New podcast from @RCPhysicians
@drneilstone.bsky.social on all things mycology!
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Dr Neil Stone
@drneilstone.bsky.social
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Infectious Diseases specialist doctor in London. Fungal disease researcher (UCL). Officially the 1st person to use word #Covid (according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Really). Personal views only.
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MSGERC is seeking fungal infection cases (common or unusual) for Case of the Month.
Do you have a case? Submit to be featured on DrFungus.org!
Accepted cases from Early Career investigators will receive $250 and complimentary 1-year membership
Questions may be directed to headquarters@msgerc.org
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When at a conference and there's a great talk and I want to speak to the presenter afterwards but someone gets in first and talks to them for aaages then I have to give up cos I need to go to something else.
Happens to me every time!
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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Yesterday at ISHAM 2025, Danila Seidel explored how environmental extremes can spark fungal outbreaks 🌪️🌱 A powerful reminder of climate’s role in emerging mycoses. #ISHAM2025 #FungalOutbreaks #ClimateAndHealth #MedicalMycology
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Did you know..75% of wine has significant levels of azole antifungals in it? (German wine anyway)
Potential consequences for driving resistance...
#IDSky #ISHAM
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Great to present feasibility study on AI to detect invasive pulmonary mould infections from CT scans at #BIASpring2025.
Proof-of-concept but need to develop surrounding infrastructure to develop this and other AI projects within NHS.
#IDSky @drneilstone.bsky.social
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Did you know?
Bob Dylan had histoplasmosis...nearly killed him in 1997
#IDSky #ISHAM
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21% of patients with advanced HIV here in Brazil 🇧🇷 have a positive histoplasma antigen...that's a huge number
#IDSky #ISHAM
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Global burden of histoplasmosis is growing
But we don't know what to do with asymptomatic histoplasma antigen positivity
#IDSky #ISHAM
