TWENTY THIRD FUNGAL GENETICS CONFERENCE
Scientific Program
TUESDAY, March 15
3:00 pm – 10:00 pm Registration, Administration
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Social Reception (Mixer), Merrill Hall
WEDNESDAY, March 16
7:30 am - 1:00 pm Registration, Administration
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker Hall
8:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Session I, Merrill Hall
GENOMES AND EVOLUTION Chair: Sophien Kamoun
Rytas Vilgalys The fungal tree of life
James Galagan Comparative analysis of filamentous fungi
Kerry O’Donnell The importance of species biology in a genomics era: Examples from Fusarium
Ralph Dean The Magnaporthe grisea genome: novel insights into plant pathogenesis
Michael Snyder Comparison of regulatory networks in yeast
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. In the event of rain, please go inside the administration building.
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Concurrent Sessions I
Merrill Medical Mycology
Bill Steinbach, Joe Heitman
Chapel Whole Genome Comparative Analyses
Fred Farr Forum Industrial Mycology in the Age of Genomics
Linda Lasure, Peter Punt
Kiln Mating and Sexual Development
Bruce Miller, Robert Debuchy
Nautilus Regulation of Primary Metabolism
Dan Ebbole, Heather Wilkinson
Heather Teaching Fungal Biology and Genetics
Steve James, Patricia Pukkila
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm, Poster Session I
Poster Numbers Topic
1-36 Cell Biology
137-182 Genomics and Proteomics
213-238 Industrial Biology and Biotechnology
239-280 Host Parasite Interactions
509-556 Biochemistry and Secondary Metabolism
THURSDAY, March 17
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker Hall
8:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Session II, Merrill Hall
FUNGAL INTERACTIONS Chair: Joerg Kaemper
Joerg Kaemper Regulatory networks during pathogenic development of Ustilago maydis
Sophien Kamoun Extracellular protease inhibitors of Phytophthora infestans determine a novel counterdefense mechanism
Gillian Turgeon Secondary metabolites and stress
Francis Martin Genomics in the underworld: a glimpse of the interactions between ectomycorrhizal fungi and trees
Christophe D’Enfert Post-genomic approaches to the study of biofilm formation by pathogenic Candida
Alfredo Herrera-Estrella Prey detection and attack in an interfungal interaction
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. In the event of rain, please go inside the administration building.
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Concurrent Sessions II
Merrill Fungal-Plant Interactions
Barbara Valent, Hans Van Etten
Chapel Population Genetics
Teresa Pawlowska, John Taylor
Fred Farr Forum Biological Applications of Genomic Sequence Data
Mary Anne Nelson, Melanie Cushion
Kiln Basidiomycete Genomics and Biology
Allen Gathman, Walt Lilly
Nautilus Fungal Circadian Rhythms and Photobiology
Till Roenneberg, Deb Bell-Pederson
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm, Poster Session II
Poster Numbers Topic
75-99 Population and Evolutionary Biology
281-330 Host Parasite Interactions
370-410 Gene Regulation
459-508 Developmental Biology
557-588 Other
Friday, March 18
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker Hall
8:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Session III, Merrill Hall
CELL BIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT Chair:
Alex Andrianopoulos Molecular events controlling conidial germination in Pencillium marneffei
Amy Gladfelter Nuclear autonomous cell cycle regulation in multinucleated A. gossypii cells
Reinhard Fischer Sex and red light in Aspergillus nidulans
Nick Read Cell fusion 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. In the event of rain, please go inside the administration building.
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Concurrent Sessions III
Merrill Epigenetics, and Genome Dynamics
Louise Glass, Patrick Shiu
Chapel Secondary Metabolism
Bettina Tudzynski, Jonathan Walton
Fred Farr Forum Recent Advances in Oomycete Research
Jim Beynon, Pieter van West
Kiln Fungal Symbiotic Interactions
Natalia Requena, Arthur Schüßler
Nautilus The Fungal Cytoskeleton
Gero Steinberg, Robby Roberson
6:00 Dinner, Crocker Hall
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm, Poster Session III
Poster Numbers Topic
37-74 Cell Biology
100-136 Population and Evolutionary Biology
183-201 Genomics and Proteomics
331-369 Host Parasite Interactions
411-458 Gene Regulation
589-606 Other
SATURDAY, March 19
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast, Crocker Hall
8:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Session IV, Merrill Hall
SIGNALING AND GENE REGULATION Chair: Katherine Borkovich
Kathy Borkovich G protein coupled receptors control diverse environmental responses in Neurospora
Nancy Keller Mechanistic studies of global regulation of Aspergillus secondary metabolism
Yi Liu Molecular basis of the Neurospora circadian clock
Ben Horwitz Signaling for disease: transducers and their target genes in the maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus
Jim Kronstad Iron-regulated gene expression and signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans
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. In the event of rain, please go inside the administration building.
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Concurrent Sessions IV
Merrill The Fungal Proteome and Post-Genomic Approaches to Protein Secretion
Scott Baker, Arthur Ram
Chapel Evolutionary Genomics
Scott Kroken, Todd Ward
Fred Farr Forum Cellular Morphogenesis and Development
Steve Harris, Gerhard Braus
Kiln Fungal Response to Stress
Paul Tudzynski, Jesus Aguirre
Nautilus Signal Transduction
Jin-Rong Xu, Marty Dickman
Heather Transporters
Uvini Gunawardena, Mike Perlin
6:00 Banquet, Crocker Hall
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Invited Lecture: A special fondness for fungi
Joan Bennett
9:00 pm - 12:30 am Closing party, Merrill Hall
9:00 pm - 12:30 am Quiet alternative, Surf and Sand Living room
SUNDAY, March 20
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
AD HOC Workshops
Fusarium Genomics workshop
Botrytis/Sclerotinia Genomics workshop
12:00- 1:00 pm Lunch, Crocker Hall
12:00 pm Check-out