Conference: Twenty Second Fungal Genetics Conference, to be held in Asilomar, CA on March 18-23, 2003.

第二十二届真菌遗传学会议将于2003年3月18日至23日在加州的Asilomar会议中心举行。来自世界各地的约750名科学家和学生将参加。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。许多人认为这是这一领域最重要的会议。 它促进了对医学病原体、植物病原体、腐真菌和共生真菌感兴趣的研究人员之间的互动。 会议将包括四次全体会议、四次专门用于同时举办专门领域讲习班的会议、三次海报会议和非正式讨论。主题将涵盖在全体会议是真菌细胞生物学，真菌宿主相互作用，信号和沉默，基因组和进化。计划同时举行的专门会议将涵盖以下各种主题：真菌基因组学，初级代谢的调节，基因簇的进化，交配和性发育，信号转导，DNA修复/基因组动力学，次级代谢和真菌毒素，应激反应，蛋白质的靶向和分泌，表观遗传学，转座因子，朊病毒，真菌细胞骨架，真菌-植物相互作用，光生物学和时钟，真菌种群遗传学，教授真菌生物学和遗传学，医学真菌学，实验进化和选择，孢子，孢子形成和菌丝形态发生，与昆虫，线虫和其他真菌的寄生虫相互作用，以及膜转运蛋白。 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。该奖项将帮助支付学生，博士后研究人员和新教师的旅行和参与费用。 资金将根据需要分配给那些申请财政援助的人。

The Twenty-Second Fungal Genetics Conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center at Asilomar, California, on March 18-23, 2003. Approximately 750 scientists and students from around the world will attend. The conference focuses on the molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry and cell biology of filamentous fungi. This is considered by many to be the preeminent meeting in this area. It promotes interaction between researchers interested in medical pathogens, plant pathogens, saprobic fungi, and symbiotic fungi. The meeting will consist of four plenary sessions, four sessions devoted to concurrent workshops in specialized areas, three poster sessions, and informal discussions. Topics to be covered in the plenary sessions are fungal cell biology, fungal-host interactions, signaling and silencing, and genomes and evolution. Specialized concurrent sessions are planned to cover the following diverse array of subjects: fungal genomics, regulation of primary metabolism, evolution of gene clusters, mating and sexual development, signal transduction, DNA repair/genome dynamics, secondary metabolism and mycotoxins, stress responses, targeting and secretion of proteins, epigenetics, transposable elements, prions, the fungal cytoskeleton, fungal-plant interactions, photobiology and clocks, fungal population genetics, teaching fungal biology and genetics, medical mycology, experimental evolution and selection, spores, sporulation and hyphal morphogenesis, parasitic interactions with insects, nematodes and other fungi, and membrane transporters. In this meeting strong emphasis is placed on the participation of young scientists and students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. This award will help defray the travel and participation costs of students, postdoctoral researchers and beginning faculty. Funds will be distributed on a need basis to those who apply for financial aid.