2021

29 June 2021

A Map of Molecular Types, Genotypic Diversity, and Antifungal Susceptibility as Reported by the Latin American Cryptococcal Study Group

In Latin America, as is the case globally, cryptococcosis affects predominantly immunocompromised male patients, with HIV infection being the main predisposing risk factor. Cryptococcal meningitis, which is the main presentation of cryptococcosis, remains a significant burden in adults from many regions of the world where there is a high HIV seroprevalence. Despite great improvements in antiretroviral therapy, cryptococcosis is still associated with high morbidity and mortality.

29 June 2021

A Map of Molecular Types, Genotypic Diversity, and Antifungal Susceptibility as Reported by the Latin American Cryptococcal Study Group

In Latin America, as is the case globally, cryptococcosis affects predominantly immunocompromised male patients, with HIV infection being the main predisposing risk factor. Cryptococcal meningitis, which is the main presentation of cryptococcosis, remains a significant burden in adults from many regions of the world where there is a high HIV seroprevalence. Despite great improvements in antiretroviral therapy, cryptococcosis is still associated with high morbidity and mortality.

29 June 2021

Mycosands: Fungal diversity and abundance in beach sand and recreational waters — Relevance to human health

This article highlights the Mycosands initiative which was created to generate data on fungi in beach sands and waters, of both coastal and freshwater inland bathing sites.

29 June 2021

Mycosands: Fungal diversity and abundance in beach sand and recreational waters — Relevance to human health

This article highlights the Mycosands initiative which was created to generate data on fungi in beach sands and waters, of both coastal and freshwater inland bathing sites.

29 June 2021

Scedosporium and Lomentospora Infections: Contemporary Microbiological Tools for the Diagnosis of Invasive Disease

Scedosporium/Lomentospora fungi are increasingly recognized pathogens. As these fungi are resistant to many antifungal agents, early diagnosis is essential for initiating targeted drug therapy.

29 June 2021

Scedosporium and Lomentospora Infections: Contemporary Microbiological Tools for the Diagnosis of Invasive Disease

Scedosporium/Lomentospora fungi are increasingly recognized pathogens. As these fungi are resistant to many antifungal agents, early diagnosis is essential for initiating targeted drug therapy.

29 June 2021

NSW Biocontainment Centre

The New South Wales Biocontainment Centre (NBC) is a new service to enhance state-wide preparedness to effectively respond to future pandemics and manage patients (adult and paediatric) with high-consequence infectious diseases (HCID).

29 June 2021

NSW Biocontainment Centre

The New South Wales Biocontainment Centre (NBC) is a new service to enhance state-wide preparedness to effectively respond to future pandemics and manage patients (adult and paediatric) with high-consequence infectious diseases (HCID).

28 June 2021

Airline policies mandating vaccines will test workplace rights

Airlines want you vaccinated. They want as many people as possible vaccinated. The sooner that happens, the sooner borders open and they can get back to profitability, writes Dr Giuseppe Carabetta.

28 June 2021

Experienced teachers tackle big questions through PhD scholarships

Two teachers, with nearly 40 years of experience between them, are tackling some of their profession’s biggest challenges. Rayanne Shakra and Sara Ratner are undertaking PhD’s at the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and are supported by NESA scholarships.

28 June 2021

Sydney anthropologist wins Scholars of Color First Book Award

Dr Sophie Chao (History) has received the inaugural Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award for her forthcoming monograph, In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua.

25 June 2021

Funding success for clinical trials research totalling over $10m

University of Sydney researchers have been awarded more than $10 million in funding for five new clinical trials in health and medical research projects.

25 June 2021

Australian data answers key questions about COVID-19 mortality

New data analytics study gives key insight into COVID-19 mortality risk in Australia

25 June 2021

First Australian COVID-19 DNA vaccine trial commences

Australian researchers will this week commence the first Phase 1 human trial of a COVID-19 gene-based DNA vaccine in Australia, delivered via a needle-free system.

24 June 2021

COVID-19 no barrier for student rocketry team's success

The USYD Rocketry Team has placed second and third at the 2021 Spaceport America Cup, an annual international student rocketry competition that was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 June 2021

Leading researcher elected to international employment relations association

Professor Rae Cooper has been named as President-elect of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA), during its World Congress, currently being held in Lund, Sweden.

24 June 2021

Being Anglo-Saxon a matter of language and culture, not genetics

A new study from archaeologists at University of Sydney and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has provided important new evidence to answer the question: Who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?

23 June 2021

Sydney academics and alumni named 2021 Fulbright Scholars

From biomedical engineering to river science, academics and alumni of the University of Sydney have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships.

23 June 2021

Amid a labour shortage, here’s how businesses could hire more refugees

A report by Associate Professor Betina Szkudlarek of the University of Sydney Business School examines employer perceptions of refugee employment, and shows the steps businesses can take to boost the employment of refugees.

23 June 2021

Is the bench spying on you? 'Smart' street furniture, analysed

WiFi-enabled furniture - like benches, kiosks, and bus stops - that collects and generates data, is arriving in Australia. Three University of Sydney researchers analysed the risks and rewards this development entails.