Twenty First Fungal Genetics Conference, being held in Pacific Grove, CA on March 13-18, 2001.

第二十一届真菌遗传学会议将于2001年3月13日至18日在加利福尼亚州阿西洛马市的阿西洛玛会议中心举行。预计将有来自世界各地的约650名科学家和学生参加。会议的重点是丝状真菌的分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学和细胞生物学。这次会议包括四次全体会议、四次专门讨论专门领域的同时举行的讲习班、三次招贴会议和留出时间进行非正式讨论。全体会议的主题包括：比较基因组学和功能基因组学、真菌-宿主相互作用、细胞生物学、基因组结构和维护。专业课程包括：生长、适应和发育中的信号转导；比较和进化基因组学；交配和异核生物；真菌光生物学和时钟；突变、DNA修复/基因组稳定性；植物病理：真菌毒素、次生代谢和基因簇；辅助遗传元件：内含子、质粒、普里子和转座子；水平基因转移；新工具：微阵列、转录组、敲除和转座子标记；以及教学中的真菌。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。会议积极促进这些初级科学家与该领域更多资深科学家的互动，让他们有机会发展合作。资金将帮助支付学生、博士后和其他经济上无法参加的学生的旅行和参与费用。

The Twenty First Fungal Genetics Conference is being held at the Asilomar Conference Center at Asilomar, California on March 13-18, 2001. Approximately 650 scientists and students from around the world are expected to attend. The conference focuses on the molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry and cell biology of filamentous fungi. This meeting consists of four plenary sessions, four sessions devoted to concurrent workshops in specialized areas, three poster sessions and time set aside for informal discussions. Topics covered in the plenary sessions are: Comparative and Functional Genomics, Fungal-Host Interactions, Cell Biology, and Genome Structure and Maintenance. Specialized sessions cover Signal Transduction in Growth, Adaptation and Development; Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics; Mating and Heterokaryosis; Fungal Photobiology and Clocks; Mutation, DNA Repair/Genome Stability; Plant Pathogenesis: Mycotoxins, Secondary Metabolism and Gene Clusters; Accessory Genetic Elements: Introns, Plasmids Prions and Transposons; Horizontal Gene Transfer; New Tools: Microarrays, Transcriptome, Knockouts and Transposon Tagging; and Fungi in Teaching. In this meeting, strong emphasis is placed on the participation of young scientists and students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. The meeting actively promotes the interaction of these junior scientists with more senior scientists in the field to allow them opportunities to develop collaborations. Funds are to help defray the travel and participation costs of students, postdoctorals and others who would otherwise be financially unable to attend.