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Western Clinical School Head of the Molecular Mycology Laboratory at the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology in the Department of Medicine, Western Clinical School, of the University of Sydney at the Westmead Millennium Institute
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Wieland Meyer graduated in Genetics with a Diploma in Biology (=MSc, suma cum laude), from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany in 1986 and went on to complete his PhD (suma cum laude), at the same University in 1992. He undertook his postdoctorial studies at the Department of Microbiology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA (1992-1995), before he established the Molecular Mycology Laboratory at Westmead Hospital in 1995 and the Australian National Molecular Mycology Reference Laboratory. He became the president of the Australasian Mycological Society in 2002 and Convenor of the Mycology Special Interest Group of the Australian Society for Microbiology in 2002. He has written extensively (more than 50 papers) on molecular epidemiology and phylogeny of pathogenic fungi, especially yeasts of the genera Candida and Cryptococcus. Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, ICPMR, Level 3, Room 3114A, Westmead Hospital, Darcey Road, Westmead, NSW 2145, AustraliaWebsite created by Crystal Lee on 28 April 2004. Last updated on 18 October 2005 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
