Twenty Fifth Fungal Genetics Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：第25届真菌遗传学会议将于2009年3月17日至22日在阿西洛马会议中心举行。来自世界各地的大约900-1000名科学家和学生将参加。这个两年一次的会议的一个主要目标是促进丝状真菌生物学各个方面的最新研究的传播。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那些研究植物病原体、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。会议将包括四次全体会议、涉及专门领域的四组并行会议和三次海报会议。全体会议的主题领域是：基因组进化和动力学，病原体和共生相互作用，基因调控和代谢，信号，发育和性别。27个同期会议主题包括：真菌与人类之间的关联，与植物的关联，二态转化和形态发生，次级代谢，性与发育，进化遗传学和基因组学，RNA功能，表观遗传学和染色体生物学，天然产物和小分子，代谢组学和蛋白质组学，以及真菌生物学和遗传学教学，仅举几例。 这次会议特别强调青年科学家和学生的参与，特别是代表性不足群体的青年科学家和学生的参与。许多人第一次有机会在一个重要的国际会议上介绍他们的研究。要求提供资金以帮助支付学生、博士后研究人员和一些青年科学家的旅费和与会费用，并将根据需要分配资金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 25th Fungal Genetics Conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center from March 17-22, 2009. Approximately 900-1000 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 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. The meeting will consist of four plenary sessions, four sets of concurrent sessions covering specialized areas, and three poster sessions. Topics areas of the plenary sessions are: Genome evolution and dynamics, Pathogenic and symbiotic interactions, gene regulation and metabolism, and Signaling, development and sex. The 27 concurrent session topics include: Associations between fungi and humans, Associations with plants, Dimorphic transitions and morphogenesis, Secondary metabolism, Sex and development, Evolutionary genetics and genomics, RNA functions, epigenetics and chromosome biology, Natural products and small molecules, Metabolomics and proteomics, and Teaching fungal biology and genetics, to name a few. 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.