TWENTY FIRST FUNGAL GENETICS CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
TUESDAY, March 13
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration, Administration
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Social Reception (Mixer), Merrill Hall
WEDNESDAY, March 14
7:30 - 1:00 pm Registration, Administration
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker
8:30 am - 12:00 pm Plenary Session, Merrill Hall
COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS Chairs: Ralph Dean, Don Natvig
Ralph Dean: Genome reconstruction and gene expression for the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea
Melanie Cushion: Partial reconstruction of the metabolic capacity of Pneumocystis carinii through genomics and potential
therapeutic targets
Brett Tyler: Genomics of Phytophthora species
Ulrich Schulte: Chromosomes II and V of Neurospora crassa
Fred Dietrich : Comparative studies of Ashbya gossypia and S. cerevisiae
12:00- 1:00 pm Lunch, Crocker Hall
Following lunch, the mornings speakers will be available on the benches outside the administration building to meet with students. Please allow time for students to meet the speakers.
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS I
Merrill Hall, Polarity, Cytoskeleton, Cell Wall Metabolism
C. van den Hondel & G. Steinberg
Fred Farr Forum, Metabolic Organization and Regulation
R. L. Weiss & M. Hynes
Chapel, Plant Pathogenesis: Mycotoxins, Secondary Metabolism, Gene Clusters
G. Turgeon & A. Desjardins
Larchwood, Fungi in Medicine and Genomics of Human Pathogens
J. P. Latge & N. Gow
Scripps, Basidiomycete Biology
U. Kües, & E. Kothe
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm POSTER SESSION I
| Cell Biology | Nautilus | Posters 1-36 |
| Triton | Posters 37-56 | |
| Host-Parasite Interactions | Heather | Posters 215-246 |
| Toyon | Posters 247-266 | |
| Biochemistry | Acacia | Posters 458-472 |
| Gene Regulation | Curlew | Posters 296-311 |
| Sanderling | Posters 312-327 | |
| Dolphin | Posters 328-343 |
THURSDAY, March 15
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker
8:30 am- 12:00 pm Plenary Session, Merrill Hall
FUNGAL-HOST INTERACTIONS Chair: Regine Kahmann
Jonathan Walton: The TOX2 locus of Cochliobolus carbonum for cyclic peptide biosynthesis: genomic organization and the basis of
auto-resistance
Jim Kronstad: Basidiomycete pathogens: sex, signaling and morphogenesis
Joe Heitman: Signaling cascades regulating differentiation and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans
Maria Harrison: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their association with plants
Anders Tunlid: Molecular background to the interaction between parasitic fungi and nematodes
12:00- 1:00 pm Lunch, Crocker Hall
Following lunch, the mornings speakers will be available on the benches outside the administration building to meet with students. Please allow time for students to meet the speakers.
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS II
Merrill Hall, Signal Transduction in Growth, Adaptation and Development.
C. D'Enfert & N. Keller
Larchwood, Mutation, DNA Repair, Genome Modeling and Stability
H. Inoue & E. Kafer
Chapel, Accessory Genetic Elements: Introns, Plasmids, Prions, Transposons
J. Kennell & S. Saupe
Scripps, Industrial Fungi: Expression Systems and Hyperproduction
D. Yaver & L. Lasure
Fred Farr Forum, Neurospora Genome Sequencing
M. Sachs & B. Birren
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm POSTER SESSION II
| Genomics and Proteomics | Nautilus | Posters 125-160 |
| Triton | Posters 161-179 | |
| Host-Parasite Interactions | Heather | Posters 267-295 |
| Cell Biology | Toyon | Posters57-76 |
| Cell Biology and Unclassified | Acacia | Posters 77-87 and 493-500 |
| Developmental Biology | Curlew | Posters 386-401 |
| Sanderling | Posters 402-417 | |
| Dolphin | Posters 418-428 |
FRIDAY, March 16
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker
8:30 am- 12:00 pm Plenary Session, Merrill Hall
CELL BIOLOGY Chair: Brent Heath
Brent Heath: The Cytoskeleton and Tip Growth
Anne Ashford: Fungal Vacuoles and Organelle Dynamics
Susan Assinder: Vesicle systems/secretion in Aspergillus nidulans
Gregory Jedd: Woronin Bodies as Protectors of Plasma Membrane Integrity
Oded Yarden: Signal Transduction involved in Regulation of Hyphal Growth in Neurospora crassa
12:00- 1:00 pm Lunch, Crocker Hall
Following lunch, the mornings speakers will be available on the benches outside the administration building to meet with students. Please allow time for students to meet the speakers.
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS III
Scripps, Mating, Heterokaryosis and Downstream Effects
L. Glass & T. Fowler
Merrill Hall, Plant Pathogenesis: Nutrient Relations, Infection Structures; Tissue Specificity Signal Transduction
R. Oliver & A. Osbourn
Fred Farr Forum, Organelles, including Mitochondria, Vacuoles, and Peroxisomes,.
R. Brambl & B. Bowman
Chapel, Population Genetics of Fungi, Horozontal Nuclear Gene Transfer
R. Vilgalys & L. Rosewich
Surf and Sand Living Room, Fungal Photobiology and Clocks
L. Corrochano & D. Bell-Pedersen
Larchwood, Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora
G. Kema
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm POSTER SESSION III
| Industrial Biology | Nautilus | Posters 180-214 |
| Biochemistry | Triton | Posters 473-492 |
| Developmental Biology | Heather | Posters 429-457 |
| Population Biology | Toyon | Posters 88-107 |
| Acacia | Posters108-124 | |
| Gene Regulation | Curlew | Posters 344-359 |
| Sanderling | Posters 360-375 | |
| Dolphin | Posters 376-385 |
SATURDAY, March 17
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker
8:30 am- 12:00 pm Plenary Session, Merrill Hall
GENOME STRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE Chair: Denise Zickler
David Perkins: Chromosome rearrangements in the new era
Miriam Zolan: Break-dancing chromosomes: meiosis and DNA repair in Coprinus
Carlo Cogoni: Post-transcriptional gene silencing: a defense mechanism conserved in eukaryotes
Annie Sainsard: Respiration controls mitochondrial DNA instability and longevity in Podospora anserina
Denise Zickler: Interdependency of chromosomal and cell cycle processes
12:00- 1:00 pm Lunch, Crocker Hall
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS IV
Fred Farr Forum, Chaperones & Stress Proteins; Protein Targeting, Transport and Secretion
J. Silver, & D. Archer
Chapel, Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics Host-Parasite Coevolution
P. deWit & R. Prade
Merrill Hall, New Tools: Microarrays, Transcriptome, Knockouts, Transposon Tagging
G. Turner
Scripps, Oomycete Molecular Genetics
B. Tyler
6:00 Banquet, Crocker Hall
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm INVITED LECTURE
N. Ronald Morris, M.D.
9:00 pm - 12:30 am Closing Party, Merrill Hall
Featuring The Amplified DNA Band
9:00 pm - 12:30 am Quiet Alternative
Surf and Sand Living Room
SUNDAY, March 18
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker
8:30 am - 12:00 pm AD HOC WORKSHOPS
12:00- 1:00 pm Lunch, Crocker Hall
12:00 pm Check-out