Sep

03

BMS 2012 Fungal Interactions

Alicante, Spain

Alicante University (www.ua.es) is an active academic institution with an attractive campus location in south-east Spain. The campus is well connected to Alicante city centre, a popular holiday destination attracting visitors from around the world - boasting beautiful boulevards, an excellent climate, and the beaches of the Costa Blanca.  

The meeting theme of Fungal Interactions embraces the fact that fungi interact not only with the environment but also with the organisms that live in it. The outcomes of such interactions have interested mycologists for years. Some of these interactions result in important plant and animal diseases. However, fungi also sense stress and help other organisms to cope with it. This often results in tritrophic interactions in the case of fungal antagonists of pests or pathogens which have an endophytic phase in plants. Fungi also harbour viruses or bacteria that modify their activities or biological fitness. Many of these complex relationships are mediated by structures, metabolites and genes which are being unraveled by -omics technologies. Fungal interactions is a multidisciplinary topic bringing together mycologists and other scientists interested in the role of fungi in several scenarios under a new evolutionary paradigm. A number of high-profile international speakers are currently being lined up for this meeting.

 

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