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Tuesday, March 12 |
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| 2:00 pm |
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10:00 pm |
Registration | | Surf and Sand |
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| 6:00 pm |
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7:00 pm |
Dinner | | Crocker Hall |
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| 7:30 pm |
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10:30 pm |
Opening Mixer | | Merrill Hall |
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Wednesday, March 13 |
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| 7:30 am |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast | | Crocker Hall |
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| 8:00 am |
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5:00 pm |
Registration | | Surf and Sand |
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| 8:30 am |
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12:00 noon |
Plenary Session I: Metabolic Pathways: Cell Growth, Pathogenesis and Bioenergy
Chair: Louise Glass
| | Merrill Hall and Chapel |
| | Robert A. Cramer
Hypoxia and Mechanisms of Human Fungal Pathogenesis: To Air or Not to Air?
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| | Audrey P. Gasch
Tackling biofuel bottlenecks through genome wide association studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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| | Kim E. Hammond-Kosack
Exploring the metabolome of cereal infecting fusaria
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| | Bernard Henrissat
Carbohydrate-active enzymes in fungal genomes
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| | Adrian Tsang
Genome-wide approaches to identify and characterize lignocellulolytic enzymes
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| 12:00 noon |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch | | Crocker Hall |
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| 12:15 pm |
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1:30 pm |
Fungal Genome Tools | | Chapel |
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| 1:30 pm |
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1:45 pm |
One Name = One Fungus | | Chapel |
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| 3:00 pm |
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6:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions I
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Cell Signaling Involved in Fungal Development and Pathogenesis
Chairs: Naweed Naqvi and Stefanie Pöggeler
| | Merrill Hall |
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Genetics and Genomics of Interactions with Bacteria, Insects and Plants
Chairs: Nemat Keyhani and Christian Hertweck
| | Chapel |
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Membrane Trafficking and Molecular Organization
Chairs: Vicky Sophianopoulou and Gero Steinberg
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Genome Defense, Epigenetics and RNAi
Chairs: Patrick Shiu and Sven Saupe
| | Fred Farr Forum |
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Genomics and Mycorrhizae
Chairs: Anders Tunlid and Tom Bruns
| | Kiln |
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Regulation and Comparative Genomics of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism
Chairs: Richard Wilson and Ronald de Vries
| | Nautilus |
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Education, Outreach, and Professional Development
Chairs: Steven Denison and Mimi Zolan
| | Scripps |
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| 6:00 pm |
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7:00 pm |
Dinner | | Crocker Hall |
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| 7:30 pm |
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10:30 pm |
Poster Session I and Exhibits | | Fireside Pavilion |
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Thursday, March 14 |
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| 7:30 am |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast | | Crocker Hall |
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| 7:30 am |
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1:00 pm |
Registration | | Surf and Sand |
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| 8:30 am |
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12:00 noon |
Plenary Session II: Organismic Molecular Interactions
Chair: Nick Talbot
| | Merrill Hall and Chapel |
| | Yong-Hwan Lee
Large-scale Biology for Fungal Pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae
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| | Antonio Di Pietro
MAPK-mediated control of infectious growth in Fusarium oxysporum
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| | Peter Dodds
Analysis of effector proteins from flax rust and wheat stem rust
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| | Francine Govers
Dissecting Phytophthora blight; making sense out of signalling, effectors and host targets
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| | Alexandra C. Brand
Understanding directional growth in fungi
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| 12:00 noon |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch | | Crocker Hall |
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| 12:15 pm |
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1:15 pm |
GSA Careers Luncheon | | Crocker Hall |
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| 12:15 pm |
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1:30 pm |
Neurospora Business Meeting | | Chapel |
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| 12:30 pm |
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2:00 pm |
JGI Sequencing and Analysis Tools and Initiatives | | Merrill Hall |
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| 3:00 pm |
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6:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions II
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Cool Tools for Fungal Biology
Chairs: Miguel Penalva and Kevin McCluskey
| | Merrill Hall |
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Fungi and Evolutionary Theory
Chairs: Hanna Johannesson and Duur Aanen
| | Chapel |
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Cytoskeleton, Motors, and Intracellular Transport
Chairs: Samara Reck-Peterson and Ping Wang
| | Heather |
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Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions that Impact Transcription and Translation
Chairs: Michael Freitag and Mark Caddick
| | Fred Farr Forum |
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Interactions between Fungi and Animals
Chairs: Neil Gow and Clarissa Nobile
| | Kiln |
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Fungal Volatiles and Organic Compounds as Signaling Agents
Chairs: Joan Bennett and Richard Splivallo
| | Nautilus |
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Genomics and Biochemistry of Degradation of Complex Molecules in the Environment
Chairs: Jonathan Walton and Dan Cullen
| | Scripps |
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| 6:00 pm |
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7:00 pm |
Dinner | | Crocker Hall |
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| 7:30 pm |
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10:30 pm |
