ECFG 7 List of Presentations

Oral and Poster presentations 

Opening Lecture 

Steve Oliver O-1 Functional genomics of the filamentous fungi:The path from 

the yeast 

Plenary Lectures 

Pierre J.G.M. de Wit L-1 FUNGAL (A)VIRULENCE GENES; EVOLUTION AT A 

MICRO-SCALE 

David Denning L-2 ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS - INFECTION AND ALLERGENICITY 

Nicholas J. Talbot L-3 Functional genomics of plant infection by the rice blast 

fungus Magnaporthe grisea. 

Axel Brakhage L-4 SIGNALLING AND REGULATION OF FUNGAL 

SECONDARY METABOLISM WITH RESPECT TO 

FUNGAL ß-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS 

Dimitrios Tsitsigiannis L-5 Protein Kinase A Regulation of Secondary Metabolism is 

Mediated by the Transcriptional Regulators LaeA and AflR. 

Harm Mulder L-6 THE ER STRESS RESPONSE IN A. NIGER; 

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES WITH YEAST AND 

MAMALIANS CELLS. 

Merja Pentillä L-7 PROTEIN PRODUCTION IN FILAMENTOUS FUNGI: 

CELLULAR RESPONCES AND STRAIN IMPROVEMENT 

Jens Nielsen L-8 Aspergilli – The ultimate cell factory for production of 

chemicals. 

John W. Taylor L-9 THE GENETIC BASIS OF ADAPTATION: 

NEUROSPORA DISCRETA 

Workshop I 

Medical Mycology 

Chair: Neil Gow 

Neil A.R. Gow Io-1 Cell surface mannan and the Candida-host interaction 

Petra Schrotz-King Io-2 Identification and validation of proteins that will assist in the 

development of an antifungal therapy for Aspergillus fumigatus. 

Christophe d’Enfert Io-3 CONTRIBUTION OF TWO GPI-ANCHORED PROTEINS TO THE 

FORMATION OF BIOFILMS BY CANDIDA ALBICANS 

Aimee Zaas Io-4 SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS: ROLE OF 

HOST GENETIC BACKGROUND 

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Brendan Loftus Io-5 COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF CRYPTOCOCCUS; GENOME 

AND TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF THE CRYPTOCOCCUS 

SEROTYPE D GENOMES JEC21 AND B3501A AND COMPARISON 

WITH OTHER CRYPTOCOCCUS AND YEAST SPECIES 

Marjan Bovers Io-6 GENOMIC DIVERSITY OF THE CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS 

SPECIES COMPLEX 

Anne Lafon Ip-1 ROLE OF COMPONENTS OF G PROTEIN MEDIATED SIGNALING 

IN THE GERMINATION OF CONIDIA OF THE FILAMENTOUS 

FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Alan Dobson Ip-2 PROTEOMIC AND GENOMIC BASED APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY 

PUTATIVE VIRULENCE FACTORS IN ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS. 

Patricia Ann vanKuyk Ip-3 THE RESPONSE OF FILAMENTOUS FUNGI TO CELL WALL 

STRESS 

Sven Krappmann Ip-4 THE CROSS-PATHWAY CONTROL SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES TO 

PATHOGENICITY OF ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS 

Mike Bromley Ip-5 WAX MOTH LARVAE AS A MODEL FOR GENE EXPRESSION S 

TUDIES DURING ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS INFECTION 

Seyyed Amin Ayatollah Mousavi Ip-6 Appearance of Apoptotic and Necrotic Markers in Aspergillus 

Fumigatus treated with various Concentrations of H2O2 

William C. Nierman Ip-7 SEQUENCING AND ANALYSIS OF ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS 

AF 293 

Florentine Marx Ip-8 CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTIFUNGAL PROTEINS FROM 

FILAMENTOUS ASCOMYCETES 

Colin Mitchell Ip-9 IDENTIFICATION OF SPORE SURFACE COMPONENT(S) FROM 

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS WHICH POSSESS DNA CLEAVING 

AND PROTEASE ACTIVITY 

Pamela Little Ip-10 SPORE SURFACE COMPONENT(S) FROM ASPERGILLUS 

FUMIGATUS WHICH INHIBIT THE OXIDATIVE BURST IN RAT 

ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGE AND HUMAN CELL LINES. 

Workshop II 

Fungal-Plant Interactions 

Chair: Henriette Giese 

Henriette Giese IIo-1 STRATEGIES FOR FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES OF FUNGAL 

PATHOGENESIS RELATED GENES 

Linda Johnson IIo-2 TRANSCRIPTOMICS AND METABOLOMICS FORM AN 

INTEGRATED APPROACH TO UNRAVEL THE SYMBIOTIC 

INTERACTION BETWEEN PERENNIAL RYEGRASS AND 

NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII. 

Bettina Tudzynski IIo-3 THE REGULATION OF TARGET GENES OF AT LEAST TWO 

SIGNALLING CASCADES VIA THE G ALPHA SUBUNIT BCG1 OF 

BOTRYTIS CINEREA IN THE INTERACTION WITH PHASEOLUS 

VULGARIS 

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Jan A.L. van Kan IIo-4 SIMULTANEOUS SILENCING OF MULTIPLE GENES IN 

THE APPLE SCAB FUNGUS VENTURIA INAEQUALIS BY 

EXPRESSION OF CHIMAERIC INVERTED REPEATS 

Duyvesteijn Roselinde IIo-5 ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF THE F-BOX PROTEIN FRP-1 IN 

PATHOGENESIS OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM. 

M.I.G. Roncero IIo-6 CELL WALL BIOGENESIS AND PATHOGENICITY IN FUSARIUM 

OXYSPORUM 

Martijn Rep IIp-1 A SMALL, CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEIN SECRETED BY FUSARIUM 

OXYSPORUM DURING COLONIZATION OF XYLEM VESSELS IS 

REQUIRED FOR I-3-MEDIATED RESISTANCE IN TOMATO 

Eva Nathues IIp-2 THE ROLE OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES IN THE CLAVICEPS 

PURPUREA/RYE INTERACTION. 

Wilhelm Schäfer IIp-3 The Gpmk1 MAP-kinase of Fusarium graminearum regulates the pro 

duction of cell wall degrading enzymes 

Tomas Johansson I Ip-4 TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSES DURING THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL 

DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS AND BIRCH 

(BETULA PENDULA) 

Arne Schwelm IIp-5 THE ROLE OF DOTHISTROMIN TOXIN IN PINE NEEDLE 

BLIGHT 

Steven H. Denison IIp-6 Cellular Location of the palI and the palH, pH signalling Genes of 

Aspergillus nidulans 

Gerhard Adam IIp-7 CHARACTERIZATION OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA UDP-GLU 

COSYL-TRANSFERASES INACTIVATING THE FUSARIUM 

MYCOTOXIN DEOXYNIVALENOL 

Stefano Ghignone IIp-8 THE DATABASE OF PCR PRIMERS FOR PHYTOPATHOGENIC 

FUNGI 

Adrienne Sexton IIp-9 SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM STEM ROT OF CANOLA IN 

AUSTRALIA 

Mojtaba Mamarabadi IIp-10 IDENTIFICATION OF THE ROLE OF CHITINASES FROM THE 

ANTAGONISTIC CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA STRAIN IK726 IN 

BIOCONTROL. 

Pietro Spanu IIp-11 GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES IN BLUMERIA GRAMINIS 

E. Lopez-Errasquin IIp-12 EFFECTS OF SEVERAL FUNGICIDES ON THE EXPRESION OF 

THE FUMONISIN BIOSYNTHETIC GENE, FUM-5, AND THE MFS 

EFFLUX PUMPS OF Fusarium verticillioides BY REAL TIME PCR. 

Michelina Ruocco IIp-13 NOVEL FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE INTERACTION 

MECHANISMS OF TRICHODERMA, A MYCOPARASITE AND AN 

AVIRULENT OPPORTUNISTIC PLANT SYMBIONT. 

