Special Interest Group meetings

All of the Special Interest Group meetings will be held on Sunday, 1 August 2010 prior to the IMC9 Opening Ceremony.

It is now no longer possible to book the Special Interest Groups via the conference website. Places are still available in most sessions and you will be able to book at the conference registration desk however all onsite registration will be on a first come first served basis.

For Special Interest Group Meetings that are marked as full there may be places available on the day. Please check with the registration desk at the conference for further details.

All Special Interest Group meetings will be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). For your room location please see the summary below.

Special Interest Group Meeting Rooms

Sunday, 1 August 2010: 10:00-12:30

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 MEETING FULL
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

Sunday, 1 August 2010: 13:30-16:00

Biology, biodiversity, evolution and systematics of the Erysiphales MEETING FULL
Gene expression in fungi
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
Biology of clinically important zygomycetes
The fungal cell wall
Colletotrichum: Species, ecology and interactions
Genomic Methods in Fungal Community Ecology