Malassezia Research Consortium (MSC)

In 2000, the MSC was conceived to bring international Malassezia research groups . The goal is the synergise the capabilities of each lab to further the understanding of the main fungal resident - Malassezia on the skin.

TEAMS

Malassezia Experts

THOMAS DAWSON

Thomas Dawson:
Director at the Hair & Skin Health Department, Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS) in Singapore

TEUN BOEKHOUT

Teun Boekhout and Bart Theelen:  Malassezia ecology, phylogeny, and virulence, at the Westerdijk Institute in Utrecht, The Netherlands

ANNIKA SCHEYNIUS

Annika Scheynius:  Malassezia immunology and vesicles, at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden​

JOSEPH HEITMAN

Joe Heitman and Giuseppe Ianiri:  Malassezia mating and virulence at the Duke University in North Carolina, USA

KAUSTUV SANYAL

​Kaustuv Sanyal and Sundar Ram Sankaranarayanan:  Malassezia Centromeres and Evolution at the JNSCAR in Bangalore

CAROL MUNRO

Carol Munro:  Malassezia cell walls and in vitro virulence models, at the Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen