Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

CONCURRENT SESSIONS SCHEDULESThursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PMNautilusFungal Volatiles and Organic Compounds asSignaling AgentsCo-chairs: Joan Bennett and Richard SplivalloAbstracts for this session begin on page 58.3:00 - 3:20Birgit PiechullaFungi reacting to rhizobacterial volatiles.3:20 - 3:40Seogchan KangEnhancement of plant growth and stress resistance by Fusariumvolatile organic compounds: A novel mechanism mediating plantfungalinteractions.3:40 - 4:00Jessica C. HargartenThe Role of Quorum-sensing Molecules in Interactions betweenCandida albicans and its Host.4:00 - 4:20Vong shian Simon Ip ChoInnate Immunity in Fusarium graminearum.4:20 - 4:40 Break4:40 - 5:00Lea AtanasovaThe Trichoderma reesei polyketide synthase gene pks1 is necessaryfor yellow-green pigmentation of conidia and is involved in theestablishment of environmental fitness.5:00 - 5:20Richard HungSemiochemicals and signaling: plant responses to Trichodermavolatile organic compounds.5:20 - 5:40El Ghalid MennatIdentification of chemoattractant compounds from tomato rootexudate that trigger chemotropism in Fusarium oxysporum.5:40 - 6:00Richard SplivalloThe mixed fungal and bacterial origin of truffle aroma.Thursday, March 14 3:00 PM–6:00 PMScrippsGenomics and Biochemistry of Degradation ofComplex Molecules in the EnvironmentCo-chairs: Jonathan Walton and Dan CullenAbstracts for this session begin on page 61.3:00 - 3:20K. IgarashiFungal transcriptome as database for proteome and refinement toolof gene annotation.3:20 - 3:40Irina S. DruzhininaDevelopmental regulation and cellulase gene expression inTrichoderma reesei.3:40 - 4:00D. FloudasParallel losses of genes associated with saprotrophy inectomycorrhizal Agaricomycotina lineages.4:00 - 4:20Emma MasterCo-expression analysis of Phanerochaete carnosa during growth onhardwood and softwood species to predict proteins with unknownfunction relevant to biomass conversion.4:20 - 4:40 Break4:40 - 5:00Yitzhak HadarFunctional Analysis of the Pleurotus ostreatus Manganese-PeroxidaseGene Family.5:00 - 5:20Monika SchmollCarbon source and light dependent regulation of gene clusters inTrichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina).5:20 - 5:40Chiaki HoriGenome-wide analysis of eleven white- and brown-rot Polyporalesprovides insight into mechanisms of wood decay.5:40 - 6:00Alex LichiusTranscription factor shuttling during cellulase induction inTrichoderma reesei.27th Fungal Genetics Conference | 13