Scientific Programme
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.
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
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch for SIG delegates
13.30 – 16.00
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
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: The molecular machinery for organelle trafficking: how motors move endosomes in fungal hyphae
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
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
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: Title to be announced
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 genetics: 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: Nutritional and evolutionary ecology of Mycorrhizal fungi
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 12.00-14.00
Lunch
16.00-17.00
Plenary 6: Unlocking the fungal treasure box
Nancy Keller, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
17.00-17.30
Closing ceremony at Usher Hall
20.00-late
Conference Party at Edinburgh International Conference Centre