Collaborations

In colours: coutries where the Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory has collaborations.

National collaborations (Australia) :
? Medical mycology and molecular identification of fungi (project of funding NH&MRC = National Health & Medical Research Council, Camberra Autralia) : A/Prof. David Ellis, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA; Dr. Deborah Marriott, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW; Dr. Ian Arthur, PathCentre, Nedlands, WA; Dr. Christopher Heath, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA; Kerry Weeks, PaLMS, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW; Dr. Alan Woodgyer, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC; Dr. Saron Chen, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW; The Australasian Cryptococcal Study Group.
? Molecular Mycology, phylogeny, taxonomy (project of funding NH&MRC) : Dr. Deidre Carter, Department of Microbiology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW; Dr. John Pitt & Dr. Alisa Hocking, Food Science Australia, CSIRO, Sydney, NSW
? Model of animal development Cryptococcosis (project of funding NH&MRC) : Dr. Richard Malik & Dr. Mark Krockenberger, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences,University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

International collaborations :
?  Molecular identification of fungi (project of funding NH&MRC) : Dr. Vincent Robert, CBS, Utrecht, Netherlands (Computer ID of fungi); Karen Rogers, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New-Zealand (Identification of yeasts); Dinah Parr, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New-Zealand (Identification of yeasts); Dr. Richard Summerbell, CBS, Utrecht, Netherlands (Dermatophytes); Dr. Jean-Paul Latgé, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (Aspergillus), Dr. Laurence Delhaes, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France (Scedosporium).
? Phylogeny and taxonomy of fungi (projet de financement NH&MRC) : Prof. Walter Gams, CBS, Utrecht, Netherlands (Trichoderma, Mortierella); David Yarrow, CBS, Utrecht, Netherlands (Candida); A/Prof. James Scott, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Penicillium); Dr. Gabi Schönian, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Candida); Prof. Thomas G. Mitchell, Duke & Prof. Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA (yeasts); Prof. Don Reynolds, Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA, USA (fungal phylogeny); Prof. John Taylor, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA (fungal phylogeny); Prof. Andre Lachance, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (yeasts).
? Molecular epidemiology and speciation of Cryptococcus neoformans (project of funding NH&MRC & Colciencias, Bogotha, Colombia) : Dr. Teun Boekhout, CBS, Utrecht, Netherlands (AFLP analyses); Dr. Murray Fyfe, University of British Colombia, Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada; A/Prof. Arestea Velegraki, National Greek University, Athens, Greece; Prof. Yuzuru Mikami, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; Prof. Samaniya Sukroongreung, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Dr. Natalya V. Vasilyeva, Kashkin Institute of Mycology, St. Petersburg, Russia; Dr. Melanie Anne John, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa; Dr. Kathrin Tintelnot, Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany; Dr. Birgit Wellinger, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria; Dr. Ariya Chindamporn, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Prof. Thomas G. Mitchell, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Prof. Maria Anna Viviani, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy; Dr. Márcia Lazéra, HEC-Fiocruz, Rio de Janairo, Brazil; Dr. Bodo Wanke, HEC-Fiocruz, Rio de Janairo, Brazil; Dr. Elizabeth Castaneda, Instituto National De Salud, Bogota, Colombia; Prof. Files Hoosen, Medunsa University, Pretoria, South Africa; Dr. Graciela Davel, Instituto Carlos Malbran, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dr. Maria Jose Mendes-Giannini, Brazil; Dr. Marcia Menhem, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Dr. Maria Cristina Diaz, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Dr. Ruben Lopez, University of Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico; Dr. Beatriz Bustamante, Instituto Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Lima, Peru; Dr. Belinda Calvo, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela; Dr. Joseph Torres Rodriguez, GREMEC, Barcelona, Spain; Dr. Uma Banerjee, All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Dr. Marlene Henning-Vainstein, Centro de Biotechnigia, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Dr. Blanca Samayoa, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
? Project of genome sequences of Cryptococcal (project of funding Genome Canada) : Prof. Joseph Heitman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA (BAC libraries); Dr. June Kwon-Chung, NIH, USA; Prof. Jim Kronstad, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
? Genes of virulence of Cryptococcal (project of funding NH&MRC) : Prof. John R Perfect, Dr. Gary Cox & Prof. Joseph Heitman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
? Genetic populations (funding CNRS) : Dr. Monique Gardes, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.