Asperfest 4 Program - Fungal Genetics Stock Center

12-1:00 Lunch
Session III:
1:00-2:00 Annotation, Comparative Genomics, Databases
Chair: Masayuki Machida
Dr. Jennifer Wortman, The Institute for Genomic Research.
Comparative genomics as a tool for annotation improvement and analysis
of related Aspergillus genomes.
Dr. Gavin Sherlock, Candida Database, CGD. Using GBrowse to
visualize multiple genome assemblies.
Drs. Jennifer Wortman, Steve Oliver, Dave Ussery, Jaap Visser and
Cees van den Hondel. The A. nidulans annotation project: a global
community effort.
2:00-2:30 Community Directions Discussion
Moderator: Michelle Momany
2:30-2:45 Coffee Break –Sponsored by Monsanto
Session IV:
2:45-5:00 Talks selected from Abstracts Chair: Gary Payne
Dr. Özgür Bayram, Georg August University, Institut of Microbiology &
Genetics Goettingen. The Aspergillus nidulans F-box Protein Project.
Dr. Jakob B. Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark, CMB,
BioCentrum-DTU Kgs. Lyngby. A transiently disrupted non-homologous
end joining pathway in Aspergillus nidulans allows simple and efficient
gene targeting.
Dr. Peter J. Punt, TNO Quality of Life, Microbiology Zeist. New
screening approaches for fungal strain development.
Dr. Natalie D. Fedorova, The Institute for Genomic Research, Microbial
Genetics, Rockville, MD. Comparative analysis of secondary metabolism
gene clusters from two strains of Aspergillus fumigatus and closely related
species Neosartorya fischeri and Aspergillus clavatus.
Dr. Ronald de Vries, Utrecht University Microbiology, Utrecht. Colonies
from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger are highly differentiated in
spite of cytoplasmic continuity.
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