- 2:00-11:00 PM - Registration / Sign-Up for Poster Session
- 5:00-6:00 PM - Reception
- 6:00-7:30 PM - Dinner
- 10:00 PM - Reception
| SUNDAY EVENING JULY 19 | 7:30 - 10:00 |
| Genomics |
Sarah Covert (Univ. of Georgia), Discussion Leader
- Rolf Prade (Univ. of Oklahoma) - Large-scale genetics in Aspergillus
- Mary Anne Nelson (Univ. of New Mexico) - The Neurospora genome project at UNM: Gold from the Mold
- Jonathan Arnold (Univ. of Georgia) - Neurospora crassa physical mapping project
- Michael Snyder (Yale Univ.) - Large-scale functional analysis of the yeast genome by transposon tagging
| MONDAY MORNING July 20 | 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Signal Transduction |
Regine Kahmann (Univ. of Munich), Discussion Leader
- Tom Adams (Cereon Genomics, LLC) - Signals controlling sporulation and secondary metabolism
- Jim Kronstad (Univ. of British Columbia) - cAMP and morphogenesis in Ustilago maydis
- Jim Sweigard (DuPont) - Novel genes involved in appressorium formation in the rice blast fungus
- Regine Kahmann (Univ. of Munich) - The interconnection of signaling pathways in Ustilago maydis
- AFTERNOON FREE - Fifth biennial get acquainted softball game. Everyone should come, everyone can play. Refreshments will be provided.
| MONDAY EVENING July 20 | 7:30 - 10:00 |
| Morphogenesis |
Mike Plamann (Univ. of Missouri), Discussion Leader
- Steven Harris (Univ. of Connecticut) - Polarized morphogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans
- Tanya Sandrock (Cornell Univ.) - Cytoplasmic dynein deficiency blocks aster formation and the anaphase B pulling force
- Stephan Seiler (Univ. of Munich) - Microtubule dependent organelle transport in Neurospora crassa
- Dan Ebbole (Texas A&M Univ.) - Glucose sensing and conidiation in Neurospora crassa
- Yi Liu (Dartmouth Univ.) - Circadian Clock Regulation in Neurospora
| TUESDAY MORNING July 21 | 9:00 - 12:30 |
| Animal Pathogenesis |
Pete Magee, (Univ. of Minnesota) Discussion Leader
- Ted White (Seattle Biomedical Research Inst.) - Molecular mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance
- Jennifer Lodge (St. Louis Univ. School of Medicine) - Genetic and biochemical inhibition of protein N-myristoylation in pathogenic fungi
- Peggy Hostetter (Univ. of Minnesota School of Medicine) - The Candida albicans gene INT1: Linkage of adhesion, morphogenesis, and virulence
- Joe Heitman (Duke Univ. Medical Center) - Signal transduction cascades regulating differentiation and virulence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Cryptococcus neoformans
- Diane Retallack (Univ. of Wisconsin Medical School) - Using IVET to identify Histoplasma capsulatum genes exressed during infection of human and murine cell lines"
- AFTERNOON FREE
| TUESDAY AFTERNOON July 21 | 3:30 |
| Poster Session |
| TUESDAY EVENING July 21 | 7:30 - 10:00 |
| Regulation |
Bill Timberlake (Cereon Genomics, LLC), Discussion Leader
- Matthew Sachs (Oregon Graduate Inst.) - Regulation of ribosome movement by the evolutionarily conserved arginine attenuator peptide
- Mark Caddick (Univ. of Liverpool) - The perception of, and response to, nitrogen availability in Aspergillus
- Rodolfo Aramayo (Texas A&M Univ.) - Meiotic trans-sensing in fungi
- Mike Hynes (Univ. of Melbourne) - AnCF, the CCAAT binding complex of Aspergillus nidulans
| WEDNESDAY MORNING July 22 | 9:00 - 12:30 |
| Plant Pathogenesis |
Olen Yoder (Cornell Univ.) , Discussion Leader
- Jeffrey Lawrence (Univ. of Pittsburgh) - Horizontal transfer and genome organization
- Olen Yoder (Cornell Univ.) - Secondary metabolites for general and specific fungal virulence
- Hans VanEtten (Univ. of Arizona) - The PEP cluster and friends: conditionally dispensable for Nectria but always dispensable by the USDA/NRI!
- Wolfgang Knogge (Max Planck Institute Cologne) -The virulence/avirulence factor NIP1 from the barley pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis
- Greg Bryan (Dupont) - How does the Magnaporthe grisea avirulence gene AVR2-YAMO elicit a defense response in rice?
- AFTERNOON FREE
| WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON July 22 | 3:30 |
| Poster Session |
| WEDNESDAY EVENING July 22 | 7:30 - 10:00 |
| Mycology, Molecules and Money |
Tom Adams (Cereon Genomics, LLC), Discussion Leader
- Vivian Miao (TerraGen Diversity Inc.) - Accessing polyketide biosynthetic genes from lichens
- Eneido Pardo (Millennium Pharmaceuticals) - Metabolites from unculturable fungi
- Mick Ward (Genencor) - Secreted protein production in filamentous fungi
- Arthur Ryan (State Univ., Leiden) - Characterization of the secretion pathway in Aspergillus: development of a GFP-based reporter system
- Bill Timberlake (Cereon Genomics, LLC) - The Aspergillus sequencing project
| THURSDAY MORNING July 23 | 9:00 - 12:30 |
| Sexual Development |
Mimi Zolan (Indiana Univ.), Discussion Leader
- Lorna Casselton (Oxford Univ.) - Coprinus signals through yeast: a highly conserved developmental cue
- Ursula Goodenough (Washington Univ.) - Rapid evolution of sex-related genes
- Gillian Turgeon (Cornell Univ.) - The self-fertile reproductive life style evolves from self-sterile ancestors
- Veronique Berteaux-Lecellier (CNRS) - Peroxisomes, retrograde regulation and development in Podospora anserina
- Martina Celerin (Indiana Univ.) - Interactions among DNA repair and recombination pathways essential for meiosis
| THURSDAY AFTERNOON July 23 | 2:00 - 4:30 |
| Evolution |
Paula DePriest (Smithsonian Inst.), Discussion Leader
- Mary Berbee (Univ. of British Columbia) - Phylogeny of life history strategies in ascomycetes
- David Geiser (Penn State Univ.) - Defining and identifying species using DNA sequences from coding genes.
- Dawn Field (UC San Diego) - Microsatellite evolution in fungi
- 4:30 - BUSINESS MEETING
- 6:00 PM - BANQUET AND PROGRAM
- 8:30 PM - SOCIAL
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