Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Diverse Fungi in Biotechnology and Systems Biology
Discussion Leader: Marie-Claire Harrison (Vanderbilt University, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Nicholas Gervais (University of Guelph, Canada)
"Exploring Aneuploidy and Drug Susceptibility in Candida Albicans Via CRISPR Activation Screening"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Prasath Balaji Sivaprakasam Padmanaban (Helmholtz Munich , Germany)
"Deciphering Plant-Beneficial Fungal Interactions: Unravelling Metabolic Diversity that Underpin the Communication between Laccaria bicolor and Trichoderma. "
4:10 pm - 4:15 pm
Discussion
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm
Jara Saluena (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
"Shedding Light on the Genetic Underpinnings of Mycelium Material Biofabrication"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Ecology of Fungal Interactions
Discussion Leader: Katrina Jackson (Northern Arizona University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Jackson Rapala (University of Michigan, United States)
"Discovery of Novel Genes Required for Thermotolerance in Candida Auris Through Functional Genomics and Structural Homology"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Thea Kristensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Fungal Colonization Across the Plant Mutualist-Pathogen Continuum: A Case Study of Citrus Plants and the Fungal Genus Colletotrichum "
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Faith Anderson (University of Michigan, United States)
"Candida Albicans Cell Wall Remodeling in Response to Gastrointestinal Bacteria"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Yu-Ying (Phoebe) Hsieh (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States)
"Fungal-Mediated Magnesium Sequestration Shapes Bacterial Fitness and the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Sunanda Dey (The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel)
"Real-Time Monitoring of Heme Transfer Between Fungal Hemophores and Heme Receptors"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Elise Iracane (University of Kent, United Kingdom)
"RNA Interference Pathway in CTG Clade Yeasts"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Fungal Signaling and Genomics
Discussion Leader: Neftaly Cruz Mireles (The Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:20 am
Sam Edwards (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Data Mining Reveals Diversity and Host Spectrum of Cryptic Microsporidian Parasites Across the Panarthropods"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Lauren Dineen (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States)
"Computational Analysis and tRNA-Sequencing Reveal the Diversity of tRNA Across an Entire Fungal Subphylum"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Berlaine Quime (The Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom)
"Investigating the Cell Biology of Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Xin Zhou (University of Minnesota, United States)
"Detection of Genomic Changes in Candida Albicans Reveals Diversified Mechanisms of Stress Adaption"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Asta Rødsgaard-Jørgensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"The Genomic Structure of the Multinucleate Fungal Cultivar of Leafcutter Ants, Leucoagaricus Gongylophorus"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Mariana Herrera Corzo (University of Florida, United States)
"Characterization of Variation in Virulence-Related Genes of Phytophthora Palmivora Using Capture Sequencing"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Diverse Career Paths for Mycologists
Discussion Leaders: William Beckerson (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) and Andrew Swafford (Middlebury College, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:40 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Diverse Career Paths for Mycologists
Asiya Gusa (Duke University, United States)
Liliane Mukaremera (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
William Beckerson (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes