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Australia’s biosecurity system is on high alert for alien invaders. Here’s a hit list of eight baddies we believe pose the greatest threat to Australia’s biodiversity.
Dangerous fungal infections are on the rise globally. But we have few drugs that work and no prospect of anti-fungal vaccines any time soon.
Wheat is an important global crop, but new research suggests that fungal toxins have contaminated half of all European wheat produced for food.
Scientists discover why antibiotics make life-threatening fungal infections such as invasive candidiasis more probable.
Aids deaths should be falling faster, but treatable fungal disease is keeping the numbers high.
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Principal Investigator, Manchester Fungal infection Group, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer, Molecular Fungal Biology, University of Bath
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Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath
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Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology and Plant Pathology, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
