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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · 9d

Tomorrow!

Get up to date on invasive candidiasis management

Register here 👇

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · 15d

New Molecular Diagnostics CME Course!

www.funguscme.org/AMT2025/inde...

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Nate Bahr @natebahrid.bsky.social · 20d

Great news! @msgerc.bsky.social has just launched a new Dr Fungus App. All of the great information that is on the website is now on a (very) easy to use app put together by Matt Pullen. Apple (L) and Google (R) play store QR codes below.

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Oliver Cornely @olivercornely.bsky.social · 19d

Tomorrow at #TIMM2025 in Bilbao!
📍 4:15–5:45 PM
👉 @rosannesprute.bsky.social opens YECMM Clinical Research (Room 0A)
👉 @salmantongarcia.bsky.social kicks off “Diagnostic challenges in low-resource settings” (Room 0C)

Don’t miss it!

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · 19d

CME Registration Open: Closing Gaps in Invasive Candidiasis Care
register here 👇

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https://funguseducationhub.org/closing-gaps-in-invasive-candidiasis-care-a-virtual-town-hall-event/

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · 19d

The new Dr. Fungus app is now available on all iOS and Android/Google devices! This app serves as a handy companion to the Dr. Fungus website, providing quick, easy access to information on fungal organisms, medical mycoses, and antifungal medications!

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · 22d

It's Fungal Disease Awareness Week!

Did you know that fungal infection kills many millions of people every year?

The MSG is dedicated to tackle this problem through education and research

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Young ISHAM @youngisham.bsky.social · 22d

Be aware! We are in the Fungal disease awareness week!

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.buzzsprout.com/1118672/epis...

Episode 88: Mycology Unmasked: What Every Clinician Should Know - RCP Medicine Podcast

In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Neil Stone, consultant in infectious diseases and microbiology at University College London Hospitals and associate professor at UCL, joins host Dr Roha...

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Aug 19

fightfungus.org/clinical-tri...

CLINICAL TRIALS - HOW DO I FIND A CLINICAL TRIAL? - Mycology Advocacy, Research & Education (MyCARE)

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Best Practices in Management of Fungal Pneumonias: Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Perspectives - Fungus Education Hub

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Aug 3

New podcast from @RCPhysicians

@drneilstone.bsky.social on all things mycology!

player.rcp.ac.uk/podcasts/medic…

https://player.rcp.ac.uk/podcasts/medic…

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Aug 1

A great honor for MSGERC - our President Dimitrios Kontoyiannis will give the Joseph E. Smadel Lecture at IDWeek 2025 @idweek.bsky.social!
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The Committee recognized Dr. Kontoyiannis for his work on invasive fungal infections.

The talk is on Wednesday, October 22, at 9:15 a.m. ET.

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Jul 28

New online course on invasive fungal infection from @bsacandjac.bsky.social

www.futurelearn.com/courses/inva...

Invasive Fungal Diseases: What to Know - Online Course - FutureLearn

Explore the world of fungal infections and gain the skills to diagnose, treat, and prevent them in your healthcare practice. Upskill flexibly on this online clinical mycology course from BSAC.

www.futurelearn.com

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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · Jul 21

Shaun Yang, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, MLS(ASCP) talks about how his team developed a test to identify fungi, and how they utilize it to diagnose, make treatment adjustments, and rule out hospital acquired infections. #IDsky #medsky

How Genomic Sequencing Can Aid in Diagnosing Fungal Infections

Shaun Yang, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, MLS(ASCP) talks about how his institution developed a test to identify fungi, and how they utilize it to diagnose, make treatment adjustments, and rule out hospital ac...

www.contagionlive.com

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Jul 21

Today!

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Jul 21

Today!

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CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · Jul 13

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicab...

Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social

with invited guest:
Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University)

Listen here:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

Communicable E31: Climate change and fungal spread

The adaptability of fungi to warmer temperatures is an obvious...

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Oliver Cornely @olivercornely.bsky.social · Jul 16

🔬 New study: Olorofim shows promise for patients with invasive fungal disease who have limited treatment options. The first antifungal in its class, it demonstrated good tolerability and encouraging outcomes.
Read more 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40541222/
#IFD #Olorofim #Antifungal

Olorofim for the treatment of invasive fungal diseases in patients with few or no therapeutic options: a single-arm, open-label, phase 2b study - PubMed

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Slavica Janevska @slavi-jan.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share!
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/w/div) in “Microbial Infection Strategies” at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

jobs.hki-jena.de

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium @msgerc.bsky.social · Jul 14

Sign up for this fantastic event on molecular mycology diagnostics!

#IDSky

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