@Wellcometrust Research Fellow | climate change and infectious diseases | fungus enthusiast | #OneHealth | (he/him)

Joined May 2019
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IT IS FINALLY OFFICIAL!! 📯📯 I’ve been awarded a @wellcometrust Fellowship 🎉🎊🎈 In the next 5 years I’ll be looking at evolution and adaptation of human fungal pathogens to a warming world!! @BrockhurstLab @UofMMFIG @bromleymichael
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Day 1 of the Brazilian Network Meeting on A fumigatus and Antimicrobial Resistance🌳🍄🌾 A wonderful day on a beautiful campus, the air samplers are out and we are ready for a day of fruitful discussions 🤝
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interested in clinical approaches to mitigate antifungal resistance development?! 🚨 Our latest review article in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy we explore important diagnostics and determinants for resistance academic.oup.com/jac/advance…
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🚨PhD opportunity The China Scholarship Council (CSC-UoM) Joint Scholarship Programme is to support outstanding Chinese researchers for PhD studies at the University of Manchester and nominations are now open. More information can be found at: bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/r…

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New publication🚨Long term collaborations pay off! I met Jean-Paul 8 years ago in France 🇫🇷 where he told me he doubted that A. fumigatus cell wall did not contain any B1,6-glucan🤷 (random conversation) Now we have shown it! ssNMR to the rescue👌 journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10…

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Another great @BritSocMedMyc meeting👌 Thanks to all @forestcita @SBidula @issyinthelab for organising Saying goodbye as my role as Early Career Representative🙋‍♂️but saying Hello as my new elected role as Treasurer Elect 💷
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🚨JOB ALERT The Bertuzzi Lab is recruiting 2 postdocs for their @wellcometrust funded Mucorales project. jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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Norman van Rhijn retweeted
At his recent TED Talk, @algore mentioned our research which forecasts that there will be an increased risk of infection from fungi over the coming years, the extent of which will depend on global actions to mitigate climate change. youtu.be/Ztx0Bch3h9s?si=kfPi…

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Truly honoured to have been recognised as a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology 🏅 Looking forward to many years of research 🧫🔬 #ECMM #MedicalMycology
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What better than to come back from holiday and go back to where my fungal interests all started 🔥🙌
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Norman van Rhijn retweeted
Climate change: shifting boundaries of fungal disease in Europe and beyond. @NormanRhijn @SarahSedik thorax.bmj.com/content/early…
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Last week as part of Cohort III I finished the Leading for Research Fellows programme🙌🔥 Most interesting to talk to Research Fellow from all over the university that run into the same barriers😅 (a lot of job security talks)
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Another exciting chat this morning live on CKNW (Canada) about the hidden threat of fungal infection 🍄‍🟫🦠🧫 open.spotify.com/episode/0Rt…

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Brazilian TV had a long section about fungal pathogens, AMR and the future risks of fungi🔥thoroughly enjoyed the filming day! Highlighting research from Brazil and how we in the UK collaborate across the globe 🌍 to bring awareness for fungal diseases
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Norman van Rhijn retweeted
🗣Calling all infection trainees and clinicians! Interested in #fungalinfection? Join us at the @BSMM annual conference 2025. 7th-9th September at the amazing @Assembly_House in Norwich. Registration and abstract submission now open. Research, case reports, audit & QI welcome.
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