The 2011 Midwestern Universities Filamentous Fungal Syposium Thursday, February 3, 2011 University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Biological Sciences 1:00 pm - 7:30 pm   The BLIZZARD OF 2011 has impacted our schedule a little bit. Please note changes below:

Schedule

Spencer Chemistry Building Room 504   

    1:00- 1:10    Alex Idnurm, Cell Biology and Biophysics, UMKC
                        Welcome and Introduction

    1:10- 1:35    Kevin McCluskey, Fungal Genetics Stock Center, UMKC
                        Research at the FGSC: Single genes to whole genomes.

    1:35- 2:00    Barbara Valent, Kansas State University
                       Live Host Cell Invasion by the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae

    2:00- 2:10    Break       

    2:10- 2:35    Jessie Fernandez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
                        Redox and rice blast: how sources and destination of NADPH facilitate infection by Magnaporthe oryzae.

    2:35- 3:00    Richard Todd, Kansas State University
                        AreA in Aspergillus nidulans

    3:00- 3:30    Ted White, Cell Biology and Biophysics, UMKC
                        Genome sequencing in dermatophyte fungi
 
Spencer Chemistry Building Room 213

  3:45 - 5:00    School of Biological Sciences invited seminar series
                         N. Louise Glass, University of California, Berkeley
                         Fungal Social Media: Talking and Signaling to Form an Interconnected Network

Spencer Chemistry Building Room 504 

    5:00- 7:30     Posters and refreshments (Sponsored by Boulevard Brewery)

Posters

Exploring the link between NAD(P)(H) metabolism and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus. Jessie Fernandez and Richard A. Wilson. UNL

Characterizing the role of two GATA-family transcription factors in pathogenicity by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Cristian F. Quispe and Richard A. Wilson. UNL

UBL1 of Fusarium verticillioides encodes a putative E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in growth, conidiation, virulence, amylolysis and secondary metabolism. R.Lou Hirsch, J.B. Ridenour and B.H. Bluhm. University of Arkansas

The HAP complex in Fusarium verticillioides is a key regulator of growth, morphogensis, virulence, and secondary metabolism. John B. Ridenour and B.H. Bluhm. University of Arkansas

Characterization of classical mutants and other research at the FGSC. Aric Wiest and Kevin McCluskey. University of Missouri- Kansas City

Withdrawn: Molecular analysis of a S. commune pheromone receptor-like gene. Kate Dorchincez, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

The DNA Binding Motifs of AreA, LeuB and TamA are Required for Activation of gdhA Expression in Aspergillus nidulans. Damien J. Downes^1,2, Richard B. Todd¹ and Meryl A. Davis². ¹Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, KS, USA. ²Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Identification of Nuclear Localization Sequences in the Gata Transcription Factor AreA.  Cameron C. Hunter, Kendra S. Siebert and Richard B. Todd. Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University.

Genetic mapping of Dip-1, a mutation that gives rise to diploid ascospores. Logan M. Decker, Thomas H. Hammond, and Patrick K. T. Shiu. Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia

Mutations in the RAM pathway mediate phenotypic switching between amoeba- and mammalian-adapted forms of Cryptococcus neoformans. Denise A. Magditch and Alexander Idnurm. UMKC

Map-based cloning of genes in Phycomyces blakesleeanus (Mucormycotina). Suman Chaudhary, Silvia C. Polaino and Alexander Idnurm. UMKC
 
Histone H3 variant genes in Ustilago maydis : Gene knockouts and promoter replacement transformants. Anju Verma, Tamas Kapros and Jakob Waterborg, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri