The Imperial Fungal Science Network is a hub for the mycology community, providing a leadership, advocacy and communications platform for mycologists and a developmental framework for future leaders in fungal research. We welcome you to the Imperial Fungal Science Network – Seminar Series 2025.
Seminar | 12:00– 13:00 | Thursday 16th October
📍G47, Flowers Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ find us at Map/3A
- In-person & online (via Teams, click ‘Livestream’ button on LHS)
- No registration required
- This is a hybrid event to ensure that our non-London members/audience can join for the talks remotely; if you are joining us via the Teams link, please be aware that your email contact may show up to other meeting attendees, please join using an organisation email contact where possible, thanks.
Schedule
| 11:30 | Arrivals & refreshments (tea/coffee) |
| 11.55 | Teams link opens for online attendees |
| 12:00 – 12:05 | Introductions & Network overview (Prof. Darius Armstrong-James) |
| 12:05 – 13:00 | Keynote Speaker
Venizelos Papayannopoulos, Principal Group Leader (The Francis Crick Institute) ‘Mechanisms of NET stability and degradation in infection’ Neutrophils are essential immune phagocytes that control a variety of microbial pathogens, but are also implicated in immune pathology and tissue destruction. Veni is interested in understanding how neutrophil responses are properly regulated to control pathogens while minimizing immune pathology. He has previously described mechanisms that regulate the release of chromatin structures called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in response to fungal pathogens and their role in immune protection and pathology. During his visit, Veni will discuss unpublished work that explores how NETs are properly stabilized and subsequently degraded to balance inflammatory programmes and minimize microbial dissemination and fungal asthma. |
| 13:00 | Close |
Researchers interested in the Network can find more information and join the Network via the dedicated website / Follow us @ImperialFungal (BlueSky; X/Twitter)