Zaira Caracuel IIp-14 FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM GAS1 ENCODES A 1,3-β-GLU 

CANOSYL-TRANSFERASE REQUIRED FOR VIRULENCE ON 

PLANTS 


Julie Zwiesler-Vollick IIp-15 THE ROLE OF SECRETED PROTEINS IN THE VIRULENCE OF AN 

APOPLAST-COLONIZING PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGUS 

Pascale Cotton IIp-16 THE MULTIGENIC ENDOPG GENE FAMILY FROM THE 

NECROTROPHIC FUNGUS SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM : 

CHARACTERIZATION AND EXPRESSION DURING PLANT 

PATHOGENESIS 

Mariangela Girlanda IIp-17 GENETIC AND PATHOGENIC VARIABILITY IN RHIZOPYCNIS 

VAGUM D.F. FARR, A ROOT ROT AND ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS 

Karine Lambou IIp-18 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE FUNGAL TETRASPANIN PLS1 

DURING RICE INFECTION BY MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA. 

Sonja Klemsdal IIp-19 CHITINASE GENE FROM TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE 

CONFERS FUSARIUM RESISTANCE TO GM-BARLEY 

Dolores Cordoba Canero IIp-20 LACCASE PRODUCTION IN FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM 

Sima Barhoom IIp-21 PATHOGENIC AND NON-PATHOGENIC MODES OF CONIDIAL 

GERMINATION 

Kerry Maguire IIp-22 INDUCTION OF INFECTION PLAQUES IN OCULIMACULA SPP. 

THE CEREAL EYESPOT FUNGI 

Tapani Yli-Mattila IIp-23 TOXIN PRODUCTION BY FINNISH FUSARIUM STRAINS IN 

ARTIFICIALLY INOCULATED WHEAT AND BARLEY 

Tapani Yli-Mattila IIp-24 TOXIN PRODUCTION BY FINNISH FUSARIUM STRAINS IN 

AUTOCLAVED RICE 

Tapani Yli-Mattila IIp-25 DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC PRIMERS FOR A 

PHYTOPATHOGENIC STRAIN OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM 

Arturo Pérez Eslava IIp-26 FOPTA1a AND FOPTA1b: TWO TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS 

DIFFERENTIALLY INVOLVED IN PATHOGENICITY OF 

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F.SP. PHASEOLI 

Gilda Cappellazzo IIp-27 A NEW GENE IN AN ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS 

MODULATED BY NITROGEN: AN AMINO ACID PERMEASE 

Anastasia Gioti IIp-28 IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGAL GENES OVER-EXPRESSED 

DURING INFECTION OF ARABIDOPSIS BY MACROARRAY 

ANALYSIS. 

Arnaud Bottin IIp-29 THE CELLULOSE-BINDING ELICITOR LECTIN (CBEL) FROM 

PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA IS A NEW 

PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN 

Marie Dufresne IIp-30 A FUNGAL MITE IS TRANSACTIVATED BY IMPALA, A MEMBER 

OF THE TC1-MARINER SUPERFAMILY 

Bernard Dumas IIp-31 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CLSTE12, A STE12-LIKE GENE 

FROM THE BEAN PATHOGEN COLLETOTRICHUM 

LINDEMUTHIANUM 

A.L. Martinez-Rocha IIp-32 ROLE OF CUTINASES IN THE SOILBORNE PATHOGEN 

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM 


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Heidi Ulrike Böhnert IIp-33 SECONDARY METABOLISM AND AVIRULENCE IN 

MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA 

Rahim Mehrabi IIp-34 A MAP KINASE GENE, MgMK1, IS ESSENTIAL FOR 

PATHOGENICITY IN MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA 

Christopher Rogers IIp-35 PATHOGENICITY GENES IN THE MYCOPARASITE 

CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS 

Fernando José Calero-Nieto IIp-36 REGULATION OF XYLANOLYTIC GENES IN FUSARIUM 

OXYSPORUM 

Nelly Diaz-P IIp-37 SAPONIN GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES AS VIRULENCE 

DETERMINANTS IN “Septoria lycopersici” 

A.L. Martinez-Rocha IIp-38 ROLE OF CUTINASES IN THE SOILBORNE PATHOGEN 

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM 

S. Rolland IIp-39 INVOLVEMENT OF PHOSPHOLIPASE D IN THE REGULATION 

OF AN ACID PROTEASE PRODUCTION IN BOTRYTIS CINEREA. 

Wilhelm Schäfer IIp-40 A SECRETED LIPASE OF FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM IS A 

MAJOR VIRULENCE FACTOR TO WHEAT 

Wilhelm Schäfer IIp-41 Molecular, chemical, and in planta analyses of Trichothecene mutants of 

three Fusarium graminearum field isolates with different 

phytopathogenic properties 

Alessandro Infantino IIp-42 GENETIC TRASFORMATION OF PYRENOCHAETA LYCOPERSICI 

OF TOMATO 

Rosa Pinto IIp-43 A SYSTEM FOR DIRECTED INTEGRATION IN THE pyrG LOCUS 

OF Aspergillus awamori GENOME. 

Quirico Migheli IIp-44 CHARACTERISATION OF ISOLATES OF PHOMA 

TRACHEIPHILA BY RAPD-PCR, MICROSATELLITE-PRIMED PCR 

AND rDNA ITS1/ITS2 SEQUENCING AND DEVELOPMENT OF 

SPECIFIC PRIMERS FOR IN PLANTA PCR-DETECTION 

Alejandro Perez Garcia IIp-45 MOLECULAR BASIS OF MITOCHONDRION-ENCODED 

RESISTANCE TO Q0 INHIBITOR FUNGICIDES IN 

PODOSPHAERA FUSCA 

Dov Prusky IIp-46 VIRULENCE AND THE PRODUCTION OF 

ENDO-1,4-Β-GLUCANASE BY ISOLATES OF ALTERNARIA 

ALTERNATA INVOLVED IN THE MOLDY-CORE DISEASE OF 

APPLES 

Georg Reischer IIp-47 QUANTIFICATION OF FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM IN 

INFECTED PLANT MATERIAL BY REAL-TIME PCR APPLYING A 

SPECIES SPECIFIC TAQMAN PROBE 

Arturo Pérez Eslava IIp-48 FOPTA1, DETECTED IN FORMAE SPECIALES OF FUSARIUM 

OXYSPORUM 


Martin Urban IIp-49 USE OF FORWARD AND REVERSE GENETICS AND COMPARA 

TIVE GENOMICS TO DISSECT THE Fusarium EAR 

BLIGHT–WHEAT INTERACTION 

Frances Trail IIp-50 SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION IN GIBBERELLA 

ZEAE. 

Morten N Grell IIp-51 IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE AUROFUSARIN GENE 

CLUSTER IN SPECIES OF THE FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM 

COMPLEX 

Theo van der Lee IIp-52 FUSARIUMSCREENä, A SENSITIVE, REALTIME AND 

NON-DESTRUCTIVE MONITORING TOOL FOR FUSARIUM 

INFECTION IN CEREALS 

Ernesto Perez Benito IIp-53 IN VITRO AND IN PLANTA EXPRESSION OF THE BOTRYTIS 

CINEREA ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE CODING GENE. 

Richard Johnson IIp-54 A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DISSECT THE 

MOLECULAR BASIS OF THE NEOTYPHODIUM 

LOLII / RYEGRASS SYMBIOSIS 

W. Jonkers IIp-55 ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF THE F-BOX PROTEIN FRP-1 

IN PATHOGENESIS OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM. 

