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Plenary and Concurrent Session Listing
Wednesday, March 13 8:30 AM–12:00 NOON
Merrill Hall and Chapel
Plenary Session I: Metabolic Pathways: Cell Growth, Pathogenesis and Bioenergy
Chair: Louise Glass
Robert A. Cramer
Hypoxia and Mechanisms of Human Fungal Pathogenesis: To Air or Not to Air?
Audrey P. Gasch
Tackling biofuel bottlenecks through genome wide association studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Kim E. Hammond-Kosack
Exploring the metabolome of cereal infecting fusaria.
Bernard Henrissat
Carbohydrate-active enzymes in fungal genomes.
Adrian Tsang
Genome-wide approaches to identify and characterize lignocellulolytic enzymes.
Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Merrill Hall
Cell Signaling Involved in Fungal Development and Pathogenesis
Co-chairs: Naweed Naqvi and Stefanie Pöggeler
3:00 - 3:20
Alexander V. Michkov
Stability of a G protein alpha subunit in genetic backgrounds lacking the G beta subunit or a cytosolic guanine nucleotide exchange factor.
3:20 - 3:40
Jae-Hyuk Yu
The Putative Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor RicA Mediates Upstream Signaling for Growth and Development in Aspergillus.
3:40 - 4:00
Oezguer Bayram
The Aspergillus nidulans MAPK module AnSte11-Ste50-Ste7-Fus3 controls development and secondary metabolism.
4:00 - 4:20
Ines Teichert
The developmental PRO40/SOFT protein participates in signaling via the MIK1/MEK1/MAK1 module in Sordaria macrospora.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Linqi Wang
A Fungal Adhesin Guides Community Behaviors by Autoinduction and Paracrinal Signaling.
5:00 - 5:20
JinRong Xu
Surface recognition and appressorium morphogenesis in Magnaporthe oryzae.
5:20 - 5:40
Marie Nishimura
Plant cues promote stealth infection in fungal plant pathogens.
5:40 - 6:00
Andrea Herrmann
Unravelling the GTPase polarity complex in Claviceps purpurea.
Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Chapel
Genetics and Genomics of Interactions with Bacteria, Insects and Plants
Co-chairs: Nemat Keyhani and Christian Hertweck
3:00 - 3:20
M. J. Bidochka
Endophytic insect parasitic fungi feed insect-derived nitrogen to plants.
3:20 - 3:40
Rusty J. Rodriguez
Genotype-Environment Interactions and the Interplay Between Climate Change and Plant-Fungal Symbioses.
3:40 - 4:00
Kirstin Scherlach
Chemical mediators of pathogenic and mutualistic bacterial-fungal interactions.
4:00 - 4:20
Chengshu Wang
Comparative genomic analysis of entomopathogenic fungi.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Morten Schiøtt
Synergistic interactions between leaf-cutting ants and their fungal symbiont facilitate degradation of plant substrate.
5:00 - 5:20
Charissa de Bekker
Unraveling the metabolome: how zombie ant fungi heterogeneously control ant brains.
5:20 - 5:40
Artemio Mendoza
Trichoderma rhizosphere’s competency, endophytism and plant communication: A molecular approach.
5:40 - 6:00
Markus Künzler
Effector proteins in fungal defense against fungivorous nematodes: Targets and functional significance.
Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Heather
Membrane Trafficking and Molecular Organization
Co-chairs: Vicky Sophianopoulou and Gero Steinberg
3:00 - 3:20
Barbara Valent
Distinct secretion systems operate during biotrophic invasion by the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae.
3:20 - 3:40
Yujiro Higuchi
The cellular role of early endosome motility in Ustilago maydis.
3:40 - 4:00
George Diallinas
The arrestin-like protein ArtA is essential for ubiquitylation and endocytosis of the UapA transporter in response to both broad-range and specific signals.
4:00 - 4:20
Guido Grossmann
Escaping the hustle - zones of differential protein turnover in the yeast plasma membrane.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
5:00 - 5:20
Samara Reck-Peterson
Whole-genome sequencing identifies novel alleles of genes required for organelle distribution and motility in Aspergillus nidulans.
5:20 - 5:40
Rosa R. Mouriño-Pérez
Dynamics of exocytic markers and cell wall alterations in an endocytosis mutant of Neurospora crassa.
5:40 - 6:00
Barry J. Bowman
“The vacuole” of Neurospora crassa may be composed of multiple compartments with different structures and functions.
Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Fred Farr Forum
Genome Defense, Epigenetics and RNAi
Co-chairs: Patrick Shiu and Sven Saupe
3:00 - 3:20
Patrick K. T. Shiu
Meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA in Neurospora.
