Deciphering the fungus-host-microbiota interplay
to improve the management of fungal infections

The Kick-Off-Meeting of FunHomic, gathering all partners,
took place from the 22nd to the 24th
of January 2019 at Institut Pasteur, Paris.

A mini-symposium bringing together leading experts in the fields
of fungal pathogenesis, immunology, microbial ecology and ‘omics’ technologies
took place at Institut Pasteur on Wednesday 23 January 2019.
It was organised at part of the official launch of FunHoMic.

Candida albicans colonies alkalinize their environment and produces hyphae
- except in close proximity to each other (Citation: The novel Candida albicans
transporter Dur31 Is a multi-stage pathogenicity factor.
Mayer FL, Wilson D, Jacobsen ID, Miramón P, Große K, Hube B. PLoS Pathog.
2012;8(3):e1002592.)

Candida albicans yeast and hyphae colonizing oral epithelial cells.

Candida albicans hyphae endocytosed by oral epithelial cells
(Citation: Oral epithelial cells orchestrate innate type 17 responses to
Candida albicans through the virulence factor candidalysin. Verma AH,
Richardson JP, Zhou C, Coleman BM, Moyes DL, Ho J, Huppler AR, Ramani K,
McGeachy MJ, Mufazalov IA, Waisman A, Kane LP, Biswas PS, Hube B, Naglik JR,
Gaffen SL. Sci Immunol. 2017 Nov 3;2(17).pii: eaam8834.)