Michael Freitag, University of Oregon
Welcome and Introduction
(talks will be 15 to 20 min)

Namboori Raju, Stanford University
Programmed ascospore death in the homothallic ascomycete Coniochaete tetraspora

Giuseppe Macino, Università 'La Sapienza', Roma
Two mechanisms of transgene-induced gene silencing are present in Neurospora

Regine Kahmann, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet Muenchen
vst1, a small, non coding RNA regulates pheromone gene expression in Ustilago maydis

Herman Edskes, NIDDK, Bethesda, MD
Prions in Yeast

Break

Michael Freitag, University of Oregon
De novo methylation in vegetative cells of Neurospora crassa

Hisashi Tamaru, University of Oregon
Characterization of signals for de novo methylation by short synthetic oligonucleotides

Gregory Kothe, University of Oregon
Neurospora proteins that bind methylated DNA and DNA mutated by RIP

Jonathan Walton, Michigan State University
Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase by HC-toxin during Infection of Maize by Cochliobolus carbonum

Additional discussion and closing remarks