3:20 - 3:40
Zhenyu Zhang
Mechanism of quelling, a small RNA-mediated gene silencing pathway.
3:40 - 4:00
Xuying Wang
SIS, a sex genome defense mechanism operating in Cryptococcus neoformans.
4:00 - 4:20
Asen Daskalov
Fungi use prion folds for signal transduction processes involving STAND proteins.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Haoping Liu
Regulation of white and opaque cell-type formation in Candida albicans by H3K56 acetylation and nucleosome assembly factors CAF-1 and HIR.
5:00 - 5:20
Matthew Z. Anderson
Epigenetic Regulation of Subtelomeric Gene Noise in Candida albicans.
5:20 - 5:40
Zachary A. Lewis
Chromatin regulation of genome stability.
5:40 - 6:00
Shinji Honda
Opposing activities of the HCHC and DMM complexes maintain proper DNA methylation in Neurospora crassa.
Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Kiln
Genomics and Mycorrhizae
Co-chairs: Anders Tunlid and Tom Bruns
3:00 - 3:20
A. Kohler
The mycorrhizal genome initiative (MGI): Identification of symbiosis-regulated genes by using RNA-Seq.
3:20 - 3:40
Jaqueline Hess
Transposable element dynamics in the Amanita: insights on the evolution of genome architecture accompanying the transition from saprotrophic to ectomycorrhizal ecologies.
3:40 - 4:00
Alga Zuccaro
Broad compatibility in the root endophyte Piriformospora indica is associated with host-adapted colonization strategies.
4:00 - 4:20
Anders P. V. Tunlid
Examining the saprotrophic ability of ectomycorrhizal fungi using genomics, transcriptomics and spectroscopy.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Nils OS Högberg
Interaction between the saprotrophic fungus Serpula lacrymans and living pine roots.
5:00 - 5:20
Stephen J. Mondo
Uncovering the evolutionary pressures shaping the Glomeromycota-Glomeribacter endosymbiosis.
5:20 - 5:40
Alija Mujic
A draft genome of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Rhizopogon vesiculosus: Characterization of mating system and heterozygosity within the dikaryon.
5:40 - 6:00
H.-L. Liao
Metatranscriptomic analysis of ectomycorrhizal root clusters in Pinus taeda: new methodologies for assessing functional gene expression in situ.
Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Nautilus
Regulation and Comparative Genomics of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism
Co-chairs: Richard Wilson and Ronald de Vries
3:00 - 3:20
Carl R. Fellbaum
The role of carbon in fungal nutrient uptake and transport: implications for resource exchange in the arbuscular mycorrhiza.
3:20 - 3:40
Jessie Fernandez
Mechanisms of adaptation to host rice cells by the blast fungus.
3:40 - 4:00
Sylvia Klaubauf
Similar is not the same: Differences in the function of the (hemi-) cellulolytic regulator XlnR (Xlr1/Xyr1) in filamentous fungi.
4:00 - 4:20
Richard B. Todd
Regulating the Aspergillus nidulans global nitrogen transcription factor AreA.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Miia R. Mäkelä
Transcriptional analysis of oxalate degradation in the white rot basidiomycete Dichomitus squalens.
5:00 - 5:20
Gesabel Y. Navarro Velasco
TOR-mediated control of virulence functions in the trans-kingdom pathogen Fusarium oxysporum.
5:20 - 5:40
Firoz Shah
Transcriptional regulation of peptidases and nitrogen transporters during the assimilation of organic nitrogen by the ectomycorrhizal fungi Paxillus involutus.
5:40 - 6:00
Michael Hynes
Regulation of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis by antisense transcription in Aspergillus nidulans?
Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Scripps
Education, Outreach, and Professional Development
Co-chairs: Steven Denison and Mimi Zolan
3:00 - 3:20
Michael Koonce
Centrosome-Nuclear Disconnect Creates Mitotic Chaos in a Closed Mitosis System.
3:20 - 3:40
Claire Burns
Using Fungal Barcoding to Introduce Non-science Majors to Scientific Research.
3:40 - 4:00
Andrea Gargas
ComGen Authentic Research Experiences (C-ARE): Fungal genetic analysis.
4:00 - 4:20
Patricia J. Pukkila
Wearing two hats: Tips for combining commitments to research and to university-wide initiatives in education.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Virginia K. Hench
Facilitating an Interdisciplinary Learning Community Amongst Undergraduate Research Fellows By Emphasizing Scientific Inquiry as the Unifying Thread.
5:00 - 5:20
Relly Brandman
MOOCs: Education for Everyone.
