Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

LISTING OF ALL POSTER ABSTRACTS81. Mechanisms of cellular resistance to copper and arsenic inAspergillus nidualans. Steven H. Denison82. Functional characterization of Aspergillus nidulans ANID_05595.1:a possible homologue of the polarisome component Pea2. Nathan W.Gross83. Aspergillus nidulans septin interactions and post-translationalmodifications. Yainitza Hernandez-Rodriguez84. A highly conserved sequence motif is required for PkcAlocalization to septation sites and protein function in Aspergillusnidulans. Terry Hill85. The MpkB MAP kinase plays a role in autolysis and conidiation ofAspergillus nidulans. Kwang-Yeop Jahng86. Beyond green mining: analysis of fungal cytochemistry using goldnanoparticles. Susan GW Kaminskyj87. Aspergillus nidulans as an experimental system to identify novelcell wall growth and maintenance genes through identification of antifungaldrug resistance mutations. Susan Kaminskyj88. Aspergillus nidulans cell walls lacking galactofuranose are moresusceptible to glucan degrading enzymes. Susan Kaminskyj89. The GATA-type transcription factor NsdD is a key regulator ofconidiation and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus. Mi-Kyung Lee90. THE velvet regulators in Aspergilli. Heesoo Park91. Coordinated regulation of asexual development, cell death andautolysis by the C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor BrlA inAspergillus nidulan. István Pócsi92. Whole-genome sequencing identifies novel alleles of genesrequired for organelle distribution and motility in Aspergillusnidulans. Samara Reck-Peterson93. Two methyltransferase protein complexes control fungaldevelopment and secondary metabolite production. Oezlem SarikayaBayram94. Control of Multicellular Development by the Physically InteractingDeneddylases DEN1/DenA and COP9 Signalosome. Josua Schinke95. Visualization of apical membrane domains in Aspergillus nidulansby Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM). Norio Takeshita96. Cellular morphogenesis of Aspergillus nidulans conidiophores: asystematic survey of protein kinase and phosphatase function.Lakshmi Preethi Yerra97. The Putative Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor RicA MediatesUpstream Signaling for Growth and Development in Aspergillus. Jae-Hyuk Yu98. Evidence for a role of peroxisomes in microtubule organization.Ying Zhang99. Autophagy promotes survival in aging submerged cultures of thefilamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. Maria A. Burggraaf100. Inactivation of flbA results in increased secretome complexityand reduced secretion heterogeneity in colonies of Aspergillus niger.Pauline Krijgsheld101. Functional characterization of A. niger class III and class V chitinsynthases and their role in cell wall integrity. Jean-Paul Ouedraogo102. Exploiting transcriptomic signatures of Aspergillus niger touncover key genes important for high protein traffic through itssecretory pathway. Joohae Park103. Identification of two Golgi-localized putative UDPgalactofuranosetransporters with overlapping function in Aspergillusniger. Joohae Park104. Maltose permease-encoding mRNA is cleaved under inductioncondition of amylolytic gene expression in Aspergillus oryzae. MizukiTanaka105. Functional characterisation of Rac GTPase in Botrytis cinereareveals impact on polarity, cell cycle and pathogenicity. Anna Minz-Dub106. Light matters: The transcription factor LTF1 regulates virulenceand light responses in the necrotrophic plant pathogen Botrytiscinerea. Julia Schumacher107. Functional analysis of genes in the mating type locus of Botrytiscinerea. Jan van Kan08. The role of hydrophobins in sexual development of Botrytiscinerea. Jan van Kan109. The pescadillo homolog, controlled by Tor, coordinatesproliferation and growth and response in Candida albicans yeast.Tahmeena Chowdhury110. Uncovering the mechanisms of thermal adaptation in Candidaalbicans. Michelle Leach111. Characterisation of contact-dependant tip re-orientation inCandida albicans hyphae. Darren Thomson112. Cdc14 association with basal bodies in the oomycetePhytophthora infestans indicates potential new role for this proteinphosphatase. Audrey M. V. Ah-Fong113. Colletotrichum orbiculare Bub2-Bfa1 complex, a spindle positioncheckpoint (SPOC) component in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, isinvolved in proper progression of cell cycle. Fumi Fukada114. Metazoan-like mitotic events in the basidiomycetous buddingyeast Cryptococcus neoformans - a human fungal pathogen. L.Kozubowski115. Distinctive Mitotic Localization of a Novel Suppressor of nimA1Provides New Insight into NIMA Function. Jennifer R. Larson116. Investigating Cell Cycle-Regulated Control of AppressoriumMorphogenesis in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. WasinSakulkoo117. THE ROLE AND TRAFFIC OF CHITIN SYNTHASES IN Neurosporacrassa. R. Fajardo118. DFG5 and DCW1 cross-link Cell Wall Proteins into the Cell WallMatrix. Stephen J. Free119. Cell wall biology to illuminate mechanisms of pathogenicity in27th Fungal Genetics Conference | 105