Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Fungal Hijacking and Host Manipulation
Discussion Leader: João Araújo (New York Botanical Garden, USA)
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:50 pm - 8:05 pm |
Charissa de Bekker (University of Central Florida, USA)
"Connecting Behavioral Phenomes with Functional Genomes in Ants, Manipulated by a Fungal Parasite"
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:30 pm |
Matthew Kasson (West Virgina University, USA)
"Exploring the Genetic Underpinnings of Secondary Metabolite Production in the Cicada Pathogen Massospora cicadina"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 8:55 pm |
Pietro Spanu (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"RNAs and PseudoRNases: New Insights into the Complex Cross-Talk in Cereal Powdery Mildews"
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8:55 pm - 9:05 pm |
Discussion
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9:05 pm - 9:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Cellular Organization and Molecular Biology
Discussion Leader: James Kronstad (University of British Columbia, Canada)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:25 am |
Joshua Nosanchuk (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
"What Candida Extracellular Vesicles Teach Us"
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9:25 am - 9:35 am |
Discussion
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9:35 am - 9:50 am |
Duncan Wilson (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
"From Ions to Biomes: How Micronutrient Scavenging Shapes Environmental Adaptation"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Lillian Fritz-Laylin (University of Massachusetts, USA)
"Chytrid Fungi and the Functional Specification of Actin Networks"
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Discussion
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10:25 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:05 am |
Robert Arkowitz (University of Côte d'Azur, France)
"Fungal Invasion - Growing Against a Resistive Force"
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Discussion
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Harold Corby Kistler (Agricultural Research Service, USDA, USA)
"Cellular Organization Important for Mycotoxin Synthesis and Export"
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11:30 am - 11:40 am |
Discussion
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11:40 am - 11:55 am |
Richard Wilson (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
"tRNA Modification and Codon Usage Tune Magnaporthe oryzae Effector Secretion in Living Host Rice Cells"
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Elaine Bignell (The University of Exeter, United Kingdom) and Christina Cuomo (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA)
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Fungal Mutualism and Symbiotic Interactions
Discussion Leader: Christine Voisey (AgResearch, New Zealand)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 7:55 pm |
Gregory Bonito (Michigan State University, USA)
"The Mortierella Microbiome: Symbiosis with Bacteria and Photobionts"
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7:55 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:20 pm |
Jana U'Ren (University of Arizona, USA)
"Can Comparative Genomics Elucidate the Ecological Roles of Foliar Endophytes?"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:45 pm |
Anna Rosling (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Genomic Signatures Linked to the Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi"
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm |
Discussion
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8:55 pm - 9:10 pm |
Daniel Berry (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
"Initiation of the Virulent Sexual Cycle of Grass-symbiotic Epichloë Fungi is Characterized by Production of 3-carboxy-pyrrolodiazepines"
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Discussion
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Genomic Perspectives on Fungal Evolution
Discussion Leader: Christina Cuomo (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:25 am |
David Hibbett (Clark University, USA)
"O Shiitake Mushrooms! Phylogenomics and Evolution of the Genus Lentinula Above and Below the Species Level"
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9:25 am - 9:35 am |
Discussion
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9:35 am - 9:50 am |
Bridget Barker (Northern Arizona University, USA)
"Dust Devil or Fantastic Yeast? The Mysterious Life of Coccidioides"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Iuliana Ene (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Mapping Genome Evolution Towards Increased Azole Resistance"
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Discussion
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10:25 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:05 am |
Daniel Croll (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
"Evolving Fungal Genomes: How Plasticity Fuels Adaptation in Plant Pathogens"
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Discussion
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Annegret Kohler (National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France)
"Evolution of Mycorrhizal Genomes and Transcriptomes"
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11:30 am - 11:40 am |
Discussion
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11:40 am - 11:55 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:20 pm |
Antonis Rokas (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Evolving Moldy Murderers: Aspergillus as a Model for Studying the Repeated Evolution of Opportunistic Pathogenicity"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Fungi in the Microbiome and Complex Communities
Discussion Leader: Gregory Bonito (Michigan State University, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 7:55 pm |
Nina Gunde-Cimerman (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
"Surprising Fungal Life on Greenland Ice Sheet"
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7:55 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:20 pm |
Iliyan Iliev (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)
"Functional Mycobiota Exploration: Mechanisms of Mucosal Immunity Regulation and Beyond"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:45 pm |
Teresa Pawlowska (Cornell University, USA)
"Unraveling the Mechanisms of Symbiosis Formation Between Early-divergent Fungi and Bacteria"
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm |
