detailed program

Program

Saturday May 18, 2024

3:00 PM      Registration

7:00 PM      Dinner

8:10 PM      Welcome addresses

8:40 PM      Keynote lecture

                   Chair: Guilhem Janbon

                   Christophe d’Enfert (Institut Pasteur, France)

                    Candida albicans omics: a 25-year journey 

9:30 PM      Welcome Reception

Sunday May 19, 2024

7:30 AM      Breakfast

8:00 AM      Registration

8:30 AM      Session 1: Clinical challenges and molecular epidemiology of fungal infections (EFISG sponsored session)

8:30 AM      Fanny Lanternier  (Institut Pasteur, France)

                   Introduction

8:50 AM      Laura Alcazar-Fuoli (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain)

                   Evolution of Candida parapsilosis causing outbreaks in Spain: Azole resistance distribution and related molecular mechanisms of resistance

9:20 AM      Riina Richardson (University of Manchester, UK)

                   Challenges of diagnosing superficial Candida infections

9:50 AM      Coffee Break

10:20 AM    Anuradha Chowdhary (University of Delhi, India)

                   Fungal outbreaks due to rare yeasts in Neonatal Intensive care units

10:50 AM    Thuy Le (Duke university, USA)

Talaromyces marneffei epidemiology

11:20 AM    Joost Wauters (KU leeven, Belgium)

                   A translational view on viral-associated pulmonary aspergillosis

12:15 PM     Lunch

3:30 PM      FEBS presentation

3:45 PM      Workshop 1: Clinical challenges and epidemiology of fungal infections

4:45 PM      Coffee Break

5:15 PM      Elevator talks, Session 1

7:00 PM      Dinner

8:00 PM      Poster session 1

Monday May 20, 2024

7:30 AM      Breakfast

8:30 AM      Session 2: Molecular and Cell Biology of Fungal Pathogens

8:30 AM      Robert Arkowitz (University of Nice, France)

                   Introduction

8:50 AM      Rebecca Shapiro (University of Guelph, Canada)

Functional genomic tools for studying fungal pathogenesis and antifungal drug resistance

9:20 AM      Daniel Kornitzer (Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)

Fungal adaptations to host nutritional immunity

9:50 AM      Coffee Break

10:20 AM    Amilia Barber (Friedrich Schiller University, Germany)

                   From Environment to Infection: Insights from Aspergillus fumigatus

10:50 AM    Eveline Snelders (Wageningen University, Netherland)

From basic research to understanding selection of fungal resistance; the relevance of recombination rate in A. fumigatus   

11:20 AM    Yong-Sun Bahn (Yonsei Universty, South Korea)

Systematic identification and functional analysis of essential transcription factors in Cryptococcus neoformans

12:30 PM: Lunch

3:45 PM      Workshop 2: Molecular and Cell Biology of Fungal Pathogens

4:45 PM      Coffee Break

5:15 PM      Elevator talks, Session 2

7:00 PM      Dinner

8:00 PM      Poster session 2

Tuesday May 21, 2024

7:30 AM      Breakfast

8:15 AM      Session 3: Microbiome and microbial interactions

8:15 AM      Deborah Hogan (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA)

                   Introduction

8:35 AM     Kyla Ost (University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA)

                   Immune environment regulation of Candida pathogenic potential in the gut

9:05 AM      Andrew Koh (The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center USA)

The role of the microbiome and metabolome in modulating Candida gastrointestinal colonization

9:35 AM      Elizabeth Ballou (University of Exeter, UK)

Mucorales and their endosymbionts: Implications for pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance

10:05 AM    Coffee Break

10:35 AM    Session 4: Crossing disciplines: Beyond mycology

10:35 AM    Marc Thilo Figge (Hans Knoll Institute, Germany)

                   Introduction

10:55AM     Robin Allshire (University of Edinburg, UK)

                   Epigenetic regulation of antifungal resistance via heterochromatin

11:25 AM    Alessia Buscaino (University of Kent, UK)

                   Chromosome plasticity in Candida albicans

12:55 PM    Antonis Rokas (Vanderbilt University, USA)

Evolving moldy murderers: Aspergillus as a model for studying the repeated evolution of opportunistic pathogenicity

12:30 PM     Lunch

Free Afternoon and evening

Wednesday May 22, 2024

7:30 AM      Breakfast

8:30 AM      Session 5: Host-Pathogen Interactions: the host's perspective

8:30 AM      Attila Gacser (University of Szeged, Hungary)

                   Introduction

8:50 AM      Michail Lionakis (NIH, USA)

                   Host defense against fungi: From the bench to the bedside

9:20 AM      Petra Bacher (Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

                   Regulation of protective immunity and inflammation by fungus-reactive T helper cells

9:50 AM      Coffee Break

10:20 AM    Mark Gresnigt (Hans Knoll Institute, Germany)

                   Fungal adaptation to the host environment facilitates immune escape

10:50 AM    Vishu Aimanianda (Institut Pasteur, France)

Humoral immunity against Aspergillus fumigatus

11:20 AM    Leonardo Nimrichter (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

                   How extracellular vesicles influence Candida albicans interaction with the host

12:15 PM     Lunch

3:45 PM      Workshop 3: Host-Pathogen Interactions: the host's perspective

4:45 PM      Coffee Break

5:15 PM      Elevator talks, Session 3

7:00 PM      Dinner

8:00 PM      Poster session 3

Thursday May 23, 2024

7:30 AM      Breakfast

8:30 AM      Session 6: Host-Pathogen Interactions: the pathogen's perspective

8:30 AM      Robert A Cramer (Dartmouth University, USA)

                   Introduction

8:50 AM      Patrick Van Dijck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

                   In vitro and in vivo evolution of multidrug resistance in Candida auris

9:20 AM      Jessica Brown (University of Utah, USA)

                   A yeast is not just a yeast: pleiotropy and pathogenesis in Cryptococcus neoformans

9:50 AM      Coffee Break

10:20 AM    Julianne Djordjevic (Westmead Institute, Australia)

Inositol polyphosphates and fungal virulence: “new kids on the block” from an antifungal drug targeting perspective?

10:50 AM    Fabio Gsaller (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria)

Genetic traits and mutations that mitigate antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus

11:20 AM    Neta Shlezinger (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Mycoviruses: Harmless Hitchhikers or Backseat Drivers of Fungal Disease?

12:15 PM     Lunch

3:45 PM      Workshop 4: Host-Pathogen Interactions: the pathogen's perspective

4:45 PM      Coffee Break

5

5:15 PM      Keynote lecture

                   Chair: Elaine Bignell

                   Leah Cowen (University of Toronto, Canada)

Leveraging Genomics to Decipher the Biology of Human Fungal Pathogens and Discover New Therapeutic Strategies

6:00 PM      Award ceremony

6:30 PM      Drinks, dinner and farewell party

Friday May 24, 2024

Departure