Schedule of Concurrent Workshops

TUESDAY March 18

1:30 - 5:00 pm

Neurospora (Chairs: Kathy Borkovich and Matthew Sachs) Merrill

Aspergillus (Chairs: Steve Harris and Peter Punt) Chapel

Agaricus/Basidiomycetes (Chair: Mark Loftus) Firelight Forum

Oomycetes (Chair: Brett Tyler) Scripps Conference Room

Fusarium (Chair: John Leslie) View Point East

Fungal Melanin and Pathogenesis (Chair: Joan Henson) View Point West

7:30 - 11:00 pm

Neurospora (Chairs: Kathy Borkovich and Matthew Sachs) Merrill

Update on Pathogenicity Factors (Chairs: Hans Van Etten and John Hamer) Chapel

Biotechnology (Chair: Randy Berka and Cees van den Hondel) Firelight Forum

Mycorrhizae (Chair: G.K. Podila) Scripps Conference Room

Horizontal Gene Transfer (Chair: Gillian Turgeon) View Point East

THURSDAY March 20

3:00 - 6:00 pm Posters I (Odd numbers: 3:00-4:30; even numbers: 4:30-6:00)

Hyphal Growth and Polarity/Gene Regulation/Oomycetes Heather/Triton/Acacia

PathogenicityFactors/Cell Biology and Pathogenesis Nautilus/Triton

Recombination/Neurospora/Agaricus Marlin/Curlew

7:30 - 10:30 pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

Gene Regulation and Cell Biology (Chairs: Tom Adams and Dan Ebbole) Merrill

Signal Transduction (Chairs: Jim Kronstad and Keith Klein) Chapel

Evolution of Mating Type and Incompatibility Genes Firelight Forum

(Chairs: Georgiana May and Ursula Kes)

Medical Mycology (Chairs: Chuck Staben and Melanie Cushion) Scripps Conference Room

Fungal Transposons (Chair: Jack Kinsey) View Point East

Recombination and Meiosis (Chair: David Catcheside) View Point West

FRIDAY March 21

3:00 - 6:00 pm Posters II (Odd numbers: 3:00-4:30; even numbers: 4:30-6:00)

Mating Types/Genomes/Transposons/Reproduction/Model Systems Heather/Toyon/Acacia

Biotechnology/Aspergillus Nautilus/Triton

Evolution of Mating Types/Population Genetics/Horizontal Gene Transfer Marlin/Curlew

7:30 - 10:30 pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

Fungal Genomes (Chair: Jonathon Arnold) Merrill

Mating Types (Chairs: Robert de Buchy and Mary Ann Nelson) Chapel

Secondary Metabolism (Chairs: Nancy Keller and Gary Payne) Firelight Forum

Photobiology (Chair: Luis Corrochano) Scripps Conference Room

Population Genetics (Chair: Myron Smith) View Point East

Hyphal Growth and Polarity (Chair: Solomon Bartnicki-Garcia) View Point West

SATURDAY March 22

3:00 - 6:00 pm Posters III (Odd numbers: 3:00-4:30; even numbers: 4:30-6:00)

Signal Transduction/Photobiology/Gene Regulation/Mycorrhizae Heather/Toyon/Acacia

Pathogenicity Factors/Fungal Melanin/Medical Mycology/Fusarium Triton/Nautilus

Secondary Metabolism/Citric Acid Cycle/Neurospora Marlin/Curlew

6:15 - 7:45 pm Banquet Crocker

7:45 - 8:00 pm Business Meeting Crocker

8:00 - 9:00 pm Invited Lecture: Lorna Casselton Crocker

9:00 - 1:00 am Farewell Party Merrill

SUNDAY March 23

8:30 - 12:00 Ad Hoc Sessions

12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch Crocker

1:00 pm Check out.

