Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Dimensions
of Fungal Diversity
Discussion Leader: David Hibbett (Clark University, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
N. Louise Glass (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Fungal Warfare: NOD-Like Receptor and Pyroptotic-Like Proteins in Allorecognition and Cell Death"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Chris Hittinger (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"The Genomic Making of Yeast Biodiversity"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
An Martel (Ghent University, Belgium)
"Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans : Interactions with the Amphibian Host"
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
A. Elizabeth Arnold (University of Arizona, USA)
"Temporal, Spatial, and Functional Dimensions of Endophyte Diversity"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Morphology, Movement and Motors
Discussion Leader: Michelle Momany (University of Georgia, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:25 am
Larisa Gheber (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Bi-Directional Motility of Kinesin-5 Motors: Old Dogma, New Insights"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Samara Reck-Peterson (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Cargo Hitchhiking: A New Paradigm in Intracellular Transport"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Meritxell Riquelme (Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE), Mexico)
"The Polarized Secretory Pathway Leading to Cell Wall Expansion in Neurospora crassa Hyphae"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:10 am
Nicolas Minc (Institut Jacques Monod / UMR 7592, CNRS, France)
"Cell Polarity and Mechanics in Fission Yeast"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Michael McMurray (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
"The Ascus Persists After Post-Germination Budding and Influences Bud-vs-Mate Decisions in S. cerevisiae "
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Elizabeth Ballou (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
"The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan Cell Is an Inducible and Regulated Morphotype Underlying Pathogenesis"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Yen-Ping Hsueh (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
"Interactions Between Nematodes and Nematode-Trapping Fungi"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Meritxell Riquelme (Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE), Mexico)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sex and Development
Discussion Leader: Paul Dyer (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Joseph Heitman (Duke University, USA)
"Evolution of Sexual Reproduction: A View from the Fungal Kingdom"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm
Sara Branco (Montana State University, USA)
"Is Sex Chromosome Structure Related to Sexes? Insights from Fungi"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Frances Trail (Michigan State University, USA)
"Evolution of Morphological and Functional Diversity in Fungi"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Richard Bennett (Brown University, USA)
"Sex, Mutation and Differentiation in Candida albicans "
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
Sensing and Signalling in Dynamic Environments
Discussion Leader: Leah Cowen (University of Toronto, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:25 am
Nicholas Talbot (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
"MAPK-Dependent Cell-to-Cell Movement During Tissue Invasion by the Rice Blast Fungus"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Berit Hassing (Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand)
"The Role of Lipid Signaling in the Recruitment and Activation of the Nox Complex in the Filamentous Fungus Epichloë festucae "
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Gustavo Goldman (FCFRP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"The Aspergillus fumigatus CrzA and ZipD Transcription Factors Are Involved in Calcium Metabolism and the Caspofungin Paradoxical Effect"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Andrew Swafford (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Multimodal Sensorimotor System in Unicellular Zoospores of a Fungus"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Luis Larrondo (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
"Gene Expression Through Time and Space: The Memory of a Fungus"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Gerhard Braus (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany)
"Infection and Colonization of Plant Hosts by Verticillium "
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Anastasia Baryshnikova (Calico Labs, USA)
"Systematic Analysis of Loss-of-Function Phenotypes in S. cerevisiae "
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Designing and Exploiting Fungal Systems
Discussion Leader: Dawn-Anne Thompson (Ginkgo Bioworks, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Michelle O'Malley (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Deciphering Behavior of the Anaerobic Gut Fungi (Neocallimastigales) for Biomass Conversion"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm
Annie Tsong (Amyris, USA)
"Challenges of Re-Engineering Yeast Central Carbon Metabolism for Industrial Chemical Production"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Clay Wang (University of Southern California, USA)
"Aspergillus Genomes from Space"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Kevin Verstrepen (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Belgium)
"Looking at the Past to Breed Yeasts for Tomorrow"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Fungal Evolution: Mode, Tempo and Impact
Discussion Leader: Toni Gabaldon (Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:25 am
Judith Berman (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Rapid Adaptation and Evolution of Antifungal Drug Stresses"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Eva Stukenbrock (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany)
"Accessory Chromosomes in the Fungal Plant Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici : Mechanisms of Loss and Retention"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Guilhem Janbon (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Cryptococcus Transcriptome Complexity"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Douda Bensasson (University of Georgia, USA)
"Diverse Lineages of Candida albicans Live on Old Oaks"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Mary Aime (Purdue University, USA)
"Deconstructing the Coevolutionary Complexity Between Rust Fungi (Pucciniales) and Their Plant Hosts"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Kenneth Wolfe (University College Dublin, Ireland)
"Genetic Code Evolution in Budding Yeasts"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Benjamin Wolfe (Tufts University, USA)
"Phenotypic and Metabolomic Trait Evolution of Penicillium in Fermented Foods"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 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
Late-Breaking Topics
Discussion Leaders: Alexandra Brand (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom) and Jason Stajich (University of California, Riverside, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Sonja Knowles (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)
"Mapping the Fungal Battlefield"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Emile Gluck-Thaler (Ohio State University, USA)
"The Evolution of Diversity and Function in Fungal Catabolic Gene Clusters"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Diana Summers (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"An Imported Fungal Micropeptide Signals by Controlling the Genomic Association of Two Regulators at Co-Occupied Promoters"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Alice Eseola (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
"Organelle Tracking During Appressorium Development in Magnaporthe oryzae "
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Nicole Revie (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Global Analysis of Genetic Circuitry and Adaptive Mechanisms Enabling Resistance to the Azole Antifungal Drugs"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Ousmane Cisse (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Comparative Population Genomics Analysis of the Mammalian Fungal Pathogen Pneumocystis "
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mechanistic Diversity Underlying Human Pathogenesis
Discussion Leader: Kirsten Nielsen (University of Minnesota, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:25 am
Neil Gow (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
"Fungal Immune Recognition: How the Fungus Sees Us and We See the Fungus"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:50 am
J. Claire Hoving (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
"Immune Recognition and Response to Pneumocystis murina "
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Robert Cramer (Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA)
"Disease Progression Factors - How 'Fun-Guys' Reduce In Vivo Stress"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Jessica Brown (University of Utah, USA)
"A Secreted Fungal Polysaccharide Alters Fungal Cell Morphology and Facilitates Dissemination Within the Mammalian Host"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Xiaorong Lin (University of Georgia, USA)
"Sexual Reproduction and Cryptococcal Disease"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Julia Koehler (Boston Children's Hospital, USA)
"Nutritional Signaling in Expression of Virulence Factors of Candida albicans "
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Raymond St. Leger (University of Maryland, USA)
"Where Did Metarhizium Get the Genes to Be both an Insect Pathogen and a Plant Symbiont?"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mechanistic Diversity Underlying Plant Pathogenesis
Discussion Leader: Regine Kahmann (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Li-Jun Ma (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Dissecting Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Fusarium Wilt Diseases"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm
Armin Djamei (Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austria)
"Elucidating Virulence Factors in a Biotrophic Fungus"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Bart Thomma (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Adaptive Genome Evolution in the Vascular Wilt Pathogen Verticillium "
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Ioannis Stergiopoulos (University of California, Davis, USA)
"Biochemical, Structural, and Functional Insights into Fungal Core Effector Proteins"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure
