M Y C O - T A L K S

The MRC CMM would like to invite you to join us at the Monthly Myco-talks, where experts in Medical Mycology and related fields will be presenting their latest research.

Recordings of all of our previous Mycotalks are available to view on our Youtube channel.

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JOINING: by Zoom on the last working Thursday of each month at 4pm (UK time) | 5pm CET | 8am West Coast | 11am East Coast.
REGISTRATION: For each meeting you will have to register and will receive the zoom link to join by email.
CANCELLATION: if you are no longer available to attend, please DO CANCEL your registration to make your space available for another attendee.

Current 2020/21 programme of invited speakers:

Talk number	Meeting date	Chair	Deputy chair	Speakers	Title
SEASON 1
S1 E1	30 July 2020	Sarah Gaffen	Jay Kolls	Arturo Casadevall	Updating the fungal infection-mammalian selection hypothesis at the end of the Cretaceous Period
				Rebecca Drummond	Understanding Mechanisms of Organ-Specific AntiFungal Immunity
S1 E2	27 Aug 2020	Gordon Brown	Sarah Gaffen	Liz Ballou	The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan cell is an inducible and regulated morphotype underlying pathogenesis
				Bruce Klein	Genetic variation at the Interleukin-6 locus and human susceptibility to fungal infection
S1 E3	24 Sept 2020	Neil Gow	Jay Kolls	Bernhard Hube	The virulence and avirulence functions of candidalysin
				Geraldine Butler	Ongoing hybridisation in Candida species
S1 E4	29 Oct 2020	Oliver Kurzai	Jay Kolls	Sarah Gaffen	A Tale of Two Cytokines: IL-17 and IL-22 in driving oral mucosal immunity to Candida albicans
				Alex Brand	Rsr1 - a simple GTPase with a complex function in the cellular organisation of Candida albicans.
S1 E5	19 Nov 2020	Gordon Brown	Oliver Kurzai	Joe Heitman	RNAi-dependent epimutations evoke transient antifungal drug resistance
				Tobias Hohl	Foiling Fungal Invasion: Lessons from the Mycobiome and Pulmonary Antifungal Immunity.
S1 E6	17 Dec 2020	Joseph Heitman	Gordon Brown	Judith Berman	Tolerating challenges: lessons from pathogenic yeast
				Michail Lionakis	Aberrant type 1 immunity drives mucosal fungal infection susceptibility
S1 E7	28 Jan 2021	Sarah Gaffen	Alex Brand	Suzanne Noble	Candida albicans, a fungal pathobiont of the mammalian gut
				Amariliz Rivera	Novel insights on the regulation of interferons and innate antifungal immunity
S1 E8	25 Feb 2021	Alex Brand	Judith Berman	Nelesh Govender	Milestones in the Prevention and Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis
				Anna Selmecki	Genome plasticity and the acquisition of antifungal drug resistance in Candida species
Please be aware the timing of the 25 Mar session in your region may be affected by daylight saving time.
S1 E9	25 Mar 2021	Iliyan Iiiev	Joe Heitman	Scott Filler	Aspergillus fumigatus transcription factor expression and function during invasion of the mammalian lung
				Tihana Bicanic	TBC
S1 E10	29 April 2021	Geraldine Butler	Neil Gow	Leah Cowen	TBC
				Iliyan Iliev	TBC
S1 E11	27 May 2021	Judith Berman	Geraldine Butler	Neil Gow	TBC
				Floyd Wormley	TBC
S1 E12	24 June 2021	Sarah Gaffen	Iliyan Iiiev	Julian Naglik	TBC
				Elaine Bignell	TBC
S1 E13	29 July 2021	Jay Kolls	Gordon Brown	Duncan Wilson	TBC
				Jules Ene	TBC

Organising Committee:

Gordon Brown, Alex Brand and Neil Gow (MRC CMM, UK), Sarah L Gaffen (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Iliyan D Iliev (Weill Cornell Medical College, USA), Geraldine Butler (University College Dublin, Ireland), Oliver Kurtzai (University of Wuerzburg, Germany), Judith Berman (Tel Aviv University, Israel), Joseph Heitman (Duke University School of Medicine, USA) and Jay Kolls (Tulane University, USA).