What’s new
Welcome to the ISHAM Website. The year 2007 has been very exciting for our society, and it is likely that 2008 will even be better.
ISHAM is the only organization promoting all aspects of medical and veterinary mycology on a worldwide scale. Our activities cover all areas, from clinical science to fundamental research. Membership of the society is a must for everyone working in any of these areas.
What do you get from your membership subscription:

  • Reduced fees for the ISHAM congress in Tokyo / Beijing, May 2009,
  • Free access to the journal Medical Mycology, the electronic version being included in the membership fee (hard copy delivered at a small extra fee). This includes all back-issues of the journal, plus the preceding journals Sabouraudia and Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, starting at Volume 1 published in 1962,
  • Inter-active communication tools with very regular e-mailed news alerts on anything significant in mycology, such as forthcoming congresses and courses, important literature, vacancies etc.,
  • Access to discussion forums where you can share points of view with your colleagues and ask advice,
  • An inter-active SOS-service on significant clinical cases,
  • Free membership of our many international networks on themes of your interest: the ISHAM Working Groups. Eighteen such groups have now been established, with themes ranging from clinical trials, antifungals and molecular diagnostics to recalcitrant clinical syndromes and orphan diseases. ISHAM provides logistic and financial support for their activities in the form of sponsorship,
  • Coming soon − the ISHAM website will contain a large number of free protocols to help you to apply major techniques in antifungal testing, diagnostics and molecular phylogeny.

In addition, sponsoring of regional courses and of young and motivated ISHAM members remains possible.We are in the process of setting up a Global Educational Foundation for awarding educational grants to enable young investigators to gain familiarity and experience in fields of interest, and to organize CME activities in all aspects medical mycology. ISHAM continues to be your central international organization for medical mycology.We are glad to have you as a member, and we invite you to participate in our expanding array of activities.

 

Sybren de Hoog
ISHAM-President 2006-2009