Welcome to the new educational and teaching section
Visit New York Academy of Sciences ebriefing:
"Invasive Aspergillosis: New Approaches against a Dangerous Fungal Infection"
Five leading experts discuss state-of-the-art issues related to Aspergillus infection. The NYAS has opened access for users of this site to view an Academy ebriefing.
- The slides section contains:
- A lecture in powerpoint format designed
for students studying GCSE 'A' level Biology or science.
- An introductory lecture to antifungal
pharmacology
- Many slide presentations from relevant scientific meetings
- Many new lectures including a selection
from "Focus on Fungal Infections 14" meeting in New Orleans,2004
- A lecture in powerpoint format designed
for students studying GCSE 'A' level Biology or science.
- The audio clips section contains talks from the ATS 2003 meeting concerning moulds and asthma/allergies in adults and children
- The video clips section contains a set
of short cell biology video clips representing a visual image
of the interaction between human phagocytic cells and fungal elements.
- Several videos including a fine needle biopsy of the lung, a bronchoscopy, and removal of a fungal ball are available for clinical teaching purposes.
We will be adding much new material over the coming months so please keep visiting this section. Should you wish to donate material to the site please contact the Website Managers. The Aspergillus Website is happy for teachers to download any of the material solely for educational purposes, but please acknowledge the source and remember the copyright remains the property of the Fungal Research Trust. It is not permitted to reproduce this material on other websites or in any form without permission.