Neurospora

Merrill Hall

(Chairs: Kathy Borkovich and Matthew Sachs)

Wednesday, March 19

1:30 PM and 7:30 PM

1:30 - 1:55 pm Rowland Davis (University of California, Irvine): Neurospora research: Making an art of anomalies

1:55 - 2:15 John Fincham (Edinburgh University): Structure-function relationships in Neurospora NADP-specific glutamate dehydrogenase

2:15 - 2:30 Jonathan Arnold (University of Georgia): In vitro reconstruction of the Neurospora crassa genome

2:30 - 2:45 Mary Anne Nelson (University of New Mexico): The Neurospora genome project: A pilot study

2:45 - 3:00 BREAK

3:00 - 3:15 Jay Dunlap (Dartmouth): Genome sequencing project

3:15 - 3:30 Alan Radford (Leeds University): The Neurospora Compendium

3:30 - 4:00 Neurospora Policy Committee Meeting

7:30 - 7:45 pm Randolph Addison (Georgetown University): Topogenesis of the Neurospora plasma membrane H+ ATPase

7:45 - 8:00 Barry Bowman (University of California, Santa Cruz): Pumps, organelles, and the cell biology of Neurospora

8:00 - 8:15 Frank Nargang (University of Alberta): Development and use of Neurospora mutants for the study of import of proteins into mitochondria

8:15 - 8:30 Marta Tanrikulu (USDA/ARS/WRRC): Fatty acid and acyl lipid metabolism in Neurospora crassa

8:30 - 8:45 Richard L. Weiss (University of California, Los Angeles): Compartmentation and arginine metabolism in Neurospora

8:45 - 9:00 BREAK

9:00 - 9:15 Jack Kinsey (University of Kansas): The Neurospora CCAAT binding protein

9:15 - 9:30 Bob Metzenberg (Stanford University): Regulation of phosphorus-family genes in Neurospora

9:30 - 9:45 Nora Plesofsky-Vig (University of Minnesota): A role for hsp30 in thermal resistance in Neurospora

9:45 - 10:00 Brett Tyler (University of California, Davis): Global regulation of ribosome synthesis

Aspergillus

Chapel

(Chairs: Steve Harris and Peter Punt)

Wednesday, March 19

1:30 PM

Session I: Aspergillus Genetics

1:30 - 1:45 pm Rolf Prade (Oklahoma State University): Update on genome sequencing in Aspergillus

1:45 - 2:00 John Clutterbuck (Glasgow University): Update of the A. nidulans genetic map

2:00 - 2:15 David Geiser (University of California, Berkeley): Population genetics of the Aspergilli

2:15 - 2:25 Anne van Diepeningen (Wageningen Agricultural University): Heterokaryon incompatibility and virus transfer in natural isolates of black Aspergilli

2:25 - 2:35 Anamitra Bhattacharyya (University of California, San Francisco): Aspergillus nidulans maintains short telomeres throughout development

2:35 - 2:45 Steven Harris (University of Connecticut): Octad analysis in A. nidulans

2:45 - 3:00 BREAK

Session II: Molecular Tools in Aspergillus Research

3:00 - 3:10 Vicky Gavrias (ChemGenics Pharmaceuticals Inc.): A yeast expression library for the cloning of Aspergillus genes

3:10 - 3:20 Diana Bartelt (St. JohnÕs University): A. nidulans cDNA libraries suitable for two-hybrid screens

3:20 - 3:30 Frank Schuren (TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute): Replicating vectors

3:30 - 3:40 Etta Kafer (Simon Fraser University): Uses of replicating vectors in A. nidulans

3:40 - 3:50 Sabine Eckert (University of Gottingen): REMI mutagenesis I

3:50 - 4:00 Jesus Aguirre (UNAM): REMI mutagenesis II

4:00 - 4:10 Ruediger Suelmann (Max-Planck-Institut fr Terrestrische Mikrobiologie): GFP as a tool in Aspergillus research

4:10 - 4:20 Noel van Peij (Wageningen Agricultural University): A selection system to identify fungal activator genes

4:20 - 4:30 Christina Panozzo (UPS): The alcA promoter as a tool to improve gene expression in fungi

Agaricus/Basidiomyces

Firelight Forum

(Chair: Mark Loftus)

Wednesday, March 19

1:30 pm

1:30 - 1:45 pm Rick Kerrigan (Sylvan Spawn): Impact of foreign germplasm on the native germplasm of Agaricus bisporus: new data from coastal California

