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
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
"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
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"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
"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
"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
"Fishing for Fungi: Marine Fungi Provide New Models of Cell Division"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"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
"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
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"Fungal Transformers: Tracking a Moving Target"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
"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
"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
"Mapping Virulence QTLs in Cryptococcus "
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
"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
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
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Planning
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes