October 23-25, 2011 at Yunnan University, Kunming, China
Oct. 23, Registration
Oct. 24, Invited Lectures
Chair: Prof: Zhiqiang An
8:30-9:00am Welcome Speech and Introduction of the University and Key Lab. Prof. Ke-Qin Zhang
9:00-9:30am How phylogenomics and population genomics has changed how we think about fungal evolution. Prof. John Taylor
9:30-10:00am Comparative and functional genomics of oomycete pathogens of plants and animals. Prof. Brett Tyler
10:00-10:30am Title to be determined, Prof. Ke-Qin Zhang
10:30-11:00am Break
Chair: Prof. Xingzhong Liu
11:00-11:30am Microbial genomics in the era of next-generation sequencing. Prof. George Weinstock
11:30-12:00am Comparative Genomics of insect pathogenic fungi. Prof. Chengshu Wang
12:00-12:30am Genetics and genomics of aflatoxin-producing mold Aspergillus flavus. Dr. Jiujiang Yu
12:30-1:30 Pot lunch
Chair Prof. Joan Bennett
1:30-2:00pm Genetically engineering insecticidal biopesticides and investigating their potential for evolution. Prof. Ray St. Leger
2:00-2:30pm Title to be determined, Xingzhong lab
2:30-3:00pm Comparative genomics of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, Prof. Youliang Peng
3:00-3:30pm Fueling the future with fungal genomics, Dr. Igor Grigoriev
3:30-4:00pm Break
Chair: Prof. Chengshu Wang
4:00-4:30pm Genome dynamics and host specificity in Fusarium oxysporum species complex, Dr. Li-Jun Ma
4:30-5:00pm Genome Evolution of Fungal Pathogens, Dr. Christina Cuomo
5:00-5:30pm A systems biology perspective of a fungal lignocellulolytic enzyme system and its artificial evolution. Prof. Yinbo Qu
5:30-6:00pm Genome sequencing of the cyclosporin producer Tolypocladium inflatum. Dr. Kathryn Bushley
6:30-7:30pm Dinner
Chair: Prof. Raymond St. Leger
7:30-8:30 pm Banquet Speech: Prof. Joan Bennett
Oct. 25, Workshop:
Chair: Dr. Jiujiang Yu
8:30-9:20am How to dig out the selling points from the genome data，Chengshu Wang
10:30-11:20am Genome browser and synteny analysis, Li-Jun Ma
Break
9:20-10:10am SMURF and fungal secondary metabolic pathway analysis, Jiujiang Yu
11:20-12:10am Xinglai Ji
12:30-1:30 Pot lunch
Chair: Dr. Li-Jun Ma
2:00-2:40pm Zhang Yu
2:40-3:30pm Platform construction and secondary metabolite biosynthesis cluster analysis, Xinyu Zhang
Break
3:50-4:20pm Ruiqiang Li
4:20-5:10pm Construction of local database for protein family analysis, Guohua Xiao
6:00-8:00am Dinner