1:45 - 2:00 Mike Challen (HRI Wellesbourne): Wild about Agaricus

2:00 - 2:15 Philippe Callac (INRA Bordeaux): The unusual life cycle of two wild French isolates of Agaricus bisporus and the inheritance of their tetrasporic trait

2:15 - 2:30 Paul Horgen and Daisy Carvalho (University of Toronto): Genetic and biological consequences of degeneration of the off-white hybrid of Agaricus bisporus

2:30 - 2:45 Paul De La Bastide (University of Toronto): The influence of mitochondrial haplotype on mycelial growth of Agaricus bisporus heterokayons produced by controlled crosses

2:45 - 3:00 Steve Lodder (Amycel SpawnMate): Electrophoretic karyotype variation in the genus Agaricus

3:00 - 3:15 BREAK

3:15 - 3:30 Stephen Horton (Union College): Fruit body development in Schizophyllum: the role of the Frt1 gene

3:30 - 3:45 Jaap Visser (Wageningen Agricultural University): Molecular characterization of genes involved in carbon metabolism and compost degradation

3:45 - 4:00 Peter Schaap (Wageningen Agricultural University): Isolation of developmentally regulated genes of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus

4:00 - 4:15 Chris Thurston (Kings College): Structure and expression of genes for extracellular enzymes of Agaricus bisporus

4:15 - 4:30 Anton Sonnenberg (Mushroom Experimental Station): Repetitive sequences in Agaricus bisporus

Oomycetes

Scripps Conference Room

(Chair: Brett Tyler)

Wednesday, March 19

1:30 PM

1:00 - 1:15 Julie Silver

1:15 - 1:30 Jerry Marshall (Australian National University)

1:30 - 1:45 Pieter van West (Wageningen Agricultural University)

1:45 - 2:00 Theo van der Lee (Wageningen Agricultural University)

2:00 - 2:15 Nick Pipe (University of Wales): Towards and understanding of populations of P.Êinfestans

2:15 - 2:30 David Shaw (University of Wales):

2:30 - 2:45 Wei-xing Shan (University of California, Davis):

2:45 - 3:00 OPEN

3:00 - 4:00 Discussion: Sequencing an entire phytophthora genome

Leaders: Brett Tyler, Bruno Sobral, Craig Liddell

Fusarium

View Point East

(Chair: John Leslie)

Wednesday, March 19

1:30 pm

1:30 -1:40 pm John F. Leslie (Kansas State University): Introduction

1:40 - 2:10 Kurt A. Zeller (Kansas State University): Genetic analysis of Fusarium moniliform (Gibberella fujikuroi Mating population A) mutants with altered vegetative incompatibility responses

2:10 - 2:40 Bettina Tudzynski (Westflische Wilhelms-Universitt): Isolation and regulation of genes of the gibberellin biosynthesis pathway in Gibberella fujikuroi

2:40 - 3:10 Hans Van Etten (University of Arizona): The ÒBÓ (dispensible) chromosomes of Nectria haematococca (Fusarium solani): Functional equivalents of bacterial plasmids with habitat determining genes

3:10 - 3:30 BREAK

3:30 - 4:00 H. Corby Kistler (University of Florida): Host specialization in Fusarium oxysporum

4:00 - 4:15 Angela Schilling (University of Hohenheim): Molecular diversity and genetic structure in field populations of Fusarium graminearum

4:15 - 4:30 Craig M. Liddell (New Mexico State University): A perspective on Fusarium genetics

Fungal Melanin and Pathogenesis

View Point West

(Chair: Joan Henson)

Wednesday, March 19

1:30 pm

1:30 - 1:55 pm Joan Henson (Montana State University): Melanin of the take-all fungus, Gaeumannomyces graminis

1:55 - 2:20 Claire Kelly (University of Birmingham): Molecular genetics of Gaeumannomyces graminis with particular reference to pigment production and pathogenicity

2:20 - 2:45 Yasuyuki Kubo (Kyoto Prefectural University): Molecular genetic analysis of melanin biosynthetic genes of Colletotrichum lagenarium

2:45 - 3:10 Anne Vidal-Cros (Universit Pierre et Marie Curie): Polyhydroxynaphthalene reductase: towards understanding the mechanism of tricyclazole inhibition

