33rd Fungal Genetics Conference
33rd Fungal Genetics Conference
Rooms are available on Tuesday, March 17 for pre-meeting workshops. Those wishing to convene a pre-meeting workshop should contact mahoney@genetics-gsa.org by November 4, 2025 with the title and the number of people expected to attend. In the past, workshops have been offered on Aspergillus, Basal Fungal Kingdom, Dothideomycetes Genetics, Fusarium and Magnaporthe.
The information will be sent to the scientific organizers for final approval before being added to the schedule.Pre-meeting workshop organizers are responsible for coordinating all aspects of the program, including speaker presentations. The final program information must be received by January 6, 2026 to be included on the website and in the Program Book.
A registration fee will be charged for the pre-meeting workshops. The fee includes room rental, audio-visual equipment, coffee breaks and abstract collection. Lunch is not included in the fee.
Time is available from 12:30–1:45 p.m. on 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. Those wishing to convene an ad-hoc session should contact mahoney@genetics-gsa.org by November 20, 2025 with the title, day they would like to hold the session, and the number of people expected to attend. 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 January 6, 2026 to be included in the program book.
A registration fee will be charged for the pre-meeting workshops.
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Merrill Hall, Meeting dates: March 16–17, 2026
Abstract and registration deadline: December 4, 2025
Organizer: Mike Bromley, University of Manchester, mike.bromley@manchester.ac.uk
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 16 | Merrill Hall |
| 7:00–10:00 p.m. | Poster Session |
| Tuesday, March 17 | |
| 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Talks and Poster viewing |
| 1:15–3:00 p.m. | Talks and Poster viewing |
There is a check box on the Fungal Genetics Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would also like the abstract to be considered for #Asperfest22. The abstract deadline is December 4, 2025.
If you wish to submit an abstract for #Asperfest22 that is NOT going to be presented at the Fungal Conference, please email your abstract(s) as a Word file attachment to mike.bromley@manchester.ac.uk. 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 usable 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.
March 17, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Abstract and registration deadline: December 4, 2025
Organizers: , Luis Corrochano (corrochano@us.es), Victor Garre (vgarre@um.es), Joseph Heitman (heitm001@duke.edu), and Joey Spatafora (joseph.spatafora@oregonstate.edu)
Meeting Registration fee: $55 (fee includes room rental, audio-visual and coffee breaks). Lunch is not included in the registration fee. For those staying at Asilomar, lunch is included in your meal plan.
We aim to celebrate the diversity of the fungal kingdom by bringing together people from all biological fields with an interest in the non-dikarya fungal phyla (Mucoromycota, Glomeromycota, Chytridiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, and many others), the Zygosporic and Zoosporic Fungi (aka the ZygoZoo). We are very much looking forward to a day of talks and lively discussions on all the new developments in this versatile group of fungi, encompassing all aspects of genetics, genomics, ecology, host-fungal interactions, endosymbiosis, antifungal drug resistance, physiology, and secondary metabolism.
There is a check box on the Fungal Genetics Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would like the abstract to also be considered for this workshop.
March 17, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Abstract and registration deadline: December 4, 2025
Organizers: Stephen B. Goodwin, steve.goodwin@usda.gov, Burt Bluhm, Melvin Bolton and Megan McDonald
Meeting Registration fee: $55 (fee includes room rental, audio-visual and coffee breaks). Lunch is not included in the registration fee. For those staying at Asilomar, lunch is included in your meal plan.
This workshop is for anyone working on the genetics, genomics or host-pathogen interactions of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. There is a check box on the Fungal Genetics Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would also like the abstract to be considered for this workshop. The abstract deadline is December 4, 2025.
March 17, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Abstract and registration deadline: December 4, 2025
Organizers: Li-Jun Ma, li-jun@biochem.umass.edu and Domingo Martinez
Meeting Registration fee: $55 (fee includes room rental, audio-visual and coffee breaks). Lunch is not included in the registration fee. For those staying at Asilomar, lunch is included in your meal plan.
We invite the Fusarium community to discuss latest updates on our favorite fungal genus. Fusarium is one of the species-richest groups of fungi, encompassing plant fitness-promoting endophytes, devastating plant pathogens, and also severe opportunistic human pathogens. Additionally, Fusarium species are of great interest as potent mycotoxin/natural products producers. There is a check box on the Fungal Genetics Conference abstract submission site to indicate that you would like the abstract to also be considered for #Fusariumworkshop. If you wish to submit an abstract for #Fusariumworkshop that is NOT going to be presented at the Fungal Genetics Conference, please submit via email to lijun@umass.edu. The general abstract submission guidelines apply.
March 17, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Abstract and registration deadline: December 4, 2025
Organizers: Ely Oliveira-Garcia, Louisiana State University (eoliveiragarcia@agcenter.lsu.edu),Frank Menke, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK (frank.menke@tsl.ac.uk) and Miriam Oses-Ruiz, University of Navarra, Spain (miriam.oses@unavarra.es
Meeting Registration fee: $55 (fee includes room rental, audio-visual and coffee breaks). Lunch is not included in the registration fee. For those staying at Asilomar, lunch is included in your meal plan.
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 also like the abstract to be considered for Magnafest. The abstract deadline is December 4, 2025. 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. The general abstract submission guidelines apply. Underline the name of the presenting author.