3:00-3:30 pm Debbie Yaver (Novo Nordisk Biotech, Davis, CA)
Using DNA- tagged mutagenesis to improve heterologous protein production in Aspergillus oryzae

3:30- 4:00 pm Cees van den Hondel (TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, NL)
Effect of codon usage of plant alpha -galactosidase and other non-fungal genes on their expression in black Aspergilli

4:00 - 4:30 pm Huaming Wang (Genencor International, Palo Alto, CA)
Molecular characterization of PDI-related genes in Aspergillus

4:30-5:00 pm Marleen Maras (University of Ghent, BE)
Modification of fungal N-linked carbohydrates (in Trichoderma)

5:00-5:30 pm Merja Penttilä (VTT Biotechnology and Food Research, Espoo, FI)
A novel fusion strategy for protein production and purification in Trichoderma

5:30-6:00 pm Kazuo Shishido (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JPN)
Novel heterologous vectors and molecular breeding of Coprinus cinereus strains with high lignin and xylan degrading activities