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Pre-meetings and Ad Hoc Sessions

18th International Aspergillus Meeting

Chapel, Meeting dates: March 14–15, 2022, In-person only
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Abstract and registration deadline: February 28
If you registered for the Fungal Conference already and would like to add Asperfest to your registration, please contact: mahoney@genetics-gsa.org.

Organizer: Richard Todd, Kansas State University, rbtodd@ksu.edu

Meeting Registration fee: $99 (fee includes room rental, poster boards, audio-visual, coffee breaks, social and abstract collection). Lunch is not included in the registration fee. For those staying at Asilomar, lunch is included in your meal plan.

Monday, March 14 Chapel
7:00–10:00 p.m. Poster Session
Tuesday, March 15
8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Plenary Session
1:15–3:00 p.m. Plenary and Poster Session

There is a check box on the Fungal Genetics Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would like the abstract to be considered for #Asperfest18 also. The abstract deadline is December 9, 2021.

If you wish to submit an abstract for #Asperfest18 that is NOT going to be presented at the Fungal Conference, please email your abstract(s) as a Word file attachment to rbtodd@ksu.edu. Include the names and affiliations of all authors. Underline the name of the presenting author. If you are a student and first and presenting author and would like to be considered for a student poster prize, please follow your name with an asterisk (*). The main body of your abstract must be less than 2,500 characters.

Two authors will share a 4’ high x 8’ wide poster board. The useable space for each author will measure 3’10” (111.8 cm) wide x 3’10” (111.8 cm) high. No materials for making posters will be available at the conference grounds. We encourage photos of the authors to be included on the posters.

Fusarium Workshop

Fred Farr Forum, Meeting date: March 15, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., In-person only
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Abstract and registration deadline: February 28 If you registered for the Fungal Conference already and would like to add Asperfest to your registration, please contact: mahoney@genetics-gsa.org.

Organizers: Li-Jun Ma, University of Massachusetts (lijun@umass.edu); Martijn Rep, University of Amsterdam, (m.rep@uva.nl); Antonia Di Pietro, University of Cordoba, (ge2dipia@uco.es)

Workshop Registration fee: $45 (fee includes room rental, audio-visual, abstract collection and coffee breaks). Lunch is not included in the registration fee.

The meeting will consist of a series of talks and discussions on advances in Fusarium research. The workshop organizers would like to dedicate this workshop to honor Dr. H. Corby Kistler for his dedication and lifetime contribution to advance Fusarium Biology.

There is a check box on the Fungal Genetics Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would like the abstract to be considered for the Fusarium Workshop also. The abstract deadline is December 9, 2021.

If you wish to submit an abstract for the Fusarium Workshop that is NOT going to be presented at the Fungal Conference, please email your abstract(s) as a Word file attachment to the organizer. Include the names and affiliations of all authors. Underline the name of the presenting author. The main body of your abstract must be less than 2,500 characters.

Magnafest

Kiln, Meeting date: March 15, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., In-person only
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Abstract and registration deadline: February 28 If you registered for the Fungal Conference already and would like to add Asperfest to your registration, please contact: mahoney@genetics-gsa.org.

Organizers: Ely Oliveira-Garcia, Louisiana State University (eoliveiragarcia@agcenter.lsu.edu) and Richard Wilson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (rwilson10@unl.edu)

Workshop Registration fee: $45 (fee includes room rental, audio-visual, coffee break, and abstract collection). Lunch is not included in the registration fee.

The meeting will consist of a series of talks and discussions on advances in Magnaporthe research. There is a check box on the Fungal Genetics Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would like the abstract to be considered for Magnafest also. The abstract deadline is December 9, 2021.

If you wish to submit an abstract for Magnafest that is NOT going to be presented at the Fungal Conference, please email your abstract(s) as a Word file attachment to the organizers. Include the names and affiliations of all authors. Underline the name of the presenting author. The main body of your abstract must be less than 2,500 characters.

 

Ad Hoc Sessions During the Conference

Time is available from 12:30–1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for ad hoc sessions. The sessions must end at 1:45 p.m. so that the room can be prepared for the concurrent sessions. These sessions will not be offered online.

Those wishing to convene a session should contact mahoney@genetics-gsa.org with the title, date they would like to hold the session, and number of people expected. The session information will be sent to the scientific organizers for final approval before being added to the schedule. Ad hoc organizers will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the session, including speaker presentations. The ad hoc session information must be received by December 16, 2021 to be included in the program book.

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