Each of the speakers will have 15 min + 5 min for discussion

1. A homologue of a gene implicated in the virulence of human fungal diseases is present in a plant fungal pathogen and expressed during infection
Neil Hall, John P.R. Keon, and John A. Hargreaves IACR Long Ashton, Cell Biology, Long Ashton, Bristol, UK

2. Factors affecting pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae.
Steven E. Screen, and Ray J. St. Leger. University of Maryland, Entomology,College Park, MD, USA

3. The role of calcineurin in dimorphism and pathogenicity in the corn smut pathogen Ustilago maydis.
John W. Duick and Scott E. Gold University of Georgia, Plant Pathology, Athens, GA, USA

4. Investigation of hgl1, a gene involved in cAMP-dependent morphogenesis in the corn smut Ustilago maydis.
David Laidlaw, Franz Durrenberger, and James W. Kronstad. University of British Columbia, Biotechnology, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Discovery Technologies, Innovation Center, Allschwil, Switzerland

5. Understanding fungal symbiotic lifestyles: Isolation of pathogenicity genes from Colletotrichum species and deciphering the basis of plant protection afforded by non-pathogenic mutants.
Regina S. Redman, and Rusty J. Rodriguez. USGS, BRD, Seattle, WA, USA

6. Differential gene transcription in galled and healthy tissues of pine infected with Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme.
Jaimie M. Warren, Sarah F. Covert The University of Georgia, Department of Genetics, Athens, GA, USA

7. Analysis of pathogenicity and genome organization in Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi.
Louis Bernier, Clive M. Brasier, Josee Dufour, Mathieu Dusabenyagasani, and Abdelali Et-Touil. Universite Laval, C.R.B.F., Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, U.K.

8. Host- and biotope-specific populations of Claviceps purpurea.
Sylvie Pazoutova, Marie Skvanova, Michaela Dolejsi and Marek Linka, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic

9. Monitoring structural changes in heterogeneous populations of the head blight pathogen Fusarium culmorum with molecular fingerprint markers.
Angela G. Schilling, Thomas Miedaner *, and Hartwig H. Geiger University of Hohenheim, Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics and * State Plant Breeding Institute,D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany