| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | EPIGENETIC STATES |
| Discussion Leader: Brendan Cormack (Johns Hopkins University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Brendan Cormack (Johns Hopkins University)
"Silencing and Adherence in Candida glabrata" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Songtao Jia (Cold Sping Harbor Laboratory)
"Regulation of long-range chromatin interactions by heterochromatin" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Richard Bennett (Brown University)
"Mating and genetic exchange in Candida albicans" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Mick Tuite (University of Kent)
"Generating and Propagating yeast Prions" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DEVELOPMENTAL AND CELL BIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Judith Berman (University of Minnesota) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Judith Berman (University of Minnesota)
"Role of microtubule dynamics and cytoplasmic dynein in cell cycle progression and morphogenesis" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Gero Steinberg (Max-Planck Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie)
"A dynein loading zone for endosomal traffic in the tip of Ustilago hyphae" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Fred Chang (Columbia University)
"Regulation of cell polarity in fission yeast: actin, microtubules and membrane domains" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Michelle Momany (University of Georgia)
"Septins and morphology" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Amy Gladfelter (Dartmouth College)
"Spatial control of mitosis in Ashbya gossypii" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NEW RNA FUNCTIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Feldbrügge (Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Michael Feldbrügge (Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg)
"Microtubule-dependent shuttling of ribonucleoprotein particles in U. maydis" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Ralf-Peter Jansen (Gene Center, University of Munich)
"Coordination of RNA and organelle transport in S. cerevisiae" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Ambro van Hoof (University of Texas, Houston)
"Yeast transcripts cleaved by an internal ribozyme provide new insight into the role of the cap and poly(A) tail in translation and mRNA decay" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Mikel Zaratiegui Biurrun (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories)
"Transcriptional landscape of the S. pombe centromeres" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GENOMES AND EVOLUTION |
| Discussion Leader: Geraldine Butler (University College Dublin) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Daniela Delneri (University of Manchester)
"Genome-wide approaches to fitness and experimental evolution in yeast" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Geraldine Butler (University College Dublin)
"Evolution of mating in Candida parapsilosis and related species" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Joe Heitman (Duke University)
"Sex, MAT and the genome of Cryptococcus" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Fred Dietrich (Duke University)
"Cryptococcus neoformans and the basidiomycete genomes" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Gillian Turgeon (Cornell University)
"Small molecule-associated genetic elements in filamentous ascomycetes" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SMALL MOLECULES |
| Discussion Leader: David Perlin (Public Health Research Institute) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | David Perlin (Public Health Research Institute)
"Mechanisms of resistance to azole and echinocandin drugs in Aspergillus" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Thomas Edlind (Drexel University)
"Antimicrobial resistance in Candida glabrata: Saccharomyces gone bad" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Gerry Fink (Whitehead Institute)
"The role of repeated DNA in generating fungal cell wall diversity" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Cameron Douglas (Merck Research Laboratories)
"Strategies for antifungal lead discovery" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PRIMARY AND SECONDARY METABOLISM |
| Discussion Leader: Nancy Keller (University of Wisconsin, Madison) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Frances Trail (Michigan State University)
"Integration of polyketide synthesis into the life cycle of Fusarium graminearum" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Barry Scott (Massey University, New Zealand)
"Symbiotic synthesis of bioprotective metabolites by the mutualistic fungal endophyte Epichloe festucae" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Pietro Spanu (Imperial College, London)
"Transcriptome dynamics of Blumeria graminis and the role of metabolic gene regulation in obligate symbionts" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | William Nierman (The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), Rockville, MD)
"Secondary metabolism biosynthetic cluster genes in Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, A. oryzae, A. clavatus and Neosartorya fischeri" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Nancy Keller (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Yes Virginia, there is global regulation of secondary metabolism" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: John Taylor (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Matthew C. Fisher (Imperial College, London)
"Determining process by integrating spatial and multilocus genotypic data within an whole-earth framework" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Elizabeth Turner (University of California, Berkeley)
"Evolution and genetics of reproductive isolation between Neurospora species" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Jeffrey P. Townsend (University of Connecticut, Storrs)
"Fungal functional genomics" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | John W. Taylor (University of California, Berkeley)
"Accommodating and exploiting natural fungal variation in genomics" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CELL SURFACES, ADHESION, AND INVASION |
| Discussion Leader: Barbara Valent (Kansas State University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Regine Kahmann (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology)
"Secreted proteins and their role in establishing biotrophy in the Ustilago maydis / maize pathosystem" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Barbara Valent (Kansas State University)
"Biotrophic invasion of rice cells by the blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Neil Gow (University of Aberdeen)
"Candida cell surface interactions with the immune system" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Tamara Doering (Washington University)
"Building extracellular structures in Cryptococcus neoformans" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Anita Sil (University of California, San Francisco)
"A Genetic and Genomic Analysis of Morphologic Development in H. capsulatum" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | LATE BREAKING STORIES |
| Discussion Leader: Neil Gow (University of Aberdeen) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:42 pm | Leah Cowen (Whitehead Institute)
"Hsp90 potentiates the rapid evolution of drug resistance in diverse fungi" |
| 7:42 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion |
| 7:45 pm - 7:57 pm | Antonio Di Pietro (Universidad de Cordoba)
"Exploring possible links between vegetative hyphal fusion and plant pathogenicity in the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum" |
| 7:57 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:12 pm | Angie Gelli (University of California, Davis)
"Calcium entry in Cryptococcus neoformans is mediated by a high-affinity calcium channel (Cch1) and is required for virulence under physiological conditions" |
| 8:12 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:27 pm | Alexandra Brand (University of Aberdeen)
"The tropic responses of C. albicans hyphae are mediated by Cch1-Mid1p and Fig1p" |
| 8:27 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:42 pm | Andre Fliessner (University of California, Berkeley)
"SO, a protein involved in hyphal fusion and colony development, localizes to septal plugs" |
| 8:42 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 8:57 pm | Sarah Elson (University of California, San Francisco)
"RNA localization by Candida albicans She3 and its role in hyphal tip cell specification" |
| 8:57 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:12 pm | Steve Harris (University of Nebraska)
"Evolution of the mechanisms that regulate cellular morphogenesis in fungi: a comparative genomics approach" |
| 9:12 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:27 pm | Michael Hynes (University of Melbourne)
"Conserved genes regulating the glyoxalate cycle and fatty acid utilization" |
| 9:27 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
