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Medical Mycology and Fungal Immunology MRes course, covering all aspects of medical mycology, immunity, the molecular basis of infection, and the genomics of infectious disease.

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MYCO-TALKS | Watch again

27 Apr 2021 - Myco-talks 11: Profs Neil Gow and Floyd Wormley

29 Apr 2021 - Myco-talks 10: Drs Leah Cowen and Iliyan Iliev

25 Mar 2021 - Myco-talks 9: Drs Scott Filler and Tihana Bicanic

25 Feb 2021 - Myco-talks 8: Drs Nelesh Govender and Anna Selmecki

28 Jan 2021 - Myco-talks 7: Dr Suzanne Noble & Dr Amariliz Rivera-Medina

17 Dec 2020 - Myco-talks 6: Prof Judy Berman and Dr Michail Lionakis

19 Nov 2020 - Myco-talks 5: Drs Joseph Heitman and Tobias Hohl

29 Oct 2020 - Myco-talks 4: Drs Sarah Gaffen and Alex Brand

24 Sept 2020 - Myco-talks 3: Profs Bernhard Hube and Geraldine Butler

24 Aug 2020 - Myco-talks 2: Dr Liz Ballou and Prof Bruce Klein

30 July 2020 - Myco-talks 1: Professor Arturo Casadevall and Dr Rebecca A Drummond

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.

Recordings of all the Medical Mycology Trainee Series also available to view on our Youtube channel.

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Register now for 24 June Mycotalks, 16:00 GMT

**Julian Naglik: Host-Candida interactions – a toxic encounter**

and

Elaine Bignell: Antivirulence strategies for tackling aspergilloses

JOINING: by Zoom on the last working Thursday of each month at 4pm (UK 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.

Previous mycotalks

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
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	Emergence and mechanism of fluconazole resistance in human cryptococcosis
S1 E10	29 April 2021	Geraldine Butler	Neil Gow	Leah Cowen	Identifying Vulnerabilities in Fungal Pathogens Through Functional and Chemical Genomic Analyses
				Iliyan Iliev	The Mycobiome of the gastrointestinal tract: at the crossroad of Protective Immunity and Inflammatory Diseases
S1 E11	27 May 2021	Judith Berman	Gordon Brown	Neil Gow	The fungal cell wall: communication across barriers
				Floyd Wormley	Induction of protective immunity against pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infections

Current 2020/21 programme of invited speakers:

Talk number	Meeting date	Chair	Deputy chair	Speakers	Title
SEASON 1
S1 E12	24 June 2021	Sarah Gaffen	Iliyan Iiiev	Julian Naglik	Host-Candida interactions – a toxic encounter
				Elaine Bignell	Antivirulence strategies for tackling aspergilloses
S1 E13	29 July 2021	Jay Kolls	Gordon Brown	Duncan Wilson	TBC
				Jules Ene	TBC
SEASON 2
S2 E1	28 August 2021			Bridget Barker	TBC
				Frank van Der Veerdonk	TBC
S2 E2	30 September 2021			Karl Kuchler	TBC
				Kirsten Nielsen	TBC
S2 E3	28 October 2021			Betty Wu-Hsieh	TBC
				Salome Leibundgut-Landmann	TBC
S2 E4	18 November 2021			David Denning	TBC
				Anita Sil	TBC
S2 E5	16 December 2021			Axel Brakhage	TBC
				Ashraf Ibrahim	TBC
S2 E6	27 January 2022			Ilse Jacobsen	TBC
				Gustavo Goldman	TBC
S2 E7	24 February 2022			Michael Lorenz	TBC
				Claire Hoving	TBC
S2 E8	31 March 2022			Dan Kaplan	TBC
				Peter Cook	TBC
S2 E9	28 April 2022			TBC	TBC
				Al Brown	TBC
S2 E10	26 May 2022			Anne Puel	TBC
				Christina Cuomo	TBC
S2 E11	30 June 2022			Mairi Noverr	TBC
				Xin Lin	TBC
S2 E12	28 July 2022			Jay Kolls	TBC
				Michelle Momany	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).