Program Book - 27th Fungal Genetics Conference

Saturday, March 167:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Crocker Hall9:00 am – 12:00 noon Registration Surf and Sand8:30 am - 12:00 noon Plenary Session IVFunctional Ecology and Fungal Communities Chair: Jim AndersonMerrill Halland ChapelTatiana GiraudMechanisms allowing the formation of new fungalpathogenic species on novel hosts, causing emergingdiseasesB. D. Lindahl The decisive role of mycorrhizal fungi as regulators ofcarbon sequestration in boreal forest ecosystemsEdward J. LouisPopulation Genomics of Saccharomyces Yeasts:Ecology and AdaptationMarc-André Selosse The mycorrhizal symbiosis as a network linking plantsEva H. Stukenbrock Unraveling speciation and specialization processes inplant pathogenic fungi using comparative populationgenomics12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch – Crocker HallBox lunches will be available on a first come, first served basis for meeting attendees on the deck outside of theAdministration Building.Following lunch, the morning speakers will be available on the benches outside the administration building tomeet with students. Please allow time for students. In the event of rain, please go inside the AdministrationBuilding.2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session IVParallels between Fungal Pathogens of Plantsand AnimalsSecondary MetabolismLight Sensing and Circadian RhythmsFungal Evo-DevoEnvironmental MetagenomicsDimorphic TransitionsTropic Growth and FusionBarbara Howlett and Axel BrakhageGillian Turgeon and Bettina TudzynskiLuis Larrondo and Reinhard FischerSteve Harris and Brian ShawChris Schadt and Betsy ArnoldAnne Dranginis and AlexAndrianopoulosAndre Fleissner and Nick ReadMerrill HallChapelHeatherFred FarrForumKilnNautilusScripps5:30 pm - 5:45 pm Poster Awards Merrill Hall andChapel5:45 pm - 6:30 pm Perkins/Metzenberg Lecture:Regine Kahmann, Max Planck Institute for TerrestrialMerrill Hall andChapelMicrobiology6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Closing Banquet Crocker Hall8:30 pm - 12:00 am Closing Party featuring The Amplified DNA Band Merrill Hall8:30 pm - 12:00 am Quiet Alternative Surf and SandSunday, March 177:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Crocker Hall4