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Fungi are responsible for rotting fruit, crumbling brickwork and athlete’s foot. They have a mouldy reputation; but it’s their ability to destroy things that enables new life to grow. 90% of all plants depend on fungi to extract vital nutrients from the soil. And it’s probably thanks to fungi that the first plants were able to colonize land 450 million years ago. Professor Lynne Boddy shares her passion for fungi with Jim Al-Khalili and describes some of the vicious strategies they use to defend their territory. Direct strangulation and chemical weapons; it’s all happening underground.
BBC Radio 4 2016
Medical and Patient education videos
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Chair: Prof. Peter Donnelly
Proposers: Drs. Keith Wilson (BMT Unit, Cardiff) & Vanya Gant (Microbiology, UCLH, London)
Opposers: Drs. Brian Jones (Microbiology, Glasgow) & Stephen Ellis (Imaging, Barts, London) -
Dr. Jonathan Lambourne, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
Dr. Subathira Dakshina, Genito-Urinary Medicine & HIV, Bart’s Health NHS Trust, London -
Prof. Paul Verweij, Microbiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Dr. Gemma Johnson & Prof. Stephen Bustin, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford
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Dr. Chris Thornton, University of Exeter
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Prof. Rosemary Barnes, Cardiff University School of Medicine
Dr. Mansour Ceesay, King’s College Hospital, London -
An annual clinical forum intended to provide updates on a wide range of fungal infection topics
http://fungalupdate.org/
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Prof. David Denning, Professor of Infectious Diseases in Global Health, The University of Manchester
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Dr. Rohini Manuel, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist, Public Health England, London