Plenary and concurrent session talks do not have program numbers assigned.
| PRESENTER'S NAME | 
Partial Abstract Title | 
Session Assignment | 
Program# | 
Session Dates & Locations | 
Presentation Time | 
|  Jin-Ho Baek  | 
Characterization of tannic acid-inducible ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
414 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Scott E. Baker  | 
The Environmental Molecular Sciences ... | 
Concurrent 
Cool Tools for Fungal Biology | 
 | 
Thursday, March 14 Merrill Hall | 
3:00 PM | 
|  Scott E. Baker  | 
The Environmental Molecular Sciences ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
310 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Clara Baldin  | 
Comparison of transcriptome technologies ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
231 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Thomas Baldwin  | 
Detoxification of nitric oxide by ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
538 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Dithi Banerjee  | 
Role of Ccr4-mediated mRNA turnover in ... | 
POSTER 
Biochemistry and Metabolism | 
23 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Nabaraj Banjara  | 
Diversity of yeast and mold species in ... | 
POSTER 
Other Topics | 
703 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Flora Banuett  | 
Role of tea1 and tea4 homologs in cell ... | 
Concurrent 
Cytoskeleton, Motors, and Intracellular Transport  | 
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Thursday, March 14 Heather | 
4:00 PM | 
|  Flora Banuett  | 
Role of tea1 and tea4 homologs in cell ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
169 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Bridget M. Barker  | 
Functional Analysis of Genes in Regions of ... | 
Concurrent 
Dimorphic Transitions | 
 | 
Saturday, March 16 Nautilus | 
4:40 PM | 
|  Bridget M. Barker  | 
Functional Analysis of Genes in Regions of ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
342 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Evelina Y. Basenko  | 
Characterization of genome maintenance ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
443 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Sebastian Baumann  | 
Microtubule-dependent co-transport of ... | 
Concurrent 
Cytoskeleton, Motors, and Intracellular Transport  | 
 | 
Thursday, March 14 Heather | 
3:40 PM | 
|  Oezguer Bayram  | 
The Aspergillus nidulans MAPK module ... | 
Concurrent 
Cell Signaling Involved in Fungal Development and Pathogenesis | 
 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Merrill Hall | 
3:40 PM | 
|  Oezguer Bayram  | 
The Aspergillus nidulans MAPK module ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
79 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Hoda Bazafkan  | 
VELVET is regulated by ENV1 and impacts ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
201 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Sladana Bec  | 
Molecular and genetic basis guiding the ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
490 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Lasse Bech  | 
Identification of T. asperellum CAZyme ... | 
POSTER 
Biochemistry and Metabolism | 
60 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Nicola Beckmann  | 
Heme regulation in Aspergillus fumigatus. ... | 
POSTER 
Biochemistry and Metabolism | 
1 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Maria-Soledad Benitez  | 
Fungal pathogen and endophyte genetics ... | 
Concurrent 
Environmental Metagenomics | 
 | 
Saturday, March 16 Kiln | 
4:40 PM | 
|  Maria-Soledad Benitez  | 
Fungal pathogen and endophyte genetics ... | 
POSTER 
Population and Evolutionary Genetics | 
686 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Richard Bennett  | 
Epigenetic Switching Regulates the ... | 
Concurrent 
Dimorphic Transitions | 
 | 
Saturday, March 16 Nautilus | 
2:00 PM | 
|  Isabelle Benoit  | 
Co-cultivations of fungi: microscopic ... | 
POSTER 
Other Topics | 
695 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Isabelle Benoit  | 
Fungal-bacterial interactions: Bacillus  ... | 
POSTER 
Other Topics | 
694 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Johan Philipp Benz  | 
Sugar cubed - A Comparative ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
303 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Mary L. Berbee  | 
Early fungi and their carbohydrate active ... | 
Concurrent 
Phylogenomics | 
 | 
Friday, March 15 Kiln | 
3:20 PM | 
|  Judith G. Berman  | 
Dramatic ploidy change as an adaptive ... | 
Concurrent 
Interactions between Fungi and Animals | 
 | 
Thursday, March 14 Kiln | 
4:00 PM | 
|  Daniel Berry  | 
Transposon-associated evolution of a ... | 
POSTER 
Biochemistry and Metabolism | 
48 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Margherita Bertuzzi  | 
A role for PalH-mediated signal ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
