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"date": "21 April 2026",
"year": "2026",
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"headline": "Professor Fisher awarded inaugural \u2018Spore Award\u2019 At Genetics Society of America conference",
"summary": "Professor Mat Fisher, Head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, has become the first-ever recipient of the \u2018Spore Award\u2019 and delivered the inaugural Fungal Spore Lecture at the Genetics Society of America\u2019s Fungal Genetics Meeting at Asilomar.",
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"articleURL": "/news/articles/networks-centres/fungal-science-network/2025/summer-news-from-the-imperial-fungal-science-network/",
"date": "15 August 2025",
"year": "2025",
"sortDate": "2025-08-15",
"headline": "Summer news from the Imperial Fungal Science Network",
"summary": "A news roundup of the Summer Term, bringing our Network activities for 24\/25 to a close.",
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"author": "Anna Lee",
"profile": "Dr Tom Williams",
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"tags": "Engineering Bioeng|Environment|Food Security|Fungal Science",
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