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Plenary Speakers

The following speakers will give invited lectures at the Congress.

Keynote speaker

John Taylor (UC Berkeley, USA)
–The poetry of mycological accomplishment and challenge

Plenary speakers

Alastair Fitter (York University, UK)
–Nutritional and evolutionary ecology of mycorrhizal fungi

Joseph Heitman (Duke University, USA)
–Microbial pathogens in the fungal kingdom

David Hibbett (Clark University, USA)
–Knowing and growing the fungal tree of life

Nancy Keller (UW Madison, USA)
-Unlocking the fungal treasure box

Gero Steinberg (Exeter University, UK)
–The molecular machinery for organelle trafficking: how motors move endosomes in fungal hyphae

Nick Talbot (Exeter University, UK)
–Investigating the developmental biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae