@f1amr-network.bsky.social
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Fancy doing a PhD on #fungi ? 🍄 I'm co-supervising a project on the MIDTP program with Dr Ayesha Rahman - follow the link for project details and how to apply! #FindAPhD #immunosky 🧪
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
🔬 Are you working on AMR-related innovations?
We are planning a B2B partnering event to connect academic entrepreneurs with UK & Irish businesses in the AMR space, before Annual Conference 2026.
Register your interest today - microb.io/48ide4Q #Microbio26 #KnockingOutAMR
Stakeholder consultations on the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR) next week - sign up here
19.09.2025 08:06 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of the BMS's Fungal Ecology journal
📣 Call for papers! Special issue of #FungalEcology on “Fungal conservation: from knowledge to actions” co-edited by Susana C. Gonçalves @cfemycolab.bsky.social & Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social. Deadline for manuscripts: 31 Jan 2026. Find out more: www.linkedin.com/company/brit...
28.08.2025 16:49 — 👍 26 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
🔬 #imageoftheweek: Aspergillus fumigatus is a common mould found in soil, compost & indoors. Most people breathe it in daily & for those with weakened immune systems, it can cause serious illness. Drug-resistant strains are an emerging threat.
📸 Kevin Mackenzie, Mark Stappers, Tina Bedekovic
Support @chownbioinf.bsky.social's Tour de Fungi(!), raising money for the Aspergillosis Trust - a fantastic cause @aspertrust.bsky.social
01.09.2025 08:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The morphology of R. silvicola sp. nov. strain CGMCC 2.7770T observed on YPD agar after 1 week at 20 °C includes colony morphology (a) and vegetative cells (b). Bars: 10 µm.
Rhodotorula silvicola sp. nov., a new yeast species from plant-associated substrates and mushroom. Published Open Access and fee-free in IJSEM using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/ijse... #IJSEM #PublishAndRead
28.08.2025 15:03 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Welcome @imperialfungal.bsky.social !
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Do you want funding to provide specific support to underrepresented communities to work or study in the biosciences? Then apply for an Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Culture (EDIC) grant before 14 September 2025!
Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/edic-grant.h...
#EDI #BiosciencesForAll
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My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!
More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
Group photo of the BMS conference participants in front of the Royal Holloway University of London.
Inspired by last week’s Student Research Conference & Annual Scientific Meeting #BMS2025? Become a BMS member and help promote fungal science. Learn more: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/membership-c...
Submit your mycology research and field studies to BMS journals: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/publications...
A circular logo featuring a human, livestock animal, tree and crops facing an aspergillus fumigatus conidiophore.
At the network launch event in April, we announce a competition for ECRs to design our logo. It is with great pleasure that we can now share the finished product, based on a winning design by @chownbioinf.bsky.social !
24.07.2025 08:26 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Call for papers on Fungal Pathogenesis, including fungal AMR.
22.07.2025 13:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#FlemingFund - hearing grave concerns about its abolition from the #AMR community.
And not convinced by "function is continuing just not form"
@bsacandjac.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @leanahosea.bsky.social #AntiMicrobialResistance #PublicHealth #OneHealth
Professor Robin May will join UKHSA as Interim Chief Scientific Officer in September
We’re pleased to welcome Professor Robin May as UKHSA’s Interim Chief Scientific Officer from September.
Robin joins us from @foodgov.bsky.social, bringing expertise in public health threats, and continues as Professor of Infectious Disease at @unibirmingham.bsky.social.
Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has launched a recruitment drive for Junior Editors and Junior Reviewers as part of its mission to nurture early career talent.
Read more: www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-to-...
Download full details and apply: appliedmicrobiology.org/about/our-te...
Join us today for the latest AMR in Focus webinar, 'Taking STRIDES: The value of diagnostics against AMR'. The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register before 10:30 BST today to attend: microb.io/4estktQ
21.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
🌍 Join the fight against antimicrobial resistance!
Be a part of the #TARGetAMR community - connect, share, and act with global experts tackling AMR together. 🔬
💡 Your voice matters.
🔗 Join us: www.targetamr.org.uk/community/
UK aid cuts to the Fleming Fund threaten global progress against AMR. We urge the UK Government to restore long-term support for AMR surveillance in LMICs. Find out more in our news story: microb.io/45fIq1R
17.07.2025 10:22 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Journal of Applied Microbiology Calls for Papers, Oxford University Press
Do you have research on tackling antimicrobial resistance? 🦠
Journal of Applied Microbiology and @amiposts.bsky.social are calling for papers on Mitigation of Resistance and Alternatives to Antimicrobials.
If you have a relevant paper, now's the time to share it: https://oxford.ly/44xukIw
🦠 New study reveals critical gaps in #fungal diagnostics & antifungal access across Peru. Urgent need for improved IFI care & equitable resource distribution. 📉⚕️
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1128/spec...
#GlobalHealth #Mycology #Peru #InfectiousDiseases @salmantongarcia.bsky.social
For current and recent undergrads - two of these internships focus on Ash Dieback, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
07.07.2025 14:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 RSB members - there's only a week to get your applications for our regional events and/or outreach and engagement grants - both close this Sunday 6 July!
Find out more and apply today: my.rsb.org.uk/services.php...
#EventGrants #OutreachAndEngagement #CitizenScience
The APEX Awards, jointly awarded with the @britishacademy.bsky.social and the @raeng.org.uk, are now open for applications, giving independent researchers the opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary research. Applications now close on 09 September: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/apex-...
26.06.2025 09:16 — 👍 9 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1
External Event Grant Awards of up to £750 are available for eligible members as a contribution towards the costs of registration, travel, and accommodation to attend an event beginning in the period 01 Sept – 31 Dec 2025. Apply now before 01 July at 23:59- microb.io/453Lo8W
26.06.2025 13:04 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Banner advertising the BMS Talk on 9th June, with a photo of the speaker, Sandra Varga
Arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi form mutually beneficial relationships with plant roots, supporting #plant growth. Join us online on 9th June to hear from Sandra Varga about research into the use of #AMF in #agriculture: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/bms-talks.html
26.06.2025 14:51 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Lots of opportunities popping up in #medicalmycology !
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Join us this week for #MycoTalks with Andrew Alspaugh and Erica Washington.
📅 Thursday 26 June
🕓 16:00 UK time
💻 Via Zoom
Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Two postdoc roles in Medical Mycology at Exeter!
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