
Symposia
The scientific programme will be divided into five themes that will be given more-or-less equal weighting although many of the Symposia will be inter-thematic. All the themes will contain applied topics.
IMC 9 Symposia
Theme: Cell Biology, Biochemistry & Physiology
Chair: Prof Gero Steinberg
- A1 200th Anniversary of the hypha
- A2 The Fungal nucleus
- A3 Signalling and development
- A4 Endocytosis and exocytosis
- A5 Cytoskeleton and motors
- A6 Hyphal networks: mechanisms, ecology and modeling
- A7 Rhythmic fungal biology
- A8 Programmed cell death and autophagy
- A9 The dynamic fungal cell
Theme: Environment, Ecology and Interactions
Chair: Prof Lynne Boddy
- B1 Biocontrol with fungi
- B2 Ecology of invasive and threatened species
- B3 Exploitation of fungi: biofuels and beyond
- B4 Fungal interactions with microbes
- B5 Fungal recycling matters: from enzymes to communities
- B6 Fungi and global change 1: nitrogen enrichment and land use
- B7 Fungi and global change 2: climate change responses
- B8 Living on the edge: fungi at extremes
- B9 Secret world of endophytes
- B10 Fungal-Plant interface in mycorrhizal and lichen associations
Theme: Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics
Chair: Prof Pedro Crous
- C1 Ascomycete systematics
- C2 Basidiomycete biodiversity, ecology and mechanisms of host
- C3 Cryptic species and speciation
- C4 Fungal barcoding
- C5 Fungal Tree of life: linking genomics to physiology and morphology
- C6 Origin and co-evolution of lichen and mycorrhizal fungi with plants
- C7 Revealing true fungal diversity – metagenomics
- C8 Rusts: taxonomy, host specificity and geographical distribution
- C9 Tropical mycology
Theme: Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Chair: Dr Paul Dyer
- D1 Beyond sequence – applied genomics and industrial mycology
- D2 Comparative evolutionary genomics of the Fungal Tree of Life
- D3 Evolutionary genetics of sex in fungi
- D4 Fungal epigenetics
- D5 Fungal RNA-regulatory processes
- D6 Genomics of fungal-plant symbioses
- D7 Population biology: from single cell to community
- D8 Secondary metabolism
- D9 Systems biology: functional genomics to molecular networks and systems
Theme: Pathogenesis and Disease Control
Chair: Prof Alistair Brown
- E1 Cell biology of infection
- E2 Emerging fungal diseases and potential pandemics
- E3 Environmental sensing and responses
- E4 Evolutionary adaptation of fungal pathogens to their human host
- E5 Fungal effectors and host manipulation
- E6 Future strategies for the control of fungal diseases
- E7 Stress responses, fungal development and pathogenicity
- E8 The emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs



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