Fungal Genetics Conference
Fungal Genetics Conference
Save the Date
March 15-20, 2022 | Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California
The biennial Fungal Genetics Conference is the premier meeting for the international community of fungal geneticists. The conference features cutting-edge research spanning a diverse array of topics, including comparative and functional genomics, gene regulation, cell biology, biochemistry and metabolism, population and evolutionary genetics, host-pathogen interactions, genetics education, and more. Attendees enjoy many opportunities to network with leading fungal geneticists and forge new collaborations.
Save the date for March 15–20, 2022, at Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California
Dear Friends,
While we all continue to face the challenges of COVID-19, we are reaching out to you, hoping you are safe, healthy, and managing this past year as best possible in your personal and professional lives.
The dynamics of this pandemic have been, at times, unpredictable, but the expanding availability of vaccines gives hope for resuming more and more of our in-person scientific activities. One of them, which may still appear remote, is our fungal genetics meeting at Asilomar a year from now.
Time will tell what the nature of our next meeting will be, but we urge you to mark March 15–20, 2022 on your calendars. We have all learned to navigate our scientific lives with minimal travel, yet we believe that the various substitutes we have utilized cannot fully compensate or replace actual meetings, with the critically important ad hoc interactions (and, of course, Asilomar cuisine…).
We will be progressing with planning, and we hope you will all consider taking part in what has always been such a successful event for our fungal genetics community.
Wishing you all the best,
Natalia Requena, Fungal Policy Committee Chair
Deb Bell-Pedersen
Antonio Di Pietro
Amy Gladfelter
Erika Kothe
Luis Larrondo
John Leslie
Xiaorong Lin
Vera Meyer
Marc Orbach
Gero Steinberg
Jenny Lodge, 2022 Scientific Program Chair
Oded Yarden, 2022 Scientific Program Chair
Hugo Bellen
President, Genetics Society of America
Tracey DePellegrin
Executive Director, Genetics Society of America
7/9/20
Due to the uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fungal Genetics Policy Committee and the Genetics Society of America have made the difficult decision to postpone the 31st Fungal Genetics Conference until March 15-20, 2022.
Although the conference is an important event for our community, the safety and logistical issues prompted by the pandemic make it impossible to plan such an in-person meeting at Asilomar, where rich opportunities to connect and collaborate are tied to an informal setting with shared accommodations and meals. Our community in particular enjoys a history of Asilomar gatherings, and we’re pleased that we will return to the venue in 2022.
In the future, the meeting will continue to be held in even-numbered years. For example, the 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference will be held in 2024. We appreciate the cooperation and coordination with the European Conference on Fungal Genetics organizers in planning for our complementary meetings. We note that the European Conference on Fungal Genetics will now be held in odd-numbered years, with the ECFG16 conference moving to March, 2023. View the ECFG16 flyer.
The pre-meeting Asperfest will also be postponed until March 14–15, 2022.
If you have any questions, please email gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience, and we look forward to seeing you all in person in 2022!
Natalia Requena, Fungal Policy Committee Chair
Deb Bell-Pedersen
Antonio Di Pietro
Amy Gladfelter
Erika Kothe
Luis Larrondo
John Leslie
Xiaorong Lin
Vera Meyer
Marc Orbach
Gero Steinberg
Jenny Lodge, 2022 Scientific Program Chair
Oded Yarden, 2022 Scientific Program Chair
Denise Montell
President, Genetics Society of America
Tracey DePellegrin
Executive Director, Genetics Society of America
2019: Pacific Grove, CA
2017: Pacific Grove, CA
2015: Pacific Grove, CA
2013: Pacific Grove, CA
2011: Pacific Grove, CA
2009: PacificGrove, CA
2007: Pacific Grove, CA
2005: Pacific Grove, CA
2003: Pacific Grove, CA