Thursday, March 14 8:30 AM–12:00 NOON
Merrill Hall and Chapel
Plenary Session II: Organismic Molecular Interactions
Chair: Nick Talbot
Yong-Hwan Lee
Large-scale Biology for Fungal Pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae.
Antonio Di Pietro
MAPK-mediated control of infectious growth in Fusarium oxysporum.
Peter Dodds
Analysis of effector proteins from flax rust and wheat stem rust.
Francine Govers
Dissecting Phytophthora blight; making sense out of signalling, effectors and host targets.
Alexandra C. Brand
Understanding directional growth in fungi.
Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Merrill Hall
Cool Tools for Fungal Biology
Co-chairs: Miguel Penalva and Kevin McCluskey
3:00 - 3:20
S. E. Baker
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory molecular analysis capabilities for fungal biology.
3:20 - 3:40
Aric E. Wiest
Development and utilization of arrayed mutant sets for yeasts and filamentous fungi.
3:40 - 4:00
Minou Nowrousian
Sequencing-based solutions to identify and characterize fungal developmental genes.
4:00 - 4:20
Susan Kaminskyj
Aspergillus nidulans as an experimental system to identify novel cell wall growth and maintenance genes through identification of anti-fungal drug resistance mutations.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
David L. Joly
Illumina-based genetic linkage map for wheat leaf rust.
5:00 - 5:20
Miguel Penalva
Peering into the secret-ory life of Aspergillus nidulans with a little help from classical genetics.
5:20 - 5:40
Patricia J. Pukkila
Domains of meiotic DNA recombination and gene conversion in Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus).
5:40 - 6:00
Xin Xiang
A Hook protein is critical for dynein-mediated early endosome movement in Aspergillus nidulans.
Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Chapel
Fungi and Evolutionary Theory
Co-chairs: Hanna Johannesson and Duur Aanen
3:00 - 3:20
Anne Pringle
Reaching the wind: the fluid mechanics of spore discharge, and potential for dispersal mechanisms to shape the evolution of sporocarp and spore morphologies.
3:20 - 3:40
Jennifer L. Anderson
Neurospora tetrasperma mating-type chromosomes: Testing hypotheses on the effects of degeneration and introgression on performance.
3:40 - 4:00
Bart Nieuwenhuis
Nuclear arms races: sexual selection for masculine mushrooms.
4:00 - 4:20
James B. Anderson
Genome-wide mutation dynamic within a long-lived individual of Armillaria.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
C. Angelard
Rapid genetic change and plasticity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is caused by a host shift and enhanced by segregation.
5:00 - 5:20
Pierre Grognet
Meiotic Drive: A Single Gene Conferring Killing and Resistance in Fungal Spore Killer.
5:20 - 5:40
Pierre Gladieux
Cryptic population subdivision, sympatric coexistence and the genetic basis of local adaptation in Neurospora discreta.
5:40 - 6:00
Georgiana May
Ecological context in symbioses: when is your enemy also your friend?
Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Heather
Cytoskeleton, Motors, and Intracellular Transport
Co-chairs: Samara Reck-Peterson and Ping Wang
3:00 - 3:20
Gero Steinberg
The molecular basis of extended dynein run-length.
3:20 - 3:40
Martin Egan
The role of microtubule-based motors in the spatiotemporal control of autophagy.
3:40 - 4:00
Sebastian Baumann
Microtubule-dependent co-transport of mRNPs and endosomes.
4:00 - 4:20
Flora Banuett
Role of tea1 and tea4 homologs in cell morphogenesis in Ustilago maydis.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Yainitza Hernandez-Rodriguez
Aspergillus nidulans septin interactions and post-translational modifications.
5:00 - 5:20
Connie B. Nichols
Altered Ras1 trafficking impairs the pathogencity of Cryptococcus neoformans.
5:20 - 5:40
Karen Stephenson
Quantification of the thigmotropic response of Neurospora crassa to microfabricated slides with ridges of defined height and topography.
5:40 - 6:00
P. Philippsen
Dynein drives oscillatory nuclear movements in the phytopathogenic fungus Ashbya gossypii and prevents nuclear clustering.
Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Fred Farr Forum
Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions that Impact Transcription and Translation
Co-chairs: Michael Freitag and Mark Caddick
3:00 - 3:20
Koon Ho Wong
ChIP-seq: an inexpensive and powerful method for studying genome-wide chromatin remodeling and transcription regulation in fungi.
3:20 - 3:40
Jay C. Dunlap
Regulatory Networks Governing Global Responses to Changes in Light and Time.
