape the world. @mrccmm.bsky.social. Also thanks to Ian Leaves for mycohelp. @britmycolsoc.org.uk @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social
This week we welcomed the Textiles Diploma students from Exeter College. They were visiting the Centre to inspire them to create their own mycology artwork. Previous students have created amazing artworks for us and we can't wait to see what this year's intake produce.
#Engagement #Art #Fashion
#Engagement #Art #Fashion
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week we welcomed the Textiles Diploma students from Exeter College. They were visiting the Centre to inspire them to create their own mycology artwork. Previous students have created amazing artworks for us and we can't wait to see what this year's intake produce.
#Engagement #Art #Fashion
#Engagement #Art #Fashion
🧪 #imageoftheweek Cutting-edge science in action at #Candida25
Talks from Catrin Williams, Hugh Gifford, Arnab Pradham, @harry-osborne.bsky.social @seanaduggan.bsky.social & @jusher.bsky.social revealed new disease models, fresh insights into Candida glabrata ⬇️ 🧵
Talks from Catrin Williams, Hugh Gifford, Arnab Pradham, @harry-osborne.bsky.social @seanaduggan.bsky.social & @jusher.bsky.social revealed new disease models, fresh insights into Candida glabrata ⬇️ 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🧪 #imageoftheweek Cutting-edge science in action at #Candida25
Talks from Catrin Williams, Hugh Gifford, Arnab Pradham, @harry-osborne.bsky.social @seanaduggan.bsky.social & @jusher.bsky.social revealed new disease models, fresh insights into Candida glabrata ⬇️ 🧵
Talks from Catrin Williams, Hugh Gifford, Arnab Pradham, @harry-osborne.bsky.social @seanaduggan.bsky.social & @jusher.bsky.social revealed new disease models, fresh insights into Candida glabrata ⬇️ 🧵
Only 8 days to go until New Scientist Live!
Find us at stand G24 to explore:
🧫 Different types of deadly fungi
🛡️ Fungal infections & their affect on our bodies
💉 Cutting-edge science to fight fungal infections
📍 Excel London
📅 18-19th October
buff.ly/fV7qWt4
Find us at stand G24 to explore:
🧫 Different types of deadly fungi
🛡️ Fungal infections & their affect on our bodies
💉 Cutting-edge science to fight fungal infections
📍 Excel London
📅 18-19th October
buff.ly/fV7qWt4
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Only 8 days to go until New Scientist Live!
Find us at stand G24 to explore:
🧫 Different types of deadly fungi
🛡️ Fungal infections & their affect on our bodies
💉 Cutting-edge science to fight fungal infections
📍 Excel London
📅 18-19th October
buff.ly/fV7qWt4
Find us at stand G24 to explore:
🧫 Different types of deadly fungi
🛡️ Fungal infections & their affect on our bodies
💉 Cutting-edge science to fight fungal infections
📍 Excel London
📅 18-19th October
buff.ly/fV7qWt4
Reposted by The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
Hugh Gifford also giving an excellent talk on his work discovering xenosiderophore transporters in C. auris killifish infections @mrccmm.bsky.social #Candida2025
October 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hugh Gifford also giving an excellent talk on his work discovering xenosiderophore transporters in C. auris killifish infections @mrccmm.bsky.social #Candida2025
Reposted by The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
Last @mrccmm.bsky.social talk of the day from talented PhD candidate @harry-osborne.bsky.social about how cell wall targeting antifungals impact immune recognition to C. albicans.
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last @mrccmm.bsky.social talk of the day from talented PhD candidate @harry-osborne.bsky.social about how cell wall targeting antifungals impact immune recognition to C. albicans.
Reposted by The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
I had a great time getting to present my work on the impact of Manogepix on antifungal immunity at Candida and Candidiasis yesterday! Some really great discussions at my poster! #Candida2025
@mrccmm.bsky.social
@mrccmm.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I had a great time getting to present my work on the impact of Manogepix on antifungal immunity at Candida and Candidiasis yesterday! Some really great discussions at my poster! #Candida2025
@mrccmm.bsky.social
@mrccmm.bsky.social
Reposted by The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
Fantastic start to day 2 with Arnab Pardhan discussing work from the group looking at niche-simulating media and the impact on PAMP exposure #Candida2025 @mrccmm.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Fantastic start to day 2 with Arnab Pardhan discussing work from the group looking at niche-simulating media and the impact on PAMP exposure #Candida2025 @mrccmm.bsky.social
We recently welcomed Prof. Fiona Powrie and her team to the MRC CMM for the yearly Microbiome Cluster @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social meeting. The Microbiome Cluster studies the impact of the microbiome on genetic diseases involving barrier surface malfunction.
🔗 Find out more buff.ly/zuLgJ1J
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October 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We recently welcomed Prof. Fiona Powrie and her team to the MRC CMM for the yearly Microbiome Cluster @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social meeting. The Microbiome Cluster studies the impact of the microbiome on genetic diseases involving barrier surface malfunction.
🔗 Find out more buff.ly/zuLgJ1J
🔗 Find out more buff.ly/zuLgJ1J
Join us for our next #MycoTalks with Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski @olszewskilab.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
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October 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join us for our next #MycoTalks with Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski @olszewskilab.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
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🗓️ Thursday 23 October
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Join us for our next #MycoTalks with Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
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🗓️ Thursday 23 October
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October 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join us for our next #MycoTalks with Bernd Schnabl and Michal Olszewski
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
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🗓️ Thursday 23 October
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
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