NINETEENTH FUNGAL GENETICS CONFERENCE INFORMATION

The Nineteenth Fungal Genetics Conference was held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California (near Monterey, California) from the afternoon of March 18 to noon, March 23, 1997 (Tuesday-Sunday). The meeting consisted of four plenary sessions and four sessions devoted to concurrent workshops.

SCHEDULE

DAY
MORNING
 AFTERNOON
 EVENING
Tuesday
March 18

Arrival
Registration
 Dinner
Mixer
Wednesday
March 19
Gene Regulation
and metabolism
Concurrent
Workshops
Concurrent
Workshops
Thursday
March 20
Cell Biology
and Pathogeneis
Poster Session 1
Concurrent
Workshops
Friday
March 21
Evolution and
Population Genetics
Poster Session 2
Concurrent
Workshops
Saturday
March22
Sexual/Asexual
Reproduction
Poster Session 3
Banquet and Invited Lecture
PARTY
Sunday
March 23
Ad Hoc
Sessions
 Lunch
Departure

CHAIRS OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Dr. N. Louise Glass
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z3
Canada
 Dr. Michael J. Hynes Department of Genetics
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052
Australia

PLENARY SESSIONS

The plenary sessions were organized by the chairpersons named below. Each session consisted of five invited talks of general interest (~30 min each). The abstracts for most of these talks are now available on-line.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

The 1997 meeting includeed four sessions devoted to concurrent workshops on a variety of topics. .

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

TUESDAY March 18

3 - 6 pm Registration
7:30 - 10:30 pm Social Reception (Mixer)

WEDNESDAY March 19

8:30 am - 12 Noon: GENE REGULATION AND METABOLISM (Chair: Claudio Scazzocchio)
Miguel Penalva: Antibiotic Production
Jesus Aguirre: Developmental Regulation of Catalases in Aspergillus nidulans
Nancy Keller: Genetic Regulation of Aspergillus Mycotoxin Biosynthesis
Giuseppe Macino: White Collar-2, a Partner in Blue Light Signal Transduction, Controlling Expression of Light-regulated Genes in Neurospora crassa
Jennifer Loros: The Circadian Clock in Neurospora: Light Resetting of the Oscillator and the Control of Gene Expression
1 pm - 4 pm: CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (workshops will be scheduled later)
7:30 - 10:30 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

THURSDAY March 20

8:30 - 12 CELL BIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS (Chair: Hans Van Etten)
Barbara Valent: Plant Pathogenesis
David Holden: Animal Pathogenesis
Berl Oakley: The Fungal Cytoskeletin
Mike Plamann: Motors and Filamentous Fungi
Oded Yarden: Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Filamentous Fungi
3 - 6 pm Posters 1
7:30 - 10:30 pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (see above)

FRIDAY March 21

8:30 - 12 EVOLUTION AND POPULATION GENETICS (Chair: John Taylor)
Marie-Jo Daboussi: Transposable Elements and Fungal Genome Evolution
Kerry O’Donnell: Phylogenetics, rDNA Polymorphisms and Phylogeography of the Phytopathogen Fusarium
Jim Anderson: Clonality and Sex in Basidiomycete Populations
Michael Milgroom: Population Genetics of Cryphonectria parasitica: Evolutionary Inferences from Studies of Population Structure br>
Don Natvig: Pseudohomothallism and Evolution of Neurospora tetrasperma
3 - 6 pm Posters 2
7:30 - 10:30 pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (see above)

SATURDAY March 22

8:30 - 12 SEXUAL/ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION (Chair: Mimi Zolan)
Denise Zickler: Meiotic Initiation in Ascomycetes
Pat Pukkila: Recognizing Homology Before and During Meiosis
Greg May: Genetics of Chromosome Structure and Segregation
Regine Kahmann: Regulation of Sexual Development
Louise Glass: Vegetative Incompatibility: A Question of Identity
3 - 6 pm Posters 3
7:30 - 8:30 INVITED LECTURE (Lorna Casselton)
8:30 - 12:30 am CLOSING PARTY

SUNDAY March 23

8:30 - 12 AD HOC WORKSHOPS
12 Lunch
1 Check out

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