Evolutionary Perspectives of Metabolic, Cellular and Genomic Diversity in Fungi

Celebrating 50 years of the GRC Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology series, the 2026 conference will focus upon fungal evolution, across multiple scales, as means to dissect the remarkable complexity of fungal phenotypic and genomic diversity. Convening experts from all career stages and multiple sub-disciplines, this conference will explore drivers of fungal evolution including the influences of environments, resources, microbial communities and competition, as well as the cutting-edge technologies and approaches employed to study them. The topic of fungal evolution will be addressed from multiple perspectives: metabolic, cellular, intra-organismal, functional genomics, environments and ecosystems. Discussions will seek to identify major unanswered questions in the field and how the rapid acceleration of digital technologies is likely to shape new ways of tackling them, looking forward to the next 50 years of cellular and molecular fungal biology.

Please note that, due to limited accommodations at this venue, guest housing is very limited. To request family/guest housing, please reach out to your Conference Operations Associate.