Poster Session II and Exhibits | | Fireside Pavilion |
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Friday, March 15 |
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| 7:30 am |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast | | Crocker Hall |
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| 8:00 am |
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1:00 pm |
Registration | | Surf and Sand |
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| 8:30 am |
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12:00 noon |
Plenary Session III: Sensing, Cell Biology and Development
Chair: Michelle Momany
| | Merrill Hall and Chapel |
| | Michael Brunner
Metabolic compensation of the Neurospora clock by a glucose-dependent feedback of the circadian repressor CSP1 on the core oscillator
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| | Gregory Jedd
A Neurospora cell-free system reconstitutes peroxisome membrane protein synthesis and organelle-specific targeting
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| | Joseph Heitman
Evolution of sexual reproduction: A view from the Fungal Kingdom
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| | Stephen Osmani
Integration of the fungal cell cycle with growth and development
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| | Meritxell Riquelme
The illuminated Spitzenkörper of Neurospora crassa: tracking and tracing secretory vesicles
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| 12:00 noon |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch | | Crocker Hall |
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| 12:15 pm |
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1:30 pm |
FungiDB | | Kiln |
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| 12:15 pm |
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1:30 pm |
Magnaporthe workshop: recent progress and community resources
| | Chapel |
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| 3:00 pm |
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6:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions III
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Pathogenic Signaling via Effector Proteins
Chairs: Brett Tyler and Sebastien Duplessis
| | Merrill Hall |
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Cell Wall, Polarity and Hyphal Tip Growth
Chairs: Stephan Seiler and Ernestina Castro-Longoria
| | Chapel |
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Sexual Regulation and Evolution in the Fungi
Chairs: Frances Trail and Nicolas Corradi
| | Heather |
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Oxidative Stress, ROS Signaling and Adaptation to Hypoxia
Chairs: Geraldine Butler and Barry Scott
| | Fred Farr Forum |
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Phylogenomics
Chairs: Jason Stajich and Joey Spatafora
| | Kiln |
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Synthetic Biology
Chairs: Nancy Keller and Peter Punt
| | Nautilus |
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Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds
Chairs: Daniele Debieu and Paul Verweij
| | Scripps |
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| 6:00 pm |
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7:00 pm |
Dinner | | Crocker Hall |
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| 7:00 pm |
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8:00 pm |
GSA Education Special Interest Group Mixer | | Surf and Sand |
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| 7:30 pm |
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10:30 pm |
Poster Session III and Exhibits | | Fireside Pavilion |
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Saturday, March 16 |
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| 7:30 am |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast | | Crocker Hall |
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| 8:30 am |
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12:00 noon |
Plenary Session IV: Functional Ecology and Fungal Communities
Chair: Jim Anderson
| | Merrill Hall and Chapel |
| | Tatiana Giraud
Mechanisms allowing the formation of new fungal pathogenic species on novel hosts, causing emerging diseases
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| | B. D. Lindahl
The decisive role of mycorrhizal fungi as regulators of carbon sequestration in boreal forest ecosystems
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| | Edward J. Louis
Population Genomics of Saccharomyces Yeasts: Ecology and Adaptation
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| | Marc-André Selosse
The mycorrhizal symbiosis as a network linking plants
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| | Eva H. Stukenbrock
Unraveling speciation and specialization processes in plant pathogenic fungi using comparative population genomics
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| 8:30 am |
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1:00 pm |
Registration | | Surf and Sand |
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| 12:00 noon |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch | | Crocker Hall |
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| 2:00 pm |
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5:00 pm |
Concurrent Session IV
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Parallels between Fungal Pathogens of Plants and Animals
Chairs: Barbara Howlett and Axel Brakhage
| | Merrill Hall |
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Secondary Metabolism
Chairs: Gillian Turgeon and Bettina Tudzynski
| | Chapel |
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Light Sensing and Circadian Rhythms
Chairs: Luis Larrondo and Reinhard Fischer
| | Heather |
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Fungal Evo-Devo
Chairs: Steve Harris and Brian Shaw
| | Fred Farr Forum |
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Environmental Metagenomics
Chairs: Chris Schadt and Betsy Arnold
| | Kiln |
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Dimorphic Transitions
Chairs: Anne Dranginis and Alex Andrianopoulos
| | Nautilus |
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Tropic Growth and Fusion
Chairs: Andre Fleissner and Nick Read
| | Scripps |
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| 5:30 pm |
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5:45 pm |
Poster Awards | | Merrill Hall and Chapel |
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| 5:45 pm |
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6:30 pm |
Perkins/Metzenberg Lecture: Regine Kahmann, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology | | Merrill Hall and Chapel |
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| 6:30 pm |
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8:30 pm |
Closing Banquet | | Crocker Hall |
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| 8:30 pm |
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12:00 am |
Closing Party featuring The Amplified DNA Band | | Merrill Hall |
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| 8:30 pm |
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12:00 am |
Quiet Alternative | | Surf and Sand |
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Sunday, March 17 |
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| 7:30 am |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast | | Crocker Hall |
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