Concurrent Session

Tuesday, February 18

Tuesday, February 18

Concurrent Session 1.1

Main Topic: Development & Cell Biology
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Latini
Chairs: Monika Schmoll, Daniela Uccelletti

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14:00-14:15Alexander DemoorAppressorium: the Breakthrough in DikaryaUniversité de Paris
14:15-14:30Miguel A. Basante-BedoyaA Toxic The phosphatidylserine flippase Drs2 has a unique role during Candida albicans invasive growthUniversity Côte d'Azur
14:30-14:45Torda VargaRevealing tissue-specific developmental trajectories in fruiting bodies of Coprinopsis cinerea by single-cell RNA sequencingBiological Research Center Institute of Biochemistry
14:45-15:00Carolina Sardinha FranciscoThe phosphatase ZtVh1 is required for the growth transition to a stress response morphotype in a fungal plant pathogenSwiss Federal Institute of Technology
15:00-15:15Ines TeichertA-to-I mRNA editing: Diversification of the fungal proteome during sexual propagationRuhr University Bochum General and Molecular Botany
15:15-15:30Inbal HeroldGUL-1 mediates cell wall remodeling via the COT-1 pathway in Neurospora crassaThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
15:30-15:45Julia SchumacherMany-sided DHN melanin – spotlight on its function in microcolonial black fungiBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
15:45-16:15COFFEE BREAK

Concurrent Session 1.2

Main Topic: Cell regulation and signaling
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Latini
Chairs: David Turrà, Nicolas Minc

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16:15-16:30Stephanie DiezmannWho regulates the regulator? Kinase mediated regulation of the molecular chaperone Hps90 and its role infungal virulenceUniversity of Bristol
16:30-16:45Lucas WellThe MAK-1 and MAK-2 MAP kinase modules have related but different functions in cell-cell fusion in Neurospora crassaTU Braunschweig Institute for genetics
16:45-17:00Michelle MomanySeptins coordinate cell wall integrity and lipid metabolismUniversity of Georgia
17:00-17:15Sofia DimouNutrient transporter translocation to the plasma membrane via Golgi bypass in Aspergillus nidulansUniversity of Athens
17:15-17:30José Tomás Cánovas-MárquezFunctional characterization of an atypical RNase III involved in a RNAi-related mechanism of RNA degradation in Mucor circinelloidesUniversity of Murcia
17:30-17:45Giuseppe IaniriHorizontal gene transfer in the human and skin commensal Malassezia: a bacterially-derived flavohemoglobin is required for NO resistanceUniversità di Campobasso
17:45-18:00Miriam Oses-RuizA hierarchical transcriptional network controls appressorium development in the rice blast fungus in response to surface hydrophobicityThe Sainsbury Laboratory

Concurrent Session 2.1

Main Topic: Animal – fungi interactions
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Auditorium
Chairs: Andrea Peano, Patrick Van Dijck

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14:00-14:15Matthew BlangoAspergillus fumigatus elicits host-derived extracellular vesicles upon infectionLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology
14:15-14:30Lenka MachovaDifferential gene expression of species from Trichophyton benhamiae cladeCharles University Department of Botany
14:30-14:45A. Pedro GonçalvesUnraveling the developmental program underlying trap morphogenesis and nematophagy during a fungal-nematode predator-prey interactionAcademia Sinica Institute of Molecular Biology Taipei
14:45-15:00Can ZhaoIn vivo competitive fitness profiling reveals protein kinases required for adaptation of Aspergillus fumigatus to het murine host environmentUniversity of Manchester
15:00-15:15Bea TimmermansSignaling through the Candida glabrata cAMP-PKA pathway affects the major virulence factor: adhesion KU Leuven Center for Microbiology
15:15-15:30Victoria ReingoldThe factors affecing intra- and inter-species diversity in fungi from the Metarhizium complex infecting Myzus persicae aphidsARO The Volcani Center / The Faculty of Agriculture, Jerusalem
15:30-15:45Mudassir IqbalGenome-wide association identifies genomic regions in fungu clonostachys rosea that influences antagonismSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
15:45-16:15COFFEE BREAK

