25 January 2024 - MycoTalks S4E4: June Round and Damian J Krysan
30 November 2023 - MycoTalks S4E3: Sandy Johnson and Mat Fisher
26 October 2023 - Myco-talks S4 E2: Jennifer Lodge and Amelia Barber
28 September 2023 - Myco-talks S4 E1: Jatin Vyas and Carol Munro
Recordings of all of our previous MycoTalks are available to view on our Youtube channel.
Monthly MycoTalks
Monthly MycoTalks
MycoTalks
The MRC CMM would like to invite you to join us at the Monthly MycoTalks, 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.
Recordings of all the Medical Mycology Trainee Series also available to view on our Youtube channel.
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- JOINING: by Zoom on the last working Thursday of each month at 16:00 (London, Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh time)
- 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 programme of invited speakers:
Talk number |
Meeting date |
Chair |
Deputy chair |
Speakers |
Title |
SEASON 4 | |||||
S4 E1 | 28 September 2023 | Gordon Brown | Geraldine Butler | Jatin Vyas | The Role of the cGAS/STING Pathway in innate immunity to C. albicans |
Carol Munro | Targeting the fungal cell wall | ||||
S4 E2 | 26 October 2023 | Neil Gow | Joseph Heitman | Jennifer Lodge | The changing coat of Cryptococcus |
Amelia Barber | From Environment to Infection: Insights from Aspergillus fumigatus | ||||
S4 E3 | 30 November 2023 | Alex Brand | Neil Gow | Sandy Johnson | Evolution of pathogenesis in the Candida clade |
Mat Fisher | Citizen-Science Approaches to Understanding Big Fungal Problems | ||||
S4 E4 | 25 January 2024 | Oliver Kurzai | Iliyan Iliev | June Round | Microbes with benefits: Neonatal microbes promote lasting metabolic health |
Damian J Krysan | Moving it inside: Candida albicans filamentation in vivo | ||||
S4 E5 | 29 February 2024 | Judy Berman | Christina Cuomo | Alessia Buscaino | Discovery of an active RNAi pathway in Candida albicans |
Sing Sing Way | Immunology learned from fungal colonization | ||||
S4 E6 | 28 March 2024 | Iliyan Iliev | Sarah Gaffen | Blake Billmyre | High-throughput genetics, essential gene discovery, and antifungal resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans |
Registration is now open for MycoTalks S4 E6 | Antonis Rokas | Strain heterogeneity in a non-pathogenic fungus highlights factors contributing to virulence | |||
S4 E7 | 25 April 2024 | Sarah Gaffen | Alex Brand | Toni Gabaldon | |
Neta Shlezinger | |||||
S4 E8 | 30 May 2024 | Geraldine Butler | Jay Kolls | Oliver Kurzai | |
Pushpa Pandiyan | |||||
S4 E9 | 27 June 2024 | Christina Cuomo | Gordon Brown | Yong-Sun Bahn | |
Wendy van de Sande | |||||
S4 E10 | 25 July 2024 | Joseph Heitman | Oliver Kurzai | Christina Hull | |
Thuy Le |
Organising Committee:
Gordon Brown, Alex Brand and Neil Gow (MRC CMM, UK), Judith Berman (Tel Aviv University, Israel), Geraldine Butler (University College Dublin, Ireland), Christina Cuomo (Broad Institute, USA), Sarah L Gaffen (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Joseph Heitman (Duke University School of Medicine, USA), Bernhard Hube (Hans Knöll Institute, Germany), Iliyan D Iliev (Weill Cornell Medical College, USA), Jay Kolls (Tulane University, USA), Oliver Kurzai (University of Wuerzburg, Germany).