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.
Gilead Sciences were represented by Dr Anne-Marie Dolan, and Pfizer were represented by Michael Murphy and Siobhan O’Donnell Byrne
Invited Speakers:
- Dr. Selinda Orr (QUB): “C-type lectin-like receptors and anti-fungal immunity”.
- Prof. Gary Moran (TCD): “The alpha, beta, gamma of TLO gene function in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans”.
- Dr. Rebecca Owens (Maynooth): “Characterising antifungal activity: methods to identify novel antimicrobials and their targets”.
- Dr. Matthias Brock (Nottingham): “Monitoring of fungal disease progression and therapy efficacy by in vivo bioluminescence imaging”
- Prof. Elaine Bignell (Exeter): “Anti-virulence strategies for tackling aspergilloses: lessons from genome-scale studies”
- Prof. John Morrisey (UCC): “Engineering the food yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus for production of aromatics”