Concurrent Session 2.2

Main Topic: Plant – fungi interactions
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Auditorium
Chairs: Ivan Baccelli, Valeria Scala

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16:15-16:30Andrea Sánchez Vallet Chromatin remodeling contributes to the spatio-temporal expression pattern of virulence genes in a fungal plant pathogenETH Zürich USYS
16:30-16:45Ely Oliveira GarciaClathrin-mediated endocytosis facilitates internalization of Magnaporthe oryzae effectors into rice cellsLouisiana State University
16:45-17:00Sylvain RaffaeleTranscriptional plasticity underpins generalist and host-specific infection mechanisms in the plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorumINRA Plant-microbe interactions
17:00-17:15Sabina BerneVerticillium-specific pore-forming effector VnaSSP4.2 targets host plant plasma membrane through interaction with phosphoinositide phosphatesUniversity of Ljubljana
17:15-17:30Marzia BeccaccioliThe Crz1 transcription factor regulates lipid metabolism and fumonisin production in Fusarium verticillioidesUniversità La Sapienza di Roma
17:30-17:45Neftaly Cruz-MirelesUnderstanding the Pmk1 MAP kinase signalling pathway during plant colonisation by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzaeThe Sainsbury Laboratory
17:45-18:00Nicole Ludwig A protein complex essential for virulence in a fungal plant pathogenMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Concurrent Session 3.1

Main Topic: Evolution
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Accademia
Chairs: Sabrina Sarrocco, Magnus Karlsson

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14:00-14:15Carla GonçalvesA mosaic thiamine biosynthetic pathway in yeasts reconstructed by multiple horizontal gene transfers Universidade Nova de Lisboa
14:15-14:30Elisabeth FournierInfluence of cultivated biodiversity on the evolution of pathogen populations: the rice/blast interaction in the traditional YuanYang terracesINRA BGPI
14:30-14:45Anna BazzicalupoIncipient local adaptation to heavy metal pollution in a mycorrhizal fungusMontana State University
14:45-15:00Andreia LoureiroNovel insights into population dynamics and lineage differentiation of the coffee leaf rust athogen Hemileia vastatrixUniversidade de Lisboa
15:00-15:15Lea StauberEmergence and diversification of a highly invasive tree pathogen lineageSwiss Federal Institute for Forest
15:15-15:30Inger SkredeNiche differentiation underlies evolution of the wood decay machinery in the invasive fungus Serpula lacrymansHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Soil Ecology
15:30-15:45Irina DruzhininaNever shall those born to crawl, learn to fly: Evolutionary compromises between spore hydrophobicity and fitness in TrichodermaNanjing Agricultural University Fungal Genomics Group
15:45-16:15COFFEE BREAK

Concurrent Session 3.2

Main Topic: Molecular taxonomy & phylogenomics
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Accademia
Chairs: Matias Pasquali, Michael Thon

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16:15-16:30Inês DinizDiversity of the Botryosphaeriaceae family in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa): the beginning of a tale in cashewUniversidade de Lisboa
16:30-16:45Michael ThonPopulation structure, genetic diversity and evidence for recombination in populations of the maize anthracnose fungus, Colletotrichum graminicola.University of Salamanca
16:45-17:00Michaela ŠvarcováElucidating species boundaries between agents of superficial mycoses Trichophyton interdigitale and T. mentagrophytesCzech Academy of Sciences Instute of microbiology
17:00-17:15Maria Teresa SenatoreGenetic diversity and mycotoxin production among Fusarium head blight isolates belonging to the Fusarium tricinctum species complex from ItalyUniversity of Bologna
17:15-17:30Balázs Brankovics Mitochondrial genomes as phylogenetic backboneWageningen University & Research BU Biointeractions & Plant Health
17:30-17:45Alessandra VillaniVariation in secondary metabolite production potential in the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex revealed by comparative analysis of 13 genomesInstitute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council
17:45-18:00Sylwia SalamonThe endophytic mycobiome of spring and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) forms cultivated in ecological, conventional and control conditionsPolish Academy of Sciences