3:40 - 4:00
L. F. Larrondo
Protein Binding Microarrays and high-throughput real-time reporters studies: Building a four-dimensional understanding of transcriptional networks in Neurospora crassa.
4:00 - 4:20
Ane Sesma
Ending messages: alternative polyadenylation in filamentous fungi.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Amanda L. Misener Bloom
Post-transcriptional gene regulation contributes to host temperature adaptation and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans.
5:00 - 5:20
Johannes Freitag
Dual targeting of glycolytic enzymes by alternative splicing and translational read-through.
5:20 - 5:40
Mian Zhou
Non-optimal codon usage determines the expression level, structure and function of the circadian clock protein FREQUENCY.
5:40 - 6:00
Michael Feldbrugge
A transcriptome-wide view on microtubule-dependent mRNA transport.
Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Kiln
Interactions between Fungi and Animals
Co-chairs: Neil Gow and Clarissa Nobile
3:00 - 3:20
Elaine M. Bignell
Elicitation of host damage occurs in a temporally programmed manner during Aspergillus fumigatus infections.
3:20 - 3:40
Stuart Levitz
Exploiting innate recognition of fungi for vaccine development.
3:40 - 4:00
Jose C. Perez
Regulatory circuits governing Candida albicans proliferation in a mammalian host.
4:00 - 4:20
Judith Berman
Dramatic ploidy change as an adaptive strategy in Candida albicans...
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Yen-Ping Hsueh
Nematode-trapping fungi eavesdrop on nematode pheromones.
5:00 - 5:20
Xiaorong Lin
A morphogenesis regulator controls cryptococcal neurotropism.
5:20 - 5:40
M. Brock
Sit and wait: Special features of Aspergillus terreus in macrophage interactions and virulence.
5:40 - 6:00
Dawn Thompson
The mutational landscape of gradual acquisition of drug resistance in clinical isolates of Candida albicans.
Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Nautilus
Fungal Volatiles and Organic Compounds as Signaling Agents
Co-chairs: Joan Bennett and Richard Splivallo
3:00 - 3:20
Birgit Piechulla
Fungi reacting to rhizobacterial volatiles.
3:20 - 3:40
Seogchan Kang
Enhancement of plant growth and stress resistance by Fusarium volatile organic compounds: A novel mechanism mediating plant-fungal interactions.
3:40 - 4:00
Jessica C. Hargarten
The Role of Quorum-sensing Molecules in Interactions between Candida albicans and its Host.
4:00 - 4:20
Vong shian Simon Ip Cho
Innate Immunity in Fusarium graminearum.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Lea Atanasova
The Trichoderma reesei polyketide synthase gene pks1 is necessary for yellow-green pigmentation of conidia and is involved in the establishment of environmental fitness.
5:00 - 5:20
Richard Hung
Semiochemicals and signaling: plant responses to Trichoderma volatile organic compounds.
5:20 - 5:40
El Ghalid Mennat
Identification of chemoattractant compounds from tomato root exudate that trigger chemotropism in Fusarium oxysporum.
5:40 - 6:00
Richard Splivallo
The mixed fungal and bacterial origin of truffle aroma.
Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Scripps
Genomics and Biochemistry of Degradation of Complex Molecules in the Environment
Co-chairs: Jonathan Walton and Dan Cullen
3:00 - 3:20
K. Igarashi
Fungal transcriptome as database for proteome and refinement tool of gene annotation.
3:20 - 3:40
Irina S. Druzhinina
Developmental regulation and cellulase gene expression in Trichoderma reesei.
3:40 - 4:00
D. Floudas
Parallel losses of genes associated with saprotrophy in ectomycorrhizal Agaricomycotina lineages.
4:00 - 4:20
Emma Master
Co-expression analysis of Phanerochaete carnosa during growth on hardwood and softwood species to predict proteins with unknown function relevant to biomass conversion.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Yitzhak Hadar
Functional Analysis of the Pleurotus ostreatus Manganese-Peroxidase Gene Family.
5:00 - 5:20
Monika Schmoll
Carbon source and light dependent regulation of gene clusters in Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina).
5:20 - 5:40
Chiaki Hori
Genome-wide analysis of eleven white- and brown-rot Polyporales provides insight into mechanisms of wood decay.
5:40 - 6:00
Alex Lichius
Transcription factor shuttling during cellulase induction in Trichoderma reesei.
Friday, March 15 8:30 AM–12:00 NOON
Merrill Hall and Chapel
Plenary Session III: Sensing, Cell Biology and Development
Chair: Michelle Momany
Michael Brunner
Metabolic compensation of the Neurospora clock by a glucose-dependent feedback of the circadian repressor CSP1 on the core oscillator.
