Rebecca Drummond 🍄

Had a great time today with the lab team raising money for Macmillan cancer charity with our coffee morning! We raised over £300 with lots of tasty home bakes 😋 thanks to student Alanoud for making the video!

Excellent opportunity in one of the best neuroimmunology & glycobiology around 👇🏼

Picture of embroidery of a blue jay

Head of blue Jay Bird, from embroidery piece

Blue Jay (2025). My new article piece made entirely using a needle and thread 🪡🧵 #embroidery #embroideryart

Don't miss out on this meeting ! You have a few hours left to get your abstracts in. Looking forward to reading them 😀

Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges | Keystone Symposia Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges, January 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!

🕑Where does the time go!
⏳️There's only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #KSFUNGALPATH26 meeting in beautiful Breckenridge in January 2026.
📌Submit now to ensure your spot:
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges | Keystone Symposia Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges, January 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!

🕑Where does the time go!
⏳️There's only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #KSFUNGALPATH26 meeting in beautiful Breckenridge in January 2026.
📌Submit now to ensure your spot:
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

A critical point for all new PIs - planning ahead is essential!

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!

Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!!

@imibirmingham.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

There's one week left to apply for postdoc positions in my group. Links to apply below!
#academicjobs #researchjobs #immunosky

Npj fungal science is open!!

This is another exciting title for the npj family and this one has @therad-lab.bsky.social at the helm! 🤩

Very excited to announce launch of brand new journal npj Fungal Science! As EIC I'm joined by a fantastic board of academic editors from across the mycology field. You can learn more about the journal scope and submit your work here: www.nature.com/npjfungalsci/

Scholarships are available to attend the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting in Jan 2026! Want to be considered? Submit your abstract by 16th Sept. Links and details in post below 👇🧪 #KSFungalPath2026 #immunosky

The mystery of London’s Himalayan parakeets: myths v truth The birds’ striking plumage is a common sight across the capital. We may have solved the question of how they got here — and it has nothing to do with Jimi Hendrix

A fascinating read with a cup of tea this Sunday morning: discovering the origins of London's parakeets (we get to see the odd one here in Brum too!)
www.thetimes.com/article/b8d4...

Research Fellow - Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy - 106123 - Grade 7 We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed scientist to join our project team, which is aiming to better understand the in-host behaviour of fungal pathogens. The successful candidate will make ...

Microbiology job link:
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Research Fellow - Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy - 106119 - Grade 7 The successful candidate will make extensive use of a range of in vivo models of fungal infection and will have access to the wide range of transgenic tools and in vivo immunology techniques establish...

Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions available in our group are now online. Deadline August 25th.
🧪Immunologists, apply in link below.
🍄Microbiologists- please follow link in next post.
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Organ-specific immune responses are strain-dependent in a mouse model of Cryptococcus neoformans brain infection Cryptococcal meningitis remains the top cause of death from an invasive fungal infection in humans, responsible for ∼100,000 deaths annually of vulnerable patients with underlying immune deficiencies....

🚨New lab pre-print! We took a deep dive into brain immune responses comparing clinical isolates of C neoformans. Must read if you work on mouse models of cryptococcal meningitis. Also super proud that most of the authors are/were rotating MSc students
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#immunosky 🧪

Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.

New BBC article on fungal infections in which we are quoted:
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia Fungal Pathogens Meeting Promo

The abstract and scholarship deadline is fast approaching for the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting #KSFungalPath26 ! Submit your work by 16th Sept to join the fabulous line-up of invited speakers, featured in the video below (also includes submission links!)
youtu.be/olUnNGEsqbk?...

YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia Fungal Pathogens Meeting Promo

The abstract and scholarship deadline is fast approaching for the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting #KSFungalPath26 ! Submit your work by 16th Sept to join the fabulous line-up of invited speakers, featured in the video below (also includes submission links!)
youtu.be/olUnNGEsqbk?...

Thanks to new funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social we will soon be advertising two postdoc positions! Interested? Please get in touch in the first instance and I'll provide more info on the projects. You can also learn more on our lab website www.theradlab.co.uk
#immunosky 🧪

Toxic fungus from King Tutankhamun’s tomb yields cancer-fighting compounds – new study Unlocking the healing power of a deadly mould.

This is cool - fungi compounds to fight cancer
#immunosky 🧪
theconversation.com/toxic-fungus...

Aww what, are you even Scottish??

Definitely needs to be more ceilidhs at conferences

Recent advances in antifungal immunity Fungal infections are increasingly recognised as a major threat to global human health, with several million preventable deaths each year now attribut…

I wrote a new book chapter on all things antifungal immunity - good overview for those new to the field and students! Free access with this link until August 👇 🧪 #immunosky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lots of opportunities popping up in #medicalmycology !

Thanks to new funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social we will soon be advertising two postdoc positions! Interested? Please get in touch in the first instance and I'll provide more info on the projects. You can also learn more on our lab website www.theradlab.co.uk
#immunosky 🧪

We all need to apply for more grants more often with these success rates. Whether universities take this into account when considering workloads though...

And that's a wrap! Thanks to everyone who attended and made it a full and exciting day. Congratulations to our poster prize winners!

Next session we're switching gear to hear more about fundamental research and how this helps us understand clinical syndromes, lots of interesting insights from @sarahdimeloe.bsky.social ! #BSIMidlands25