Workshop III 

Mating and Sexual Development 

Chair: Gillian Turgeon 

B. Gillian Turgeon IIIo-1 HOMOTHALLISM VS HETEROTHALLISM: DETERMINANTS 

Nicole Nolting IIIo-2 THE PHEROMONE RESPONSE PATHWAY OF THE 

HOMOTHALLIC ASCOMYCETE SORDARIA MACROSPORA 

Jan de Jong IIIo-3 SC15 OF SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE MEDIATES FORMATION 

OF AERIAL HYPHAE AND ATTACHMENT TO HYDROPHOBIC 

SURFACES IN THE ABSENCE OF SC3 

Miroslav Vranes IIIo-4 REGULATING NETWORKS RELATING FILAMENTOUS GROWTH 

AND PATHOGENICITY IN USTILAGO MAYDIS 

Minou Nowrousian IIIo-5 Fruiting Body Development of Sordaria Macrospora: Mutant 

Complementation and Functional Genomics Analyses Identify 

Regulatory Networks 

Paul S. Dyer IIIo-6 SEX AND MATING IN ASPERGILLUS; ASEXUAL OR NOT 

Cees Waalwijk IIIp-1 THE FUMONISIN GENE CLUSTER AND THE MATING TYPE 

REGION AS EXAMPLES OF SYNTENY IN TOXIGENIC 

FUSARIUM SPECIES 

Thomas Brefort IIIp-2 There is more that one HMG-box Transcription Factor regulating Mating 

in Ustilago Maydis 

Scott E Baker IIIp-3 AN ORTHOLOG OF THE SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PRO 

TEIN PRM1 IS INVOLVED IN MATING OF BOTH 

HETEROTHALLIC AND HOMOTHALLIC COCHLIOBOLUS 

SPECIES 


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Shirley Burrow IIIp-4 MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF BREEDING BEHAVIOUR IN THE 

GENUS AGARICUS 

Jan Heine Deelstra IIIp-5 REPELLENTS OF USTILAGO MAYDIS DO FUNCTION 

DIFFERENTLY THAN HYDROPHOBINS. 

Cees Waalwijk IIIp-6 CYTOLOGICAL KARYOTYPING OF FUSARIUM SPP. BY THE 

GERM TUBE BURST METHOD 

Sabine Giesbert IIIp-7 REACTIVE OXYXGEN SPECIES IN THE INTERACTION OF 

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA AND RYE: THE ROLE OF AN NADPH 

OXIDASE 

Sarah B. Ware IIIp-8 IDENTIFICATION OF THE TELEOMORPH OF SEPTORIA 

PASSERINII, THE BARLEY SPECKLED LEAF PATHOGEN 

Alla V. Shnyreva IIIp-9 Mating Behaviour and Clonality in Pleurotus Ostreatus Natural 

Population 

Markus Künzler IIIp-10 PROMOTER ANALYSIS OF CGL2, A GALECTIN ENCODING 

GENE TRANSCRIBED DURING FRUITING BODY FORMATION 

IN COPRINOPSIS CINEREA (COPRINUS CINEREUS) 

Christine Schimek IIIp-11 4-DIHYDROMETHYLTRISPORATE DEHYDROGENASE : 

MATING-RELATED EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN ACTIVITY 

IN MUCOR 

Jan Schirawski IIIp-12 Characterization of the mating Type Loci of Sporisorium Reilianum 

E. Mingorance IIIp-13 MATING TYPES AND GENETIC DIVERSITY IN 

PODOSPHAERA FUSCA 

Shiho Katsukawa IIIp-14 A NEW MEMBER OF RECQ HELICASE FAMILY FROM 

MUSHROOM 

Andrea Hamann IIIp-15 GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SPORE KILLING IN THE 

FILAMENTOUS ASCOMYCETE PODOSPORA ANSERINA 

Silke Busch IIIp-16 THE COP9 SIGNALOSOME IS AN ESSENTIAL REGULATOR OF 

DEVELOPMENT IN ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Matias Pasquali IIIp-17 VCG ANALYSIS OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F.SP. LACTUCAE 

Anke Burmester IIIp-18 SEXUALITY AND PARASITISM SHARE COMMON REGULATORY 

PATHWAYS IN THE FUNGUS PARASITELLA PARASITICA 

Workshop IV 

Signal Transduction 

Chair: Miguel Peñalva 

Miguel A. Peñalva IVo-1 THE PAL AMBIENT PH SIGNALLING PATHWAY 

Suzanne Zeilinger IVo-2 TWO G ALPHA SUBUNITS AND A MAP KINASE ARE INVOLVED 

IN HOST RECOGNITION AND MYCOPARASITISM-RELATED 

GENE EXPRESSION IN TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE 


Igor Morozov IVo-3 DIFFERENTIAL TRANSCRIPT DEADENYLATION MEDIATES 

NITROGEN AND NITRATE SIGNALLING IN ASPERGILLUS 

NIDULANS 

Michael Bölker IVo-4 SMALL GTPASES OF THE RHO/RAC FAMILY REGULATE 

CYTOKINESIS AND CELL POLARITY IN USTILAGO MAYDIS 

Jesus Delgado-Jarana IVo-5 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE STRESS RESPONSE IN TRICHO 

DERMA HARZIANUM: ROLE OF HOG KINASE AND CAMP 

PATHWAYS. 

Gregory May IVo-6 Regulation of Conidial Germination and Growth in Aspergillus 

Fumigatus by a Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase that senses Nitrogen 

Maria Olmedo López IVp-1 IDENTIFICATION OF DNA SEGMENTS INVOLVED IN 

REGULATION BY BLUE LIGTH AND MYCELIAL REPRESSION 

IN THE PROMOTER OF GENE CON-10 OF NEUROSPORA CRASSA 

Greg Fitzgibbon IVp-2 IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF A PUTATIVE 

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS TOR SIGNALLING PATHWAY WITH 

RESPECT TO NITROGEN METABOLISM 

Miguel-Angel Moreno-Mateos IVp-3 

Signaling pH in Trichoderma Harzianum 

Anastassia Khrouchtchova IVp-4 EFFECTS OF OVEREXPRESSION OF IREA ON THE UNFOLDED 

PROTEIN RESPONSE IN A. NIGER. 

Alisha Millard IVp-5 A PROTEOMICS BASED APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF PH 

REGULATION IN ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Kap-Hoon Han IVp-6 HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEINS TRANSMIT SIGNALS FOR 

REGULATING DEVELOPMENT, PATHOGENECITY AND 

SECONDARY METABOLISM IN FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM 

Vera Meyer IVp-7 PROMOTER ANALYSIS OF THE afp GENE ENCODING THE ANTI 

FUNGAL PROTEIN OF ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS IN THE 

MODEL ORGANISM ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Laura Navarro Sampedro IVp-8 ISOLATION OF NEUROSPORA CRASSA MUTANTS ALTERED IN 

BLUE LIGHT ADAPTATION 

Julio Luis Rodriguez-Romero IVp-9 

REGULATION BY BLUE LIGHT OF THE GENE ENCODING THE 

HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN HSP100 IN PHYCOMYCES 

BLAKESLEEANUS 

Silvia Herranz IVp-10 YPXL/I IS A PROTEIN INTERACTION MOTIF RECOGNIZED BY 

PROTEINS OF THE PALA/RIM20/AIP1/ALIX FAMILY 

Gert Segers IVp-11 IDENTIFICATION OF AN RGS PROTEIN OF THE CHESTNUT 

BLIGHT PATHOGEN CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA THAT 

REGULATES ACTIVITY OF G-ALPHA SUBUNIT CPG-1. 

Jose Ramon de Lucas IVp-12 THE Aspergillus nidulans alcA PROMOTER PERMITS 

IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL GENES IN Aspergillus fumigatus 

Christine Voisey IVp-13 TARGETED IDENTIFICATION OF CELL SIGNALLING GENES 

FROM A FUNGAL SYMBIONT OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS 


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Kentaro Furukawa IVp-14 ANALYSIS OF HIGH-OSMOLARITY RESPONSE MAPK PATHWAY 

OF ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Géraldine Mey IVp-15 Role of the TOR signalling pathway in the necrotrophic development of 

the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. 

