XI Fungal Biology Conference Karlsruhe (29.9.-3.10.2013)
Sunday, 29.09.2013
14:00–18:30 Registration and mounting of the posters
16:15 – 17:00 OPENING LECTURE: Raymond J.St. Leger (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
“How to use a fungus to combat malaria”
17:00–17:30 Coffee break
I. PLENARY SESSION: HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS
Chair: A. Brakhage (Jena, Germany)
17:30–18:00 Clarissa Nobile (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
“A sticky situation: unraveling how Candida albicans forms biofilms”
18:00–18:30 Robin May (University of Brimingham, UK)
“Hijacking of the immune system by a fatal fungal pathogen”
18:30-19:00 Markus Künzler (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
“Fungi as hosts of "pathogens": Defense mechanisms of multicelullar fungi against fungivorous nematodes"
19:30 GET TOGETHER weJazz
Monday, 30.09.2013
08:30–10:30 Poster session talks: Pathogenic fungi (chair: Matthias Brock, Jena, Germany)
M. Brock: Real-time visualization of fungal infections by non-invasive bioluminescence imaging
6 selected talks from poster presentations
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
II. PLENARY SESSION: PLANT FUNGAL INTERACTIONS
Chairs: Regine Kahmann (Marburg, Germany) and Nick Talbot (Exceter, UK)
11:00–11:30 Martijn Rep (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
“Speculations on the evolution of host-specific pathogenicity in the Fusarium oxysporum species complex”
11:30–12:00 Richard O’Connell (MPI, Cologne, Germany)
“Colletotrichum”
12:00–12:30 Ane Sesma (University of Madrid, Spain)
“Post-transcriptional regulation of Magnaporthe oryzae pathogenicity genes”
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
III. PLENARY SESSION: CELL BIOLOGY AND TROPIC GROWTH
Chairs: Mertixell Riquelme (Ensenada, Mexico) and Neil Gow (Aberdeen, UK)
14:00–14:30 Alexandra Brand (University of Aberdeen, UK)
“Understanding directional growth in fungal hyphae”
14:30–15:00 Andre Fleissner (University of Braunschweig, Germany)
“Cell-cell communication and fusion in Neurospora crassa”
15:00–15:30 Andrea Genre (University of Torino, Italy)
“Fungal recognition and accommodation in arbuscular mycorrhizal plants”
15:30–17:30 Coffee break / Poster Session
17:30–19:30 Poster session talk: Plant fungal interactions (chair: Antonio Di Pietro, Cordoba, Spain)
A. Di Pietro: "On target: chemotropism of Fusarium oxysporum towards its host plant"
6 selected talks from poster presentations
Tuesday, 01.10.2013
08:30–10:30 Poster session talks: Cytskeleton and Polarity (chair: Xin Xiang, Bethesda, USA)
X. Xiang: "Cytoskeleton, intracellular transport and hyphal tip growth"
6 selected talks from poster presentations
10:30–11:00 Coffee
break
IV. PLENARY SESSION: ORGANELLES AND ORGANELLAR FUNCTIONS
Chairs: Michael Bölker (Marburg, Germany) and Jürgen Wendland (Copenhagen, DK)
11:00–12:30 Ida van der Klei (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
“The biogenesis and function of fungal peroxisomes”
11:30–12:00 Gero Steinberg (University of Exeter, UC)
“Endosome motility in fungi: The how and why”
12:00–12:30 Benedikt Westermann (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
“Mitochondrial dynamics and inheritance in yeast”
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
V. PLENARY SESSION: BIOTECHNOLOGY
Chair: Louise Glass (Berkeley, US)
14:00–14:30 Claus Bollschweiler (BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany)
“Hydrophobins: Innovative performance proteins for industrial Biotechnology”
14:30–15:00 Ronald de Vries (CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands)
“Fungal strategies for plant biomass degradation”
15:00–15:30 Katsuhiko Kitamoto (University of Tokyo, Japan)
“Developing Aspergillus oryzae as a host for heterologous protein production”
15:30–17:30 Coffee break / Poster Session
17:30–19:30 Poster session: Gene regulation (chair: Yi Liu, Dallas, Texas, USA)
Y. Liu: "Less is more, codon usage regulates protein expression, structure and function"
6 selected talks from poster presentations
Wednesday, 2.10.2013
08:30–10:30 Poster session: Secondary metabolism (chair: Ana Calvo, deKalb, Illinois, USA)
A. Calvo: "Advances in the knowledge of fungal secondary metabolism"
6 selected talks from poster presentations
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
VI. PLENARY SESSION: CELL SIGNALLING AND MORPHOGENESIS
Chairs: Michelle Momany (Athens, US) and Luis Corrochano (Sevilla, Spain)
11:00–12:30 Alex Idnurm (University of Missouri, USA)
“Light signalling in Phycomyces”
11:30–12:00 Alfredo Herrera Estrella (Langebio, Irapuato, Mexico)
“An injury-response mechanism conserved across kingdoms determines entry of Trichoderma atroviride into development”
12:00–12:30 Axel Diernfellner (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
“Molecular mechanisms of the Neurospora crassa circadian clock”
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
VII. PLENARY SESSION: SECONDARY METABOLISM
Chairs: Bettina Tudzynski (Münster, Germany) and Ulrich Kück (Bochum, Germany)
14:00–15:30 Joseph Strauss (University of Vienna, Austria)
“Heterochromatin influences fungal secondary metabolism and pathogenicity”
14:30–15:00 Marc Stadler (HZI, Braunschweig)
“Correlations between biodiversity and secondary metabolism in the Xylariaceae”
15:00–15:30 Sandra Bloemendal (University of Bochum)
"Strain development in fungal biotechnology: Regulation of beta lactam antibiotic biosynthesis"
15:30-16:00 Poster Awards
16:15-17:00 Claudio Scazzocchio (Université Paris Sud (XI), France and Imperial College, London, UK)
"Concluding remarks: Fungal Biology in the post-genomic era"
17:00–23:00 CONFERENCE DINNER at the Castle Schwetzingen
(not included in the registration fee)
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Thursday, 03.10.2013
Excursions (not included in the registration fee)
1. Heidelberg.
2. Technic Museum in Speyer, Wine tasting in the "Pfalz"
3. Hiking from the castle "Hambacher Schloss" to St. Martin. Wine tasting in St. Martin.
