HFP2009

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Third FEBS Advanced Lecture Course
Human Fungal Pathogens :
Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions
and Virulence

May 2-8, 2009
La Colle sur Loup
France

Organized by Christophe d'Enfert, Anita Sil and Steffen Rupp
Course Secretary Christine Dugast

 

Scientific Programme

Outline of the Course

Fungal infections pose a prominent problem for public health. Research on human fungal pathogens has become a very active field over the last two decades. The progressive availability of the genome sequences of the main fungal pathogens of humans and related species has now resulted in a major shift in the strategies that can be applied to study these species. Insertional mutagenesis, transcript profiling, proteomics, etc… are yielding important discoveries on the molecular and cell biology of the fungal pathogens and their interaction with host cells as well as in the understanding of the mechanisms that underlie antifungal resistance.

The course has been designed to provide the students with both an overview of the current knowledge and an update on the most recent advancements in several fields that encompass most of the molecular research conducted on fungal pathogens. The following topics will be covered in main symposia: comparative and evolutionary genomics, signalling and morphogenesis, mating, host-fungus interactions, cell wall dynamics and antifungal resistance and development. These symposia will be mirrored by workshops and poster sessions providing the participants with the opportunity to present their results.

The organization of this Advanced Lecture Course is made possible through support from the Federation of European Biochemical Societies and the Federation of European Microbiological Societies.

Scientific Programme

There will be 5 Symposia, each chaired by a leading scientist acting as a discussion leader. The chair shall also give an introduction to the topic of the particular symposium.

List of Invited Lecturers and Chairs

Key-note Lecture (May 2)

  • Joe Heitman, Duke University, USA: Microbial pathogens in the fungal kingdom

Symposium 1 (May 3): Pathogenic fungi - genomics, evolution and epidemiology
Melanie Cushion (University of Cincinatti, USA), Symposium chair

Symposium 2 (May 4): Environmental sensing and morphogenesis
Geraldine Butler (University College Dublin, Ireland), Symposium chair

Symposium 3 (May 5): Antifungal strategies and mechanisms of resistance
Carol Munro (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom), Symposium chair

  • Antonio Cassone (Istituto Superior di sanita, Roma, Italy)
  • Jean-Paul Latgé, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
  • Aaron Mitchell, Columbia University, New York, USA
  • Joachim Morschhäuser, Würzburg Universität, Germany
  • Terry Roemer, Merck Frosst Canada, Montreal, Canada

Symposium 4 (May 6): Host-pathogen interactions
Bernhard Hube (Hans Knoell Institute, Germany), Symposium chair

  • Axel Brakhage, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany
  • Dominique Ferrandon, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
  • Scott Filler, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA
  • Bill Goldman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
  • Mihai Netea, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Symposium 5 (May 7): Systems biology in pathogenesis
Judith Berman (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA), Symposium chair

Closing Lecture (May 7)

 

Oral Presentations

"Workshop Talks" of 12 or 20 minutes will be delivered during afternoon or evening sessions by principal investigators, graduate students or postdocs. The Scientific Advisory Board will select all oral presentations based on submitted abstracts. Thus applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts since this will be taken into consideration in the case of over-subscription.

Poster Session

The poster session represents a vital part of the course. All abstracts, whether or not selected for oral presentations, will be on display as posters during the entire course to give plentiful time for informal discussions among participants.

Young Investigator Awards

All abstracts submitted by graduate students or postdoctoral fellows as first authors are subject to scientific evaluation by selected SAB members. The best 4 oral presentations and 4 posters will be awarded a surprise prize, the "HFP2009 Young Investigator Award", at the end of the course.

Timetables

Please note: A short Timetable, including all types of scientific presentations, provides a brief overview of this Advanced Lecture Course.

Please note: You can download and freely distribute the HFP2007 First Announcement as well as the course poster as PDF-document.

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