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...
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
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...
MFIG’s origins and mission
Fungal diseases kill more people annually than TB or malaria, but are very poorly understood.Resistance to frontline antifungal agents is a growing public health concern and fungal infections are thought to contribute significantly to morbidity in influenza and...
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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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