Twenty Seventh Fungal Genetics Conference

第27届真菌遗传学会议将于2013年3月12日至17日在Asilomar会议中心举行。来自世界各地的大约950名科学家和学生将参加。这个两年一次的会议的主要目标是促进真菌生物学各个方面的最新研究的传播，重点是丝状真菌。另一个重要目标是促进对医学病原体感兴趣的研究人员与研究植物病原体、腐殖真菌和共生真菌的研究人员之间的交流与合作，以增加对传染性真菌疾病的研究。更好地了解真菌与宿主和环境的生物学和相互作用将导致治疗真菌疾病的治疗方法的发展。会议将包括四次全体会议、四组涵盖专门领域的并行会议和三次海报会议。四场全体会议的主题是：代谢途径：细胞生长、发病机制和生物能源、有机分子相互作用、传感、细胞生物学和发育以及真菌群落的功能生态学。28个同期会议主题包括：植物和动物真菌病原体的相似性，真菌和动物之间的相互作用，杀菌剂和抗真菌剂，与细菌、昆虫和植物相互作用的遗传学和基因组学，真菌发育和发病机制中的细胞信号，次生代谢，合成生物学，真菌Evo-Devo，热带反应和融合，光传感和昼夜节律，细胞壁，极性和菌丝尖端生长，膜运输和分子组织，细胞骨架，马达和细胞运输，复杂分子在环境中降解的基因组学和生物化学，作为信号剂的真菌挥发物和有机化合物，氧化应激，ROS信号传导和缺氧适应，碳氮代谢的调控和比较基因组学，真菌生物学的Cool tools：主要研究方向：经典和分子遗传学、影响转录和翻译的核酸-蛋白相互作用、基因组防御、表观遗传学和RNAi、真菌在教育中的应用、利用真菌作为模型系统研究进化生物学、生态宏基因组学、系统发育学、基因组学和菌根。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 27th Fungal Genetics Conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center from March 12-17, 2013. Approximately 950 scientists and students from around the world will attend. A main goal of this biennial meeting is to promote the dissemination of the latest research on all aspects of the biology of fungi with a focus on filamentous fungi. Another important goal is to promote communication and collaboration between researchers interested in medical pathogens, and those working with plant pathogens, saprobic fungi and symbiotic fungi to increase research on infectious fungal diseases. A better understanding of the biology and interactions of fungi with their hosts and environment will lead to development of therapeutics to treat fungal diseases. The meeting will consist of four plenary sessions, four sets of concurrent sessions covering specialized areas, and three poster sessions. Topics areas of the four plenary sessions are: Metabolic Pathways: Cell Growth, Pathogenesis and Bioenergy, Organismic Molecular Interactions, Sensing, Cell Biology and Development, and Functional Ecology of Fungal Communities. The 28 concurrent session topics include: Parallels between fungal pathogens of plants and animals, Interactions between fungi and animals, Fungicides and antifungals, Genetics and genomics of interactions with bacteria, insects and plants, Cell signaling involved in fungal development and pathogenesis, Secondary metabolism, Synthetic biology, Fungal Evo-Devo, Tropic responses and fusion, Light sensing and Circadian Rhythms, Cell wall, polarity and hyphal tip growth, Membrane trafficking and molecular organization, Cytoskeleton, motors and cellular transport, Genomics and biochemistry of degradation of complex molecules in the environment, Fungal volatiles and organic compounds as signaling agents, Oxidative stress, ROS signaling and adaptation to hypoxia, Regulation and comparative genomics of carbon and nitrogen metabolism, Cool tools for fungal biology: Focus on classical and molecular genetics, Nucleic acid-protein interactions that impact transcription and translation, Genome defense, epigenetics and RNAi, Fungi in Education, Using fungi as model systems to study fundamental questions in evolutionary biology, Ecological metagenomics, Phylogenonics, Genomics and mycorrhizae. This meeting places a strong emphasis on the participation of young scientists and students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. Many have their first opportunity to present their research at a major international conference. Funds are requested to help defray the travel and participation costs of students, postdoctoral researchers and some young scientists, and will be distributed on a need basis.