The Twenty-Fifth Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar Conference Center; Pacific Grove, CA

第二十五届真菌遗传学大会将于2009年3月17日至22日在阿西洛玛会议中心举行。来自世界各地的大约850-1000名科学家和学生将参加会议。会议的重点是丝状真菌的分子生物学、遗传学、基因组学、生物化学和细胞生物学。这个两年一度的会议被大多数人认为是真菌生物学领域最杰出的会议，并促进了对植物病原体、医学病原体、腐生真菌和共生真菌感兴趣的研究人员之间的互动。让每个人都呆在一个地点有利于非正式讨论，这种讨论往往会导致新的合作和研究方向的发展。正式会议将由四次全体会议、四组专门讨论专门领域的并行会议和三次海报会议组成。全体会议将涉及1)基因组进化和动力学，2)致病和共生相互作用，3)基因调控和新陈代谢，以及4)信号、发育和性别。27场会议将涵盖的主题包括1)真菌和人类之间的联系，2)与植物的联系，3)二态转变和形态发生，4)次生代谢，5)性和发育，6)进化遗传学和基因组学，7)RNA功能，表观遗传学和染色体生物学，8)天然产物和小分子，9)代谢组学和蛋白质组学，以及10)真菌生物学和遗传学教学，仅举几例。根据之前的会议，组织者预计大约有700张海报演示文稿。从更广泛的角度来看，真菌是真核生物的模型，从比德尔和塔图姆1940年的S工作开始，真菌帮助理解了基本的生物过程，首次展示了遗传学和生物化学之间的关系。真菌也一直是帮助阐明动植物疾病的重要模型。本次会议高度重视青年科学家和学生的参与，特别是来自代表性不足群体的青年科学家和学生的参与。对于许多人来说，这次会议是他们第一次有机会参加一个重要的国际会议并展示他们的研究成果；这样的展示是科学家培训和专业发展的关键部分。来自该奖项的资金将帮助支付学生、博士后研究人员和年轻科学家的参与费用，否则这些费用将是一项困难的费用。将特别强调支持属于这一研究领域代表性不足群体的妇女和其他研究人员。资金将根据需要分配给成功获得资助的申请者。

The Twenty-Fifth Fungal Genetics Conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center from March 17-22, 2009. Approximately 850-1,000 scientists and students from around the world will attend. The conference focuses on the molecular biology, genetics, genomics, biochemistry and cell biology of filamentous fungi. This biennial conference is considered by most to be the pre-eminent meeting in the area of fungal biology, and promotes interaction between researchers interested in plant pathogens, medical pathogens, saprobic fungi and symbiotic fungi. Having everyone staying at one site facilitates the type of informal discussions that often lead to the development of new collaborations and research directions. The formal meeting will consist of four plenary sessions, four sets of concurrent sessions devoted to specialized areas, and three poster sessions. The topics to be covered in the plenary sessions are 1) genome evolution and dynamics, 2) pathogenic and symbiotic interactions, 3) gene regulation and metabolism, and 4) signaling, development and sex. Topics to be covered by the 27 concurrent sessions include 1) associations between fungi and humans, 2) associations with plants, 3) dimorphic transitions and morphogenesis, 4) secondary metabolism, 5) sex and development, 6) evolutionary genetics and genomics, 7) RNA functions, epigenetics and chromosome biology, , 8) natural products and small molecules, 9) metabolomics and proteomics, and 10) teaching fungal biology and genetics, to name a few. Based on previous meetings, the organizers expect around 700 poster presentations. From a broader perspective, fungi are model eukaryotes that have aided in the understanding of basic biological processes beginning with Beadle and Tatum's 1940's work demonstrating, for the first time, the relationship between genetics and biochemistry. Fungi have also been important as models to help elucidate disease in animals and plants. This meeting places a strong emphasis on the participation of young scientists and students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. For many, this meeting is their first opportunity to attend a major international conference and present their research findings; such presentations are a critical part of scientists' training and professional development. Funds from this award will help defray the participation costs for students, postdoctoral researchers, and young scientists for whom these costs would otherwise be a hardship. Special emphasis will be placed on supporting women and other researchers who belong to groups underrepresented in this field of research. Funds will be distributed to successful financial aid applicants on the basis of need.