The project aims to uncover the mechanisms behind dangerous fungal infections (Candida, Cryptococcus, Aspergillus) by examining extracellular vesicles (EVs). Our goal is to create the world's first fungal EV atlas, which could lead to new diagnostic and therapeutic solutions in healthcare in the long term.

The project brings together an outstanding international consortium of local and international partners. The consortium is led by Prof. Attila Gácser (Host-Pathogen Interaction Center at the University of Szeged).

Our partners:

▸ Prof. Edit I. Buzás, Semmelweis University, Hungary

▸ Prof. Krisztina Buzás, University of Szeged, Hungary

▸ Prof. Marcio Lourenço Rodrigues, FIOCRUZ, Brazil

▸ Prof. Lars Østergaard, Prof. Peter Nejsum and Dr. Karen Lausch, Aarhus University, Denmark

Our further collaborators:

▸ Prof. Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Central Michigan University, USA

▸ Prof. Norbert Pardi, University of Pennsylvania, USA

▸ Prof. Leonardo Nimrichter, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

▸ ELI-ALPS, Szeged, Hungary

Scientific Advisory Board: Katalin Karikó (Nobel laureate, mRNA pioneer), Arturo Casadevall (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Carlos Morel (former WHO/TDR Director, Brazil) and Katrien Lagrou (ECMM, Belgium).

We thank the Novo Nordisk Foundation for their trust, and every colleague who helped bring this proposal together. Over the next six years we will be recruiting PhD students and postdocs, so follow along if this is your field.

We are proud to be part of this global collaboration!