Victoriano Garre IVp-16 CLONING OF THE Blakeslea trispora GENE HOMOLOGOUS TO 

THE PHOTOCAROTENOGENIC REPRESSOR crgA OF Mucor 

circinelloides 

Jan Scheffer IVp-17 SIGNALLING IN THE INTERACTION CLAVICEPS PURPUREA 

AND RYE 

Victor Meza-Carmen IVp-18 HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION AND ROLE OF gpa3 FROM 

Mucor circinelloides 

Monika Schmoll IVp-19 Envoy and minute, two novel genes influencing cellulase gene 

expression in Hypocrea jecorina 

Barbara Reithner IVp-20 THE TGA3 G ALPHA SUBUNIT IS INVOLVED IN SIGNAL 

TRANSDUCTION RESULTING IN THE MYCOPARASITIC 

RESPONSE OF TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE 

Yvonne Rolke IVp-21 CLAVICEPS PURPUREA – SIGNALLING IN DIRECTED GROWTH 

Sabine Fillinger IVp-22 THE HISTIDINE-KINASE BCOS1 OF BOTRYTIS CINEREA IS 

INVOLVED IN FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE AND VIRULENCE 

Rosa M. Ruiz-Vázques IVp-23 UNUSUAL START CODON AND PROTEIN UNSTABILITY CAUSE 

LOW EXPRESSION OF THE PHOTOCAROTENOGENIC 

REPRESSOR CrgA 

Margaret Katz IVp-24 A NEW ROLE FOR HEXOKINASES IN FILAMENTOUS FUNGI 

Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis IVp-25 THE ROLE OF OXYLIPINS AS DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNALS IN 

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Antonio Di Pietro IVp-26 A SYSTEM FOR GENETIC DISSECTION OF THE 

PATHOGENICITY MAP KINASE CASCADE IN FUSARIUM 

OXYSPORUM 

Karine Lambou IVp-27 A NOVEL B-ZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FROM THE RICE 

BLAST FUNGUS, MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA, IS REQUIRED FOR 

PATHOGENICITY ON RICE 

Katarina Kosalkova IVp-28 ANALYSIS OF PROTEINS BINDING TO THE TTAGTAA 

ENHANCER SEQUENCE IN THE PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM 

pcbAB PROMOTER BY SOUTHWESTERN 

Dov Prusky IVp-29 TISSUE ALKALINIZATION MODULATES SECRETION OF ENDO 

β-1,4- GLUCANASE BY Aternaria alternata AS A MECHANISM FOR 

PATHOGENICITY IN FRUITS 

Dov Prusky IVp-30 TISSUE ACIDIFICATION BY PENICILLIUM AS A MECHANISM 

TO ENHANCE PATHOGENICITY 


Dr. Peter S. Solomon IVp-31 Molecular Dissection of Stagonospora Nodorum - Wheat Interaction 

Arturo Pérez Eslava IVp-32 CHARACTERIZATION AND GENE DISRUPTION OF THE FST20 

AND FST12 GENE FROM THE PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS 

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM. 

Robbert Damveld IVp-33 THE ASPERGILLUS NIGER MADS-BOX TRANSCRIPTION 

FACTOR RLMA IS REQUIRED FOR CELL WALL REMODELING 

IN RESPONSE TO CELL WALL STRESS. 

S. Rolland IVp-34 USE OF A GFP REPORTER SYSTEM TO STUDY THE pH 

REGULATION OF AN ACID EXPRESSED GENE FROM A 

NECROTROPHIC FUNGUS. 

Katharina Zarnack IVp-35 CROSSTALK BETWEEN PKA AND MAPK SIGNALLING LEADS 

TO DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF PRF1 ACTIVITY 

Santiago Torres-Martinez IVp-36 IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINS THAT INTERACTS WITH THE 

PHOTOCAROTENOGENIC REPRESSOR CrgA OF 


Emanuela Polidori IVp-37 MAPK SIGNALING IN THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL 

SYSTEM tUBER BORCHII-TILIA AMERICANA L. 

Workshop V 

Primary Metabolism and Transporters 

Chair: Daniel Ramon 

Daniel Ramon Vo-1 Title not available at time of print 

Michel Flipphi Vo-2 CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSION (CCR) IN ASPERGILLUS 

NIDULANS : THE EFFECT OF creB AND creC MUTATIONS ON 

THE UPTAKE OF REPRESSING SUGARS. 

Bernhard Seiboth Vo-3 THE ALTERNATIVE D-GALACTOSE CATABOLIC PATHWAY IN 

HYPOCREA JECORINA: A STOWAWAY OF D-XYLOSE 

AND L-ARABINOSE CATABOLISM 

Matthias Brock Vo-4 FORMATION OF PROPIONYL-COA AND ITS EFFECT ON 

CELLULAR METABOLISM IN FILAMENTOUS FUNGI 

Agnieszka Dzikowska Vo-5 NITROGEN METABOLITE REPRESSION OF ARGININE 

CATABOLISM GENES IN ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Barbara Montanini Vo-6 NITROGEN STARVATION RESPONSES IN A SYMBIOTIC 

FUNGUS: A TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS IN THE 

ECTOMYCORRIZAL ASCOMYCETE Tuber borchii 

Nina Aro Vp-1 THE ARABINOLYTIC PATHWAY IN TRICHODERMA REESEI 

Jon K. Magnuson Vp-2 FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM FERMENTATION: SWEET & SOUR 

ETHANOL 


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Sabrina Zeppa Vp-3 MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF A SULPHATE 

TRANSPORTER IN THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS TUBER 

BORCHII VITTAD. 

Andrew Plumridge Vp-4 SORBIC ACID INHIBITS CONIDIAL GERMINATION AND 

MYCELIAL GROWTH OF ASPERGILLUS NIGER THROUGH 

INTRACELLULAR ACIDIFICATION 

Jose Ramon de Lucas Vp-5 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF MUTATIONS IN THE HUMAN 

CARNITINE/ACYLCARNITINE CARRIER IN Aspergillus nidulans 

Claudia Maerker Vp-6 ISOLATION OF ACONITASE ACOA INVOLVED IN PROPIONATE 

METABOLISM IN ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Yuan Xiaolian Vp-7 IDENTIFICATION AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF 

NEW ENZYMES IN THE ASPERGULLUS NIGER GENOME 

ACTING ON PLANT STORAGE POLYSACCHARIDES STARCH 

AND INULIN 

Richard B. Todd Vp-8 T HE ROLE OF THE CrmA EXPORTIN IN NUCLEAR EXPORT OF 

THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR AreA IN ASPERGILLUS 

NIDULANS. 

Anna Karolina Olszewska Vp-9 A Gene Sux(pro) involved in Regulation of Arginine and Proline 

Metabolism in Aspergillus Nidulans, contains RNA Recognition Motifs 

Hortencia Silva-Jimenez Vp-10 INTRACELLULAR LOCATION OF ENZYMES INVOLVED IN 

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION PATHWAY 

Erzsébet Fekete Vp-11 A REDUCTIVE PATHWAY OF D-GALACTOSE CATABOLISM IN 


Tiina Nakari-Setälä Vp-12 GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CARBON CATABOLITE 

REPRESSION IN THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS TRICHODERMA 

REESEI FOR IMPROVED PROTEIN PRODUCTION 

Manuela Pail Vp-13 L-ARABINITOL DEHYDROGENASES OF HYPOCREA JECORINA 

AND ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Josep Forment Vp-14 FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF SUGAR UPTAKE BY 

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS. 

Katsuya Gomi Vp-15 UPREGULATION OF PDR-TYPE ABC TRANSPORTER GENES 

CORRELATES WITH THE AZOLE RESISTANCE IN ASPERGILLUS 

ORYZAE 

Michael J. Hynes Vp-16 Control of Gluconeogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans 

Martin Eisendle Vp-17 BIOSYNTHESIS AND UPTAKE OF SIDEROPHORES IS 

CONTROLLED BY THE PACC-MEDIATED AMBIENT PH 

REGULATORY SYSTEM IN ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Markus Schrettl Vp-18 SIDEROPHORE BIOSYNTHESIS IS NEGATIVELY REGULATED 

BY THE GATA-FACTOR AF-SREA IN ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS 

Robert Pachlinger Vp-19 THE ACTIVITY OF NIRA, A NITRATE-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION 

FACTOR IN ASPERGILLUS, IS REGULATED ON THE LEVEL OF 

NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION AND BINDING SITE ACCESSIBILITY. 


