Introduction and Welcome
FRANK KEMPKEN (chair)

Update on Transposons and Related Entities

ANDREA HAMANN
Transposable Elements in Podospora anserina

DAN CULLEN
Organization of Phanerochaete chrysosporium repeated elements

JENNIFER RAWSON
Transposon trapping in the phytopathogenic fungus Stagonospora nodorum

JOHN C. KENNELL
Non-LTR-retroplasmids in Fusarium oxysporum

- 15 min coffee break -

Evolution and Impact on Gene Expression

AURELIE HUA-VAN
Distribution and evolution of the impala transposon family in Fusarium oxysporum

THOMAS FOWLER
Disruption of a fungal regulatory gene by transposon Scooter of Schizophyllum commune

MARIE NISHIMURA
A LINE retrotransposon caused conidium morphogenic mutants in Magnaporthe grisea

Towards Molecular Tools

FRANK KEMPKEN
Restless aided transposon tagging and characterization of a nitrate regulator gene

FRANCOIS VILLALBA
Transposon mediated mutagenesis in Magnaporthe grisea

ULRICH KÜCK
Transposon activities in homologous and heterologous hosts

Final Discussion and Late Additions

ALL TALKS ARE 12 MIN. PLUS 3 MIN. DISCUSSION