LIFE presented at WHO
June 18 2012
Hosted by Byron Arana ((Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) and Jorge Alvar (Neglected Tropical Diseases), Juan Luis Rodriguez Tudela and David Denning presented at a lunch time seminar on “Why fungal diseases are so neglected?...
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LIFE presented to ISHAM, with agreement to cooperate
June 14 2012
At its triennial global meeting of medical and veterinary mycologists in Berlin, the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, LIFE was formally presented for the first time. Many participants were engaged by the LIFE program...
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LIFE program presented to UHSM and MAHSC
June 07 2012
The first event of LIFE’s public launch was held at the University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM), when Professors Denning and Richardson unveiled the LIFE global strategy. UHSM is a key partner in LIFE’s educational program hosting UK’s National Aspergillosis Centre and Mycology Reference laboratory...
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Art competition closes with 320 entries
April 29 2012
IFE is delighted with the response to its art competition ‘Funky Fungi’, which attracted 320 entries from high school children in the northwest of England and north Wales. In February, the head-teachers of 437 schools were mailed colourful postcards to distribute to children aged 13-18...
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Global fungal infection priorities identified at ECCMID
March 31 2012
At the 10,000 strong annual meeting of the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases held in London, key research priorities related to fungal infections were described by Professor David Denning of the University of Manchester...
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