Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: The Impact of Fungal Genome Size Changes on Adaptation
Discussion Leader: Dana Opulente (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
Anna Selmecki (Creighton University School of Medicine, USA)
"The Impact of Fungal Genome Size Changes on Adaptation"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Pathogens, Commensalism and Fungal Communication
Discussion Leader: Brandon Ross (Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Caitlin Kowalski (Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA)
"Experimental Evolution of Aspergillus fumigatus Identifies Novel Subtelomeric Genes that Promote Hypoxia Fitness and Virulence"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Arnab Pradhan (MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
"Non-Canonical Signaling Mediates Changes in Fungal Cell Wall PAMPs that Drive Immune Evasion"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Elisa Vesely (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA)
"Characterization of Small ORFs Upregulated After Macrophage Phagocytosis Reveals the Novel Microadhesin Sma12"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
José Vargas-Muñiz (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Fishing for Fungi: Marine Fungi Provide New Models of Cell Division"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Tran Thao (Murdoch University, Australia)
"A Comparison of Genetic Diversity and Fungicide Tolerance of Monilinia Isolates from Organic and Conventional Stone Fruit Orchards"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Brian Lovett (University of Maryland, USA)
"Stopping Malaria with Transgenic Insect-Killing Fungi"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Biotechnology, Systems Biology and Ecology
Discussion Leader: Rebecca Shapiro (University of Guelph, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Delma Childers (MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
"Fungal Transformers: Tracking a Moving Target"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
William Beckerson (University of Louisville, USA)
"The First Cut Is the Deepest: Implementing CRISPR Cas9 as a Transformation System for Site Specific Gene Disruptions in the Fungal Pathogen Species Complex Microbotryum violaceum "
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Swati Bijlani (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Autonomously Replicating Linear Plasmids for Analysis of Origin Function and Genetic Analysis in C. albicans "
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Cullen Roth (Duke University, USA)
"Mapping Virulence QTLs in Cryptococcus "
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Abigail LaBella (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Using Codon Usage Bias to Predict Ecologically Adaptive Metabolic Pathways in the Budding Yeast Subphylum"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Megan McDonald (The Australian National University, Australia)
"A New Origin for ToxA?"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Planning
Discussion Leader: Brad Bartholomai (Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Planning
Judith Berman (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Armin Djamei (Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austria)
Luis Larrondo (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
Nicholas Talbot (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
Kyria Boundy-Mills (University of California, Davis, USA)
Dawn-Anne Thompson (Ginkgo Bioworks, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