Heiko Dirk Eichhorn Vp-20 Functional genomics in Ustilago Maydis: Identification of an iron uptake 

Gene Cluster with a high Affinity Iron Permease affecting pathogenic 

Development 

F. Gutiérrez Corona Vp-21 MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF 

THE NAD-DEPENDENT ADH FROM THE ZYGOMYCETE 


Verena Seidl Vp-22 OSMOTIC STRESS AND GLYCEROL BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE 

MYCOPARASITIC FUNGUS TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE 

Workshop VI 

Fungal Cell Biology 

Chair: Nick Read 

Nick D. Read VIo-1 ANALYSING THE CELL BIOLOGY OF LIVING FUNGAL CELLS 

Jun-ichi Maruyama VIo-2 THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ANALYSIS OF PLUGGING OF 

THE SEPTAL PORE BY WORONIN BODY IN A. ORYZAE DURING 

HYPHAL LYSIS INDUCED BY HYPOTONIC SHOCK 

Gerald Hofmann VIo-3 CELL WALL METABOLISM OF ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS 

Gero Steinberg VIo-4 CHITIN SYNTHASES ARE A PUTATIVE CARGO OF MYO5, A 

CLASS V MYOSIN IN USTILAGO MAYDIS 

Hanspeter Helfer VIo-5 IN SEARCH OF A LINK BETWEEN MORPHOGENESIS AND 

NUCLEAR DIVISION IN THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS ASHBYA 

GOSSYPII 

Steve Osmani VIo-6 A NEW MODEL OF FUNGAL MITOTIC REGULATIONS 

Levente Karaffa VIp-1 REGULATION OF FORMATION OF THE INTRACELLULAR 

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE ACTIVITY IN ASPERGILLUS 

NIDULANS 

Stefanie Pöggeler VIp-2 A WD40-Repeat Protein regulates Cell Differentiation in Sordia 

Macrospora and can Functionally be substituted by a mammalian 

Homologue 

Isabel Manns VIp-3 THE ROLE OF THE ACTIN AND MICROTUBULE 

CYTOSKELETON IN POLAR GROWTH OF USTILAGO MAYDIS 

Javier Fernandez-Martinez VIp-4 OVERLAP OF NUCLEAR LOCALISATION SIGNAL AND SPECIFIC 

DNA BINDING RESIDUES WITHIN THE ZINC FINGER DOMAIN 

OF PACC. 

Darlene Loprete VIp-5 A NOVEL GENE THAT RESCUES A CELL-WALL MUTANT IN 


Sonja Klemsdal VIp-6 A NEW GENE CHARACTERIZED FROM TRICHODERMA 

ATROVIRIDE THAT ENCODES AN ENDOCHITINASE WITH ANTI 

FUNGAL PROPERTIES 

Vera Meyer VIp-7 LOCALIZATION OF THE ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN (AFP) OF 

ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS IN SENSITIVE FUNGI BY 

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 


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Silke Hagen VIp-8 MODE OF ACTION OF THE ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN (AFP) OF 

ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS AND ITS APPLICATION IN 

PREVENTING FUNGAL INFECTIONS ON TOMATO PLANTS 

Philippe Simoneau VIp-9 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ALTERNARIA 

BRASSICICOLA FIELD ISOLATES HIGHLY RESISTANT TO 

DICARBOXIMIDES AND PHENYLPYRROLES 

Amy Gladfelter VIp-10 REGULATION OF ASYNCHRONOUS MITOSES IN 

MULTINUCLEATED CELLS 

Javier Fernandez-Martinez VIp-11 CHARACTERISATION OF KAPA, THE UNIQUE NUCLEAR 

PROTEIN CARRIER IMPORTIN α IN ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS. 

Francisco E. Nicolás VIp-12 DISSECTION OF THE RNA SILENCING MECHANISM IN Mucor 

circinelloides: siRNAs, AMPLIFICATION AND TRANSITIVE 

SILENCING 

Christoph Oberparleiter VIp-13 UPTAKE OF THE PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM ANTIFUNGAL 

PROTEIN PAF IN SENSITIVE ASPERGILLI 

Ziyu Dai VIp-14 IDENTIFICATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF 

POLYUBIQUITIN GENES FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER 

Kenneth G.A. van Driel VIp-15 ENRICHMENT OF ISOLATED SEPTAL PORE CAPS OF THE 

PLANT PATHOGEN RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI 

Rena Gorovits VIp-16 SUPPRESSION OF NEUROSPORA CRASSA COT-1 MORPHOLOGY 

BY ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES AND FARNESOL - A 

QUORUM-SENSING SIGNAL MOLECULE 

Michael Feldbrügge VIp-17 A RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FROM USTILAGO MAYDIS THAT 

MOVES IN PARTICLES ALONG MICROTUBULES IS INVOLVED 

IN FILAMENTATION 

Catarina Cristani VIp-18 INTRASPECIFIC MOLECULAR DIVERSITY OF GLOMUS 

MOSSEAE ISOLATES FROM DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN 

Amy Gladfelter VIp-19 MAINTENANCE OF ASYNCHRONOUS MITOTSIS IN 

MULTINUCLEATED A. GOSSYPII CELLS 

Katja Neuberger VIp-20 FUNGAL SPORES IN SPACE SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS 

Arman Vinck VIp-21 LOCALIZATION OF GLUCOAMYLASE EXPRESSION IN 

ASPERGILLUS NIGER 

Cristiana Sbrana VIp-22 INTRA-ISOLATE DIVERSITY IN GLOMUS MOSSEAE, DETECTED 

BY VEGETATIVE COMPATIBILITY TESTS AND MOLECULAR 

ANALYSES. 

Isabella Weber VIp-23 CHITIN SYNTHASES ARE A PUTATIVE CARGO OF MYO5, A 

CLASS V MYOSIN IN USTILAGO MAYDIS 

Piyawan Siriputthaiwan VIp-24 FUNCTIONAL ANAYSIS OF CLPT1P, A RAB/GTPASE FROM THE 

BEAN PATHOGEN COLLETOTRICHUM LINDEMUTHIANUM 


Nick D Read VIp-25 CONIDIAL ANASTOMOSIS IN NEUROSPORA CRASSA 

Masayuki Ichnomiya VIp-26 CLASS I AND II CHITIN SYNTHASE GENES, CHSC AND CHSA, 

OF ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS ARE REQUIRED FOR NORMAL 

SEPTUM FORMATION AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL INDUCTION OF 

DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATOR GENES BRLA AND ABAA. 

Kamila Wojnowska 

VIp-27 A. GOSSYPII HOMOLOGUES OF S. CEREVISIAE BUD GENES 

INFLUENCE BRANCHING PATTERN AND POSSIBLY SEPTUM 

BIOGENESIS 

Praveen Rao Juvvadi VIp-28 NEWER INSIGHTS INTO HEXA, THE MAJOR PROTEIN OF 

WORONIN BODY IN ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE 

Jun-ya Shoji VIp-29 ISOLATION AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AOVAM3, A 

PUTATIVE HOMOLOGUE OF YEAST VAM3 AND PEP12 IN 

FILAMENTOUS FUNGI, ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE 

Kerry Burton VIp-30 NATURAL ANTISENSE TRANSCRIPTS (NATS) IN AGARICUS 

BISPORUS, CHARACTERISTICS AND QUANTIFICATION OF 

EXPRESSION 

Lisbeth Mikkelsen VIp-31 EXPRESSION OF THE RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 

DSRED-EXPRESS IN FILAMENTOUS ASCOMYCETE FUNGI 

Alex Andrianopoulos VIp-32 GENETIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RAS AND RHO-TYPE 

GTPASES COORDINATELY CONTROL CELL POLARITY IN 

PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI 

Hans-Peter Schmitz VIp-33 The AgBNI1 Formin Homology Protein is essential for hyphal formation 

in Ashbya gossypii 

Workshop VII 

Secondary Metabolism 

Chair: Christian Hertweck 

Christian Hertweck VIIo-1 THE MOLECULAR BASIS FOR POLYKETIDE BIOSYNTHESIS IN 

FILAMENTOUS FUNGI 

Scott E. Baker VIIo-2 A SECOND POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE (PKS) INVOLVED IN 

COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS T-TOXIN PRODUCTION 

Alan Dobson VIIo-3 MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF OCHRATOXIN A BIOSYNTHESIS IN 

ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS. 