3:10 - 3:30 BREAK

3:30 - 3:55 Rick Howard (DuPont Inc.): Melanin and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe grisea

3:55 - 4:20 June Kwon-Chung (National Institutes of Health): Melanin and Cryptococcus neoformans

4:20 - 4:45 Eric Jacobson (McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center): Fungal reactive armor: Redox buffering by melanin and Fe(II) in Cryptococcus neoformans

Update on Pathogenicity Factors

Chapel

(Chair: Hans Van Etten and John Hamer)

Wednesday, March 19

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:35 pm Hans VanEtten (University of Arizona): Introduction

7:35 - 7:40 John Hamer (Purdue University): Update on differential expression and related techniques to identified putative pathogenicity genes

7:40 - 8:00 Nick Talbot (University of Exeter): Infection structure formation

8:00 - 8:20 Anne Osbourn (Sainsbury Laboratory): Detoxification of phytoanticipins and phytoalexins

8:20 - 8:40 Jan van Kan (Wageningen Agricultural University): Cell wall degrading enzymes

8:40 - 9:00 Olen Yoder (Cornell University): Toxins

9:00 - 9:20 BREAK

9:20 - 9:50 Marc Orbach (University of Arizona): Avirulence genes

9:50 - 10:00 Paul Szaniszlo (University of Texas, Austen): Role of chitin synthase in pathogenesis by Wangiella and other fungi

10:00 - 10:10 Harold Kistler (University of Florida): Identification of pea pathogenicity (PEP) genes on dispensible chromosome in Nectria haematococca

10:10 - 10:20 Walid Hamada (University of Oxford): HCf-1 and HCf-2: two hydrophobins of Cladosporium fulvum

10:20 - 10:30 Rolf Prade (Oklahoma State University): Suicide-substrate selection of genes that regulate plant cell wall breakdown in Cochliobolus sativus

10:30 - 10:40 Dipnath Baidyaroy (Michigan State University): Mitochondrial hypovirulence in KFC9, a Cryphonectria parasitica strain obtained from nature

Biotechnology

Firelight Forum

(Chairs: Randy Berka and Cees van den Hondel)

Wednesday, March 19

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:50 pm Cees van den Hondel (TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute): Efficient production of secreted proteins by Aspergillus: progress, limitations and prospects

7:50 - 8:05 Ingeborg van Gemeren (Unilever Research Laboratory): Expression and secretion of defined cutinase variants by Aspergillus awamori

8:05 - 8:20 Dave Archer (B.B.S.R.C.): Fidelity of fusion protein processing by A. niger

8:20 - 8:35 Susan Elrod (Novo Nordisk Biotech): Overexpression of heme biosynthesis pathway genes results in increased heterologous hemeprotein production in Aspergillus oryzae

8:35 - 8:50 C. Joshua Eades (University of Victoria): Protein glycosylation in Aspergillus nidulans

8:50 - 9:05 Anne Santerre (Danish Technical University): Analysis of the a-amylase production in a transformed Aspergillus oryzae strain

9:05 - 9:20 BREAK

9:20 - 9:35 John C. Royer (Novo Nordisk Biotech): Development of the Quorn mycoprotein fungus Fusarium graminearum for the production of heterologous food enzymes

9:35 - 9:50 S. Yamaguchi (Anmano Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.): Heterologous protein expression system using a lipase gene, mdlA, from Penicilium camembertii

9:50 - 10:05 Ben Bower (Genecor International): Trichoderma reesei EG III expression and modification

10:05 - 10:20 Dan Cullen (USDA Forest Products Lab): Phanerochaete chrysosporium gene expression in wood and in organopollutant contaminated soils

10:20 - 10:35 David M. Long (Montana State University): Extrachromosomal replication of transforming DNA by a filamentous fungus

Mycorrhizae

Scripps Conference Room

(Chair: G.K. Podila)

Wednesday, March 19

7:30 pm

Vilberto Stocchi (Universita degli Studi di Urbino): Purification, localization and determination of the primary structure of TB11.9 protein from Tuber borchii

Francis Martin (INRA-Nancy): Current status on molecular basis of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis

