Session 1 - Cell Biology
8:30 - 9:00
The exocytic machinery in tip growth
of Neurospora crassa.
Gagan Gupta and I.Brent Heath, York
University Biology Department, NorthYork, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
9:00 - 9:30
Apolar growth of Neurospora crassa
leads to increased secretion of extracellular proteins. in Hyung Lee1,
Rodney G. Walline2, and Michael Plamann1, 1School
of Biologcial Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City,
MO 64110-2499, 2Department of Human Anatomy, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843-1114
9:30 - 10:00
Type 2A protein phosphatase is involved
in growth and reproduction in Neurospora crassa. Einat
Yatzkan and Oded Yarden, The Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology,
Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Search for V-ATPase Mutants Results
in Interesting Phenotypes. Emma Jean Bowman, Ryan Kendle, Forest O'Neill,
and Barry J. Bowman. University of California, Santa Cruz
Characterization of three genes which encode amino acid and calcium transport proteins, and a comparison of the efficiency of RIPing these genes. Emilio Margolles-Clark, Ian Hunt, Stephen Abrue, and Barry J. Bowman, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
11:00 - 11:30
Heterokaryon Incompatibility Revisited.
J.F. Wilson, Univ. NC at Greensboro.
11:30 - 12:00
Loss of small, plasmid-like, mtDNA
derivatives during sexual reproduction. Helmut Bertrand, Katherine
A. Nummy and Georg Hausner, Michigan State University.
Session 2 - Genomics
2:30 - 3:00
Control and Function of DNA Methylation
in Neurospora crassa.
Eric U. Selker, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene,
OR 97405
3:00 - 3:30
Molecular analysis of regulated
recombination hotspots in Neurospora
P. Jane Yeadon, Frederick J. Bowring
and David E. A. Catcheside. The Flinders University of South Australia
3:30 - 4:00
Novel uses for Neurospora heterokaryons.
W. Dorsey Stuart. Neugenesis Corporation, Honolulu, Hawaii
4:00 - 4:30
Coffee Break
4:30 - 5:00
Chromosome rearrangements that will
not follow the rules. Edward G. Barry, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill.
5:00 - 5:30
The Neurospora Genome Project at
the University of New Mexico: update. Donald O. Natvig1,
Mary Anne Nelson1, Patricia L. Dolan1, Matthew E.
Crawford1, Edward L. Braun1,2 and Seogchan Kang3.
1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM 87131, 2National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM
87505 and 3Department of Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA 16802
5:30 - 6:00
Open discussion on Neurospora policy
Session 3 - Development
8:30 - 9:00
A G protein a
subunit, gna-3, regulates cAMP metabolism and aerial hyphae formation
in Neurospora crassa. Ann
M. Kays, Patricia S. Rowley, Rudeina Baasiri, and Katherine A. Borkovich,
University of Texas Medical School-Houston.
Altered cAMP levels, adenylyl cyclase and cAMP phosphodiesterase activities associated with mutation of G protein a subunits in Neurospora crassa. F. Douglas Ivey*, Qi Yang, and Katherine A. Borkovich. University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX
9:00 - 9:30
Nutritional regulation of conidiation.
Daniel J. Ebbole, Texas A&M University, College Station
9:30 - 10:00
N. crassa ras-3 defines
a novel class of Ras protein.
Peter Margolis and Charles Yanofsky, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Regulation of the Neurospora
crassa clock gene frequency. Susan
K. Crosthwaite, Deanna L. Denault, Keith A. Johnson, Jay C. Dunlap and
Jennifer J. Loros. Biochemistry Department, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover
03755, New Hampshire, U. S. A.
11:00 - 11:30
Search for protein(s) that interact
with the Neurospora clock protein FREQUENCY Christian
Heintzen, Jennifer J. Loros and Jay C. Dunlap, Department of Biochemistry,
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-3844
11:30 - 12:00
Roles in dimerization and blue light
photoresponse of the PAS and BAT domains of Neurospora crassa
White Collar proteins. P. Ballario,
C. Talora, D. Galli, H. Linden, G. Macino. Universita di Roma La Sapienza,
Roma
Session 4 - Metabolism
2:30 - 3:00
Regulation of sulfur metabolism
in Neurospora crassa.
John V. Paietta, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wright State
University, Dayton, OH
3:00 - 3:30
Some pH regulatory mutations of
A. nidulans can be complemented by a N. crassa genomic library.
A.C. Aquino, G. Thedei Jr, W. Maccheroni Jr, S.R. Nozawa and A. Rossi.
University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
3:30 - 4:00
Distribution, nature, and possible
significance of the base changes in 25 well characterized mutants of the
trp-3 (tryptophan synthase) gene of Neurospora crassa.
Ann M. Lacy, Goucher College, Baltimore; Mary E. Case and William Nelson,
University of Georgia, Athens
4:00 - 4:30
Coffee Break
4:30 - 5:00
Subunit structure, substrate selection
and nucleotide hydrolysis activities HSP80 and 70 of Neurospora crassa.
M. Kapoor. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada.
5:00 - 5:30
Construction of a Neurospora
crassa mutant lacking the mitochondrial outer membrane translocase
protein TOM40. Frank E. Nargang,
Bryan McHale, Lara Corrigan, and Rebecca D. Taylor. Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
5:30 - 6:00
Isolation and characterization of
a new gene, sre, which encodes a GATA- tyge regulatory protein that
controls iron transport in Neurospora crassa. Liwei
Zhou, Hubertus Haas, and George A. Marzluf Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio
Invited Lecture
Genetic and molecular analysis of the Neurospora circadian system. Jay C. Dunlap, Allan C, Froehlich, Chenghua Luo, Yi Liu, Susan Crosthwaite and Jennifer J, Lores Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755
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