MMSA Announcements



MMSA Travel Awards 2024

MMSA is now accepting applications for TRAVEL AWARDS to help TRAINEES attend Spring/Summer scientific meetings.
The deadline for submission is Friday March 1st for meetings being held March 2024 through August 2024.
To apply the trainee should:
1) download the application form from the link below
2) open the document
3) save as an Adobe pdf and close out
4) re-open the pdf
5) complete the form
6) re-save
7) submit as an attachment to MMSA via the e-mail address: [email protected]

Application Download

Two types of Travel Awards are available:
Immunomycologics (IMMY) graduate student Travel Award – $500
Michael Rinaldi postdoctoral fellow Travel Award – $500
Note: The trainee’s primary mentor will be notified and asked to provide a short letter of support via e-mail to accompany the application.

Upcoming Courses & Meetings

Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges at Banff, Canada, February 18-21, 2024; https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting?eventid=7020

Fungal genetics conference at Asilomar, CA; March 12-17, 2024:
https://genetics-gsa.org/fungal/

ASM Microbe at Atlanta, GA, June 13-17, 2024:
https://asm.org/events/asm-microbe/home

The Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Conference at Holderness, NH, June 16-24, 2024:
https://www.grc.org/cellular-and-molecular-fungal-biology-conference/2024/

V International Symposium on Fungal Stress, Brazil, Sept. 22-26, 2024: https://isfus2024.wordpress.com/

FEMS Human Fungal Pathogens (more info coming soon):
https://fems-microbiology.org/opportunities/hfp2024-molecular-mechanisms-of-host-pathogen-interactions-and-virulence-in-human-fungal-pathogens/