Category: Meet the team

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I join MFIG following on from my Integrated Master’s fourth year project, which opened the door to a series of compelling questions surrounding the evolution of antifungal resistance in hyphae. My project identified aspects of resistance evolution which were largely...