March 22 - 26, 2010 Miami, Florida
This conference will be held concurrently with the 10th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis -- register for one and attend any sessions of interest at both conferences for no additional fee!
Conference Organizers:
Anita Sil University of California San Francisco, California (USA)
Juan McEwen Cellular and Immunogenetics Group, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (Colombia)
Chad A. Rappleye Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio (USA)
Program Advisory Committee:
George S. Deepe University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio (USA)
Bruce S. Klein University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin (USA)
Josh Nosanchuk Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York (USA)
Alex Andrianopolous University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria (Australia)
Garry T. Cole University of Texas an Antonio, Texas (USA)
Finance Committee:
Carol A. Kauffman University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)
Josh Nosanchuk Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York (USA)
L. Joseph Wheat MiraVista Diagnostics Indianapolis, Indiana (USA)
Session Topics:Regulation of morphogenesis
Pathogenesis and virulence strategies
Host response to infection
Clinical diagnosis and treatment
Functional genomics and proteomics
Sequence workshop/community tool-building
Fungal evolution and selection
Conference Synopsis:
In recent years, major technical advances have revolutionized the molecular analysis of the systemic dimorphic fungi. These pathogens are ubiquitous soil fungi that infect healthy and immunocompromised individuals who live in endemic areas. These fungi collectively comprise a significant threat to human health. With the advent of mutagenesis technology, genome sequence, whole genome expression profiling, proteomics, and other advances, the ability to probe the biology of these fascinating organisms has reached a new level of molecular sophistication. Of special note is the “Sequence workshop/community tool-building session”, where participants will be introduced to the sequenced genomes of all the dimorphic fungal pathogens as generated by the Broad Institute. Thus much is to be gained by bringing together researchers and clinicians who study various aspects of the relevant biology and disease.
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