484 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Sinem Beyhan  | 
A temperature-dependent complex ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
468 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Michael J. Bidochka  | 
Endophytic insect parasitic fungi feed ... | 
Concurrent 
Genetics and Genomics of Interactions with Bacteria, Insects and Plants | 
 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Chapel | 
3:00 PM | 
|  Elaine M. Bignell  | 
Elicitation of host damage occurs in a ... | 
Concurrent 
Interactions between Fungi and Animals | 
 | 
Thursday, March 14 Kiln | 
3:00 PM | 
|  Robert Blake Billmyre  | 
Loss of the RNAi pathway in VGII  ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
243 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Ulrike Binder  | 
Influence of hypoxia on antifungal ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
481 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Vasileios Bitas  | 
Fusarium oxysporum produces volatile ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
551 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Sandra Bloemendal  | 
Velvet family control of penicillin ... | 
POSTER 
Biochemistry and Metabolism | 
49 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Sara J. Blosser  | 
Removal of C4-methyl Sterol Accumulation ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
355 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Burton H. Bluhm  | 
A Host-Induced Gene Silencing Approach to ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
613 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Marike J. Boenisch  | 
Laser microdissection and transcriptomics ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
140 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Daniela Boettger  | 
Evolutionary Imprint of Fungal PKS-NRPS ... | 
POSTER 
Other Topics | 
725 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Michael Bolker  | 
The function of Rho type small GTPases for ... | 
Concurrent 
Cell Wall, Polarity and Hyphal Tip Growth | 
 | 
Friday, March 15 Chapel | 
3:00 PM | 
|  Stephanie R. Bollmann  | 
Artificial miRNA constructs for  ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
415 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Melvin D. Bolton  | 
The heterothallic fungus Cercospora  ... | 
POSTER 
Population and Evolutionary Genetics | 
684 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Gregory Bonito  | 
Genomic analysis of Mortierella elongata ... | 
Concurrent 
Environmental Metagenomics | 
 | 
Saturday, March 16 Kiln | 
4:00 PM | 
|  Gregory Bonito  | 
Genomic analysis of Mortierella elongata ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
606 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Katherine A. Borkovich  | 
Self-attraction can not bypass the ... | 
Concurrent 
Sexual Regulation and Evolution in the Fungi | 
 | 
Friday, March 15 Heather | 
4:40 PM | 
|  Joerg Bormann  | 
The stress-activated protein kinase FgOS-2 ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
547 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Joerg Bormann  | 
The ATF/CREB transcription factor Atf1 is ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
546 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Joerg Bormann  | 
The adenylate cyclase of the cereal ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
545 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Jordi C. Boshoven  | 
Do the fungal homologs of Verticillium  ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
516 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Ourdia Bouzid  | 
Improving heterologous protein production ... | 
POSTER 
Other Topics | 
696 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Joanna K. Bowen  | 
The candidate effector repertoire of ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
517 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Barry J. Bowman  | 
The vacuole of Neurospora ... | 
Concurrent 
Membrane Trafficking and Molecular Organization | 
 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Heather | 
5:40 PM | 
|  Barry J. Bowman  | 
The vacuole of Neurospora ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
217 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Axel A. Brakhage  | 
Melanin as virulence determinant of human ... | 
Concurrent 
Parallels between Fungal Pathogens of Plants and Animals | 
 | 
Saturday, March 16 Merrill Hall | 
2:20 PM | 
|  Sara Branco  | 
Population genomics of Suillus brevipes. ... | 
POSTER 
Population and Evolutionary Genetics | 
681 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Alexandra C. Brand  | 
Understanding directional growth in fungi. | 
Plenary 
Plenary Session II: Organismic Molecular Interactions | 
 | 
Thursday, March 14 Merrill Hall and Chapel | 
 | 
|  Relly Brandman  | 
MOOCs: Education for Everyone. | 
Concurrent 
