Good News: Dr Can Zhao awarded Alderley Park Accelerator opportunity
Congratulations to Dr Can Zhao, Co-Founder of UoM-MFIG spin-out InPepCide, who has been awarded a place on the full Accelerator Programme, which offers start-up and scale-up support to early stage and growing life science businesses on their journey to success. More...
During summer, hazardous mould species more abundant in rooms with windows: NEW PUBLICATION
In new study, University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) researchers have found that levels of a fungus hazardous to patients with respiratory disease are more abundant in rooms with outside facing windows during the summer...
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...
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course: Crash course on invasive fungal infections
Online Education Course21 October, 4 November, 18 November 2021Crash course on invasive fungal infectionsCourse Coordinator: Dr Riina Richardson, Manchester, UKRegistration ProcedureRegister on the ESCMID website by 19 October 2021 at...
Changing understanding and treatment of Aspergillus disease globally
The University of Manchester has been named the world's number one university in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, released on Wednesday, 21 April. For more information, please click here. Treating fungal disease globally is among the many example...
Dr Margherita Bertuzzi Awarded Prestigious Medical Research Council New Investigator Research Grant
We are delighted to announce that Manchester University lecturer Dr Margherita Bertuzzi has been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to study Aspergillus fumigatus-epithelial interactions, how these influence immune...
GAFFI annual report outlines its new strategy – access to diagnostics and antifungals, the centerpiece of its efforts
Global Action Fund For Fungal Infections (GAFFI) annual report outlines its new strategy – access to diagnostics and antifungals, the centerpiece of its efforts Following on from major steps forward since inception in 2013, GAFFI has adjusted its strategy with a new...
MFIG news: Prof Denning elected Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology
Washington, DC – February 16, 2021 – In February, the American Academy of Microbiology (Academy) elected 65 new Fellows to theClass of 2021. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the ASM, are elected annually through a...
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...
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Prof Mike Bromley (Centre Director)
Email: mike.bromley@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Margherita Bertuzzi
Email: margherita.bertuzzi@manchester.ac.uk
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