Register by April 15th for in-person or online attendance
We are pleased to announce our official UKRI Fungal One Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Network Launch Meeting on the Thursday 24th April 2025 at Imperial College London. The day will consist of keynote lectures followed by workshops to enable prioritisation of key research or interventions for fungal antimicrobial resistance across one health.
Our aim is to enable community-led development of transdisciplinary approaches. For those who cannot attend in person there will be a hybrid option, which will also enable participation in the breakout sessions.
Meeting Programme (Provisional)
9:30-10:00 Coffee and Networking
10:00 Opening remarks on UKRI AMR funding – Dr Debbie Harding, UKRI BBSRC
10:15 Network Introduction – Darius Armstrong-James, Mike Bromley, Sarah Gurr, Tarek Soliman, Helen West
10:30 Keynote presentations:
- TBC Dr Hatim Sati, World Health Organisation: Fungal Priority Pathogens
- Professor Paul Verweij, Radboud University, the Netherlands: One health and human fungal pathogens
- Professor Nicola Spence, UK Chief Plant Health Officer, DEFRA: One health and plant pathogens
- Professor Richard Quilliam, University of Stirling: Environmental ecology and fungal pathogens
11:45 Coffee Break
12:00 Professor Lord Ara Darzi of Denham
12:15 Working Groups presentations
- Working Group 1, Mechanisms: Professor Sarah Gurr, University of Exeter and Professor Mike Bromley, University of Manchester
- Working Group 2, Surveillance: Professor Robin May, University of Birmingham and Food Standards Agency and Professor Darius Armstrong-James, Imperial College London
- Working Group 3, Waste: Dr Helen West, University of Nottingham and Dr Alwyn Hart, Environment Agency UK
- Working Group 4, Interventions: Dr Tarek Soliman, Scotland’s Rural College and Professor Clare Chandler, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
12:55 Lunch and Networking
13:45 Working Group Break Out Sessions
14:50 Coffee Break
15:10 Feedback/Discussion on breakout sessions
16:10 Early Career Researcher Forum and Transdisciplinary Workshop Planning
16:40 Meeting Summary
17:00 Meeting End
Permalink to event page: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/191435/f1amr-network-launch/
(image credit: Nick Talbot, Rice Blast Fungus)