Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

LISTING OF ALL POSTER ABSTRACTS200. Molecular Determinants of Sporulation in Ashbya gossypii.Jurgen W. Wendland201. VELVET is regulated by ENV1 and impacts development ofTrichoderma reesei. Hoda Bazafkan202. Sexual reproduction and mating type function in the penicillinproducing fungus Penicillium chrysogenum. Julia Böhm203. Exponentiate complexity: non-mating GPCRs in thebasidiomycete Schizophyllum commune. Daniela Freihorst204. Characterization of new STRIPAK complex interaction partners inthe filamentous ascomycete Sordaria macrospora. Britta Herzog205. Hypocrea jecorina meiosis generates segmentally aneuploidprogeny to enhance production of xylan-degrading hemicellulases. T.-F. Wang206. Deletion of MAT 1-2-1 gene results in mating type switching inCeratocystis fimbriata. Brenda D. Wingfield207. Mannitol is essential for the development of stress resistantascospores in Neosartorya fischeri. Timon T. Wyatt208. A small lipopeptide pheromone with limited proline substitutionscan still be active. Thomas J. Fowler209. Function of Ras proteins in fungal morphogenesis ofSchizophyllum commune. E.-M. Jung210. The developmental PRO40/SOFT protein participates in signalingvia the MIK1/MEK1/MAK1 module in Sordaria macrospora. InesTeichert211. Map-based identification of the mad photosensing genes ofPhycomyces blakesleeanus. Silvia Polaino Orts212. The C 2H 2 transcription factor HgrA promotes hyphal growth inthe dimorphic pathogen Penicillium marneffei. Hayley E. Bugeja213. Involvement of a specific ubiquitin ligase in the assembly of thedynein motor. Michael Plamann214. Identification and characterization of new alleles required formicrotubule-based transport of nuclei, endosomes, and peroxisomes.K. Tan215. Pheromone-induced G2 cell cycle arrest in Ustilago maydisrequires inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdk1. Sónia M. Castanheira216. Microtubule-dependent mRNA transport and mitochondrialprotein import in Ustilago maydis. T. Langner217. “The vacuole” of Neurospora crassa may be composed ofmultiple compartments with different structures and functions. BarryJ. Bowman218. Comparisons of two wild type A mating type loci and derivedself-compatible mutants in the basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea.Ursula Kües219. Transformation of an NACHT-NTPase gene NWD2 suppresses thepkn1 defect in fruiting body initiation of the Coprinopsis cinereamutant Proto159. Ursula Kües108220. Dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton in Phytophthora infestans.Harold MeijerComparative and Functional Genomics221. A novel approach for functional analysis of genes in the rice blastfungus. Sook-Young Park222. Distribution and evolution of transposable elements in theMagnaporthe oryzae/grisea clade. Joelle Amselem223. Alternative structural annotation of Aspergillus oryzae andAspergillus nidulans based on RNA-Seq evidence. Gustavo C. Cerqueira224. Improved Gene Ontology annotation for biofilm formation,filamentous growth and phenotypic switching in Candida albicans.Diane O. Inglis225. Genome sequencing of Verticillium albo-atrum pathotypes inorder to understand wilt disease in hop production. J. Jakse226. Aegerolysin proteins from Aspergillus species. Nada Krasevec227. Assembly, Annotation, and Analysis of Multiple MycorrhizalFungal Genomes. Alan Kuo228. Comparative reannotation of 21 Aspergillus genomes. Asaf A.Salamov229. Using the phenotypic information in the PHI-base database toexplore pathogen genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes. MartinUrban230. RNA-Seq analysis reveals new gene models and alternativesplicing in Fusarium graminearum. Theo vanderLee231. Comparison of transcriptome technologies in the MpkA deletionmutant of Aspergillus fumigatus. Clara Baldin232. Spliceosome twintrons ( “stwintrons”) revealed by fungal nucleargenomes. Erzsébet Fekete233. NGS data revealed that the NSDA sterile mutant contains amutation in the SCF ubiquitin ligase subunit gene, culC, in Aspergillusnidulans. Kap-Hoon Han234. Whole genome sequencing of two Aspergillus oryzae strainsisolated from Meju, a traditional brick of dried fermented soybean, inKorea. Kap-Hoon Han235. Systematic analysis of the uncharacterized genes, which widelyconserved among filamentous fungi, in Aspergillus oryzae.K. Iwashita236. Penicillium purpurogenum degrades lignocellulose. What can welearn of this process by analyzing the genome, transcriptome andsecretome of the fungus? Jaime Eyzaguirre237. Functional genomics of lignocellulose degradation in theBasidiomycete white rot Schizophyllum commune. Robin A. Ohm238. Functional characterization of genes expressed in early infectionstages by the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. J. Espino