Education, Outreach, and Professional Development | 
 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Scripps | 
5:00 PM | 
|  Susanna A. Braus-Stromeyer  | 
The Cpc1 (CpcA/Gcn4) regulator of the ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
589 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Gustavo Adolfo Bravo Ruiz  | 
Lipolytic system of the tomato pathogen  ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
552 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Erin L. Bredeweg  | 
Control and Function of Two Fatty Acid ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
383 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Marin Brewer  | 
Evolutionary history and genetic diversity ... | 
POSTER 
Population and Evolutionary Genetics | 
645 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Matthias Brock  | 
Sit and wait: Special features of  ... | 
Concurrent 
Interactions between Fungi and Animals | 
 | 
Thursday, March 14 Kiln | 
5:20 PM | 
|  Matthias Brock  | 
Sit and wait: Special features of  ... | 
POSTER 
Pathogenic and Mutalistic Interactions | 
482 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Michael J. Bromley  | 
Understanding the cellular basis of Azole ... | 
POSTER 
Other Topics | 
689 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Alistair J P Brown  | 
Combinatorial cationic and oxidative ... | 
POSTER 
Other Topics | 
722 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Alistair J P Brown  | 
Evolutionary rewiring of ubiquitination ... | 
POSTER 
Biochemistry and Metabolism | 
16 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Daren W. Brown  | 
Retention of genes in a secondary ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
318 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Jessica C. Brown  | 
A chemical-genetic map of a human fungal ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
244 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Neil A. Brown  | 
Screening of a non-essential protein ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
361 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Michael Brunner  | 
Metabolic compensation of the Neurospora ... | 
Plenary 
Plenary Session III: Sensing, Cell Biology and Development | 
 | 
Friday, March 15 Merrill Hall and Chapel | 
 | 
|  Patrick C. Brunner  | 
Co-evolution and life cycle specialization ... | 
POSTER 
Population and Evolutionary Genetics | 
657 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Jerzy Brzywczy  | 
Sulfur metabolism regulatory mutations ... | 
POSTER 
Gene Regulation | 
362 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Joanna A. Bueche  | 
Genetic analysis of the components of the ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
198 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Hayley E. Bugeja  | 
The C2H2 transcription factor HgrA ... | 
Concurrent 
Dimorphic Transitions | 
 | 
Saturday, March 16 Nautilus | 
3:00 PM | 
|  Hayley E. Bugeja  | 
The C2H2 transcription factor HgrA ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
212 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Vincent Bulone  | 
Cell wall structure and biosynthesis in ... | 
Concurrent 
Cell Wall, Polarity and Hyphal Tip Growth | 
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Friday, March 15 Chapel | 
4:40 PM | 
|  Vincent Bulone  | 
Cell wall structure and biosynthesis in ... | 
POSTER 
Biochemistry and Metabolism | 
19 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Kathleen M. Burchhardt  | 
Microsatellite markers reveal population ... | 
POSTER 
Population and Evolutionary Genetics | 
646 | 
Friday, March 15 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Maria A. Burggraaf  | 
Autophagy promotes survival in aging ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
99 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Claire Burns  | 
Using Fungal Barcoding to Introduce ... | 
Concurrent 
Education, Outreach, and Professional Development | 
 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Scripps | 
3:20 PM | 
|  Kathryn E. Bushley  | 
Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
311 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Peter K. Busk  | 
Classification and accurate functional ... | 
POSTER 
Comparative and Functional Genomics | 
343 | 
Thursday, March 14 Fireside Pavilion | 
7:30 - 8:30 PM
  | 
|  Nicole Bühler  | 
Functional analysis of sterol transporter ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
80 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
  | 
|  Julia Böhm  | 
Sexual reproduction and mating type ... | 
Concurrent 
Sexual Regulation and Evolution in the Fungi | 
 | 
Friday, March 15 Heather | 
5:20 PM | 
|  Julia Böhm  | 
Sexual reproduction and mating type ... | 
POSTER 
Cell Biology and Development | 
202 | 
Wednesday, March 13 Fireside Pavilion | 
8:30 - 9:30 PM
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