Sabine Teichert VIIo-4 REGULATION OF GIBBERELLIN BIOSYNTHESIS – CATCHING 

THE COMPONENTS OF A REGULATORY NETWORK 

Alfonso Prado-Cabrero VIIo-5 A MUTATION OF THE PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE GENE OF 

FUSARIUM FUJIKUROI LEADING TO THE ACCUMULATION OF 

GAMMA AND BETA-CAROTENE 

Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen VIIo-6 FROM FUNGAL BIODIVRSITY TO NOVEL NATURAL PRODUCTS 

USING INTELLIGENT SCREENING METHODS BASED ON MASS 

AND UV SPECTROMETRIC METHODS 


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Enrique A. Iturriaga VIIp-1 ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF THREE MUCOR 

CIRCINELLOIDES GENES FOR ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS 

Birgit Hoff VIIp-2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CPCR1 REGULATES 

CEPHALOSPORIN C BIOSYNTHESIS IN ACREMONIUM 

CHRYSOGENUM 

I. Vaca VIIp-3 CHARACTERIZATION OF PIPECOLIC ACID METABOLISM IN 

Penicilium chrysogenum. DISRUPTION OF THE lys7 GENE LEADS 

TO ACCUMULATION OF THE SECONDARY METABOLITE PRE 

CURSORS PIPERIDEINE-6-CARBOXYLIC ACID AND PIPECOLIC 

ACID 

Susan Elrod VIIp-4 APPLICATION OF T-RFLP ANALYSIS TO FUNGAL CELLULASE 

GENES IN SOIL COMMUNITIES. 

James Sims VIIp-5 EQUISETIN BIOSYNTHESIS FROM FUSARIUM HETEROSPO RUM 

Arturo Perez Eslava VIIp-6 A PROTEIN COMPLEX BINDS TO SPECIFIC SEQUENCES IN THE 

PROMOTER REGION OF THE Phycomyces blakesleeanus carRA 

AND carB GENES ONLY IN DARK CONDITIONS. 

Nancy Alexander VIIp-7 HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF THE FUSARIUM 

GRAMINEARUM TRI4 GENE IN F. VERTICILLIOIDES PROVIDES 

EVIDENCE FOR A MULTIFUNCTIONAL OYGENASE IN 

TRICHOTHECENE BIOSYNTHESIS 

Jan A.L. van Kan VIIp-8 A MYSTERIOUS, PLEIOTROPIC GROWTH DEFECT CAUSED BY 

DELETION OF A GLYOXAL OXIDASE GENE IN BOTRYTIS 

CINEREA 

Bettina Tudzynski VIIp-9 THE GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE 

PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN NITROGEN METABOLITE 

REPRESSION 

Bettina Tudzynski VIIp-10 IDENTIFICATION AND RESTORATION OF TWO MAJOR ENZY 

MATIC BLOCKS IN GIBBERELLIC ACID BIOSYNTHESIS IN 

FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM (GIBERELLA FUJIKUROI MP-D) 

Thomas Haarmann VIIp-11 MOLECULAR GENETICS OF THE ALKALOID PATHWAY IN 

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA 

Alan Dobson VIIp-12 CLONING OF CYTOCHROME P450 MONOOXYGENASE GENES 

INVOLVED IN PATULIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN PENICILLIUM 

EXPANSUM. 

Franziska Lessing VIIp-13 PATHWAY-SPECIFIC REGULATION OF GIBBERELLIN BIOSYN 

THESIS IN GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI–A NEW TYPE OF 

ZINC-FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS 

Sebastian Pilsyk VIIp-14 Genetic and molecular aspects of sulfate transport in 


Marlis Eisenkolb VIIp-15 GENE-TARGETING IN ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM 


Ljerka Lah VIIp-16 PUTATIVE NADPH - CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCATSE GENES 

OF THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS 

D. Keszenman-Pereyra VIIp-17 FILAMENTOUS FUNGAL PHOSPHOPANTETHEINYL 

TRANSFERASES INVOLVED IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY 

METABOLISM 

Brendon Monahan VIIp-18 THE PENICILLIUM PAXILLI GENE CLUSTER AND 

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE 

INDOLE-DITERPENE PAXILLINE. 

Kate Howell VIIp-19 A GENETIC STUDY TO CHARACTERISE THE RELEASE OF 

VOLATILE THIOLS BY SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE 

DURING WINE FERMENTATION 

Kazuo Shishido VIIp-20 CATALYTIC REACTION OF BASIDIOMYCETE LENTINULA 

EDODES CYTOCHROME P450 ENZYME PRODUCED IN YEAST 

Sandra Hewald VIIp-21 MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF GLYCOLIPID PRODUCTION IN 

USTILAGO MAYDIS 

Torsten Bak Regueira VIIp-22 DISCOVERY OF NOVEL POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES IN 

FILAMENTOUS FUNGI 

Zoe E. Johnson VIIp-23 INVESTIGATING NON-RBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE 

GENES AND THEIR FUNCTION IN THE WHEAT PATHOGEN 

MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA 

Guiseppina Mulè VIIp-24 REAL-TIME PCR FOR MONITORING ASPERGILLUS 

CARBONARIUS COLONIZATION IN SAMPLE OF GRAPE IN 

EUROPE 

Jiujiang Yu VIIp-25 GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE MECHANISMS 

OF AFLATOXIN BIOSYNTHESIS 

Emilie Combet VIIp-26 CHARACTERISING OXYLIPINS SYNTHESIS AND FLAVOUR 

BIOGENESIS IN MUSHROOMS. 

Thorsten Heinekamp VIIp-27 GENETIC ENGINEERING OF THE ZYGOMYCETE BLAKESLEA 

TRISPORA FOR IMPROVED CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS – 

TRANSFORMATION USING AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS 

Verena Siewers VIIp-28 ABSCISIC ACID BIOSYNTHESIS IN BOTRYTIS CINEREA 

Cristina Cepeda Garcia VIIp-29 GLUCOSE REGULATION AT THE pacC1-creA1-pacC2 SITE OF THE 

PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM pcbAB PROMOTER IS 

INFLUENCED BY ALKALINE pH. INITIAL EVIDENCE FOR 

INTERACTING GLUCOSE AND pH CONTROL IN 

PENICILLIN BIOSYNTHESIS. 

In Hyung Lee VIIp-30 GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF MONASCUS RUBER 

KCTC6122 

Mónica Lamas-Maceiras VIIp-31 CONSTRUCTION OF α-aminoadipyl-cysteinyl-valine (ACV) HYBRID 

SYNTHETASES 


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Tianhong Wang VIIp-32 Antisence Inhibition of Xylitol Dehydrogenase Gene, XDH1, from 

Trichoderma Reesei 

Shukun Yu VIIp-33 Fungal secondary metabolites from the Anhydro-fructose Pathway 

operative under stress conditions show antioxidant and antimicrobial 

activities 

Alfonso Prado VIIp-34 REGULATION OF THE CAROTENOID GENE CLUSTER OF 

FUSARIUM FUJIKUROI 

Workshop VIII 

Fungal Cell Factories 

Chair: Cees van den Hondel 

Cees van den Hondel VIIIo-1 Improvements in filamentous fungal cell factories in the area of 

genomics 

Karin Lanthaler VIIIo-2 GENOMIC APPROACHES TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 

HYPHAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROTEIN SECRETION IN THE 

ASPERGILLI-GAPSIA 

Ana Levin VIIIo-3 DIFFERENTIAL PROTEIN SECRETION IN ASPERGILLUS NIGER 

Juan Martín VIIIo-4 ISOPENICILLIN N EPIMERASE SYSTEM IN Acremonium chryso 

genum: THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. 

Dirk Müller VIIIo-5 APPLICATION OF RIBOZYME TECHNOLOGY IN ASPERGILLUS 

GIGANTEUS IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE GENE EXPRESSION 

Mike Challen VIIIo-6 MUSHROOM MOLECULAR PHARMING 

Clemens Peterbauer VIIIp-1 CLONING AND HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF A GENE 

ENCODING PYRANOSE OXIDASE FROM THE WHITE-ROT 

FUNGUS TRAMETES MULTICOLOR 

Ingeborg Stals VIIIp-2 FACTORS INFLUENCING GLYCOSYLATION OF TRICHODERMA 

REESEI CELLULASES 

Peter J. Punt VIIIp-3 Purification and Characterisation of two Forms of Cellobiohydrolase I 

(cel 7A) from Chrysosporium Lucknowense 

Michel Flipphi VIIIp-4 A SECOND REGULATORY SYSTEM IN ASPERGILLUS NIDU 

LANS RESPONSIVE TO ALCOHOLS, KETONES AND ESTERS 

OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY FROM AlcR, THE ACTIVATOR OF 

ETHANOL CATABOLISM. 