Gregory Jedd
A Neurospora cell-free system reconstitutes peroxisome membrane protein synthesis and organelle-specific targeting.
Joseph Heitman
Evolution of sexual reproduction: A view from the Fungal Kingdom.
Stephen Osmani
Integration of the fungal cell cycle with growth and development.
Meritxell Riquelme
The illuminated Spitzenkörper of Neurospora crassa: tracking and tracing secretory vesicles.
Friday, March 15 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Merrill Hall
Pathogenic Signaling via Effector Proteins
Co-chairs: Brett Tyler and Sebastien Duplessis
3:00 - 3:20
Marie-Cecile Caillaud
Dissecting nuclear immunity using Arabidopsis downy mildew effector as probes.
3:20 - 3:40
Claire Veneault-Fourrey
The mutualistic fungus Laccaria bicolor uses the effector protein MiSSP7 to alter host jasmonate signaling and establish symbiosis.
3:40 - 4:00
Shiv D. Kale
Identification and characterization of an RXLR-like effector family from medically relevant fungi.
4:00 - 4:20
Yuanchao Wang
Identification and functional assay of Phytophthora sojae avirulence effectors.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Gregory J. Fischer
Fungal lipoxygenases: a novel instigator of asthma?
5:00 - 5:20
Martha C. Giraldo
Magnaporthe oryzae has evolved two distinct mechanisms of effector secretion for biotrophic invasion of rice.
5:20 - 5:40
Anupama Ghosh
Domains for plant uptake of Ustilago maydis secreted effectors.
5:40 - 6:00
Edouard Evangelisti
Penetration-specific effectors from Phytophthora parasitica favour plant infection.
Friday, March 15 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Chapel
Cell Wall, Polarity and Hyphal Tip Growth
Co-chairs: Stephan Seiler and Ernestina Castro-Longoria
3:00 - 3:20
Michael Bölker
The function of Rho type small GTPases for cell polarity in Ustilago maydis.
3:20 - 3:40
Peter Sudbery
A quantitative model of hyphal tip growth based on the spatial distribution of exocyst subunits in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans.
3:40 - 4:00
Johannes Wagener
Cell wall integrity signaling in Aspergillus fumigatus.
4:00 - 4:20
Roland Wedlich-Soldner
Optimization of polarity establishment through coupling of multiple feedback loops.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Vincent Bulone
Cell wall structure and biosynthesis in oomycetes and true fungi: a comparative analysis.
5:00 - 5:20
Lakshmi Preethi Yerra
Cellular morphogenesis of Aspergillus nidulans conidiophores: a systematic survey of protein kinase and phosphatase function.
5:20 - 5:40
Diego Delgado-Álvarez
Septum formation starts with the establishment of a septal actin tangle (SAT) at future septation sites.
5:40 - 6:00
Norio Takeshita
Visualization of apical membrane domains in Aspergillus nidulans by Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM).
Friday, March 15 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Heather
Sexual Regulation and Evolution in the Fungi
Co-chairs: Frances Trail and Nicolas Corradi
3:00 - 3:20
Ignazio Carbone
Clonality and sex impact aflatoxigenicity in Aspergillus populations.
3:20 - 3:40
Nicolas Corradi
Toolkit for sexual reproduction in the genome of Glomus spp; a supposedly ancient asexual lineage.
3:40 - 4:00
Frances Trail
Comparative transcriptomics identifies new genes for perithecium development.
4:00 - 4:20
Hanna Johannesson
Rapid evolution of female-biased genes: a novel example from the eukaryotic model organism Neurospora crassa.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Katherine A. Borkovich
Self-attraction can not bypass the requirement for two mating type genes during sexual reproduction in Neurospora crassa.
5:00 - 5:20
Céline M. O'Gorman
Fertility in Aspergillus fumigatus and the identification of an additional ‘supermater’ pair.
5:20 - 5:40
Julia Böhm
Sexual reproduction and mating type function in the penicillin producing fungus Penicillium chrysogenum.
5:40 - 6:00
Patrik Inderbitzin
The Sclerotinia sclerotiorum mating type locus (MAT) contains a 3.6-kb region that is inverted in every generation.
Friday, March 15 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Fred Farr Forum
Oxidative Stress, ROS Signaling and Adaptation to Hypoxia
Co-chairs: Geraldine Butler and Barry Scott
3:00 - 3:20
A. Nantel
Transcriptional regulatory networks controlling the early hypoxic response in Candida albicans.
3:20 - 3:40
Olaf Kniemeyer
Proteomic analysis of the hypoxic response of the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus.
