"The ISHAM Working group on Sporothrix is organizing the 1st International Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting will cover cell wall, host-fungus interplay, clinical and veterinary aspects, host immune response, genomics and proteomics. The website with Preliminary Program, Registration form and call for Abstracts will be available in the first week of March. For more information contact Leila Lopes Bezerra (leila@uerj.br) or Hector Mora-Montes (hmora@ugto.mx) “