| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Systems Biology |
| 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Judy Berman (University of Minnesota)
"Introduction" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Tim Galitski (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle)
"Systems genetics of yeast filamentation" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Brenda Andrews (University of Toronto)
"Deciphering cellular networks and pathways using yeast functional genomics" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 8:55 pm | Aviv Regev (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
"The module phylogeny: the evolution of gene regulation in Ascomycota fungi" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Discussion |
| 9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Clay C.C. Wang (University of Southern California)
"Genomic mining of secondary metabolites from Aspergillus species" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cytoskeleton and Motors |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Berl Oakley (University of Kansas)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Samara Reck-Peterson (Harvard University)
"Towards a global analysis of microtubule-based transport in Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Amy Gladfelter (Dartmouth College)
"How to build a dynamic cellular scaffold: assembly and organization of the septin cytoskeleton" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Reinhard Fischer (University of Karlsruhe)
"The role of the microtubule cytoskeleton in Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 10:45 am - 10:55 am | Discussion |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Gero Steinberg (University of Exeter)
"A systems biology approach to understand bi-directional organelle trafficking" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Michael Feldbrügge (Max Planck Institute, Marburg)
"Microtubule-dependent mRNA transport in Ustilago maydis" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Bo Liu (University of California, Davis)
"Interaction of proteins at the microtubule plus end in Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Ken Oda (University of Georgia)
"Polarity related gene expression analysis in Aspergillus fumigatus during early polar growth" |
| 12:25 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 1 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Small RNAs |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Don Nuss (University of Maryland)
"Introduction" |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Kristin Kasschau (Oregon State University)
"Endogenous small RNAs and RNA silencing factors in Phytophthora species" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Yi Liu (University of Texas Southwest Medical Center)
"The mechanism of RNA interference and small RNA biogenesis, lessons from Neurospora" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Jason Stajich (University of California, Riverside)
"The transcriptional landscape of Neurospora crassa from small to big RNAs" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Xuemin Zhang (University of Maryland)
"Regulation of the RNA silencing antiviral defense response in fungi and its contribution to viral RNA recombination" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Population Genomics |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Jim Anderson (University of Toronto)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Eva Stukenbrock (University of Århus)
"Evolutionary genomics of the plant pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Rachel Brem (University of California, Berkeley)
"Population genomics of gene expression in Neurospora and Saccharomyces" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Bridget Barker (University of Arizona)
"Population genomics and introgression of Coccidioides species" |
| 10:45 am - 10:55 am | Discussion |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Jan Stenlid (Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala)
"Population genomics of the basidiomycete Heterobasidion annosum" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Dawn-Anne Thompson (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
"Comparative functional genomics: reconstructing the evolution of central carbon metabolism in 15 fungal species" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Chris Todd Hittinger (University of Colorado)
"Remarkably ancient balanced polymorphisms in the multi-locus GAL gene network" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Anna Selmecki (Dana-Faber Cancer Institute)
"How polyploidy and aneuploidy impact the speed of adaptation" |
| 12:25 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 2 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Symbioses |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Tom Bruns (University of California, Berkeley)
"Introduction" |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Lee Taylor (University of Alaska)
"Hyperdiversity, seasonal dynamics and inter-annual stability of fungi in boreal forest soil" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Daniel Croll (ETH, Eidgenössiche Techniche Hochschule, Zürich)
"The genetics of Glomeromycota and its influence on the mycorrhizal symbiosis" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Betsy Arnold (University of Arizona)
"Fungal endophytes from the tropics to the tundra: Clues to the evolution of fungal-photobiont symbioses" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Georgiana May (University of Minnesota)
"Evolutionary interactions between fungal endophytes and pathogens and their plant hosts" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Pathogenesis |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Barbara Valent (Kansas State University)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Jennifer Lodge (Washington University School of Medicine)
"Sensing the environment at the interface of pathogen and host" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Tamara Doering (Washington University School of Medicine)
"A yeast under cover: capsule synthesis in Cryptococcus neoformans" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Alexandra Brand (University of Aberdeen)
"Straight, wavy or curly - when hyphal tips lose control" |
| 10:45 am - 10:55 am | Discussion |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Nick Talbot (University of Exeter)
"Investigating the molecular genetics of infection-related development by the rice blast fungus" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Regine Kahmann (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology)
"The effectors of Ustilago maydis and how they shape the interaction with the host plant" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Timothy Friesen (USDA Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo, ND)
"Effectors of pathogenicity in the Stagonospora nodorum-wheat interaction, exposing the weapons of a necrotroph" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Ralph Dean (North Carolina State University)
"Ubiquitin mediated protein turnover is essential for fungal development and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae" |
| 12:25 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 3 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chairs; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chairs) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Membrane Trafficking and Polarity |
| 7:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Greg Jedd (TLL, University of Singapore)
"Introduction" |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Meritxell Riquelme (CISCE, Ensenada, Mexico)
"The apical secretory machinery of Neurospora crassa: Spitzenkorper and Exocyst" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Miguel Peñalva (CIB, CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
"Spatial organisation of endocytosis and secretion in the tip regions of Aspergillus nidulans hyphal cells" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Steve Harris (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
"Developmental control of cellular morphogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Rong Li (Stowers Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
"Actin, cell polarization and motility" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Fungi and Cellulosic Biomass |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Scott Baker (DOE, Richland, WA)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Adrian Tsang (Concordia University)
"Utilization of agricultural and forestry residues by lignocellulolytic fungi" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Jonathan Walton (Michigan State University)
"Deconstructing the plant cell wall: biomass enzymes from fungi" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Shauna Somerville (University of California, Berkeley)
"Broad spectrum defenses against fungal pathogens" |
| 10:45 am - 10:55 am | Discussion |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Louise Glass (University of California, Berkeley)
"Systems analysis of plant cell wall degradation by the model filamentous fungus, Neurospora crassa" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Paul Harris (Novozymes, Davis, California)
"Engineering Trichoderma reesei for more efficient degradation of cellulosic biomass" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Bill Throndset (Genencor Division of Danisco US Inc.)
"Flow cytometric screening for improved fungal strains" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Gerhard Braus (Georg August University)
"LaeA control of VeA family regulatory proteins for light-dependent development and fungal cell-type specificity" |
| 12:25 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 4 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Hot Topics |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leaders: Vice-Chairs Judy Berman (University of Minnesota) and Alex Andrianopoulos (University of Melbourne)
"Introduction" |
| 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | William Alexander (University of Missouri-Columbia)
"Mating type shielding: Reporter genes at the mat locus are partially immune to Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired DNA (MSUD)" |
| 7:50 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Christopher Ellison (University of California, Berkeley)
"Populations genomics and incipient speciation in Neurospora crassa" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Jonathan Palmer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Identity of ascospore pigment gene cluster revealed by telomere position effect in Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Xiaorong Lin (Texas A&M University)
"Transcription factors Mat2 and Znf2 are central regulators of opposite and same-sex mating in Cryptococcus neoformans" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Tongbao Liu (UMDNJ-PHRI)
"A novel F-box protein Fbp1 regulates sexual reproduction and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans" |
| 8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Bastiaan Krom (University Medical Center Groningen)
"Apoptosis in Candida albicans; nature or nurture" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Gopal Subramaniam (Agriculture Canada)
"Tri6 regulates developmental transitions in Fusarium graminearum" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
