Sunday 2nd March
Opening Lecture
Professor Kenneth Wolfe
18.00: Killer toxins and evolution of the genetic code in yeasts
Monday 3rd March
09.00-12.45
Plenary Session 1: Host-Pathogen Interactions
Professor Gustavo Goldman
MONDAY KEYNOTE
09.05: Aspergillus fumigatus protein and secondary metabolite effectors and their role in pathogenesis
Professor Fiona Doohan
09.45: Evolution of cereal-fungal interactions
Professor Neil A.R. Gow
10.15: Structure of fungal cell wall immune epitopes: the origins of immunity
10.45-11.15 Coffee Break
Professor Deborah Hogan
11.15: Evolution of fungi in chronic infections
Professor Robin Allshire
11.45: Epigenetic routes to antifungal/fungicide resistance
Dr. Yen Ping Hsueh
12.15: Genetic Mechanisms Underlying the Evolution of Nematode-Killing Apparatus in Pleurotus ostreatus
Tuesday 4th March
09.00-12.45
Plenary Session 2: Evolution and Genome Functions
Professor Chris Todd Hittinger
TUESDAY KEYNOTE
09.00: The genomic making of yeast metabolic niche breadth
Professor Jason E Stajich
09.45: Pangenomes of Rhodotorula from extreme environments and of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium
Professor Paula Gonçalves
10.15: Gene loss and horizontal gene transfer drive radical metabolic change in a floral yeast clade
10.45-11.15 Coffee Break
Professor Geraldine Butler
11.15: Genotype and phenotype diversity in Candida parapsilosis
Professor Aaron Vogan
11.45: Giant “Starship” transposons are a crucible of evolution
Professor Alessia Buscaino
12.15: Understanding the role of non-coding RNAs in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans
Wednesday 5th March
09.00-12.45
Plenary Session 3: Fungal Development, Cell Biology, Signalling and Metabolism
Professor Nancy P. Keller
WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE
09.00: Evolution and ecological roles of isocyanides and their biosynthetic gene clusters
Professor Michael Feldbrügge
09.45: Linking fungal RNA biology with development and metabolism
Dr. Minou Nowrousian
10.15: The role of transcription factors and chromatin modifiers in multicellular development in ascomycetes
10.45-11.15 Coffee Break
Professor Heng Chooi
11.15: Panning for Gold in Mould Downunder: Mining the genomes of Australian fungi for novel metabolites and bioactive molecules in fungal-host interactions
Professor Xin Xiang
11.45: Microtubule-based organelle distribution inside a fungal hypha
Dr. Marie-Noelle Rosso
12.15: Fungal diversity and adaptations highlight enzymatic systems for the retrieval of carbon from highly recalcitrant plant tissues
ECFG Lecture
Professor Gerhard Braus
Tête-à-tête with fungi