Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Journal of Fungi is now welcoming nominations for the 2022 Journal of Fungi Early-Career Women Award. This prize will be awarded to one female investigator in recognition of her excellence in the field of fungi. All nominations will be assessed by the Journal Award Committee, which will be led by the EiC, David S. Perlin. The winner will be announced on 30 November 2022.

Prizes:
– Prize of CHF 2000 (Swiss francs);
– Invitation to publish one paper free of charge in the journal in 2023, following peer review;
– An engraved plaque.

Award Terms and Conditions:
– Nominees should be early-career researchers with untenured positions who are within 15 years of completing their PhD or MDs.
– Nominees must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the field of Mycology.

List of Documents for Nomination:
– Detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
– Scanned copy of doctorate or medical certificate or equivalent AND its translation (if applicable);
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior researchers.

Schedule:
– Nominations open: 1 January 2022.
– Nomination deadline: 31 October 2022.
– Winner announcement: 30 November 2022.

How to nominate?
Please contact [email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of 2021 Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce that the winners of the JoF 2021 Young Investigator Award are Dr. Federico Baltar, Dr. Rebecca Drummond, and Dr. Miriam Oses-Ruiz.

Dr. Federico Baltar is an associate professor in the Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Federico Baltar’s research focuses on the integration of microbial ecology and biogeochemistry into biological oceanography. From coastal seas to open oceans, from Fjords to the seawater below the Antarctic ice shelves, all are large seawater environments perform crucial ecosystem services and functions driven by tiny microbial engines, including fungi.

Dr. Rebecca Drummond is a group leader at the Institute of Immunology & Immunotherapy at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Drummond’s research centers on antifungal immune responses, with a focus on tissueresident macrophages of the central nervous system.

Dr. Miriam Oses-Ruiz is a Junior PI in the research institute IMAB at the Public University of Navarre, Spain. Dr. Oses-Ruiz’s research emphasizes a comprehensive understanding of the biology of one of the most devastating plant diseases in the world, called rice blast disease, which is caused by Magnaporthe oryzae.

This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Federico Baltar; Dr. Rebecca Drummond, and Dr. Miriam Oses-Ruiz.

As the primary awardee, Dr. Federico Baltar will receive a prize of CHF 2000, and as runner-up awardees, Dr. Rebecca Drummond and Dr. Miriam Oses-Ruiz will each receive a prize of CHF 1000. All awardees will be given the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2022 in JoF after completing the peer-review process and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their efforts in the evaluation process.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. David S. Perlin
Editor-in-Chief, JoF

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fungi, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 JoF Travel Award.

The highly competitive awards were granted to Paris Hamm, a Ph.D candidate working with Dr. Donald Natvig at the University of New Mexico, and Dr. Mark Gresnigt, Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. Bernhard Hube’s research group in the Hans Knöll Institute in Jena, Germany. Paris Hamm is studying the ecology and evolution of fungal pathogens of small mammals with a particular interest in Coccidioides species. Dr. Mark Gresnigt’s research is exploring how Candida albicans, as a commensal organism, can sense and respond to components of the human immune system to adapt its pathogenicity.

The travel awards provide 800 Swiss Francs for each winner to attend a conference related to medical mycology in 2020. Many thanks to our judges and a hearty congratulations to our winners!

Best regards,

Editor-in-Chief

David S. Perlin, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President
Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation,
340 Kingsland Street, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA.

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fungi, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 JoF Travel Award.

This highly competitive award was granted to Dr. Teresa Rodgers O’Meara, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Leah Cowen at University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada). Dr. O’Meara’s research addresses genetic factors influencing how pathogenic fungi sense and respond to the host environment.

The travel award provides 800 Swiss Francs to attend a conference related to medical mycology in 2019. Many thanks to our judges and a hearty congratulations to our winner!

Best regards,

Dr. Teresa Rodgers O’Meara

Editor-in-Chief
David S. Perlin, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Professor
HMH-Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack-Seton Hall School of Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Fungi, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 JoF Travel Award, which was highly competitive with 168 applications.

The Award was granted to Dr. Rebecca Drummond, visiting post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Michail Lionakis at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA). Dr. Drummond’s research deals with complex immunological pathways that protect the brain from fungal infection via neutrophil recruitment.

The travel award provides 800 Swiss Francs to attend a conference related to medical mycology in 2018. Congratulations to the winner of this very competitive travel award.

Editor-in-Chief

David S. Perlin, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Professor
Public Health Research Institute & Rutgers Regional
Biocontainment Laboratory at the International Center for Public Health New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA