Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

LISTING OF ALL POSTER ABSTRACTS42. Protein kinases affecting glycogen accumulation and likelyregulating the glycogen synthase phosphorylation status inNeurospora crassa. T. Candido43. Endogenous ergothioneine is required for wild type levels ofNeurospora crassa conidiogenesis and conidial survival, but does notprotect against uv-induced kill or mutagenesis. Lynn Epstein44. Thiolutin inhibits protein turnover in Neurospora and yeast. LindaLauinger45. Characterization of a Phanerochaete chrysosporium glutathionetransferase reveals a novel structural and functional class withligandin properties for wood extractive molecules. Melanie Morel46. Secretome analysis of Trichoderma harzianum cultivated in thepresence of Fusarium solani cell wall or glucose. Marcelo HS Ramada47. Analysis of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) during cellulaseformation by Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina) using twodimensionaldifferential gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE). Roberto N.Silva48. Transposon-associated evolution of a fungal NRPS. Daniel Berry49. Velvet family control of penicillin production in Penicilliumchrysogenum: PcVelB binding to isopenicillin N synthase suggests anovel regulatory mechanism. Sandra Bloemendal50. Genome mining reveals the evolutionary origin and biosyntheticpotential of basidiomycete polyketide synthases. Gerald Lackner51. Engineering Cyclic Peptide Biosynthesis in Poisonous Mushrooms.Hong Luo52. Spatial assessment of oxidative and enzymatic reactions in brownrotted wood. Jon R. Menke53. Molecular biological basis for statin resistance in naturally statinproducingorganisms. Ana Rems54. Molecular genetic characterization of secondary metabolismpathways in Asperillus species. Clay Wang55. A branched biosynthetic pathway is involved in production ofroquefortine and related compounds in Penicillium chrysogenum.Arnold Driessen56. A biosynthetic gene cluster for the antifungal metabolitephomenoic acid in the plant pathogenic fungus, Leptosphaeriamaculans. Candace Elliott57. Exploring and Manipulating Pleuromutilin Production. Patrick M.Hayes58. Improvement of Monascus pilosus for the production of functionalfoods by overexpression of the laeA gene. In H. Lee59. Molecular genetics studies on secondary metabolism inChaetomium globosum reveal involvement of aureonitol andchaetoglobosins in gene regulation and sexual reproduction. TakehitoNakazawa60. Identification of T. asperellum CAZyme genes. Lasse Bech61. Identification of a lactose permease of Trichoderma reesei that isrequired for cellulase gene expression. Christa Ivanova62. The diversity of the Mannosylerythritol lipids depends on theperoxisomal targeting of the Mannosylerythritol acyl transferasesMac1 and Mac2 in Ustilago maydis. Björn Sandrock63. Metabolic adaptation of the oomycete Phytophthora infestansduring colonization of plants and tubers. Carol E. Davis64. Multi-copper oxidase genes of Heterobasidion irregulare. BastianDoernte65. The two novel class II hydrophobins of Trichoderma stimulateenzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Irina S.Druzhinina66. Analysis of polyketide synthase gene clusters in Cladoniametacorallifera genome. J.-S. Hur67. Inhibition of benzoate 4-monooxygenase (CYP53A15) fromCohliobolus lunatus by cinnamic acid derivatives. Branka Korosec68. Higher yields of cyclodepsipetides from Scopulariopsis brevicaulisby random mutagenesis. Linda PaunCell Biology and Development69. Generation of pathogenic diploids from heterogeneous conidialpopulations of Aspergillus flavus. Farhana Runa70. Inhibition of appressorium formation of Magnaporthe oryzae byroxithromycin and its possible molecular target. Akira Ishii71. Identification of novel genes involved in induction ofappressorium development triggered by plant-derived signals inColletotrichum orbiculare. Sayo Kodama72. Unique protein domains regulate Aspergillus fumigatus RasAlocalization and signaling during invasive growth. Jarrod R. Fortwendel73. Light regulates growth, stress resistance and metabolism in thefungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Kevin K. Fuller74. Analysis of critical domains in calcineurin A required for septaltargeting and function in Aspergillus fumigatus. Praveen R. Juvvadi75. Calcium imaging and measurement during growth and response tostresses in Aspergillus fumigatus. Alberto Muñoz76. WITHDRAWN77. The copper transporter ctpA in Aspergillus fumigatus is critical forconidial melanization and virulence in an invertebrate infectionmodel. Srijana Upadhyay78. Aspergillus nidulans SNXA HRB1 is an SR/RRM family protein thatrescues defects in the CDC2/CYCLINB pathway. Sarah Lea Anglin79. The Aspergillus nidulans MAPK module AnSte11-Ste50-Ste7-Fus3controls development and secondary metabolism. Oezguer Bayram80. Functional analysis of sterol transporter in filamentous fungusAspergillus nidulans. Nicole Bühler104