Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

LISTING OF ALL POSTER ABSTRACTS282. Genomic analysis of oleaginous fungi. H. Koike283. Genome sequencing, assembly and annotation of a marine fungalisolate of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis using three different nextgeneration sequencing technologies. Abhishek Kumar284. Genome sequencing, assembly and annotation of a marine fungalisolate of Pestalotiopsis using next generation sequencingtechnologies. Abhishek Kumar285. Genome sequencing, assembly and annotation of a marine fungalisolate of Calcasporium using different next generation sequencingtechnologies. Abhishek Kumar286. Genome sequencing, assembly and annotation of three marinefungal isolates using different next generation DNA sequencingmethods for pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites.Abhishek Kumar287. From Shiitake genomics to comparative mushroom genomics:Mushroomics. Hoi Shan Kwan288. Comparative genomics of Ceratocystis polonica and Ophiostomabicolor, two bark beetle-associated pathogenic fungi. Ljerka Lah289. The largest fungal mitochondrial genome of a basidiomycetecontains signs of genetic flexibility and recombination events. Taina K.Lundell290. De Novo Assembly of Fungal Genomes and Detection ofStructural Variation using Extremely Long Single-Molecule Imaging.Nicholas R. Rhind291. Discovering host specificity candidate genes of Sporisoriumreilianum by genotyping mixed-variety offspring. J. Schirawski292. Comparing comparative “omics” in Coccidioides spp. Emily A.Whiston293. The transcriptional response during cell-fusion incompatibility inPodospora anserina. Sven J. Saupe294. Comparative Analysis of Putative Rhodopsins in Early DivergingFungal Lineages. Steven Ahrendt295. Molecular Tools to Silence and Confirm Genes in PhytophthoraSojae. Felipe R. Arredondo296. Functional Characterization of Transcription Factor Genes,MoNIT4 and MoLEU3, in Magnaporthe oryzae. Jaehyuk Choi297. Comparative genomic analysis of world-wide Magnaportheoryzae isolate collection. Jaeyoung Choi298. Functional characterization of two genes encoding putativeZn(II) 2Cys 6 transcription factors, MoCOD1 and MoCOD2 inMagnaporthe oryzae. Hyunjung Chung299. Comparative proteomics of monoclonal-antibody enrichedhaustoria from three races of Puccinia triticina. Christof Rampitsch300. RNA-seq analyses of gene expression in the microsclerotia ofVerticillium dahliae. Steven J. Klosterman301. Exploring the Genome Diversity of Mycorrhizal Fungi toUnderstand the Evolution and Functioning of Symbiosis. Francis M.110Martin302. Known unknown genes: evolution of eukaryotic BEM46.Abhishek Kumar303. Sugar ‘cubed’ - A Comparative Systems Analysis of Plant Cell WallPolysaccharide Recognition and Degradation Using the ModelFilamentous Fungus Neurospora crassa. J. P. Benz304. Building upon whole genome resequencing in Neurospora. KevinMcCluskey305. Genome based phylogeny of early diverging fungal lineages. A. P.Gryganskyi306. Comparative analysis of 35 basidiomycete genomes revealsdiversity and uniqueness of the phylum. Robert Riley307. Functional analysis of roles of expanded genes in fruiting bodydevelopment in Coprinopsis cinerea. Jinhui Chang308. Comparative analysis of fungal kinomes. Abhishek Kumar309. VeA, VelB and FluG affect conidiation and aflatoxin production ofAspergillus flavus. L. Scharfenstein310. The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory molecularanalysis capabilities for fungal biology. S. E. Baker311. Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of InsectPathogenesis. Kathryn E. Bushley312. Integrated transcriptional profiling and analysis for identificationof Cryptococcus neoformans genes regulated during humancryptococcal meningitis. Y. Chen313. Structural and functional characterization of microRNA-like RNAsin the penicillin producing fungus Penicillium chrysogenum. TimDahlmann314. Metatranscriptomic analysis of ectomycorrhizal root clusters inPinus taeda: new methodologies for assessing functional geneexpression in situ. H.-L. Liao315. Transcriptomic response of Neurospora crassa germinatingconidia to chitosan in sub-lethal dose. Federico Lopez-Moya316. Transcriptomic analysis of the interaction between Trichodermaharzianum and the phytopathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using theRNA-seq approach. Andrei S. Steindorff317. Genome evolution of the original Saccharomyces carlsbergensislager yeast strain, Unterhefe No1, as revealed by whole genomesequencing. Andrea Walther318. Retention of genes in a secondary metabolite gene cluster thathas degenerated in multiple lineages of the Ascomycota. Daren W.Brown319. Functional characterization of unique non-ribosomal peptidesynthetase genes in the cereal fungal pathogen Cochliobolus sativus.Yueqiang Leng320. Phylogenomics unveils secondary metabolites specific tomycoparasitic lineages in Hypocreales. C. Alisha Owensby321. Genome and transcriptome sequence of the apomictic fungusArnium arizonense (Podospora arizonensis). R. Debuchy