Comparative Genomics
- current status of genomics efforts with special attention to functional analyses and comparisons between organisms |
- Chair:
- John Hamer, Paradigm Genetics
- Speakers:
Peter Phillipsen, University of Basel - Comparative genomics with the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Vicky Gavrias, Monsanto / Mystic research - Aspergillus nidulans: comparative analysis
Steve Friend, Rosetta Inpharmatics -
Strengths And Weaknesses in the Current Applications of Expression Profiling
Short presentations by Howard Bussey, Nigel Dunn-Colemann, Matt Sachs, John McCusker on various Fungal Genomics projects
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Fungal Development
- developmental processes of fungi and how they relate to the environment |
- Chair:
- Reinhard Fischer, Max Planck Institute
- Speakers:
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Charles Boone,University of Toronto - Yeast pheromone response: microarray analysis of MAPK pathway signaling and polarized morphogenesis
Jesus Aguirre, Universidad Nacional de Mexico - Regulation of multiple catalase genes during Aspergillus nidulans development and stress
Ursula Kuess, ETH Zürich - Initiation of fruitbody development in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus
Francis Martin, Centre INRA de Nancy - Transcript profiling in the basidiomycete Pisolithus tinctorius during ectomycorrhiza development
Alex Andrianopolous, University of Melbourne - Conserved regulatory mechanisms controlling conidiation and dimorphic switching in P. marneffei
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Evolution and Population Genetics
- new views on the relationships between fungi and their nearest neighbors |
- Chair:
- Mary Berbee, University of British Columbia
- Speakers:
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Patrick Keeling, University of British Columbia - Origin and phylogenetic diversity of fungi
Paula Depriest, Smithsonian Institution - Algal switching among lichen symbioses
Sung-Hwan Yun, Soonchunhyang University - Mating type switching in Chromocrea(Hypocrea) spinulosa
Matthew Fisher, University of California at Berkeley - Mutation versus drift: are microsatellites good phylogenetic markers in fungi?
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Morphogenesis and Cell Biology
- developmental processes and the control of cell shape |
- Chair:
- Ronald Morris, UMDNJ-Robert Woods Johnson Medical School
- Speakers:
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Gero Steinberg, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität - A putative endosomal t-SNARE links exo- and endocytosis in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis
Michelle Momany, University of Georgia - Polarity establishment and maintenance in Aspergillus nidulans
Steve Harris, University of Connecticut Health Center - Spatial regulation of hyphal morphogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans
Steve Osmani, Geisinger Clinic - Regulation of histone H3 phosphorylation and chromosome condensation by the NIMA kinase
Colin DeSouza, Penn State College of Medicine - SONB (suppresor of nimA1) is a nuclear pore complex component involved in the regulation of the G2/M transition
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Epigenetic Mechanisms
- unusual mechanisms of genetic regulation as practiced by fungi |
- Chair:
- Louise Glass, University of California
- Speakers:
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Carlo Cogoni, Sezione di Genetica Molecolare - Genetic dissection of gene silencing in Neurospora crassa
Pieter van West, University of Aberdeen - Internuclear gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans
Herman Edskes, National Institutes of Health - Induction and propagation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae [URE3] prion
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Signalling Mechanisms and Gene Regulation
- how small molecules relay external signals and cause intracellular changes |
- Chair:
- Jay Dunlap, Dartmouth Medical School
- Speakers:
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Michael Bolker, University of Marburg - Kinase signalling during cytokinesis in Ustilago maydis
Thomas Fowler, University of Vermont - What do mutant pheromones and pheromone receptors of Schizophyllum reveal about signal initiation?
George Smulian, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine - Environmental sensing and signal transduction in Pneumocystis carinii
Jennifer Loros, Dartmouth College - PAS Proteins, Light, and Feedback in the Neurospora Clocks
Wei-Chiang Shen, Duke University - Roles of pheromones and light in regulating development in Cryptococcus neoformans
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Pathogenic Interactions
- how fungal pathogens recognize and respond to their potential hosts |
- Chair:
- Joseph Heitman, Duke University
- Speakers:
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Brendan Cormack, Johns Hopkins University - Genetics of virulence in Candida glabrata
James Kronstadt, University of British Columbia - Signaling and morphogenesis in Ustilago maydis
Cletus D'Souza, Duke University - The PKA signaling pathway controls virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans
Joseph Heitman, Duke University - Signal transduction cascades regulating differentiation and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans
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Metabolic Regulation
- the metabolism of RNA and protein in a variety of different fungi |
- Chair:
- Matthew Sachs, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
- Speakers:
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Gerhard Braus, Georg-August-University, Goettingen - Crosstalk between amino acid metabolism and fruitbody formation in Aspergillus nidulans
Anita Hopper, Penn State College of Medicine - Eukaryotic tRNA processing and nuclear export: roles of nuclear structure and aminoacylation
George Marzluf, Ohio State University - GATA transcription factors and combinatorial gene regulation
Michael Weltring, Universitat of Munster - Molecular analysis of the cellular reaction of Fusarium sambucinum to defence compounds of potato
Robert Proctor, USDA - Genetics of the biosynthetic pathway for the Fusarium mycotoxin, fumonisin
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Mechanisms of Pathogenesis
- new views on the ways in which fungi invade their hosts |
- Chair:
- Margaret Hostetter, Yale University
- Speakers:
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Bebe Magee, University of Minnesota - Sex and the diploid Candida
Arturo Casadevall, Einstein College of Medicine - Melanogenesis and intracellular polysaccharide: a novel strategy for cellular parasitism
Jon Woods, University of Wisconsin Medical School - Antisense regulation of a Histoplasma capsulatum protein kinase genes during host infection
Eric van Der Biezen, John Innes Centre, UK - Function and evolution of plant resistance genes
Todd deZwaan, Paradigm Genetics - Substrate sensing and appressorium differentiation in teh blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea
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