Thursday 4 April 2024
09:30 Arrival, registration and refreshments
Session 1: One health and antifungal resistance
10:00 Welcome by Neil Brown and Alessandra da Silva Dantas
10:10 The clinical relevance and impacts of antifungal resistance, Andy Borman, UKHSA-MRL
10:30 Antifungal resistance in agricultural environments, Neil Paveley, ADAS
10:50 Will the new generation of azole antifungal inhalers in clinical development solve the problem of fungal asthma? David Denning, University of Manchester
11:10 Refreshments and posters
Session 2: Impacts and surveillance
11:40 The challenge of antifungal drug resistance in Candida auris, Johanna Rhodes, Radboudumc, NL
12:00 Understanding the eco-evolutionary drivers of emerging resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus, Matthew Fisher, Imperial College London
12:20 Water-based early warning for community antimicrobials usage and antimicrobial resistance: focus on antifungal agent, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, University of Bath
12:40 Cryptococcus cell surface modifications in antifungal resistance, Liliane Mukaremera, University of Exeter
13:00 Lunch and posters
14:00 Offered talk
14:20 Offered talk
Session 3: Mechanisms and drivers of resistance
14:40 Population heterogeneity as a driver of antifungal resistance in Candida species, Alessandra Da Silva Dantas, Newcastle University
15:00 Predicting resistance through experimental evolution of a plant pathogen, Nichola Hawkins, NIAB
15:20 How may future soils encourage emergence of aggressive toxigenic antifungal-resistant pathogens? Neil Brown, University of Bath
15:40 Refreshments and posters
16:10 Fungal diseases in a changing world, Norman van Rhijn, University of Manchester
16:30 Candida glabrata - a powerhouse of resistance, Jane Usher, University of Exeter
16:50 Offered talk
17:10 Offered talk
17:30 Summary and end of day 1
17:40 Break
19:00 Drinks reception and dinner at the Roman Baths (pre-booked ticket)
