Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

LISTING OF ALL POSTER ABSTRACTSmediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae. Miriam Oses- Ruiz479. Differential activation of ammonium transporters during theaccumulation of ammonia by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and itseffect on appressoria formation and pathogenicity. Dov B. Prusky480. Functional analysis of Nbs1 of Magnaporthe oryzae. K. Sasaki481. Influence of hypoxia on antifungal susceptibility, sterole patternand biomarker release of Aspergillus spp. Ulrike Binder482. Sit and wait: Special features of Aspergillus terreus inmacrophage interactions and virulence. M. Brock483. Identification and characterization of an RXLR-like effector familyfrom medically relevant fungi. Shiv D. Kale484. A role for PalH-mediated signal transduction in A. fumigatusvirulence and cell wall integrity: An exploitable target for combinationtherapy? M. Bertuzzi485. Aspergillus fumigatus trehalose-6-phosphate regulates innateimmune responses and virulence through modulation of fungal cellwall composition. Robert A. Cramer486. Fungal lipoxygenases: a novel instigator of asthma? Gregory J.Fischer487. F-box protein 15 (Fbx15) links virulence of Aspergillus fumigatusto protein degradation and stress response. Bastian Jöhnk488. The sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase, PPTA, is criticalfor the virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus. A. E. Johns489. Characterization of effectors of the barley pathogenRhynchosporium commune. Daniel Penselin490. Molecular and genetic basis guiding the establishment of amutualistic relationship between Epichloë festucae and perennialryegrass. Sladana Bec491. Puccinia graminis and Brachypodium distachyon: contrastingprofiles of host-pathogen incompatibility. Melania Figueroa492. Magnaporthe oryzae has evolved two distinct mechanisms ofeffector secretion for biotrophic invasion of rice. Martha C. Giraldo493. Trichoderma rhizosphere’s competency, endophytism and plantcommunication: A molecular approach. Artemio Mendoza494. Ustilago bromivora - Brachypodium distachyon: a novelpathosystem. Franziska Rabe495. T-DNA mediated insertional mutagenesis: evidence of a newgene implied in the early phase of pathogenic development of Botrytiscinerea. Nathalie Poussereau496. The NADPH Oxidase Complexes in Botrytis cinerea. UlrikeSiegmund497. A putative function of small RNAs in the plant pathogen Botrytiscinerea. Arne Weiberg498. The Role of Quorum-sensing Molecules in Interactions betweenCandida albicans and its Host. Jessica C. Hargarten499. The Role of ISW2 for in vitro and in vivo ChlamydosporeProduction in Candida albicans. Ruvini U. Pathirana500. Nutrient immunity and systemic readjustment of metalhomeostasis modulate fungal iron availability during the developmentof renal infections. Joanna Potrykus501. Identification of the gut fungi in humans with nonconventionaldiets. Mallory Suhr502. The mutational landscape of gradual acquisition of drugresistance in clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Dawn Thompson503. Yeast-Hypha transition and immune recognition of Candidaalbicans influenced by defects in cell signal transduction pathways.Pankaj Mehrotra504. GPI PbPga1 of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a surface antigenthat activates macrophages and mast cells through the NFκB signalingpathway. C. X. R. Valim505. Cladosporium fulvum effector Ecp6 outcompetes host immunereceptor for chitin binding through intrachain LysM dimerization.Andrea Sánchez-Vallet506. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Setosphaeriaturcica reveals population diversity and a candidate virulence genelocation. Santiago MiderosSantiago Mideros507. The secretome is linked to virulence in the yeast pathogenCryptococcus. Santiago Mideros508. Post-Transcriptional Regulation of the ER Stress Response inCryptococcus neoformans. Virginia E. Havel509. A morphogenesis regulator controls cryptococcal neurotropism.Xiaorong Lin510. Extracellular and intracellular signaling orchestratesmorphotype-transition and virulence in human pathogenCryptococcus neoformans. Linqi Wang511. Evidence for alkaloid diversity and independent hybridizationevents of Elymus endophytes. Nikki D. Charlton512. The functional characterization of candidate genes involved inhost specialization of Zymoseptoria grass pathogens. Stephan Poppe513. Diversity and Phylogeny of genus Suillus (Suillaceae, Boletales)from Pakistan (Asia). Samina Sarwar514. Saprolegnia species can switch hosts to cause infection: a newinsight into host pathogen interaction. Mohammad N. Sarowar515. The Plant-Microbe Interfaces project: defining and understandingrelationships between Populus and the rhizosphere microbiome.Christopher Schadt516. Do the fungal homologs of Verticillium dahliae effector Ave1 actas virulence factors? Jordi C. Boshoven517. The candidate effector repertoire of closely related Venturiapathogens of the Maloideae revealed by whole genome sequence andRNA sequencing analyses. Joanna Bowen27th Fungal Genetics Conference | 115