Wednesday, February 19

Wednesday, February 19

Concurrent Session 1.3

Main Topic: Primary and secondary metabolism
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Auditorium
Chairs: Corrado Fanelli, Carmen Limon 
Sponsored by Toxins

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14:00-14:15Berl OakleyHow McrA regulates secondary metabolismUniversity of Kansas
14:15-14:30Slavica JanevskaThe fumonisin cluster gene FUM18 encodes a functional ceramide synthase that confers self-protection against the produced sphingolipid inhibitorLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute
14:30-14:45Marike BoenischFunctional subregions of the endoplasmic reticulum of Fusarium graminearum upon induced secondary metabolismUniversity of Minnesota
14:45-15:00Yu-Zhong ZhangEnhancing peptaibols production in the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum SMF2 by elimination of a putative glucose sensorShandong University State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology
15:00-15:15Susanne ZeilingerThe lipoxygenase gene lox1 is involved in light- and injury-response as well as volatile secondary metabolite production in Trichoderma atrovirideUniversity of innsbruck
15:15-15:30Irene Tomico CuencaFusion transcription factors as a tool for controlled gene overexpression in Trichoderma reeseiVienna University of Technology
15:30-15:45Valeria ScalaSignals in pathogen and host sensing: free fatty acid and oxylipinsCREA DC
15:45-16:15COFFEE BREAK

Concurrent Session 1.4

Main Topic: Genome, chromatin and epigenetics
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Auditorium
Chairs: Riccardo Baroncelli, Luigi Faino

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16:15-16:30Ioannis PapaioannouExtensive genome reshuffling during the parasexual cycle in the asexual plant-pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliaeUniversity of Heidelberg
16:30-16:45Marc Henry LebrunInsertional mutagenesis using TC1-mariner transposon impala in the wheat fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria triticiINRA / UMR BIOGER
16:45-17:00Leen AbrahamGenome-wide expression analysis to map regulatory polymorphisms in a major fungal pathogenUniversity of Neuchatel
17:00-17:15Luigi FainoHigh contiguous fungal genome assembly using Nanopore sequencingUniversity of Rome La Sapienza
17:15-17:30Tinh-Suong NguyenMeiotic silencing by unpaired DNA (MSUD) in Neurospora crassa: a new approach to studying recombinationInstitut Pasteur / Department of Mycology
17:30-17:45Riccardo BaroncelliGenome analyses reveal evolution and adaptation of carbohydrate utilization in the genus ColletotrichumUniversidad de Salamanca
17:45-18:00Fabienne MalagnacEpigenetics, RIP and sexual development in filamentous ascomycetesUniversité Paris‐Sud

Concurrent Session 1.5

Main Topic: Omics & bioinformatic
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Accademia
Chairs: Walter Sanseverino, Igor Grigoriev

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14:00-14:15Michael BromleyCOFUN: An update on the construction of the genome wide-knockout library in A. fumigatusUniversity of Manchester
14:15-14:30Claudia FeursteinA quantitative image analysis pipeline for the characterization of filamentous fungal morphologies to uncover targets for morphology engineeringTechnische Universität Berlin, Chair of Applied and Molecular Microbiology
14:30-14:45Markus HiltunenChromosome-level genome assembly of fungi: A case study of the fairy-ring mushroomUppsala University Organismal Biology
14:45-15:00Alessandro GrottoliSupernumerary chromosomes in Italian Fusarium verticillioides strainsSARA EnviMob s.r.l.
15:00-15:15Paul SchäpeHarnessing transcriptomic data to predict the function of proteins in the microbial cell factory Aspergillus nigerTechnische Universität Berlin, Chair of Applied and Molecular Microbiology
15:15-15:30Evelina BasenkoFungiDB: integrating genomic data for pathogens and model organisms and providing advanced search capabilities and large-scale data analysisThe University of Liverpool
15:30-15:45Jesus Castano UruenaA secretome tailored to endure oxidative stress in wood decomposer Postia placentaUniversity of Minnesota Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
15:45-16:15COFFEE BREAK