3:40 - 4:00
N. Ponts
Fgap1-mediated response to oxidative stress in trichothecene-producing Fusarium graminearum.
4:00 - 4:20
Nallely Cano-Dominguez
The role of NADPH oxidases in Neurospora crassa cell fusion.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Elizabeth A. Veal
Peroxiredoxins in ROS responses -Why evolve peroxidases that are inactivated by peroxides?
5:00 - 5:20
Lauren S. Ryder
NADPH oxidases regulate septin-mediated cytoskeletal re-modeling during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.
5:20 - 5:40
Gemma M. Cartwright
Redox regulation of an AP-1-like transcription factor, YapA, in the fungal symbiont Epichloë festucae.
5:40 - 6:00
Benjamin A. Horwitz
Interaction between phenolic and oxidant signaling in Cochliobolus heterostrophus.
Friday, March 15 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Kiln
Phylogenomics
Co-chairs: Jason Stajich and Joey Spatafora
3:00 - 3:20
Dannie Durand
Characterizing Gene Tree Incongruence on a Genome Scale.
3:20 - 3:40
Mary L. Berbee
Early fungi and their carbohydrate active enzymes.
3:40 - 4:00
Jason Slot
Better evolution through gene clustering.
4:00 - 4:20
C. Alisha Owensby
Phylogenomics unveils secondary metabolites specific to mycoparasitic lineages in Hypocreales.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Robert Riley
Comparative analysis of 35 basidiomycete genomes reveals diversity and uniqueness of the phylum.
5:00 - 5:20
Helene Chiapello
Genome evolution of fungal pathogens from the Magnaporthe oryzae/grisea clade.
5:20 - 5:40
Jonathan Grandaubert
Leptosphaeria maculans 'brassicae': "Transposable Elements changed my life, I feel different now".
5:40 - 6:00
Emily A. Whiston
Comparing comparative “omics” in Coccidioides spp.
Friday, March 15 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Nautilus
Synthetic Biology
Co-chairs: Nancy Keller and Peter Punt
3:00 - 3:20
Debbie S. Yaver
Engineering Aspergillus oryzae for high level production of L-malic acid.
3:20 - 3:40
Pascale Daran-Lapujade
When synthetic biology meets metabolic engineering: in vivo pathway assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
3:40 - 4:00
Levente Karaffa
Analysis of the intracellular galactoglycom of Trichoderma reesei grown on lactose.
4:00 - 4:20
Peter J. Punt
Novel transcriptomics approaches for metabolic pathway engineering target identification in Aspergillus.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Y. Huang
A new method for gene mining and enzyme discovery.
5:00 - 5:20
Koichi Tamano
Increased production of fatty acids and triglycerides in Aspergillus oryzae by modifying fatty acid metabolism.
5:20 - 5:40
Ana Rems
Molecular biological basis for statin resistance in naturally statin-producing organisms.
5:40 - 6:00
Hong Luo
Engineering Cyclic Peptide Biosynthesis in Poisonous Mushrooms.
Friday, March 15 3:00 PM–6:00 PM
Scripps
Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds
Co-chairs: Daniele Debieu and Paul Verweij
3:00 - 3:20
D. A. Macdonald
Chemically Induced Haploinsufficiency Screens to Identify Drug Mechanism of Action in Aspergillus Fumigatus.
3:20 - 3:40
Branka Korosec
Inhibition of benzoate 4-monooxygenase (CYP53A15) from Cohliobolus lunatus by cinnamic acid derivatives.
3:40 - 4:00
Marcelo HS Ramada
Secretome analysis of Trichoderma harzianum cultivated in the presence of Fusarium solani cell wall or glucose.
4:00 - 4:20
Carol E. Davis
Metabolic adaptation of the oomycete Phytophthora infestans during colonization of plants and tubers.
4:20 - 4:40 Break
4:40 - 5:00
Paul E. Verweij
The fungi strike back: multidrug resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus and agricultural use of fungicides.
5:00 - 5:20
D. Sanglard
Effect of antifungal resistance on virulence of Candida spp.
5:20 - 5:40
Sabine Fillinger
From enzyme to fungal development or how sdhB mutations impact respiration, fungicide resistance and fitness in the grey mold agent Botrytis cinerea.
5:40 - 6:00
Gabriel Scalliet
Deciphering fungicide resistance mechanisms in phytopatogenic fungi, towards an assessment of resistance risk in new active ingredient research.
Saturday, March 16 8:30 AM–12:00 NOON
Merrill Hall and Chapel
Plenary Session IV: Functional Ecology and Fungal Communities
Chair: Jim Anderson
Tatiana Giraud
Mechanisms allowing the formation of new fungal pathogenic species on novel hosts, causing emerging diseases.