Discussion
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8:55 pm - 9:10 pm |
Michelle Afkhami (University of Miami, USA)
"Environmental Stress Destabilizes Microbial Networks"
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Discussion
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Fungal Virulence and Drug Resistance
Discussion Leader: Elaine Bignell (The University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:25 am |
Antonio Di Pietro (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)
"Host Adaptation in the Trans-kingdom Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum"
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9:25 am - 9:35 am |
Discussion
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9:35 am - 9:50 am |
Jeniel Nett (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Neutrophil-Candida auris Interactions: Focus on the Cell Wall"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Johanna Rhodes (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Evolution of Resistance in Clinical Fungal Infections"
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Discussion
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10:25 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:05 am |
Carol Munro (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
"Targeting the Fungal Cell Wall"
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Discussion
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Tamara Doering (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
"Naturally Occurring Genome Variants that Influence Cryptococcal Virulence"
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11:30 am - 11:40 am |
Discussion
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11:40 am - 11:55 am |
Mike Bromley (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"The COFUN Project: Competitive Fitness Profiling Reveals Insights into Mechanisms of Drug Resistance and Virulence in A. fumigatus"
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:20 pm |
Elizabeth Ballou (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
"How do Bacteria Influence Fungal Responses to Stress?"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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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
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Fungi as Bioresources
Discussion Leader: Nancy Keller (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 7:55 pm |
Jason Slot (Ohio State University, USA)
"Breaking Out of the Mold: Evolutionary Considerations for Prospecting in Genomes"
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7:55 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:20 pm |
Isabelle Benoit Gelber (Concordia University, Canada)
"Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Aspergillus niger: Insights into Structure and Regulation"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:45 pm |
Rolando Perez (Sincarne, USA)
"Advancing Fungal Synthetic Biology to Improve Mycological Production"
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm |
Discussion
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8:55 pm - 9:10 pm |
Joseph Spraker (Hexagon Bio, USA)
"Merging Computational and Synthetic Biology for the Discovery of Bioactive Fungal Natural Products"
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Discussion
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Sensing, Signaling and Development
Discussion Leader: Alexander Idnurm (University of Melbourne, Australia)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:25 am |
Yi Liu (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
"Synonymous but not Silent, Codon Usage Regulates Gene Expression and Protein Structure"
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9:25 am - 9:35 am |
Discussion
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9:35 am - 9:50 am |
Janet Quinn (University of Newcastle, United Kingdom)
"Fungal Stress-Signalling Pathways as Mediators of Virulence (and How We can Exploit This)"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Michael Freitag (Oregon State University, USA)
"Chromatin-Mediated Gene Silencing and Genome Stability in Filamentous Fungi"
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Discussion
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10:25 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:05 am |
Neil Brown (University of Bath, United Kingdom)
"Host Nutrient Sensing: Drivers of Fungal Development and Disease"
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Discussion
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11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Daniel Kornitzer (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"Sensing, Response and Utilization of Different Iron Sources"
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11:30 am - 11:40 am |
Discussion
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11:40 am - 11:55 am |
Lauren Ryder (The Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom)
"A Sensor Kinase Controls Turgor-driven Plant Cell Invasion by the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae"
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:20 pm |
Julia Schumacher (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Germany)
"Fungi in Extreme Habitats: Lessons from the Microcolonial Black Fungus Knufia petricola"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Late-Breaking Topics
Discussion Leaders: Nick Talbot (The Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom) and Anna Selmecki (University of Minnesota Medical School, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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7:40 pm - 7:45 pm |
Discussion
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7:45 pm - 7:55 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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7:55 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:10 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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8:10 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:25 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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8:25 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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8:40 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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8:55 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Late-Breaking Topic
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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