Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

CONCURRENT SESSIONS SCHEDULESWednesday, March 13 3:00 PM–6:00 PMScrippsEducation, Outreach, and ProfessionalDevelopmentCo-chairs: Steven Denison and Mimi ZolanAbstracts for this session begin on page 45.3:00 - 3:20Michael KoonceCentrosome-Nuclear Disconnect Creates Mitotic Chaos in a ClosedMitosis System.3:20 - 3:40Claire BurnsUsing Fungal Barcoding to Introduce Non-science Majors to ScientificResearch.3:40 - 4:00Andrea GargasComGen Authentic Research Experiences (C-ARE): Fungal geneticanalysis.4:00 - 4:20Patricia J. PukkilaWearing two hats: Tips for combining commitments to research andto university-wide initiatives in education.4:20 - 4:40 Break4:40 - 5:00Virginia K. HenchFacilitating an Interdisciplinary Learning Community AmongstUndergraduate Research Fellows By Emphasizing Scientific Inquiry asthe Unifying Thread.5:00 - 5:20Relly BrandmanMOOCs: Education for Everyone.5:20 - 5:40Break into groups to discuss promises and pitfalls of online courses.5:40 - 6:00Panelists Relly Brandman and Heaher Hallen-Adams respond toquestions and comments from the working groups.Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PMMerrill HallCool Tools for Fungal BiologyCo-chairs: Miguel Penalva and Kevin McCluskeyAbstracts for this session begin on page 47.3:00 - 3:20S. E. BakerThe Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory molecular analysiscapabilities for fungal biology.3:20 - 3:40Aric E. WiestDevelopment and utilization of arrayed mutant sets for yeasts andfilamentous fungi.3:40 - 4:00Minou NowrousianSequencing-based solutions to identify and characterize fungaldevelopmental genes.4:00 - 4:20Susan KaminskyjAspergillus nidulans as an experimental system to identify novel cellwall growth and maintenance genes through identification of antifungaldrug resistance mutations.4:20 - 4:40 Break4:40 - 5:00David L. JolyIllumina-based genetic linkage map for wheat leaf rust.5:00 - 5:20Miguel PenalvaPeering into the secret-ory life of Aspergillus nidulans with a littlehelp from classical genetics.5:20 - 5:40Patricia J. PukkilaDomains of meiotic DNA recombination and gene conversion inCoprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus).5:40 - 6:00Xin XiangA Hook protein is critical for dynein-mediated early endosomemovement in Aspergillus nidulans.10