B. D. Lindahl
The decisive role of mycorrhizal fungi as regulators of carbon sequestration in boreal forest ecosystems.
Edward J. Louis
Population Genomics of Saccharomyces Yeasts: Ecology and Adaptation.
Marc-André Selosse
The mycorrhizal symbiosis as a network linking plants.
Eva H. Stukenbrock
Unraveling speciation and specialization processes in plant pathogenic fungi using comparative population genomics.
Saturday, March 16 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Merrill Hall
Parallels between Fungal Pathogens of Plants and Animals
Co-chairs: Barbara Howlett and Axel Brakhage
2:00 - 2:20
Sarah J. Gurr
Emerging fungal (and Oomycete) threats to plant and ecosystem health.
2:20 - 2:40
Axel A. Brakhage
Melanin as virulence determinant of human and plant pathogenic fungi.
2:40 - 3:00
Joanna Potrykus
Nutrient immunity and systemic readjustment of metal homeostasis modulate fungal iron availability during the development of renal infections.
3:00 - 3:20
A. Sharon
Common strategies in plant and human "necrotrophic" pathogens: role of PCD.
3:20 - 3:40 Break
3:40 - 4:00
Nick J. Talbot
Septin-mediated plant tissue invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.
4:00 - 4:20
Katja Schaefer
Components of the urease complex govern virulence of Fusarium oxysporum on plant and animal hosts.
4:20 - 4:40
Anja Kombrink
The role of LysM effectors in fungal fitness.
4:40 - 5:00
Harshini C. Weerasinghe
Genes important for in vivo survival of the human pathogen Penicillium marneffei.
Saturday, March 16 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Chapel
Secondary Metabolism
Co-chairs: Gillian Turgeon and Bettina Tudzynski
2:00 - 2:20
B. Condon
Genomic profiles of secondary metabolism genes in Cochliobolus pathogens.
2:20 - 2:40
Candace Elliott
A biosynthetic gene cluster for the antifungal metabolite phomenoic acid in the plant pathogenic fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans.
2:40 - 3:00
Eva-Maria Niehaus
Fusarin C biosynthesis in Fusarium fujikuroi: the fusarin C gene cluster, their function and regulation.
3:00 - 3:20
H. Corby Kistler
Cellular development integrating primary and induced secondary metabolism in the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum.
3:20 - 3:40 Break
3:40 - 4:00
Nancy Keller
LaeA sleuthing reveals cryptic gene clusters in pathogenic Aspergilli.
4:00 - 4:20
Kristina M. Smith
The KMT6 Histone H3 K27 Methyltransferase Regulates Expression of Secondary Metabolites and Development in Fusarium graminearum.
4:20 - 4:40
M. Viaud
Secondary metabolism in Botrytis cinerea: the grey and pink sides of a pathogen.
4:40 - 5:00
Frank Kempken
Is fungal secondary metabolism regulated by competing insects?
Saturday, March 16 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Heather
Light Sensing and Circadian Rhythms
Co-chairs: Luis Larrondo and Reinhard Fischer
2:00 - 2:20
Martha W. Merrow
Circadian rhythms in gene expression in Aspergillus nidulans.
2:20 - 2:40
C. Hong
Circadian clock-gated cell division cycles in Neurospora crassa.
2:40 - 3:00
Kevin K. Fuller
Light regulates growth, stress resistance and metabolism in the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.
3:00 - 3:20
Paulo Canessa
Shedding light on Botrytis biology: characterization of the WC1 photoreceptor and FRQ homologues in the necrotrophic plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea.
3:20 - 3:40 Break
3:40 - 4:00
Carmen Ruger-Herreros
The transcription factor FL is phosphorylated and interacts with a trehalose related protein in Neurospora crassa.
4:00 - 4:20
Alfredo H. Herrera-Estrella
Regulation of gene expression in response to light in Trichoderma atroviride.
4:20 - 4:40
Victoriano Garre
Genome-wide analysis of light responses in Mucor circinelloides.
4:40 - 5:00
Phillipp Wiemann
Shedding light on secondary metabolite cluster gene expression, sporulation, UV-damage repair and carotenogenesis in the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi.
Saturday, March 16 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Fred Farr Forum
Fungal Evo-Devo
Co-chairs: Steve Harris and Brian Shaw
2:00 - 2:20
Antonis Rokas
The Molecular Foundations of the Fungal Lifestyle.
2:20 - 2:40
Daniel J. Ebbole
Gene expression and regulation during conidial morphogenesis in Neurospora crassa.
