Introduction of the topic
Fanny Lanternier (Institut Pasteur, France)
08:30h - 08:50h
Challenges of diagnosing superficial Candida infections
Riina Richardson (University of Manchester, UK)
09:20h - 09:50h
Who can be The Last of US? Epidemiological Landscape of Fungal Infections
Ana Alastruey Izquierdo (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain)
08:50h - 09:20h
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
18.5.2024
20:45 – 21:30h
Key note lecture
Candida albicans omics: a 25-year journey
Christophe d'Enfert (Institut Pasteur)
20:45h - 21:30h
Fungal outbreaks in healthcare settings: implications for diagnosis and antifungal resistance
Anuradha Chowdhary (University of Delhi, India)
10:20h - 10:50h
TBA
Thuy Le (Duke university, USA)
10:50h - 11:20h
A translational view on viral-associated pulmonary aspergillosis
Joost Wauters (KU Leuven, Belgium)
11:20h - 11:50h
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
19.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 1
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
19.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 1
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
19.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 1
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
19.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 1
Introduction of the topic
Robert Arkowitz (University of Nice, France)
08:30h - 08:50h
Functional genomic tools for studying fungal pathogenesis and antifungal drug resistance
Rebecca Shapiro (University of Guelph, Canada)
08:50h - 09:20h
Fungal adaptations to host nutritional immunity
Daniel Kornitzer (Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
09:20h - 09:50h
From Environment to Infection: Insights from Aspergillus fumigatus
Amilia Barber (Friedrich Schiller University, Germany)
10:20h - 10:50h
From basic research to understanding selection of fungal resistance; the relevance of recombination rate in A. fumigatus
Eveline Snelders (Wageningen University, Netherland)
10:50h - 11:20h
Systematic identification and functional analysis of essential transcription factors in Cryptococcus neoformans
Yong-Sun Bahn (Yonsei Universty, South Korea)
11:20h - 11:50h
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
20.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 2
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
20.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 2
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
20.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 2
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
20.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 2
Introduction of the topic
Deborah Hogan (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA)
08:15h - 08:35h
Immune environment regulation of Candida pathogenic potential in the gut
Kyla Ost (University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA)
08:35h - 09:05h
The role of the microbiome and metabolome in modulating Candida gastrointestinal colonization
Andrew Koh (The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center USA)
09:05h - 09:35h
Mucorales and their endosymbionts: Implications for pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance
Elizabeth Ballou (University of Exeter, UK)
09:35h - 10:05h
Introduction of the topic
Marc Thilo Figge (Hans Knoll Institute, Germany)
10:35h - 10:55h
Epigenetic regulation of antifungal resistance via heterochromatin
Robin Allshire (University of Edinburg, UK)
10:55h - 11:25h
Chromosome plasticity in Candida albicans
Alessia Buscaino (University of Kent, UK)
11:25h - 11:55h
Evolving moldy murderers: Aspergillus as a model for studying the repeated evolution of opportunistic pathogenicity
Antonis Rokas (Vanderbilt University, USA)
11:55h - 12:25h
Introduction of the topic
Attila Gacser (University of Szeged, Hungary)
08:30h - 08:50h
Host defense against fungi: From the bench to the bedside
Michail Lionakis (NIH, USA)
08:50h - 09:20h
Regulation of protective immunity and inflammation by fungus-reactive T helper cells
Petra Bacher (Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
09:20h - 09:50h
Fungal adaptation to the host environment facilitates immune escape
Mark Gresnigt (Hans Knoll Institute, Germany)
10:20h - 10:50h
Humoral immunity against Aspergillus fumigatus
Vishu Aimanianda (Institut Pasteur, France)
10:50h - 11:20h
How extracellular vesicles influence Candida albicans interaction with the host
Leonardo Nimrichter (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
11:20h - 11:50h
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
22.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 3
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
22.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 3
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
22.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 3
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
22.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 3
Introduction of the topic
Robert A Cramer (Dartmouth University, USA)
08:30h - 08:50h
In vitro and in vivo evolution of multidrug resistance in Candida auris
Patrick Van Dijck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
08:50h - 09:20h
A yeast is not just a yeast: pleiotropy and pathogenesis in Cryptococcus neoformans
Jessica Brown (University of Utah, USA)
09:20h - 09:50h
Inositol polyphosphates and fungal virulence: “new kids on the block” from an antifungal drug targeting perspective?
Julianne Djordjevic (Westmead Institute, Australia)
10:20h - 10:50h
Genetic traits and mutations that mitigate antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus
Fabio Gsaller (Manchester Fungal Infection Group (MFIG), UK)
10:50h - 11:20h
Mycoviruses: Harmless Hitchhikers or Backseat Drivers of Fungal Disease?
Neta Shlezinger (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
11:20h - 11:50h
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
23.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 4
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
23.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 4
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
23.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 4
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
23.5.2024
15:45 – 16:45h
Workshop talks 4
Lectures
Meeting room (Galoubet)
23.5.2024
17:15 – 18:00h
Key Note Lecture
Leveraging Genomics to Decipher the Biology of Human Fungal Pathogens and Discover New Therapeutic Strategies
Leah Cowen (University of Toronto, Canada)
17:15h - 18:00h