Silvia Perotto (University of Torino): Molecular ecology of ericoid mycorrhizae

Uwe Nehels (Universitat Tubingen): Carbon transport mechanisms in ectomycorrhizae

BREAK

Maria Harrison (Noble Foundation): Molecular genetics of phosphate uptake and transport in endomycorrhizae

James Jurgenson (Iowa State University): Identification and DNA fingerprinting of endomycorrhizal fungi

Frederic Lapetrie (INRA-Nancy): Signal transduction mechanisms in ectomycorrhizae

Gopi Podila (Michigan Technological University): Early gene expression in conifer-ectomycorrhizae and biotechnological uses of mycorrhizal fungi

Horizontal Gene Transfer

View Point East

(Chair: Gillian Turgeon)

Wednesday, March 19

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:50 pm Gillian Turgeon (Cornell University): Significance of horizontal gene transfer in evolution of the fungal genome

7:50 - 8:05 Mark Rose (North Carolina State University): The Tox1 locus of Cochliobolus heterostrophus

8:05 - 8:20 John Pitkin (Michigan State University): The Tox2 locus of Cochliobolus carbonum

8:20 - 8:35 Lynda Ciuffetti (Oregon State University): Identification of a gene conferring pathogenicity to the causal agent of tan spot of wheat.

8:35 - 8:50 BREAK

8:50 - 9:10 Marie-Jos Daboussi (Universit Paris-Sud): Evidence for horizontal transmission of the Fot1 element within the Fusarium genus

9:10 - 9:30 Tony Griffiths (University of British Columbia): How did fungal plasmids get to where they are today?

9:30 - 9:50 Liane Rosewich (University of Florida): Do pathogenicity islands exist in fungi? Pea pathogenicity genes revisted

Gene Regulation and Cell Biology

Merrill Hall

(Chairs: Tom Adams and Dan Ebbole)

Thursday, March 20

7:30 pm

7:30 -7:50 pm Matt Sachs (Oregon Graduate Institute): Overview of C and N control Ð Genetic control of metabolic flux

7:50 - 8:00 Rob Shroff (University of Adelaide): Characterization of mutations in creA affecting carbon catabolite repression in Aspergillus nidulans

8:00 - 8:10 George Marzluf (Ohio State University): Importance of protein-protein interactions in nitrogen gene regulation

8:10 - 8:20 Steve Free (State University of New York, Buffalo): Involvement of a MAP kinase signal transduction system in regulating Neurospora macroconidation

8:20 - 8:30 Lori Bailey (Texas A&M University): Regulators of Neurospora conidiation

8:30 - 8:40 John Hamer (Purdue University): Metabolic gene regulation and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus

8:40 - 9:00 BREAK

9:00 - 9:20 Reinhard Fisher (Max-Planck-Institute, Marburg): Links between cell biology and fungal development

9:20 - 9:30 Qi Yang (University of Texas, Houston): Neurospora crassa as a heterologous system to study mammalian G proteins

9:30 - 9:40 Jenny Wieser (Texas A&M University): Aspergillus delayed conidiation mutants

9:40 - 9:50 Xiang Ye (Weis Center for Research): Tyr15 phosphorylation of p34cdc2 regulates septation and development in Aspergillus

9:50 - 10:00 Rodolfo Aramayo (Stanford University): Regulation of asm-1+ during sexual development

10:00 - 10:10 Bruce Miller (University of Idaho): Control of developmental complexity by the stunted and medusa regulatory genes

Signal Transduction

Chapel

(Chairs: Jim Kronstad and Keith Klein)

Thursday, March 20

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:40 pm Keith Klein (Mankato State University): Introduction

7:40 - 8:00 Katherine Borkovich (University of Texas-Houston): Signaling through multiple G-proteins in Neurospora crassa

8:00 - 8:20 Don Nuss (University of Maryland): Distinct roles for two G-protein alpha subunits in fungal virulence, morphology and reproduction revealed by targeted gene disruption

8:20 - 8:40 Ralph Dean (Clemson University): Role of G-proteins in Magnaporthe grisea growth and development

8:40 - 9:00 Joe-Hyuk Yu (Texas A&M University): Control of Aspergillus growth and development by G protein-mediated signaling

