Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

CONCURRENT SESSIONS SCHEDULESWednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PMHeatherMembrane Trafficking and MolecularOrganizationCo-chairs: Vicky Sophianopoulou and Gero SteinbergAbstracts for this session begin on page 35.3:00 - 3:20Barbara ValentDistinct secretion systems operate during biotrophic invasion by therice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae.3:20 - 3:40Yujiro HiguchiThe cellular role of early endosome motility in Ustilago maydis.3:40 - 4:00George DiallinasThe arrestin-like protein ArtA is essential for ubiquitylation andendocytosis of the UapA transporter in response to both broad-rangeand specific signals.4:00 - 4:20Guido GrossmannEscaping the hustle - zones of differential protein turnover in theyeast plasma membrane.4:20 - 4:40 Break5:00 - 5:20Samara Reck-PetersonWhole-genome sequencing identifies novel alleles of genes requiredfor organelle distribution and motility in Aspergillus nidulans.5:20 - 5:40Rosa R. Mouriño-PérezDynamics of exocytic markers and cell wall alterations in anendocytosis mutant of Neurospora crassa.5:40 - 6:00Barry J. Bowman“The vacuole” of Neurospora crassa may be composed of multiplecompartments with different structures and functions.Wednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PMFred Farr ForumGenome Defense, Epigenetics and RNAiCo-chairs: Patrick Shiu and Sven SaupeAbstracts for this session begin on page 37.3:00 - 3:20Patrick K. T. ShiuMeiotic silencing by unpaired DNA in Neurospora.3:20 - 3:40Zhenyu ZhangMechanism of quelling, a small RNA-mediated gene silencingpathway.3:40 - 4:00Xuying WangSIS, a sex genome defense mechanism operating in Cryptococcusneoformans.4:00 - 4:20Asen DaskalovFungi use prion folds for signal transduction processes involvingSTAND proteins.4:20 - 4:40 Break4:40 - 5:00Haoping LiuRegulation of white and opaque cell-type formation in Candidaalbicans by H3K56 acetylation and nucleosome assembly factors CAF-1 and HIR.5:00 - 5:20Matthew Z. AndersonEpigenetic Regulation of Subtelomeric Gene Noise in Candidaalbicans.5:20 - 5:40Zachary A. LewisChromatin regulation of genome stability.5:40 - 6:00Shinji HondaOpposing activities of the HCHC and DMM complexes maintain properDNA methylation in Neurospora crassa.8