Future Scientific Meetings

The BMS Annual Scientific Meeting for 2019

Theme: Fungal Interactions  

Date: 17th - 19th September 2019   

Location: The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA)

The British Mycological Society, with the help of the Microbiology Society, would like to welcome you to the BMS Annual Scientific meeting, to be held in the new Aberdeen Exhibition Conference Centre situated conveniently nearby Aberdeen Airport on 17th -19th September 2019.

The central theme of the meeting will be Fungal Interactions.

These interactions include with plants, algae, fungi, humans, other animals, and the wider environment.

The meeting will have six main sessions presenting the latest state of the art research concerning;

1.      Oomycetes                                     2.      Chytridiomycetes   

3.      Zygomycetes                                 4.      Ascomycetes

5.      Basidiomycetes                             6.      Microsporidia

The meeting will also serve to celebrate the illustrious career of Pete Sudbery, with honorary talks from Neil Gow, Judith Berman, as well as Pete himself.

Registration includes conference attendance, abstract booklet, light refreshments throughout, lunch on the 18^th and 19^th, onsite dinner on the 17^th, and a special conference dinner on the 18^th at the wonderful Pittodrie House (https://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/scotland/aberdeen/macdonald-pittodrie-house), including a ceilidh.  

to register for the meeting click on the link below for details.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-mycological-society-annual-scientific-meeting-2019-tickets-59334020653

Abstracts can be submitted to admin@britmycolsoc.info  

Abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words.

The deadline for abstract submission is the 17^th of July, 2019.

We look forward seeing you in Aberdeen.

               Duncan Wilson and Pieter van West

British Mycological Society, Main Scientific Meeting 

The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA)

Preliminary Programme

Tuesday 17^th

^{BMS AGM  12:30pm - 1:30pm}

Conference Starts 2:00pm

Honorary and Prize Lectures 

Peter Sudbery                                                                                                            

Judy Berman, Tel Aviv University

Neil Gow, University of Exeter

Gero Steinberg (FBR  John Webster Award)

Duncan Wilson, University of Aberdeen (Berkeley 2017)

Liz Ballou, University of Birmingham (Berkeley 2018)

Oomycetes.

Paul Birch, James Hutton Institute, Dundee

Franziska Trusch, University of Aberdeen

Claire Gachon,            Scottish Marine Institute, Oban

Invited abstract

Invited abstract

Invited abstract

Onsite dinner

Wednesday 18^th

Ascomycetes I 

Jan Quinn, University of Newcastle

Elaine Bignell, University of Manchester

Alex Brand, University of Aberdeen

Invited abstract

Invited abstracts

Ascomycetes II

Bernie Hube, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany

Klara Junker

Mariana Fomina, Zabolotny  Institute, Ukraine

Invited abstract

Invited abstract

Lunch

Microsporidia  

Bryony Williams, University of Exeter

T. Martin Embley, University of Newcastle

Sergey Melnikov, Yale

Invited abstract

Zoopagomycotina  

Leonie Luginbuehl, University of Cambridge

Becky Hall, University of Birmingham

Ronelle Roth

Invited abstract 

Coffee

Chytrids  

Mat Fisher, Imperial College London 

Rhys Farrer, University of Aberdeen 

Ramsay Agha, IGB Berlin

Invited abstract

Invited abstract

             Conference dinner in the historic Pittodrie House Hotel and ceilidh

Thursday 19^th

Basidiomycetes I

Lars Hedin, Princeton, USA

Carolina Coelho, University of Exeter

Mark Fricker, University of Oxford

Invited abstract

Coffee

Basidiomycetes II

Jason C. Slot, Ohio State University

Armin Djamei, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austria 

Invited abstract

Invited abstract

Invited abstract

1pm Lunch & Conference End (departure afterwards)

Futher Information is added as and when available. 

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Register Now – BSPP 2019 Presidential Conference

Registration is now open for the 2019 BSPP Presidential meeting…

Registration fees for BSPP members are £150 and £100 for students; for non-members the respective fees are £220 and £140. The fee includes all talks, breaks, lunches, poster reception and conference dinner.Please note that you will have to organise your own accommodation, with the exception of invited speakers.

Offers of talks (for the main meeting and the PH Gregory competition) and posters are welcome and should be made using this form. The deadline for submission is 9 July 2019.

https://www.bspp.org.uk/conferences/arms-race-evolution-of-plant-pathogens-and-their-hosts/

This two day conference will present current knowledge of how pathogens overcome host defences and how plants respond to evolving disease challenges. Welcome to the Arms Race – an exciting opportunity to learn what’s happening at a crucial frontier of scientific research.

Invited speakers at this two day conference will include:
David Guttman (U Toronto, Canada) and Honour McCann (Massey University, NZ) on bacterial plant pathogens, Wenbo Ma (UC Riverside, USA) on fungi, Sebastian Schornack (U Cambridge) on oomycetes and John Carr (U Cambridge) on viruses.

The 2019 winner of the prestigious RKS Wood Prize will give a talk and prizes will be awarded for best student talk and poster. Details of how to submit presentations will be announced shortly on the BSPP website.

For further info please contact: the BSPP Programme Secretary meetings@bspp.org.uk