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bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social · 29d

That’s a wrap! Thank you Norwich for having us! See you all in #Glasgow2026 to celebrate the 60th annual #BSMM conference!

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Sep 6

#Norwich2025 for #BSMM2025 Starts tomorrow!! Remember @chownbioinf.bsky.social is cycling 200 km from London to Norwich to raise awareness and funds for @aspertrust.bsky.social you can still help in page below! www.justgiving.com/page/harry-c...

Tour de Fungi for The Aspergillosis Trust

Help Harry Chown raise money to support Aspergillosis Trust

www.justgiving.com

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bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social · Aug 31

#Norwich #BSMM2025 annual meeting starts a week from today! You can still register and can also check our exciting programme here! bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bsmm…

https://bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bsmm…

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy and honoured to contribute to this growing community as a Fellow of ECMM

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Jun 4

There’s still time! Registrations and abstracts submissions are still open. New deadline 13th of June!! Come and join us in #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025 bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs... @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social @elenaroselletti.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · May 7

DEADLINE IS NEAR!! Register and submit your abstract before 30th May!!
Join us!! 7th-9th September 2025 for the BSMM 59th annual conference at Norwich Assembly house
@normanvanrhijn.bsky.social @elenaroselletti.bsky.social #Norwich2025 #BSMM2025 bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs...

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · May 26

Don’t forget submitting your abstract and register for #BSMM2025 in Norwich. Join us 7th-9th September 2025. bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs...

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · May 22

Was so glad to present preliminary data about my research in #ISHAM2025 thanks to @youngisham the @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social and @balloulab.bsky.social for supporting me

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · May 7

DEADLINE IS NEAR!! Register and submit your abstract before 30th May!!
Join us!! 7th-9th September 2025 for the BSMM 59th annual conference at Norwich Assembly house
@normanvanrhijn.bsky.social @elenaroselletti.bsky.social #Norwich2025 #BSMM2025 bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs...

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Apr 7

Don’t forget to register and submit your abstract!! DEADLINE is 30th of May! #BSMM2025

Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Mar 12

Registration and Abstract NOW OPEN!!
Join us!! 7th-9th September 2025 for the BSMM 59th annual conference at Norwich Assembly house
@normanvanrhijn.bsky.social @elenaroselletti.bsky.social #Norwich2025 #BSMM2025

bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs...

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ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · Apr 7

Your wish is our command!

In this week’s episode, Alyssa & Callum discuss the essentials of fungal diagnostics with Professor Malcolm Richardson.

Half of them anyway. It’s a 2-parter. See you next week!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

#IDSky #microsky

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Mar 18

See you all there!

Oliver Cornely @olivercornely.bsky.social · Mar 18

🌍 ISHAM 2025 in Iguaçu Falls, Brazil, promises to be a key event in medical & veterinary mycology. With top experts and cutting-edge research from May 20-24, it’s an excellent opportunity for scientific exchange. 🔬
More info: www.isham2025.org/program-isha...

#ISHAM2025 #MedicalMycology

Program ISHAM 2025 | ISHAM 2025

View our programme for 2024

www.isham2025.org

Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Mar 13

Mexico has never been considered having autochthonous cases of Blastomycosis (even more surprisingly near Mexico city). This is probably telling us a new niche for Blasto has been brewing for some time now or we haven’t looked into it deeper #IDsky @msgerc.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social

Dr Neil Stone @drneilstone.bsky.social · Mar 13

Pleased to share an unususal case of disseminated cutaneous Blastomycosis we saw in the UK in a returning traveller to Mexico

#IDSky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Disseminated cutaneous blastomycosis acquired in Mexico: A case report and literature review

Blastomycosis is caused by species of the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces, (B. dermatitidis and B. gilchristi). It is an endemic mycosis that causes a sp…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Mar 12

Registration and Abstract NOW OPEN!!
Join us!! 7th-9th September 2025 for the BSMM 59th annual conference at Norwich Assembly house
@normanvanrhijn.bsky.social @elenaroselletti.bsky.social #Norwich2025 #BSMM2025

bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs...