Karin Lanthaler VIIIp-5 EVOLUTION OF RECOMBINANT (t-PA) TRICHODERMA REESEI 

IN CHEMOSTATS SELECTS MUTANTS DOWN-REGULATED IN 

CELLULASE PRODUCTION 

Joanna S. Kruszewska VIIIp-6 HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF T.REESEI SECRETORY 

PROTEIN IN S.CEREVISIAE PMT MUTANTS. 

Takashi Yamazaki VIIIp-7 AN EFFICIENT DEGRADATION OF POLYCHLORINATED 

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY USING 

MOLECULAR-GENETICALLY BRED CORIOLUS HIRSUTUS 

STRAINS WITH HIGH LIGNIN PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY 


Markku Saloheimo VIIIp-8 TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSES TO SECRETION STRESS IN 

THE FUNGI TRICHODERMA REESEI AND S. CEREVISIAE 

REVEAL ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES AND COMMON FEATURES 

Kirk Schnoor VIIIp-9 PLECTASIN: INDENTIFICATION AND RECOMINANT 

PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST DEFENSIN FOUND IN FUNGI. 

Maria Jesus Martinez VIIIp-10 CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW LACCASE 

FROM THE WHITE-ROT FUNGUS Pleurotus eryngii 

Markku Saloheimo VIIIp-11 HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF A LACCASE GENE FROM 

THE ASCOMYCETE MELANOCARPUS ALBOMYCES IN TWO 

FUNGAL HOSTS 

Markku Saloheimo VIIIp-12 PROTEIN PRODUCTION AND UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE 

IN FERMENTATIONS OF TRICHODERMA REESEI AND ITS 

TRANSFORMANT EXPRESSING ENDOGLUCANASE I WITH A 

HYDROPHOBIC TAG 

Masafumi Tokuoka VIIIp-13 CODON OPTIMIZATION IMPROVES EXPRESSION OF 

RECOMBINANT MITE ALLERGEN, DER F7, IN ASPERGILLUS 

ORYZAE 

Helga David VIIIp-14 Investigation of network topology and quantification of fluxes in central 

carbon metabolism of Aspergillus nidulans under different conditions of 

glucose repression 

Octavio Loera VIIIp-15 IDENTIFICATION OF A THERMOTOLERANT FUNGAL STRAIN 

AND INDUCING PATTERN OF ITS LACCASES 

José Arnau VIIIp-16 A NOVEL EXPRESSION SYSTEM FOR RECOMBINANT PROTEIN 

PRODUCTION IN MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES 

Lisbeth Mikkelsen VIIIp-17 A method for creating transgenic fungal strains that lacks antibiotic 

genes for potential future commercial use. 

Ramiro Pedro Godio VIIIp-18 TRANSFORMATION OF THE CLAVARIC ACID PRODUCER 

BASIDIOMYCETE HYPHOLOMA SUBLATERITIUM BASED IN 

THE T-DNA TRANSFER AND INTEGRATION 

David Archer VIIIp-19 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress leads to the selective Transcriptional 

Down-regulation of the Glucoamylase Gene in Aspergillus Niger 

Charlotte van der Does VIIIp-20 Investigating the function of Six1, a small cysteine-rich protein secreted 

by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici during infection of tomato 

Hans van den Brink VIIIp-21 Glycosylation as a tool for improved protein production in 

Aspergillus niger 

Astrid Stricker VIIIp-22 INFLUENCE OF ACE2 ON THE EXPRESSION OF THE 

XYLANOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF TRICHODERMA REESEI ON 

DIFFERENT CARBON SOUCES. 

Lydia Kaiserer VIIIp-23 EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT PAF (PENICILLIUM 

ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN) IN PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM 


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Carmen Limon VIIIp-24 INCREASED ANTIFUNGAL AND CHITINASE SPECIFIC 

ACTIVITIES OF Trichoderma harzianum CECT 2413 BY ADDITION 

OF A CELLULOSE BINDING DOMAIN. 

Tianhong Wang VIIIp-25 The Construction and Expression of the EGIII Expression Casette in 

Filamentous Fungus Trichoderma Reesei 

Debbie S. Yaver VIIIp-26 Analysis of the Fusarium venenatum Glucoamylase Promoter by 

Deletion, Insertion, and Substitution Analyses 

A. De las Heras VIIIp-27 EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERISATION OF THE 

EXOPOLYGALACTURONASE PGX1 CODING GENE OF Fusarium 

oxysporum f. sp. radicis lycopersici IN Pichia pastoris 

Margreet Heerikhuisen VIIIp-28 Aspergillus Sojae, a new System for efficient Protein Production 

Dan Funck Jensen VIIIp-29 FLUORESCENT MARKER TRANSFORMATION OF 

TRICHODERMA VIRENS I10 DOES NOT ALTER 

MYCOPARASITIC ACTIVITY AGAINST SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII, 

SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM AND SCLEROTINIA MINOR. 

Helena Nevalainen VIIIp-30 TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND PROTEOMIC CHANGES IN 

TRICHODERMA REESEI EXPRESSING A HETEROLOGOUS 

BACTERIAL XYNB GENE FROM THE THERMOPHILE 

DICTYOGLOMUS THERMOPHILUM 

Marta Lombrana Tascón VIIIp-31 EFFECT OF bipA GENE ATTENUATION ON HOMOLOGOUS AND 

HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN SECRETION IN Aspergillus awamori. 

Elisabeth Bodie VIIIp-32 USING INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS TO IMPROVE THE 

PRODUCTION OFCELLULOLYTIC ENZYMES IN TRICHODERMA 

REESEI 

Paulien Neefe VIIIp-33 Thermal Stability of CBH from Glycosyl Hydrolase Cel7 Family 

Members and Variants 

Kiyoshi Ito VIIIp-34 GPI-Anchored Cell Surface Protein of Aspergillus Kawachii 

V.S. Junior Te’o VIIIp-35 EXPRESSION AND SECRETION OF MULTIPLE FORMS OF THE 

DICTYOGLOMUS THERMOPHILUM XYLANASE B (XYNB) IN 

DIFFERENT TRICHODERMA REESEI STRAINS 

Carmen Limon VIIIp-36 STUDY OF THE pgi DELETION IN Trichoderma reesei. 

Helena Nevalainen VIIIp-37 DEVELOPMENT OF OPHIOSTOMA AS A NOVEL FUNGAL 

EXPRESSION HOST 

Ben Bower VIIIp-38 HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF CELLULASES IN 

TRICHODERMA REESEI 

Workshop IX 

Fungal Genomics 

Chair: Peter Philippsen 

Peter Philippsen IXo-1 SYNTENY PATTERNS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PAST FOR 

TODAY’S INTERPRETATION OF FUNGAL GENOMES. 


Heenam Kim IXo-2 FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC STUDIES OF ASPERGILLUS 

FUMIGATUS PATHOGENESIS USING DNA MICROARRAYS 

Markku Saloheimo IXo-3 PROTEOME ANALYSIS IN TRICHODERMA REESEI 

Martha L. Medina IXo-4 A PROTEOMIC COMPARISON OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED 

SECRETED PROTEINS OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS, USING 

TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (2DE), 

MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY AND TANDEM MASS 

SPECTROMETRY 

Lene Lange IXo-5 Discovery of secreted proteins and peptides during fungal-plant interactions 

Masayuki Machida IXo-6 GENOME SEQUENCING OF ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE 

H. Corby Kistler IXo-7 THE WHOLE GENOME SEQUECE OF THE WHEAT AND BARLEY 

PATHOGEN, FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM 

Andrew Sims IXp-1 Comparative and Functional Genomics in Aspergillus 

Antonio Di Pietro IXp-2 FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM AS A MULTIHOST MODEL FOR 

DISSECTION OF FUNGAL VIRULENCE IN PLANTS AND 

MAMMALS 

Michael Lynge Nielsen IXp-3 EFFICIENT GENE TARGETING IN FILAMENTOUS FUNGI 

Antonio Moretti IXp-4 MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIABILITY IN GIBBERELLA 

INTERMEDIA (FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM) 

Carsten Pedersen IXp-5 STUDYING THE POWDERY MILDEW FUNGUS AT GENOME, 

TRANSCRIPTOME AND PROTEOME LEVEL. 

