Norman van Rhijn

@NormanRhijn

@Wellcometrust Research Fellow | climate change and infectious diseases | fungus enthusiast | #OneHealth | (he/him)

Manchester, England research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/norman.… Joined May 2019

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Norman van Rhijn @NormanRhijn Feb 3, 2023

IT IS FINALLY OFFICIAL!! 📯📯
I’ve been awarded a @wellcometrust Fellowship 🎉🎊🎈

In the next 5 years I’ll be looking at evolution and adaptation of human fungal pathogens to a warming world!!

@BrockhurstLab @UofMMFIG @bromleymichael

Norman van Rhijn @NormanRhijn Dec 3, 2025

Day 1 of the Brazilian Network Meeting on A fumigatus and Antimicrobial Resistance🌳🍄🌾

A wonderful day on a beautiful campus, the air samplers are out and we are ready for a day of fruitful discussions 🤝

Norman van Rhijn @NormanRhijn Oct 27, 2025

interested in clinical approaches to mitigate antifungal resistance development?! 🚨

Our latest review article in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy we explore important diagnostics and determinants for resistance

academic.oup.com/jac/advance-ar…

academic.oup.com Antifungal treatment strategies and their impact on resistance development in clinical settings Abstract. Invasive fungal diseases, particularly among immunocompromised patients, represent a growing clinical challenge due to limited therapeutic option

Norman van Rhijn @NormanRhijn Oct 6, 2025

🚨PhD opportunity

The China Scholarship Council (CSC-UoM) Joint Scholarship Programme is to support outstanding Chinese researchers for PhD studies at the University of Manchester and nominations are now open.

More information can be found at: bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/research…

Norman van Rhijn @NormanRhijn Sep 16, 2025

New publication🚨Long term collaborations pay off!

I met Jean-Paul 8 years ago in France 🇫🇷 where he told me he doubted that A. fumigatus cell wall did not contain any B1,6-glucan🤷 (random conversation)

Now we have shown it! ssNMR to the rescue👌

journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.11…