Sunday 1 August 2010 |
10.00 – 12.30 |
Special Interest Group One (Parallel sessions)
Anaerobic fungi: Neocallimastigomycota
Bioluminescent fungi: their biology and use as experimental tools
Cryptic speciation in lichen forming fungi
Ecological role of hyphal structures in interactions between fungi and other organisms
Education in mycology
Evolution and biodiversity of basal lineages of fungi
Filamentous fungi as model systems in eukaryotic cell biology
Food mycology
Fungal photobiology
Mathematical modeling of fungal growth and function
Mycoviruses
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12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch for SIG delegates |
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13.30 – 16.00
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Special Interest Group Two (Parallel sessions)
Biology of clinically important zygomycetes
Colletotrichum: Species, ecology and interactions
Biology, biodiversity, evolution and systematics of the Erysiphales
New technologies for fungal research
Geomycology
Modelling fungal colonies and communities
Molecular diagnostics of fungi/novel techniques in detection of fungi from environment
Mycology in Africa: successes and challenges in a developing continent
Post-genomic approaches to understanding interactions between fungi and their environment
The fungal cell wall
Gene Expression in Fungi
Genomic Methods in Fungal Community Ecology
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12.00 – 17.00 |
Congress registration opens |
17.00 – 17.30 |
Congress Welcome (Usher Hall) |
17.30 – 18.15 |
Keynote Presentation: The poetry of mycological accomplishment and challenge
John Taylor, University of California at Berkeley, USA |
18.15 – 18.30 |
Transfer from Usher Hall to EICC |
18.30 – 20.00 |
Welcome Reception (EICC) |
Monday 2 August 2010 |
09.00 |
Plenary 1: Organelle transport in fungi - stochastic or controlled?
Gero Steinberg, University of Exeter, UK |
10.00-11.00 |
Refreshment break |
10.30-13.00 or
11.00-13.30 |
Parallel Symposia
200th anniversary of the hypha
Fungal epigenetics
Future strategies for the control of fungal diseases
Cryptic species and speciation
Fungi and global change 1: Nitrogen enrichment and land use change
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From 12.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 – 16.00 |
International Commission for the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF) meeting |
14.00-16.00 |
Poster session 1 |
16.00-18.30 |
Parallel Symposia
The fungal nucleus
Beyond sequence – applied genomics and industrial mycology
Environmental sensing and responses
Origin and co-evolution of lichen and mycorrhizal fungi with plants
Fungi and global change 2: climate change responses |
18.30-19.30 |
Poster session 1 (continued) |
Tuesday 3 August 2010 |
09.00 |
Plenary 2: Microbial pathogens in the fungal kingdom
Joseph Heitman, Duke University, USA |
10.00 -11.00 |
Refreshment break |
10.30-13.00 or
11.00-13.30 |
Parallel Symposia
Signalling and development
Evolutionary genetics of sex in fungi
Cell biology of infection
Ascomycete systematics
Living on the edge: fungi at extremes |
From 12.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00-16.00 |
Poster session 2 |
14.00 – 16.00 |
Nomenclature Session: The governance of fungal nomenclature |
16.00-18.30 |
Parallel Symposia
Endocytosis and exocytosis
Systems biology: functional genomics to molecular networks and systems
Fungal effectors and host manipulation
Fungal Tree of life: linking genomics to physiology and morphology
Ecology of invasive and threatened species |
18.30-19.30 |
Poster session 2 (continued) |
Wednesday 4 August 2010 |
09.00 |
Plenary 3: Knowing and growing the fungal tree of life
David Hibbett, Clark University, USA |
10.00-11.00 |
Refreshment break |
10.30-13.00 or
11.00-13.30 |
Parallel Symposia
Cytoskeleton and motors
Genomics of fungal-plant symbioses
Evolutionary adaptation of fungal pathogens to their human host
Fungal barcoding
Fungal recycling matters: from enzymes to communities |
From 12.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00-16.00 |
Poster session 3 |
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Nomenclature Session: Mandatory pre-publication deposit of key nomenclatural information in a recognized repository as a requirement for valid publication |
16.00-18.30 |
Parallel Symposia
Programmed cell death and autophagy
Fungal RNA-regulatory processes
Emerging fungal diseases and potential pandemics
Revealing true fungal diversity - metagenomics
Secret world of endophytes |
18.30-19.30 |
Poster session 3 (continued) |
Thursday 5 August 2010 |
09.00-09.45 |
Plenary 4: Welcome to the pressure dome: investigating the molecular genetics of plant infection by the rice blast fungus
Nick Talbot, University of Exeter, UK |
10.00-11.00 |
Refreshment break |
10.30-13.00 or
11.00-13.30 |
Parallel Symposia
Rhythmic fungal biology
Population biology: from single cell to community
Stress responses, fungal development and pathogenicity
Basidiomycete biodiversity, ecology and mechanisms of host interaction
Fungal interactions with microbes |
From 12.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00-16.00 |
Poster session 4 |
14.00 – 16.00 |
Nomenclature Session: Moving to one name for one fungus |
16.00-18.30 |
Parallel Symposia
Hyphal networks: mechanisms, ecology and modeling
Comparative evolutionary genomics and the Fungal Tree of Life
The emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs
Rusts: Taxonomy, host specificity and geographical distribution
Biocontrol with fungi |
18.30-19.30 |
Poster session 4 (continued) |
Friday 6 August 2010 |
09.00 |
Plenary 5: A forgotten phylum?
Alastair Fitter, York University, UK |
10.00-11.00 |
Refreshment break |
10.30-13.00 or
11.00-13.30 |
Parallel Symposia
The dynamic fungal cell
Secondary metabolism
The fungal-plant interface in mycorrhizal and lichen associations
Tropical mycology
Exploitation of fungi: biofuels and beyond |
From 13.00 |
Lunch |
14.00-15.00 |
Plenary 6: Unlocking the fungal treasure box
Nancy Keller, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA |
15.00 |
Refreshment break |
15.30-17.00 |
Closing ceremony at Usher Hall |
20.00-late |
Conference Party at Edinburgh International Conference Centre |
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