MBI COVID media
Selection of media from MBI researchers
News
University of Sydney launches NSW COVID-19 Cases and Community Profile Mapping Dashboard
Led by MBI's Associate Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott from the School of Social and Political Sciences, together with Associate Professor Eleanor Bruce from the Faculty of Science and Associate Professor Adam Dunn from the Faculty of Medicine and Health, the database is aimed at helping the government identify populations who might be at greater risk in the event of more widespread community transmission. Read more here.
Articles
18 January 2021
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexually transmissible infections
Article considers the potential and demonstrated impacts of SARS-CoV-2 on the sexually transmissible infection (STI)/HIV transmission.
14 December 2020
Synthesis and Evaluation of a Series of Bis(pentylpyridinium) Compounds as Antifungal Agents
A series of bis(4‐pentylpyridinium) compounds with a variety of spacers between the pyridinium headgroups was synthesised, and the antifungal activity of these compounds was investigated. Lengthening the alkyl spacer between the pentylpyridinium headgroups from 12 to 16 methylene units resulted in increased antifungal activity against C. neoformans and C. albicans, but also resulted in increased hemolytic activity and cytotoxicity against mammalian cells.
14 December 2020
WHO priority pathogen list for fungi
Led by MBI's Fungisphere Node Leader, Dr Justin Beardsley, the team will develop a WHO priority pathogen list for fungi.