Concurrent Session 2.3

Main Topic: Antifungal and fungicides
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Accademia
Chairs: Marina Collina, Gabriel Scalliet

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16:15-16:30Sascha JungSpecies-specific differences in the susceptibility of fungi towards the antifungal protein AFP depend on C3 saturation of glycosylceramidesTechnische Universität Berlin, Chair of Applied and Molecular Microbiology
16:30-16:45Lorena Rangel Melvin BoltonThe use of genome-wide association to identify mutations associated with DMI resistance in Cercospora beticolaUniUSA-Fargo North Dakota
16:45-17:00Matthias HahnCRISPR/Cas9 with ribonucleoprotein complexes allows highly efficient marker-free editing approaches in Botrytis cinerea and other fungiUniGermany- Kaiserslauern + Syngenta
17:00-17:15Jeanett Holzknecht PAFC is one of three small, cysteine-rich proteins in Penicillium chrysogenum and exhibits strong antifungal efficacy against Candida albicansUniInnsbruck
17:15-17:30Irene Maja NanniDimethomorph: an interdisciplinary approach through different plants and animal pathogenic oomycetesUniBologna
17:30-17:45Wesley Mair Parallel evolution of fungicide resistance in the barley net blotches and emergence of a resistant clonal population by interspecific hybridisationUniPerth
17:45-18:00Remco Stam Whole genome sequencing elucidates the genomic background of fungicide resistant- and susceptible Alternaria solani strainsUniMunich

Concurrent Session 3.3

Main Topic: Applied and environmental microbiology
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Latini
Chairs: Anna Maria Persiani, Suzanne Zeilinger

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16:15-16:30Maria StroeTargeted induction of a silent fungal gene cluster encoding the bacteria-specific germination inhibitor fumigermin Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans
16:30-16:45Anna HuberThe antifungal protein PAFB from Penicillium chrysogenum is highly expressed under nutrient excess conditionsMedical University of Innsbruck Institute of Molecular Biology
16:45-17:00Taina LundellSustainable carbon solutions by the aid of wood decay fungi: lignocellulose waste bioconversions opened University of Helsinki Department of Microbiology
17:00-17:15Mukesh DubeyLysM effectors regulate fungal development and required for hyphal protection and biocontrol traits inSwedish University of Agricultural
17:15-17:30Geromy MooreGenotypic and Phenotypic Diversity Among a Familial Population of Aspergillus flavusAgricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture
17:30-17:45Scott E. BakerExploring the cell structure and metabolism of Yarrowia lipolyticaPacific Northwest
17:45-18:00Marco Alexandre GuerreiroCombined meta’omics reveal links among fungal community composition, gene expression, and chemical changes in decomposing leaf litterRuhr-University Bochum AG Geobotany Bochum

Concurrent Session 3.4

Main Topic: Synthetic biology and biotechnology
Location: Centro Congressi Frentani – Room: Latini
Chairs: Cristina Mazzoni , Saloheimo Markku

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14:00-14:15Yangxiaolu CaoBiology by DesignGingko Bioworks Design
14:15-14:30Marco ZaccariaQuantum Mechanics Modeling of Aflatoxin degradation by Trametes versicolor’s LaccaseBoston College Biology
14:30-14:45Charlotte SteinigerTailored engineering of fungal nonribosomal peptide synthetases to obtain artificial cyclodepsipeptidesTechnische Universität Berlin, Chair of Applied and Molecular Microbiology
14:45-15:00Stefan SchmidederOn the three-dimensional morphology and substrate-diffusion in filamentous fungal pelletsUniversity of Munich
15:00-15:15Laure Leynoud-KeifferDevelopment of a high throughputBioEnergy Institute
15:15-15:30César Rafael Fanchini TerrasanFunctional and Biological importance of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases and cellobiose dehydrogenase in Aspergillus nidulansUniversity of Campinas, University of York
15:30-15:45 Anne HuuskonenDevelopment of the filamentous fungus Myceliophthora thermophila C1 into a next-generation therapeutic protein production systemVTT Technical research Institute
15:45-16:15COFFEE BREAK