9:00 - 9:15 BREAK

9:15 - 9:35 Marty Dickman (University of Nebraska): Signaling in Colletotrichum trifollii during the early stages of pathogenesis

9:35 - 9:55 Franz Durrenberger (University of British Columbia): Regulated PKA is required for virulence and morphogenesis in Ustilago maydis

9:55 - 10:15 Lisa Alex (California Institute of Technology): Histidine kinase signaling in Neurospora crassa

10:15 - 10:35 Jin-Rong Xu (Purdue University): Mitogen-activated protein kinases required for pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus

Evolution of Fungal Self Recognition Genes,

Mating Type and Vegetative Incompatibility

Firelight Forum

(Chairs: Georgiana Mays and Ursula Kes)

Thursday, March 20

7:30 pm

7:30 - 8:00 pm Georgiana May (University of Minnesota): Brief introduction and Coprinus mating type genes

8:00 - 8:20 R. KahmannÕs group (Institut fur Genetik und Mikrobiologie): Evolution at the Ustilago b mating type locus

8:20 - 8:40 C. Raper (University of Vermont): How did Schizophyllum commune evolve so many different B mating types?

8:40 - 9:00 H. Judelson (University of California, Riverside): Mating type determination in Phytophthora

9:00 - 9:20 BREAK

9:20 - 9:40 G. Turgeon (Cornell University): Phylogenetics and evolution of mating type genes in Cochliobolus and related spp.

9:40 - 10:00 Adlane Ferreira (University of British Columbia): The mating type locus in Neurospora

10:00 - 10:20 J. Begueret (CNRS): The protein product of the het-s gene involved in vegetative incompatibility in Podospora anserina, behaves as a prion protein

Medical Mycology

Scripps Conference Room

(Chairs: Chuck Staben and Melanie Cushion)

Thursday, March 20

7:30 pm

An updated version of the Medical mycology workshop program is available.

The Medical Mycology Workshop intends to revert to the spirit of earlier meetings. We will encourage chalk talks and input from the floor. We plan to guide discussion stimulated by selected presentations in the following general areas. We want to encourage scientific exchange between the fungal genetics community whose main concern is model organisms and that whose main concern is pathogens. Our intention is to follow the following approximate outline, but we are willing to add speakers and we will encourage participation from the floor:

Anticipated participants, some of whom will present, include:

Melanie Cushion, Chuck Staben, George Smulian, Thomas White, John Taylor, David Holden, An Zhiqiang, Yun Chang, Judith Rhoads, Vicky Gavrias

Medical Mycology

I. Basic Biology of pathogenic fungi

A. Life cycles (What do we know, what don't we know?)

B. Role of genomics

1. status of current efforts

2. use of genome-wide approaches in target identification, etc.

C. Genetic manipulations of pathogens (P. carinii, C. neoformans)

II. Host-pathogen interactions (Are there virulence and pathogenicity factors)

III. Diagnosis of pathogenic infections (Methods available, relevance to clinic?)

IV. Treatment

A. Challenges posed by drug transport

B. Target identification

C. Novel drug discovery approaches

Fungal Transposons

View Point East

(Chair: Jack Kinsey)

Thursday, March 20

7:30 PM

7:30 -7:50 pm M.J. Daboussi (Universit Paris Sud): Prospects for transposon tagging in fungi

7:50 - 8:10 F. Kempken (Ruhr-Universitt Bochum): Regulation of the restless transposon

8:10 - 8:30 J. Kinsey (University of Kansas): Gene silencing by Tad

8:30 - 8:45 BREAK

8:45 - 9:05 M. Orbach (University of Arizona): LINEs and SINEs in Magnaporthe

9:05 - 9:25 E. Cambareri (University of California, Santa Barbara): Transposons and centromere structure in Neurospora

9:25 - 9:45 D. Cullen (Forest Products Laboratory): Distribution of Pcel elements in P. chrysosporium

9:45 - 10:05 S. Jacobson (Ruhr Universitt Bochum): Distribution of the restless transposon in different Beauveria nivea strains

Recombination and Meiosis

View Point West

(Chair: David E.A. Catcheside)

