Below is a list of the pre-conference meetings and ad hoc sessions that have currently been scheduled.
12th International Aspergillus Meeting
March 16-17, 2015
Room: Merrill Hall
Contact: Michelle Momany,
momany@plantbio.uga.edu
Meeting Registration fee: $75
Registration Deadline December 10, 2014
SCHEDULE
Monday, March 16
Afternoon Registration
Evening Poster and Welcome Reception
Tuesday, March 17
Scientific Sessions
There is a check box on the Fungal Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would like the abstract to be considered for Asperfest12 also. Abstract deadline is December 10, 2014.
If you wish to submit an abstract for Asperfest12 that is NOT going to be presented at the Fungal Conference, please email your abstract(s) as a Word file attachment to aspergillus@plantbio.uga.edu. Include the names and affiliations of all authors. Underline the name of the presenting author. If you are a student and first and presenting author and would like to be considered for the Novozymes student poster prize, please follow your name with an asterisk (*). The main body of your abstract must be less than 2,500 words.
Two authors will share a 4’ high x 8’ wide poster board. The useable space for each author will measure 3’10” (111.8 cm) wide x 3’10” (111.8 cm) high. No materials for making posters will be available at the conference grounds. We encourage photos of the authors be attached to posters.
Fusarium Workshop
March 17, 2015
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Room: Nautilus
Meeting registration fee: $25
Contacts: Corby Kistler, hckist@umn.edu; and Martijn Rep, m.rep@uva.nl
Registration Deadline: December 10, 2014
Speakers for the Fusarium workshop will be chosen from among abstracts submitted to the Contacts listed above. Please prepare abstracts as suggested for the Fungal Genetics Conference or send abstracts already submitted for the main conference. Speakers will be chosen to represent a range of topics and labs. Due to time constraints, not all abstracts submitted may be chosen for oral presentation.
Human Pathogens within the Dimorphic Onygenales
March 17, 2015
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Room: Triton
Meeting registration fee: $25
Contacts: Bridget Barker, bbarker@tgen.org and Meritxell Riquelme, riquelmemeritxell@gmail.com
Registration Deadline: December 10, 2014
Speakers for the Human Pathogens within the Dimophic Onygenales workshop will be chosen from among abstracts submitted to the Contacts listed above. Please prepare abstracts as suggested for the Fungal Genetics Conference or send abstracts already submitted for the main conference. Speakers will be chosen to represent a range of topics and labs. Due to time constraints, not all abstracts submitted may be chosen for oral presentation.
Dothideomycetes Workshop
March 17, 2015
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Room: Scripps
Meeting registration fee: $25
Contacts: Stephen Goodwin, sgoodwin@purdue.edu
Registration Deadline: December 10, 2014
If interested in speaking, send your title to the workshop organizer. We will include as many speakers as feasible as long as the research concerns Dothideomycetes.
Ad Hoc Sessions
Time is available in the early afternoons for ad hoc sessions. Those wishing to convene a session should contact mahoney@genetics-gsa.org with the title, date they would like to hold the session and number of people expected. The session information will be sent to the scientific organizers for final approval before being added to the schedule. Ad Hoc organizers will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the session, including speaker presentations. The ad hoc session information must be received by January 8, 2015 to be included in the program book.
Wednesday, March 18
Ustilago Community Discussion Forum
JGI Workshop- Towards Functional Genomics
Thursday, March 19
Neurospora Business Meeting
Friday, March 20
Fungal Databases for Genomics