Handbook Part 2 - International Mycological Association

1145-1345 Meeting Room 3-5
Symposium 37: Advanced Cellular Imaging and Micromanipulation
Chair: Nick Read (UK) / Rosa Mouriño-Pérez (Mexico)
In recent years, there has been a renaissance in the use of imaging and micromanipulation techniques in cell biology.
Major innovations and developments in microscope technologies (e.g. confocal microsocopy, 2-photon microscopy),
live-cell imaging, fluorescent probes (e.g. GFP), electron microscopy (e.g. field emission EM, electron tomography),
and cellular micromanipulation techniques (e.g. laser tweezers, laser microdissection) are having a big impact in
fungal biology. This Symposium aims to highlight some of the most recent examples of these exciting new
developments in cellular imaging and micromanipulation.
1145-1205 IS1 - 0833
In Vivo Imaging of the Dynamics of the Microtubular Cytoskeleton of Neurospora crassa Wild Type, ropy-1, ropy-3
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Rosa Mouriño-Pérez (Mexico)
1205-1225 IS2 - 0486
Visualization of the endocytic pathway and endosomal structures in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae
Yujiro Higuchi (Japan)
1225-1245 IS3 - 0727
NETWORK structure and dynamics of fungal mycelia
Dan Bebber (UK)
1245-1305 PS1 -
Advanced microscopic imaging coupled with X-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterise fungal metal and
mineral transformations
Geoff Gadd (UK)
1305-1320 PS2 -
Optical tweezer micromanipulation of filamentous fungi
Nick Read (UK)
1145-1345 Hall C
Symposium 38: Fungal Pigments and Virulence
Chairs: Josh Nosanchuk (USA) / Beatriz L. Gomez (UK)
Melanins pigments are enigmatic compounds that are produced by organisms in all biological kingdoms, including a
wide variety of pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and helminthes. Melanin synthesis has been associated with virulence for
a variety of pathogenic microbes and this phenomenon has been extensively examined in fungal pathogens. Dr.
Beatriz Gomez- Giraldo will describe the identification of melanin in Candida albicans and other pathogenic fungi.
The third major talk will be by Dr. Josh Nosanchuk who will discuss the clinical significance of fungal melanization. The
purpose of this symposium is to provide broad insights into the role of melanins in fungal pathogenesis.
1145-1215 IS1 - 1006
Clinical impact of fungal melanization
Josh Nosanchuk (USA)
1215-1245 IS2 - 1009
The darker side of Candida albicans and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Beatriz L. Gomez (UK)
1245-1315 PS1 - 0803
Production and utilization of fungal pigment in textile dyeing
Karuppan Perumal (India)
1315-1345 PS2 - 0340
Peroxisomal acetyl-CoA is essential for appressorial melanization, and virulence in Magnaporthe.
Naweed Naqvi (Singapore)
1145-1345 Halls A&B
Symposium 39: Biosynthetic Gene Clusters for Fungal Secondary Metabolites
Chairs: Nancy Keller (USA) / Marc Stadler (Germany)
Secondary metabolites (extrolites) are of utmost importance in higher fungi. They constitute essential features of high
ecological, pathological, and taxonomic significance and exert great detrimental as well as beneficial influence on
human civilization. Only recently has it become possible to study their biogenesis at the molecular level, due to the
availability of molecular methods and the templates provided by genomic approaches. While most of the research
has so far been done on industrial & agriculturally important fungi (in particular, pharmaceutical and mycotoxin -
producing ascomycetes), it now appears feasible to study large taxonomic groups in an attempt to evaluate
evolutionary aspects of secondary metabolite biosynthesis. In the symposium, different chemical types of metabolites
(e.g. polyketides, alkaloids) and different producer organisms will be presented to provide an overview on our current
understanding of fungal secondary metabolitsm and future perspectives in the study of these compounds.
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