{"id":10,"date":"2026-03-03T14:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-fungal-science-network\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:24:02","slug":"what-is-the-imperial-fungal-science-network-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-fungal-science-network\/what-is-the-imperial-fungal-science-network-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Imperial Fungal Science Network blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW24327122 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW24327122 BCX0\">Information,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW24327122 BCX0\">updates<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW24327122 BCX0\">\u00a0and stories from the Imperial Fungal Science Network. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW24327122 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Imperial Fungal Science Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">A Network of Excellence bringing together researchers at Imperial and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">beyond to tackle global challenges in fungal science<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">Fungal science (mycology) plays a crucial role in biotechnology, pathogenesis of infectious disease, as well as in ecology,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">evolution<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">\u00a0and the environment<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW50682232 BCX0\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW50682232 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/fungal-science-network\/\">&gt;Visit our webpage\/&#8217;Join the Network&#8217; to receive our news &amp; events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information,\u00a0updates\u00a0and stories from the Imperial Fungal Science Network. \u00a0\u00a0 About the Imperial Fungal Science Network A Network of Excellence bringing together researchers at Imperial and\u00a0beyond to tackle global challenges in fungal science.\u00a0\u00a0Fungal science (mycology) plays a crucial role in biotechnology, pathogenesis of infectious disease, as well as in ecology,\u00a0evolution\u00a0and the environment. \u00a0\u00a0 &gt;Visit our webpage\/&#8217;Join [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1962,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the Imperial Fungal Science Network blog? 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