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February 2026

 Add this event to your calendar Wed 18 Feb 2026
  15:00 - 16:00
Image: Prof Sonja BillerbeckSEMS Seminars: Prof Sonja Billerbeck, Unlocking the Yeast Toxicome, Imperial College London
Centre for Bioengineering

Title: The yeast toxicome: A potential source for new antifungals for biocontrol, food and human health. Abstract: Fungal pathogens are an emerging threat to human health and food security. Very few fungicides are available and resistance to these is rising. It is a long-standing challenge to develop new antifungals. As eukaryotic pathogens, fungi offer very few selective drug targets and we urgently need new strategies for antifungal development. Ascomycete yeasts – such as...