Thursday, March 20

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:35 pm David Catcheside (Flinders University): Introduction

7:35 - 7:55 John Fincham (University of Edinburgh): Recombination models: What are their genetical predictions

7:55 - 8:15 David R. Stadler (University of Washington): Intragenic recombination at mtr in Neurospora, a molecular description

8:15 - 8:35 Frederick J. Bowring (Flinders University): Molecular analysis of conversion events at the am locus of Neurospora

8:35 - 8:55 David E.A. Catcheside (Flinders University): Molecular analysis of recombination events associated with the cog recombinator of Neurospora

8:55 - 9:10 BREAK

9:10 - 9:25 Mary E. Case (University of Georgia): Molecular analysis of pan-2 prototrophs in Neurospora crassa

9:25 - 9:45 Mimi Zolan (Indiana University): FISH analysis of meiotic homolog pairing in Coprinus cinereus

9:45 - 10:00 Janet Knight (University of North Carolina): Class I and Class II synaptic mutants in the basidomycetes Coprinus cinereus

10:00 - 10:15 Lesley Benyon (University of North Carolina): The bad27 mutation in Coprinus cinereus is defective in both Methylation Induced Premiotically (MIP) and meiotic chromosome synapsis.

10:15 Discussion

Fungal Genomes

Merrill

(Chair: Jonathon Arnold)

Friday, March 21

7:30 pm

7:30 - 8:00 pm E. Tait (University of Aberdeen): A Candida albicans genome project: cosmid contigs, physical mapping and gene isolation

8:00 - 8:30 B. Tyler (University of California, Davis): Physical and genetic mapping of Phytophtora sojae

8:30 - 9:00 M.A. Nelson (University of New Mexico): cDNA sequencing in Neurospora crassa

9:00 - 9:15 BREAK

9:15 - 9:45 S.F. Covert (University of Georgia): Physical mapping of meiotic breakpoints on an unstable fungal chromosome

9:45 - 10:15 M. Schena (Stanford University): Fungal genome analysis with gene expression microarrays

10:15 - 10:45 J. Roth (University of Utah): Selfish operons: horizontal transfer may drive the evolution of gene clusters

10:45 - 11:15 Juergen Wendland (University of Basel): Surprising similarities between the genomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Ashbya gossypii, a phytopathogenic fungus.

Mating Types

Chapel

(Chairs: Robert Debuchy and Mary Ann Nelson)

Friday, March 21

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:50 pm Lorna Casselton (University of Oxford): Molecular basis for multiple B mating types in Coprinus cinereus

7:50 - 8:10 Robert C. Ullrich (University of Vermont): Y and Z Aa mating-type proteins of Schizophyllum commune bind in all combinations in vitro

8:10 - 8:30 James W. Kronstad (University of British Columbia): Specificity determinants revealed by chimeric alleles of the b genes of Ustilago maydis

8:30 - 8:50 Joerg Kaemper (Institute of Genetics, Munich): Targets for the bE and bW homeodomain proteins in Ustilago maydis

8:50 - 9:00 Thomas J. Fowler (University of Vermont): Clues to the molecular basis of mutant Bb2 mating types of Schizophyllum commune

9:00 - 9:10 BREAK

9:10 - 9:30 Neal van Alfen (Texas A&M University): Pertubation of expression of sexual pheromone precursor genes of the ascomycete Cryphonectria parasitica by a hypovirus

9:30 - 9:50 Robert Debuchy (Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, Orsay): Internuclear recognition control by mating-type genes in Podospora anserina

9:50 - 10:00 Stefanie Poeggeler (Ruhr-Universitt, Bochum): Cloning and analysis of the mating-type genes from the homothallic ascomycete Sodaria macrospora

10:00 - 10:10 Gillian B. Turgeon (Cornell University): Characterization of mating type genes in homothallic ascomycetes

10:10 - 10:20 Cindy R. Cisar (University of Arkansas): Mating system of Glomerella cingulata

10:20 - 10:30 To be announced

Secondary Metabolism

Firelight Forum

(Chair: Nancy Keller and Gary Payne)

Friday, March 21

7:30 PM

7:30 - 7:45 pm Introduction

7:45 - 8:00 Olen C. Yoder (Cornell University): Polyketide synthase-encoding genes from polyketide toxin producing fungi

