2025 Tri-I Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program Symposium
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2025 Tri-I Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program Symposium |
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Speakers will Include: Dr. Orlando Arguello Miranda North Carolina State University
Dr. Abigail LaBella University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dr. Caroline Laplante North Carolina State University
Dr. Thuy Le Duke University
Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
JULY 28 8:45 AM-5:00 PM
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Location: Love Auditorium Levine Science Research Center B101 Duke University |
Detailed Agenda below.
Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program
Symposium Schedule July 28, 2025
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee and Pastries
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Welcome and Introduction
Session I
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM The Ten Commandments for mycologists, Dr. Thuy Le, Duke University
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM A Microscopy-Based Perspective on Structural Consequences of β-1,6-Glucan Deficiency in C. neoformans, Dr. Joe Vasselli, Duke University
10:05 AM - 10:25 AM Disrupting STRIPAK signaling drives an alternative mode of reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans, Dr. Patricia Peterson, Duke University
10:25 AM - 11:10 AM Deletion of septin AspB unlocks caspofungin fungicidal potential in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus, Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz, Virginia Tech
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Break
Session II
11:35 AM - 12:20 PM Decoding fungal traits using codon usage bias, Dr. Abigail LaBella, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM Aureobasidium pullulans—a new model of physiological generalism, Dr. Audrey Williams, Duke University
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Transcriptional investigation of endophyte role in the wheat-Parastagonospora nodorum pathosystem, Xavious Allen, North Carolina State University
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Talk title: TBD, Dr. Rytas Vigalys, Duke University
1:20 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch
Session III
2:35 PM - 3:20 PM From Yeast to Us: Visualizing the universal engine of cell division with quantitative microscopy, Dr. Caroline LaPlante, North Carolina State University
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Temperature and genetic background drive mobilization of diverse transposable elements in Cryptococcus neoformans, Anna Mackey, Duke University
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Nuclear division autonomy in a multinucleate fungus from asymmetric cell cycle coupling, Dr. Ameya Jalihal, Duke University
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Mycology through Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Orlando Arguello-Miranda, North Carolina State University
4:45 PM - 4:50 PM Closing
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Event at Hi-Wire Brewing, Light dinner and drinks courtesy of Dr. Joseph Heitman, Address: 800 Taylor St #9-150, Durham, NC 27701