Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

LISTING OF ALL POSTER ABSTRACTSPhytophthora infestans. Laura Grenville-Briggs120. Analysis of the cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway in Ashbyagossypii. Klaus B. Lengeler121. Dynamics of exocytic markers and cell wall alterations in anendocytosis mutant of Neurospora crassa. Rosa R. Mouriño-Pérez122. Comprehensive genome-based analysis of cell wall biosynthesisin the filamentous phytopathogen Ashbya gossypii. P. Philippsen123. cAMP regulation in Neurospora crassa conidiation. WilhelmHansberg124. Ste12 is a negative regulator of conidiation and cell wall lyticenzymes production in response to nitrogen deprivation and light inTrichoderma atroviride. Maria Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo125. Black holes in fungal virulence: loss of RNAi in C. gattii outbreakstrains reveals a novel RNAi factor. Marianna Feretzaki126. The Crz1/Sp1 transcription factor of Cryptococcus neoformans isactivated by calcineurin and regulates cell wall integrity. Sophie Lev127. A Fungal Adhesin Guides Community Behaviors by Autoinductionand Paracrinal Signaling. Linqi Wang128. The PacC Signal Transduction Pathway regulates SexualDevelopment in Neurospora crassa. Stephen J. Free129. Aspergillus flavus MAP kinase AflMpkB positively regulatesdevelopmental process but not aflatoxin production. Kap-Hoon Han130. Subcellular localization and kinase activity of GK4, aPhytophthora infestans GPCR-PIPK involved in actin cytoskeletonorganisation. Chenlei Hua131. External calcium ions and deletion of per-1 gene suppressed theabnormal morphology of och-1 and frost mutants in Neurosporacrassa. Masayuki Kamei132. Functional analysis of carbonic anhydrases from the filamentousascomycete Sordaria macrospora. Ronny Lehneck133. The Coprinopsis cinerea cag1 (cap-growthless1) gene, whosemutation affects cap growth in fruiting body morphogenesis, encodesthe budding yeast Tup1 homolog. H. Muraguchi134. Adaptation of the microtubule cytoskeleton to multinuclearityand chromosome number in hyphae of Ashbya gossypii as revealed byelectron tomography. P. Philippsen135. High resolution proteomics of spores, germlings and hyphae ofthe phytopathogenic fungus Ashbya gossypii. P. Philippsen136. Indoor Fungal Growth and Humidity Dynamics. Frank J. J. Segers137. Essentiality of Ku70/80 in Ustilago maydis is related to its abilityto suppress DNA damage signalling at telomeres. Jose Perez-Martin138. Magnaporthe oryzae effectors with putative roles in cell-to-cellmovement during biotrophic invasion of rice. Mihwa Yi139. Functional characterization of autophagy genes Smatg8 andSmatg4 in the homothallic ascomycete Sordaria macrospora. Stefanie106Poeggeler140. Laser microdissection and transcriptomics of infection cushionsformed by Fusarium graminearum. Marike Boenisch141. Biochemical and biophysical analysis of the CarO rhodopsin ofFusarium fujikuroi. Jorge García-Martínez142. Roles of membrane and organellar calcium channels andtransporters in controlling pulsatile [Ca 2+ ] c signatures. Hye-Seon Kim143. Characterization of positive regulator for asexual and sexualreproduction in the cereal head blight pathogen Gibberella zeae.Jungkwan Lee144. Functional analysis of Elongator complex protein 3 in Gibberellazeae. Y. J. Lee145. Functional analyses of regulators of G protein signaling (FgRGS)and GzGPA proteins in Gibberella zeae. A. R. Park146. A novel gene, GEA1, is required for ascus cell wall developmentin the ascomycete fungus, Gibberella zeae. H. SON147. A systems-biology approach to build gene-regulatory networkmodels connecting osmotic stress responses and asexualdevelopment in Fusarium graminearum. A. Thompkins148. Starvation enhances heterokaryon formation betweenincompatible strains of Fusarium oxysporum. Shermineh Shahi149. Requirements for horizontal chromosome transfer in the plantpathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum. Ido Vlaardingerbroek150. Characterization of the endocytotic proteins Yel1-Arf3-Gts1 inAshbya gossypii and the role of Gts1 in endocytosis, actin localizationand filamentous growth. Therése Oskarsson151. A Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) protein in Neosartoryafischeri confers protection against desiccation. Martin Richard vanLeeuwen152. Coordination of polarized secretion by the exocyst complex iscritical for filamentous growth and cytokinesis in Ustilago maydis.Michaela Wehr153. Localization of Neurospora crassa Cell Fusion Proteins. Ci Fu154. Identification of novel Neurospora crassa genes involved inhyphal fusion by tanscriptomic analysis. Wilfried Jonkers155. N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) Triggers a Morphogenetic Programin Systemic Dimorphic Fungi. Sarah A. Gilmore156. How water influences fungal growth on "real" materials. H. P.Huinink157. Identification and characterization of two genes required in thecontrol of a cell degeneration in the filamentous fungi Podosporaanserina. Herve Lalucque158. Dynein drives oscillatory nuclear movements in thephytopathogenic fungus Ashbya gossypii and prevents nuclearclustering. P. Philippsen159. Quantification of the thigmotropic response of Neurosporacrassa to microfabricated slides with ridges of defined height andtopography. Karen Stephenson