MYCOLOGY 2020 will now take place on 19th and 20th March 2021
The QE2 Conference Centre, London
Register nowMycology 2020 Steering Committee Chairs:
Dr. S. G. Agrawal, BSc, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, Barts Health NHS Trust & Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Neil A.R Gow FRS, FMedSci, FRSE, FRSB, FAAM
Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact and Professor of Microbiology at University of Exeter
Organising Committee: Dr. Samir Agrawal, Prof. Neil Gow, Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr. Mansour Ceesay, Dr. Jonathan Lambourne, Dr. Rohini Manuel, Prof. Malcolm Richardson, Prof. Paul Verweij, Prof. Adilia Warris, Dr. Lewis White, Dr. Mansour Ceesay, Dr. Darius Armstong-James, Dr Rebecca Gorton, Dr. Paul Pfeffer and Dr. Duncan Wilson
We are delighted to announce a FREE webinar which will supplement the rescheduled Mycology 2020 event. The webinar “Aspergillosis and COVID-19: lessons learned in diagnosis and treatment” from Fungal Update and British Society for Medical Mycology will be held on December 11th, 2020 from 1330 to 1515.
Posters and authors will be present at the meeting in March.
Programme
Registration and Coffee
Welcome and opening remarks
Host susceptibility to pathogenic fungi
Cologne, Germany
Turin, Italy
London
Q&A
Interdependency of host and pathogen protein persulfidation governs disease severity in experimental and human aspergilloses
Dual role of peroxynitrite in A. fumigatus-host interactions
Comparative genomic analyses of A. fumigatus strains reveals disease-specific pathogenicity drivers
Q&A
Refreshments, networking & poster viewing
Haemato-Oncology 2: Is there an optimal IFD protocol?
Cryptococcus as a model system for gene expression regulation: control of protein abundance and structure by alternate start codons and their sequence context
Gilead Fellows Talk 1: Antifungal modes of action: Old and New
A Foray with Fungi: what our experiences teach us about managing fungal infections – Symposium supported by Gilead
Lunch, Networking and Poster Viewing
Evolving epidemiology and treatment approaches for invasive infections in Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Symposium supported by Pfizer
Medical mycology at a cross-road: the role of international organizations
Performance of different lateral flow assays for rapid detection of aspergillosis – Presentation via Skype
Assays for rapid detection of antifungal resistance
Next generation sequencing for invasive fungal disease – Presentation via Skype
Q&A
Pneumocystis jirovecii, from the organism to the disease
Cryptococcus gattii and long distance virulence
COFUN: An update on the construction and use of genome wide-knockout library in A. fumigatus
Q&A
Refreshments, networking & poster viewing
Fungal adaptation in CF and CPA through parasex: How to survive without sex.
An evaluation of the performance of the IMMY sona Aspergillus Galactomannan Lateral flow assay when testing serum to aid in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis.
Identification Of Drug Combinations To Entrap In A Carrier For The Treatment Of Onychomycosis
Carbohydrate metabolism regulates immune responses of the oral epithelium to Candida albicans
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Case Study 3
Annual General Meeting
Close of day 1
Dinner
Microbiome-mycobiome interactions and human disease
Understanding the impact of genetic variation on the host response towards infection – Presentation via Skype
Gilead Fellows Talk 2 : Triazole resistance mechanisms in Aspergillus fumigatus: what do we learn from full genome sequencing?”
Q&A
Who regulates the regulator? – Kinase mediated regulation of the molecular chaperone Hsp90 and its role in fungal virulence
Toward new insights into the role of the lung microbiota in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Epithelial uptake of Aspergillus fumigatus spores drives efficient fungal clearance in vivo and is aberrant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients
Q&A
C-type lectins in anti-fungal immunity
Diagnosis of fungal pathogens in CF
Sensitization in Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
Managing non-Aspergillus mould infections
Q&A
Immune characteristics of patients with influenza associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA)
Characterisation of Cryptococcus gattii derived extracellular vesicles and their role in fungal virulence
Calcium sequestration by fungal melanin reprograms macrophage metabolism toward glycolysis and antifungal immunity
Poster Talk
Refreshments, networking & poster viewing
Optimal fungal management – Immunology not microbiology
Fungiplex: Fungal PCR for Aiding the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease. Session supported by Bruker.
Rezafungin: a Novel, Once-Weekly Echinocandin in Phase 3 Development for Treatment and Prevention of Invasive Fungal Disease. Session sponsored by Cidara Therapeutics
Lunch, networking & poster viewing
Update on influenza associated aspergillosis
SNPs and risk stratification for the clinic
Host response to Aspergillus in asthma and allergic lung disease
Offered paper – Aspergillus fumigatus Cell Wall Promotes Apical Airway Epithelial Recruitment of Human Neutrophils
Q&A
Reverse engineering of Aspergillus pH signalling for anti-fungal drug discovery
Improvement in Diagnosis of Dermatophytosis through (Lean) Real-Time Molecular Techniques
Prospective evaluation of T2MR for the diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis in ICU patients
Q&A
Plenary : Presentations of prizes for winning posters
Closing remarks
Abstract Submission has reopened for submission
Thank you for your entries – the committee has commented on the high quality of submissions.
Please note that all accepted abstracts will be published in the Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology supplement
As the event has now been postponed until March 2021, abstract submission has re-opened. All successful oral and poster submissions will roll forward to March but there is an opportunity for new abstracts to be submitted. The closing deadline for poster submissions, is now 5th February 2021. Please use the template provided and submit to andy@pagemedical.co.uk
If there are any queries relating to abstract submission please contact Andy Cockayne at Page Medical on 01353 780060
Sponsors and Exhibitors
Please contact Debbie Cockayne at Page Medical for the sponsorship brochure for Mycology 2020.
Registration
Registration options and rates are below.
The fees below include registration for the whole of the Mycology 2020 conference. It also includes refreshment breaks throughout the conference (morning break, 2 course lunch and afternoon tea). The Conference Dinner is an additional charge and tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis.
Accommodation request are only available for BSMM students and there are only a limited number of rooms so please register as soon as possible. When all available rooms have been booked this option will be removed from the online registration form.
£225
Standard registration
£170
Standard BSMM & / or ISHAM member
£125
Trainee
£95
Student BSMM & / or ISHAM member
£150
One day meeting - Standard
£80
One day meeting - Trainee
£1,000
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