New MFIG member: Welcome to Sébastien Ortiz

New MFIG member: Welcome to Sébastien Ortiz

Sébastien is a new Research Associate with the Manchester Fungal Infection Group under the direction of Margherita Bertuzzi. In his upcoming research Sébastien aims to help elucidate the key interactions between the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus and lung...

Meet the PhD student: Harry Chown

Meet the PhD student: Harry Chown

Hi, I’m Harry, a first year-PhD student at the Manchester Fungal Infection Group. I am currently working on investigating the use of genomic technologies to enhance food safety and authenticity, a project funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...

MFIG News: Appointment of Director and Deputy Director

MFIG is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr Mike Bromley as Director and Prof David Denning as Deputy Director of MFIG.As a former co-director of MFIG, Mike is an internationally recognised leader in the study of drug resistance and drug discovery in human...

Meet the PhD student: Kayleigh Earle

Meet the PhD student: Kayleigh Earle

I am a first-year PhD student at Manchester Fungal Infection Group. My project, which is funded by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), is focused on developing an in vitro model to investigate Aspergillus...

New publication from the Amich Lab

New publication from the Amich Lab

In this study, we have performed a comprehensive characterisation of the promising antifungal target methionine synthase. We have underscored that in the absence of this enzymatic activity a deleterious metabolic shift develops, which causes a reduction of cell...