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Mar 8

A couple of weeks ago we got our results on the current state of diagnostic capacities for fungal infections and other OI in PLWH in Mexico. Spoiler alert, a lot of work to be done at POC @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39966809/

Access to diagnostic testing for invasive fungal diseases and other opportunistic infections in Mexican health care centers caring for patients living with HIV - PubMed

In Mexico, most public HIV-dedicated health care centers lack on-site capacity to diagnose opportunistic infections, specifically fungal infections. Rapid tests and point-of-care tests are frequently ...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Feb 16

New Candida guidelines, a most waited one, a tour de force from a global effort led by @olivercornely.bsky.social and @rosannesprute.bsky.social Proud to have contributed to it and be witness of this effort @mrccmm.bsky.social 🔥 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM

Candida species are the predominant cause of fungal infections in patients treated in hospital, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. Candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidias...

www.thelancet.com

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Feb 9

A great option to join as member of the mycology community @msgerc.bsky.social and expand your network

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dwdenning.bsky.social @dwdenning.bsky.social · Feb 1

Today we mark World Aspergillosis Day.
Supporting early suspicion, diagnostic testing and optimal antifungal therapy. All over the world.
Seminar on Monday 3rd aspergillosis.org/world-asperg...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SL5S...

bupa-medical.com/2025/02/01/b...

txhospitals.in/world-asperg...

World Aspergillosis Day 2025 | Awareness by Dr. Elakiya Mathimaran | VS Hospitals

YouTube video by VS Hospitals

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Jan 30

Come and work w the Mucorales hunters @balloulab.bsky.social 👇🏽

Liz Ballou @balloulab.bsky.social · Jan 30

PhD studentship for UK citizens! Understand how Endosymbionts Impact Mucoralean Fungi Drug Resistance Profiles. These are devastating invasive fungal infections that need urgent research. Work with my team @mrccmm.bsky.social, @forestcita.bsky.social, and UKDSTL
www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...

BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Landscape Award | University of Surrey

17 PhD studentships for October 2025 start: Interdisciplinary approaches to Infection Biosciences to combat disease threats to human and animal health.

www.surrey.ac.uk

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · Jan 17

The Diagnosis of Mucormycosis by PCR: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis

Lottie Brown et al for @ishamycology.bsky.social Fungal PCR Initiative

Sn/Sp of Mucorales PCR on different samples:

Tissue 89%/87%
FFPE 71%/99%
BALF 97%/96%
Blood 81%/96%

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #MedMycoSky #IDSky

Visual abstract summarizing the operating characteristics of Mucorales PCR on different samples.
Sensitivity (%) / Specificity (%)
Tissue 89%/87%
FFPE 71%/99%
BALF 97%/96%
Blood 81%/96%

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Darren Thomson @darrenthomson.bsky.social · Jan 17

🔬 Are you interested in fluorescence microscopy of fungal pathogens/pathogenesis?
Mycology Bioimaging Intiaitive @mrccmm.bsky.social is thrillied to announce it's first workshop in CapeTown for #African scientists (w/AfricaMicroscopyInitiative)

Please disseminate!
forms.office.com/e/gcpvytvyuz

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Jan 3

From March through October 2024, a total of 46 human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infections were identified in the United States, with 20 linked to poultry exposure and 25 to dairy cow exposure. Read the full article: nej.md/3VU4R8I 

#MedSky #IDSky

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in Humans | NEJM

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human A...

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Jan 3

Influenza A(H5N1) viruses are an emerging zoonotic threat and have spread widely throughout birds in North America. Recently, influenza A(H5N1) infection led to serious illness in a teenager in Canada. Read the full correspondence: nej.md/4gR18Rt

#MedSky #IDSky

Critical Illness in an Adolescent with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection | NEJM

Influenza A(H5N1) viruses are an emerging zoonotic threat and have spread widely throughout birds in North America. Recently, influenza A(H5N1) infection led to serious illness in a teenager in Canada...

nej.md

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Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Dec 21

I see Mucorales everywhere… everywhere
#micologist #fungallife @mrccmm.bsky.social @balloulab.bsky.social

Dora E Corzo Leon @forestcita.bsky.social · Dec 19

I get hypnotised by microscopy every time I do this #microscopy #histology @darrenthomson.bsky.social

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