Judith Berman is a Professor at Tel Aviv University since 2012 and Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. She studies how pathogenic yeasts respond […]
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Professor Nelesh Govender elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Professor Nelesh Govender, Professor in the School of Pathology at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa and Honorary PI at the MRC Centre for Medical […]
Discover ‘The Hidden World of Killer Fungi’ through a fascinating new visual display
Candida albicans biofilm (blue) formed from a population of Goliath cells (yellow), visualised in 3D. Image credit: Dr Iana Kalinina, Wilson Lab, University of Exeter […]
Professor William Horsnell joins MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
We are pleased to announce that Professor William (Bill) Horsnell will be joining the Universityās Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM), from […]
Lister Prize Celebration: Dr Elizabeth Ballou
On 11 July 2023 the Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) hosted Dr Elizabeth Ballouās 2022 Lister Prize award presentation. The Lister […]
Dr Johannes Rack awarded prestigious MRC Career Development Award
Dr Johannes Rack has won a prestigious MRC Career Development Award with MRC CMM entitled āControl of genomic integrity and virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus by […]
Prof Sean Wasserman appointed as MRC CMM Honorary member
Consultant and Associate Professor Sean Wasserman at the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape […]
āJumping genesā help fungus kill salamanders
A fungus that infects salamanders contains multiple copies of the same ājumping genesā, scientists have discovered. Jumping genes, called transposons, can ācopy and pasteā themselves and […]