Award-winning publication
Publication award of the DMykG foundation for Steffi & Toni
During the 52. Annual Meeting of the German Speaking Mycology Society (DMykG), organised together with the Austrian Society for Medical Mycology (ÖGMM), Stefanie Allert and Toni Förster won the prize of the DMykG foundation for the best publication, in this case in mBio. This publication has already received the second award. Just recently, it was chosen as paper of the month July by the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM).
Allert S*, Förster TM* (first authors), Svensson CM, Richardson JP, Pawlik T, Hebecker B, Rudolphi S, Juraschitz M*, Schaller M, Blagojevic M, Morschhäuser J, Figge MT, Jacobsen ID, Naglik JR, Kasper L*, Mogavero S*, Hube B* (2018) Candida albicans-induced epithelial damage mediates translocation through intestinal barriers. mBio 9(3), e00915-18. [PubMed] [OpenAccess] *Involved scientists from our department
This publication is the first detailed study of C. albicans translocation across the intestinal epithelial barrier. It is shown that fungal translocation is associated with hyphae formation and necrotic epithelial damage, depending on the recently identified peptide toxin Candidalysin.
Congratulations, Steffi & Toni!
