An online lecture on fungal pathogens delivered by Professor Neil Gow
Neil was the co-founder and former co-director of the MRC-CMM, that relocated to Exeter in 2018, and his his laboratory focusses on how we can use studies of the outer cell walls of medically important fungi to generate much needs drugs, diagnostics and immune therapies.
Despite being relatively unpopularised as a branch of infectious disease biology, the most recent estimate of global annual attributable deaths due to fungal pathogens is around 2.5 million - more than due to HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, breast or prostate cancer.
Despite this, we have few classes of antifungals, no vaccines and a limited array of diagnostics to deal with this major health care challenge.
Professor Gow will will explore how dynamic changes in the wall influence drug efficacy and the ability of the immune system to recognise it and induce appropriate immune responses. Professor Gow is current President of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology.
Who should attend?
This event would appeal to adults, university students and final year school science students.
Registration
This event is free to attend and will take place via Zoom. Advance registration is essential through the link at the top of the page.
Special requirements
If you have any accessibility requirements, please let me know during your booking, and we will do what we can to accommodate your needs.
Contact
For booking and website queries, contact Ellie Barrand at
regions@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3444.