8:00 - 8:45 Axel A. Brakhage (Universitt Mnchen): A CCAAT binding protein (PENR1) regulates all Aspergillus nidulans structural genes required for the biosynthesis of the secondary metabolite penicillin

8:45 - 9:00 Christopher L. Schardl (University of Kentucky): Ergot alkaloid biosynthesis in Claviceps purpurea and the related grass mutualist, Neotyphodium coenophialum

9:00 - 9:15 Margo E. Daub (North Carolina State University): Living with active oxygen: Fungal resistance to photactivated polyketide toxins

9:15 - 9:30 BREAK

9:30 - 10:00 Lynda M. Ciuffetti (Oregon State University): A causal role of a host-selective toxin in the development of tan spot of wheat

10:00 - 10:15 Gary A. Payne (North Carolina State University): Regulatory elements involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis

Photobiology

Scripps Conference Room

(Chair: Luis Corrochano)

Friday, March 21

7:30 pm

Luis Corrochano (Universidad de Sevilla): Effects of light on fungal development

U. Kes (ETH): Light and sporulation in Coprinus

B. Lu (University of Guelph): Light and meiosis in Coprinus

Pino Macino(Universita Di Roma): Protein kinases and light responses in Neurospora

Frank Lauter: Photocontrol of the kinase-encoding gene, cot-1, in Neurospora

BREAK

Tom Schmidhauser: Expression of albino genes in Neurospora

Dan Ebbole (Texas A&M University): Expression of conidiation genes in Neurospora

J. Dunlap/J. Loros (Dartmouth): Expression of clock controlled genes in Neurospora

L. Yager (Temple University): Light and conidiation in Aspergillus

Population Genetics

View Point East

(Chair: Myron Smith)

Friday, March 21

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:35 pm Myron Smith (Carleton University): Introduction

7:35 - 7:50 Myron Smith (Carleton University): Population genetics of Neurospora crassa using heterokaryon incompatibility genes as molecular

7:50 - 8:10 John W. Taylor (University of California, Berkeley): Molecular Population genetics of the pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides immitis: recombination, distinct populations, and cryptic speciation

8:10 - 8:30 Jan Stenlid (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences): Influence of geographic distance and mating strategy on the genetic population structure of wood decay basidiomycetes

8:30 - 8:50 Alfons J.M. Debets (Wageningen Agricultural University): Improving on Mendel: selection-arenas in fungi

8:50 - 9:10 BREAK

9:10 - 9:30 David M. Geiser (University of California, Berkeley): Aspergillus flavus is a truly asexual species with a close sexual relative

9:30 - 9:50 Ignazio Carbone (University of Toronto): Clonal origin and phylogeny in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

9:50 - 10:10 Matteo Garbelotto (University of California, Berkeley): Geographic distribution, ecological adaptation, and molecular analysis provide evidence for non-allopatric speciation in the Heterobasidion annosum complex

10:10 - 10:30

Hyphal Growth and Polarity

View Point West

(Chair: Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia)

Friday, March 21

7:30 pm

7:30 - 7:45 pm Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia (University of California, Riverside): Introduction: Major questions in hyphal morphogenesis

7:45 - 8:15 John Chant (Harvard University): Molecular control of cytoskeletal polarity in yeast

8:15 - 8:45 I. Brent Heath (University of York): The cytoskeleton: organizer and effector of hyphal tip growth

8:45 - 9:15 Flora Banuett (University of California, San Francisco): Morphological changes during growth of Ustilago maydis

9:15 - 9:30 BREAK

9:30 - 9:45 Meritxell Riquelme (University of California, Riverside): Growth directionality in hyphae of Neurospora crassa

9:45 - 10:00 Gero Steinberg (University of Colorado): Kinesin in vacuole formation and cytoplasmic migration in Ustilago maydis

10:00 - 10:15 Claude Selitrennikoff (University of Colorado): Role of histidine kinase in hyphal morphology

10:15 - 10:30 Gustavo Viniegra-Gonzlez (UNAM): Role of water activity in hyphal growth and enzyme secretion in Aspergillus niger