IFS Annual Meeting 2024

We are pleased to announce that the 2024 IFS annual conference will be held on Wednesday and Thursday June 19th/20th 2024, in the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast.

This day and a half event will include 6 invited talks from fungal experts within UK and Ireland, selected short talks from abstract submissions, a poster session and a conference dinner to be held in the Ulster Museum right next to campus on Wednesday evening, for a fully inclusive fee of €120.

See below for more details, or follow the links.

Registration is open!

Abstract submission portal is open!

A limited amount of on-site accomodation is available for conference attendees only, and can be booked here.

Thinking of spending some time exploring Belfast?

Take a look at the Visit Belfast website for lots of information including travel options, things to see and do, places to eat and drink, ideas and inspiration for your visit, find out how you can make your trip to Belfast and the surrounding area more sustainable, see what's on in the city, and other essential information!

They even have a selection of discounts and offers exclusive to conference delegates in the city! For more information, you can download the Spring 2024 City Guide here.

 

IFS 2023

The Irish Fungal Society held its annual meeting in Dublin City University on June 22nd, 2023.

We had a range of Irish and International speakers discussing topics on medical, agricultural, and industrial fungi.

For details of the prize-winning oral and poster presentations, click here.

For photographs of the invited speakers, click here.

For photographs of some of the poster presentations, click here.

The Irish Fungal Society annual meeting was supported by Gilead who provided funding. Their supported speaker was  Dr Anne-Marie Dolan. Gilead has had no input into the content of the materials used at this meeting.

Pfizer were a sponsor of the meeting and were represented by Michael Murphy and Siobhan O’Donnell Byrne

Invited Speakers: