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...

MFIG’s origins and mission

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...