2:40 - 3:00
David S. Hibbett
Comparative developmental morphology in lentinoid mushrooms: toward a new fungal evo-devo?
3:00 - 3:20
Steven D. Harris
The Cdc42 GTPase module and the evolution of conidiophore architecture in Aspergillus.
3:20 - 3:40 Break
3:40 - 4:00
Audrey M. V. Ah-Fong
Cdc14 association with basal bodies in the oomycete Phytophthora infestans indicates potential new role for this protein phosphatase.
4:00 - 4:20
Jurgen W. Wendland
Molecular Determinants of Sporulation in Ashbya gossypii.
4:20 - 4:40
Heesoo Park
THE velvet regulators in Aspergilli.
4:40 - 5:00
R. Debuchy
A network of HMG-box transcription factors regulates sexual cycle in the fungus Podospora anserina.
Saturday, March 16 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Kiln
Environmental Metagenomics
Co-chairs: Chris Schadt and Betsy Arnold
2:00 - 2:20
Donald R. Zak
Microbial Responses to a Changing Climate: Implications for the Future Functioning of Terrestrial Ecosystems.
2:20 - 2:40
Mizue Naito
The Interaction of Mycoplasma-related Endobacteria with their Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Host.
2:40 - 3:00
Ning Zhang
Metagenomic analysis reveals hidden fungal diversity in grass rhizosphere and tree foliage.
3:00 - 3:20
Weiguo Fang
Host-to-pathogen gene transfer facilitated infection of insects by a pathogenic fungus.
3:20 - 3:40 Break
3:40 - 4:00
Kabir Peay
Structure and function of soil fungal communities across North American pine forests.
4:00 - 4:20
Gregory Bonito
Genomic analysis of Mortierella elongata and its endosymbiotic bacterium.
4:20 - 4:40
Richard C. Hamelin
Integrative genomics of poplar-fungal pathogen interactions.
4:40 - 5:00
M.-S. Benitez
Fungal pathogen and endophyte genetics within the context of forest community dynamics.
Saturday, March 16 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Nautilus
Dimorphic Transitions
Co-chairs: Anne Dranginis and Alex Andrianopoulos
2:00 - 2:20
Richard Bennett
Epigenetic Switching Regulates the Yeast-Hyphal Transition in Candida albicans.
2:20 - 2:40
Linqi Wang
Extracellular and intracellular signaling orchestrates morphotype-transition and virulence in human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.
2:40 - 3:00
Chad A. Rappleye
Histoplasma strain variations and differences in pathogenic-phase transcriptomes.
3:00 - 3:20
Hayley E. Bugeja
The C2H2 transcription factor HgrA promotes hyphal growth in the dimorphic pathogen Penicillium marneffei.
3:20 - 3:40 Break
3:40 - 4:00
Joerg T. Kaemper
A conserved splicing factor is required for vesicle transport in Ustilago maydis.
4:00 - 4:20
Sarah A. Gilmore
N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) Triggers a Morphogenetic Program in Systemic Dimorphic Fungi.
4:20 - 4:40
Gregory M. Gauthier
Identification and characterization of a Blastomyces dermatitidis mutant with a bidirectional defect in the phase transition.
4:40 - 5:00
Bridget M. Barker
Functional Analysis of Genes in Regions of Introgression in Coccidioides.
Saturday, March 16 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Scripps
Tropic Growth and Fusion
Co-chairs: Andre Fleissner and Nick Read
2:00 - 2:20
Carla J. Eaton
Role of the cell fusion gene idcA in fungal mutualism.
2:20 - 2:40
Pablo S. Aguilar
Role of extracellular calcium in budding yeast cell fusion.
2:40 - 3:00
Chia-Chen Chang
The role of calcium and calmodulin during cell fusion and colony initiation in Neurospora crassa.
3:00 - 3:20
Javier Palma-Guerrero
LFD-1 is a component of the membrane merger machinery during cell-cell fusion in Neurospora crassa.
3:20 - 3:40 Break
3:40 - 4:00
Martin Weichert
Specific Structural Features of Sterols Affect Cell-Cell Signaling and Fusion in Neurospora crassa.
4:00 - 4:20
David Turra
Co-option of a sex pheromone receptor and MAPK signalling pathway for chemotropism of Fusarium oxysporum towards plant host compounds.
4:20 - 4:40
Britta Herzog
Characterization of new STRIPAK complex interaction partners in the filamentous ascomycete Sordaria macrospora.
4:40 - 5:00
Darren Thomson
Characterisation of contact-dependant tip re-orientation in Candida albicans hyphae.
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