Meet the PhD student: Laura Alguacil Cuellar
Hola! I am Laura, a PhD candidate at the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid, Spain. I completed a degree in Biology, followed by a Master’s in Microbiology and Parasitology. My previous experience includes working in hospital Mycology services and serving as a...
Meet the PhD student: Samriddhi Gupta
Hi, I’m Samriddhi, a new PhD student in Dr Mike Bottery’s lab. I’m originally from India and completed my undergraduate degree at Trinity College Dublin, followed by an MbyRes at the University of Exeter. I’m passionate about microbial evolution, and my previous...
Meet the PhD student: Laura Bevan
Hi I’m Laura, and I’ve just started my PhD in Dr Sara Gago’s group. I’m originally from London and did my Integrated Masters in Biochemistry at the University of St Andrews. I also did a placement year in Southampton working on HIV-1 glycosylation. Whilst my...
Meet the PhD Student: Natalie Shores
Hi, I’m Natalie, and I’ve just started my PhD in medical mycology. I completed my undergraduate studies in Birmingham, doing a 4-year integrated Master’s course. My original interest in fungi stemmed from a summer studentship I completed at the National Institute of...
Meet the PhD Student: Thomas Easter
Hi I'm Thomas, and I'm currently doing a PhD in medical mycology. After moving to Manchester from Exeter for my undergraduate degree in medical biochemistry, I joined MFIG to carry out my integrated masters project in October 2022. Here, I studied the interactions of...
Dr Mike Bottery awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award
I’m excited to share that I’ve been awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award to address the remarkable evolutionary adaptability of the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Serious fungal infections pose a unique challenge to human health, causing...
Dr Margherita Bertuzzi Awarded Wellcome Trust Fungal Adaptation Grant in collaboration with Dr Becky Hall to study Mucorales adaptation
I'm delighted to share that I’ve been awarded a Wellcome Trust Fungal Adaptation Grant in collaboration with Dr Becky Hall (Co-investigator from the University of Kent) to lead a major new research programme on Mucormycosis — a devastating fungal disease responsible...
Meet the PhD student: Phurichaya (Jane) Khunthong
Hi! I’m Phurichaya, but you can call me Jane. I’m from Thailand and funded by the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents (DPST) scholarship sponsored by the Thai government. My interest in medical mycology started during my bachelor’s degree in...
Meet the team: Katie Lisle
Hi I’m Katie. I’m joining the MFIG lab as a research technician on the FAILSAFE project which is investigating the effect of agricultural pesticide use on antifungal resistance in the treatment of Aspergillosis, an infectious disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus...
Meet the PhD student: Jamie Tindale
Hi, I'm Jamie, and I've just started my PhD in medical mycology. I'm originally from Sheffield and completed my undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Glasgow. After that, I moved to Manchester for a Master's in Infection Biology, where I worked on a...





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