| Sunday |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Cell Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Meritxell Riquelme (Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE), Mexico) |
| 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Maria Harrison (Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, USA)
"Cell Biology of AM Symbiosis" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Xin Xiang (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA)
"Dynein-Mediated Transport of Early Endosomes in Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 8:55 pm | Michael Feldbrugge (Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf, Germany)
"mRNA Transport Meets Membrane Trafficking" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Discussion |
| 9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Steve Osmani (Ohio State University, USA)
"Mitotic Regulation and Fungal Cell-to-Cell Communication" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Monday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Environmental Sensing |
| Discussion Leader: Louise Glass (University of California, Berkeley, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Jennifer Hurley (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
"The Connection Between the Environment and the Circadian Clock" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Alexander Idnurm (University of Melbourne, Australia)
"Light Sensing in Fungi" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Leah Cowen (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Functional Genomic Analysis of Candida Morphogenesis in Response to Distinct Environmental Cues" |
| 10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
| 10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Michael Brunner (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
"The Blue Light Sensing System of Neurospora crassa" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Monika Fischer (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Intracellular Mechanisms of Cell-to-Cell Communication Between Germlings of Neurospora crassa" |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Reinhard Fischer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany)
"Light and Stress Sensing in Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Antonio Di Pietro (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)
"Chemotropic Sensing in Fungal Pathogens" |
| 12:20 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 | Fungal Communities |
| Discussion Leader: Deborah Hogan (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Paola Bonfante (University of Torino, Italy)
"Fungal-Bacterial Interactions in Mycorrhizal Fungi" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Michelle Momany (University of Georgia, USA)
"Fungal Spores and Adaptation to Diverse Environments and Communities" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Kelly Craven (The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, USA)
"Harnessing the Microbiome for Agricultural Sustainability" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Thomas Richards (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
"Complex Interactions and Novel Lifestyle Strategies in Microbial Eukaryotes" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
| Tuesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Fungal Evolution and Genome Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Jason Stajich (University of California, Riverside, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Liedewij Laan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Bio-Chemical and Physical Constraints on Adaptive Evolution of the Yeast Polarization Machine" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Volkan Cevik (The Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom)
"Insights into Albugo candida-Brassicaceae Interactions" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Anna Selmecki (Creighton University School of Medicine, USA)
"Ploidy and Evolution in Yeast" |
| 10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
| 10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Rachel Brem (Buck Institute for Research on Aging, USA)
"Dissecting Trait Variation Between Long-Diverged Yeast Species" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Meleah Hickman (Emory University, USA)
"Ploidy Tug-of-War: Evolutionary and Genetic Environments Influence the Rate of Ploidy Drive in a Human Fungal Pathogen" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Jacek Kominek (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Using Large-Scale Comparative Yeast Genomics to Decipher Metabolic Diversity - Opportunities and Challenges" |
| 11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Sophien Kamoun (The Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom)
"The Two-Speed Genomes of Filamentous Pathogens: Waltz with Plants" |
| 12:20 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 Topics |
| Discussion Leaders: Alistair Brown (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom) and Antonis Rokas (Vanderbilt University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Chiraj Dalal (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Transcriptional Rewiring over Evolutionary Timescales Changes Both Quantitative and Qualitative Properties of Gene Expression" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Eveline Diepeveen (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Comparative Proteomics Reveal Different Levels of Protein Conservation in the Polarization Network Across 200 Fungal Strains and Species" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Yufeng Fang (Virginia Tech / Oregon State University, USA)
"CRISPR/Cas9, a Powerful New Tool for Genetic Studies of Oomycete Pathogens" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Adriana Rico Ramírez (Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE), Mexico)
"CSE-7, a Predicted ER-Chaperone, Plays an Important Role in the Delivery of CHS-4 to Hyphal Tips and Septa in Neurospora crassa" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Fang Yun Lim (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Copper-Responsive Isocyanide Biosynthetic Cluster in Aspergillus fumigatus" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Esther Weindling (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
"The Role of Sir2 in Stress Survival in Candida albicans" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Wednesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Physics and Mathematical Modeling of Fungi |
| Discussion Leader: Peter Philippsen (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Marcus Roper (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
"Fungal Engineering: Dispersal and Network Formation" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Nick Money (Miami University, USA)
"Spore Physics: Splashes, Springs, and Spurts, and Their Effect on Weather Patterns" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Christian Hong (University of Cincinnati, USA)
"Mathematical Modeling and Synthetic Biology in N. crassa" |
| 10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
| 10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:55 am - 11:05 am | Edgar Medina (Duke University, USA)
"Coexistance and Deep Origin of Fungal Opsin-Like GPCRs and Bacteriorhodopsins Supports Opsin Convergent Evolution" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Alexandra Brand (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
"Molecular Regulation of Hyphal Growth Direction" |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Sylvain Raffaele (INRA, France)
"Host Colonization Triggers Intercellular Division of Labor in a Fungal Pathogen Colony" |
| 11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Nicolas Buchler (Duke University, USA)
"Insights into the Chytrid Cell Cycle: Measuring Redundancy and Binding Specificity of E2F and SBF Transcription Factors Using Regulatory Genomics" |
| 12:20 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 in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Fungi Responding to Stress |
| Discussion Leader: Judith Berman (University of Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Sabine Fillinger (INRA, France)
"Adaptation to Fungicides in Phytopathogenic Fungi: Why Do Some Resist and Not Others?" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Axel Brakhage (Hans Knöll Institut, Germany)
"Stress Response During Interaction of Aspergillus fumigatus with Immune Cells" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Katherine Borkovich (University of California, Riverside, USA)
"New Roles for G Proteins in Mediating the Response to Nutritional Stress in Neurospora" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Alfredo Herrera-Estrella (Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico)
"Molecular Signaling in the Response to Injury of Trichoderma atroviride" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
| Thursday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Host Interactions: Fungi Interacting with Plants |
| Discussion Leader: Barbara Valent (Kansas State University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Nicholas Talbot (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
"Investigating Invasive Growth by the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Alga Zuccaro (University of Cologne, Germany)
"β-Glucan: Crucial Component of the Fungal Cell Wall and Elusive MAMP" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Barry Scott (Massey University, New Zealand)
"Sensing and Signalling for Maintenance of the E. festucae-Grass Symbiosis" |
| 10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
| 10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Toby Spribille (University of Montana, USA)
"Evidence of Widespread Dual Fungus Symbiosis in the Largest Radiation of Macrolichens" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Ruben Betz (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany)
"The Rhizophagus irregularis SP Effector Family Target the Conserved Plant mRNA Machinery" |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Francois Lutzoni (Duke University, USA)
"Evolution of Specificity Within the Lichenforming Genus Peltigera and Its Cyanobacterial Partner" |
| 11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Regine Kahmann (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
"Ustilago maydis Effectors: News About Their Translocation and Function" |
| 12:20 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 | Host Interactions: Fungi Interacting with Animals |
| Discussion Leader: Geraldine Butler (University College Dublin, Ireland) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Gerhard Braus (Georg August Universitaet, Germany)
"Protein Degradation and Virulence in Aspergillus Fumigatis" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Kirsten Nielsen (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Altered Host Response Due to Titan Cell Formation Promotes Cryptococcal Dissemination" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Emily Troemel (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Microsporidia Host Interactions" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Anita Sil (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Regulation of Virulence and Cell Shape by Temperature in Histoplasma capsulatum" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm - 9:25 pm | General Discussion |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
| Friday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