Gustavo H. Goldman IXp-6 IDENTIFICATION OF GENES PREFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED IN 

THE PATHOGENIC YEAST PHASE OF Paracoccidioides brasiliensis 

USING SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTION HYBRIDIZATION AND 

MACROARRAY DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS 

Stephen Roberts IXp-7 MOLECULAR AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL 

CHARACTERISATION OF ION CHANNELS IN FILAMENTOUS 

FUNGI 

Antoine Le Quéré IXp-8 GENOMIC VARIATION AND PLASTICITY IN ISOLATES OF THE 

ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS AS 

ANALYZED BY COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATIONS 

(CGH) 

Manda Gent IXp-9 HYBRIDISATION ARRAY TECHNOLOGY COUPLED WITH 

CHEMOSTAT CULTURE. GENE EXPRESSION STUDIES IN 

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS. 

Bruce C. Campbell IXp-10 TARGETING STRESS-RESPONSE GENES FOR CONTROL OF 

MYCOTOXIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN ASPERGILLUS 


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Maria Jesus Martinez IXp-11 DESCRIPTION OF A FUNGAL STEROL ESTERASE ABLE 

TO HYDROLYZE STEROL ESTERS AND GLYCERIDES: 

STRATEGY FOR CLONING AND SEQUENCING THIS 

NEW ENZYME 

Dolores Montiel IXp-12 DNA METHYLATION IN ASPERGILLUS 

Jane Mabey IXp-13 VIEWING ANNOTATED ASPERGILLUS GENOMES VIA THE 

CADRE WEBSITE 

Riccarda Rischatsch IXp-14 EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION AND DIVERGENCE OF 

FUNGAL PROMOTER SEQUENCES 

Linda Harris IXp-15 GLOBAL GENE PROFILING OF FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM 

Kurt Brunner IXp-16 IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOPARASITISM-RELATED GENES OF 

TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE BY RAPID SUBTRACTION 

HYBRIDIZATION (RaSH) 

Erik Lysøe IXp-17 SEARCHING FOR GENES RELATED TO PRODUCTION OF THE 

FUSARIUM MYCOTOXIN ZEARALENONE 

Laurens P.N.M. Kroon IXp-18 PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF PHYTOPHTHORA SPECIES 

BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL AND NUCLEAR DNA 

SEQUENCES 

Irina S. Druzhinina IXp-19 CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN 

RECOMBINANT AND CHEMICAL MUTANT STRAINS OF 

HYPOCREA JECORINA BY PHENOTYPE ARRAY ANALYSIS 

Ulrich Güledener IXp-20 THE GEN-AU/MIPS FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM GENOME 

DATABASE 

Santiago Gutiérrez IXp-21 EFFICIENT TRANSFORMATION OF FOUR STRAINS OF 

Trichoderma USING PHLEOMYCIN AND HYGROMICIN AS 

SELECTABLE MARKERS MEDIATED BY PROTOPLAST 

FORMATION AND BY Agrobacterium tumefaciens AGL1 MEDIATED 

CONJUGATION. 

Jonas Jacobsen IXp-22 CULTURE INDEPENDENT PCR SCREENING OF ANCIENT 

SIBERIAN SEDIMENTARY SAMPLES AND CORN WASTE 

PRODUCTS 

Muriel Viaud IXp-23 A PHYSICAL CLUSTER OF CALCINEURIN-REGULATED GENES 

IN BOTRYTIS CINEREA 

S. Zjalic IXp-24 MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF ISOLATES OF Lentinula 

edodes USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS 

Johannes Woestemeyer IXp-25 REPETITIVE DNA: IMPACT ON EVOLUTION OF GENOMIC 

ARCHITECTURE IN FUNGI 

Stephen B. Goodwin IXp-26 MINING MICROSATELLITES IN AN EST DATABASE OF 

MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA 


Luis M. Corrochano IXp-27 VISUALIZATION OF OPEN READING FRAMES BY PLOTTING 

THE CONTENT OF GUANINES AND CYTOSINES IN DNA OF 

PHY COMYCES BLAKESLEEANUS AND OTHER ZYGOMYCETE 

FUNGI 

Cees Waalwijk IXp-28 GECCO: A BIOINFORMATICS TOOL for comparative analysis of 

FUNGAL GENOMES 

Luis Lugones IXp-29 Exposure to phleomycin is mutagenic in Schizophyllum commune 

despite acquired resistance 

Wieke R. Teertstra IXp-30 In situ hybridization of RNA in filamentous fungi using peptide 

nucleic acid probes 

Elodie Gaulin IXp-31 DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC RESOURCES FOR THE ROOT 

ROT PATHOGEN APHANOMYCES EUTEICHES 

Jennifer R. Wortman IXp-32 AUTOMATED ANNOTATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE 

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS GENOME 

Resham Kulkarni IXp-33 PROTEIN FAMILIES BASED ON SHARED DOMAIN 

COMPOSITION IN ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS 

Margareta Tholander IXp-34 Transcription profiling of trap cells in the nematode-trapping fungus 

Monacrosporium haptotylum 

Ronald de Vries IXp-35 GENOME MINING FOR NOVEL ENZYMES 

Manuel Rey IXp-36 CHARACTERISATION OF REGULATORY ELEMENTS OF CELL 

WALL HIDROLITIC ENZYMES PRODUCED BY FUNGI OF THE 

GENUS 

Trichoderma 

Belen Patino IXp-37 PCR DIAGNOSTIC METHOD BASED ON MULTI-COPY AND 

LOW-COPY SEQUENCES FOR THE MAIN OCHRATOXIN A 

PRODUCING SPECIES IN GRAPES 

Martin Tribus IXp-38 Deletion of hdaA, a gene coding for a major histone deacetylase of 


Mario Scherer IXp-39 EXPRESSION PROFILING OF B-MEDIATED GENE REGULATION 

IN USTILAGO MAYDIS. 

Scott E. Baker IXp-40 FUNGAL PROTEOMICS AT PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL 

LABORATORY (PNNL) 

Kerstin Voigt IXp-41 MULTI-GENE GENEALOGIES RECONSTRUCT THE EVOLUTION 

OF THE ZYGOMYCETES AND DETECT PUTATIVE HORIZONTAL 

GENE TRANSFER EVENTS 

Coenie Goosen IXp-42 IN SILICO IDENTIFICATION OF FRUCTAN-MODIFYING 

ENZYMES FROM Aspergillus niger 

Sonia Sousa IXp-43 CLONING OF A NOVEL PROMOTER OF Trichoderma harzianum 

CONTROLLING A HIGHLY EXPRESSED GENE 


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Caroline Foster IXp-44 DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS IN 

ASPERGILLUS 

Mette Lübeck IXp-45 TRICHOEST: FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS OF 

TRICHODERMA ANTAGONIST STRAINS FOR INDUSTRY AND 

AGRICULTURE 

Theo Goosen IXp-46 UPR SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION IN 

ASPERGILLUS NIGER 

Masayuki Machida IXp-47 GENOME SEQUENCING OF ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE 

H. Corby Kistler IXp-48 THE WHOLE GENOME SEQUECE OF THE WHEAT AND BARLEY 

PATHOGEN, FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM 

Peter Samson IXp-49 MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF 

HYDROPHOBINS IN THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS 

PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS 

Derek Wright IXp-50 THE PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS / BETULA PENDULA SYMBIOSIS: 

MICROARRAY ANALYSES OF GENE EXPRESSION DURING 

NUTRIENT ACQUISITION

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