Dates: 05/09/2005 To 08/09/2005
Location: Hulme Hall, The University of Manchester
Session Times: Sept 5-8, 2005

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Scientific Sessions 
 
Monday 5 September 
15.00 Registration 
18.30 President’s Reception 
19.00 Dinner 
20.15 President’s Guest Lecture 
Frank Odds: Candida species: our partners for life and death 
 
Tuesday 6 September 
08.45 The President – Welcome 
09.00-12.30 SESSION 1 - COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL FUNGAL GENOMICS, Chairpersons: Nigel Dunn-Coleman and Barry Scott. 
09.00 Scott E Baker, Jon K Magnuson, Ellen A Panisko, Christopher Wend, Ziyu Dai & Linda Lasure: Genome and proteome analysis of industrial fungi 
09.30 Ralph Dean: Fungal pathogen genomes; a new perspective on pathogenesis 
10.00 Ben Bower, Cherry Lin, Nigel Dunn-Coleman, Guiseppe Macino & Carlo Cogoni: The use of RNAi to study gene function in filamentous fungi  
10.30 James Galagan: Comparative fungal genomics 
11.00 Coffee/Tea 
11.30 Offered Papers 
12.30 Lunch 
13.30-16.30 SESSION 2 - BIOACTIVE MOLECULES 
Chairpersons: Geoffrey Turner and Joan Bennett 
13.30 Russell Cox, Thomas Simpson, Colin Lazarus, Andy Bailey, Song Zhongshu, Frank Glod, Kirsten Eley, Deidre Hurley, Ying Zhang, Kate Hurley, Tom Nicholson & Leis Bingle: Biosynthesis of pyridones and tetramic acids in fungi – linking polyketides and non-ribosomal peptides 
14.00 Timm Anke: Fungal metabolites as lead structures for agriculture 
14.30 Barry Scott: Symbiosis expressed secondary metabolite genes from a mutualistic fungal endophyte of perennial ryegrass that confers biological protection to the symbiotum from animal herbivory 
15.00 Geoffrey Turner: What can genomics tell us about secondary metabolism in Aspergillus? 
OFFERED PAPERS WILL BE GIVEN IN THE HOWARD EGGINS SESSION ON WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER  
15.30 Tea/Coffee 
16.00 POSTER SESSION: Posters will be on display throughout the meeting 
18.30 Presidents reception for postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows 
19.00 Dinner  
20.00 BMS AUCTION 
 
Wednesday 7 September 
09.00-12.30 SESSION 3 – PROTEIN FOLDING AND SECRETION IN FUNGI, Chairpersons: David Archer and Geoff Robson 
09.00 Reinhard Fischer: Microtubules, motors and polarized growth 
09.30 Martin Schroeder: Nitrogen sensing by an intracellular stress signalling pathway 
10.00 Colin Stirling: Protein targeting in fungi 
10.30 David B Archer, Sally E Barnes & Thomas Guillemette: Protein secretion and associated stresses in Aspergillus 
11.00 Coffee/Tea 
11.30 Offered papers 
12.30-13.30 Lunch 
13.30-16.30 HOWARD EGGINS OFFERED PAPERS SESSION (Including Offered Papers from Sessions 2 and 5): Chairpersons: Paul S Dyer and Simon V Avery 
15.00-15.30 Tea/Coffee  
16.30 THE BERKELEY LECTURE: Simon V Avery: Stress and the single cell 
17.15-18.30 BMS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: The President: Professor Geoffrey M Gadd 
19.00 CONFERENCE DINNER 
 
Thursday 8 September 
09.00-12.30 SESSION 4 - FUNGAL BIOREMEDIATION 
Chairperson: Geoffrey M Gadd 
09.00 Hedda Weitz: Bioluminescence-based fungal biosensors 
09.30 Pat J Harvey & Christian Scheer: White rot fungi and xenobiotics 
10.00 Joan Bennett: Fungal genomics and bioremediation 
10.30 Marina Fomina & Geoffrey M Gadd: Metal and mineral transformations 
11.00 Coffee/Tea 
11.30 Offered papers 
12.30-13.30 Lunch  
Special Session “Writing a successful grant, tips and advice”: Neil Gow and Frank Odds 
13.30-15.30 SESSION 5 - FUNGAL BIOCONTROL OF PESTS, Chairperson: Tariq Butt 
13.30 Herman Strasser: Fungal Control of subterranean pests 
14.00 Genevieve Defago, D. Boss, M Ahonsi & M Maurhofer: Development and use of mycoherbicides (using Stagnospora as model) 
14.30 Matteo Lorito & Sheridan Lois Woo: Trichoderma-fungal interactions  
15.00 Luis Llopez-Llorca & Hans-Börje Jansson: Fungal pathogens of invertebrates: multimodal biocontrol agents?  
15.30 The President - Closing Remarks 
END OF MEETING 
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