Scientific Programme

01 Schedule

19 September —
Tuesday

9:00 – 9:30

Opening of the Conference

9:30 – 10:15

Plenary lecture: Amy Gladfelter

10:15 – 11:00

Rock-Inhabiting Fungi

Invited lecture: Laura Selbmann

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00

Halophilic and Osmophilic Fungi

Invited lecture: Ramon Alberto Batista-García

13:00 – 14:30
Lunch and poster viewing
14:30 – 16:00

Fungi from Polar and Alpine Environments

Invited lecture: Teppo Rämä

Invited lecture: Steven Hanes

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00

Astrobiology and Fungal Dispersal

Invited lecture: Kathleen Benison

Invited lecture: Chris Koon Ho Wong

18:00
Welcome party

20 September —
Wednesday

9:00 – 10:30

Low Water Activity Environments

Invited lecture: Michael Poulsen

Invited lecture: Samah Mohamed Rizk Soliman

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00

Radiation, Acidity, And Other Extreme Environments

Invited lecture: Michael Daly

Invited lecture: Jan Quinn

13:00 – 14:30
Lunch and poster viewing
14:30 – 16:00

Molecular Tools for Extremophilic Fungi

Invited lecture: Julia Schumacher

Invited lecture: Zhenming Chi

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00
Poster Presentation Flash Talks
18:00
Optional social gathering

21 September —
Thursday

Morning
Scientific Excursion to Carstic Caves
Afternoon
Workshop: Sampling Hypersaline Environments in Man-Made Solar Salterns

22 September —
Friday

9:00 – 11:00

Black Yeasts

Invited lecture: Sybren de Hoog

Invited lecture: Macit Ilkit

Invited lecture: Vânia Aparecida Vicente

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00

Omics

Invited lecture: Jason Stajich

Invited lecture: Gustavo Goldmann

13:00 – 14:30
Lunch and poster viewing
14:30 – 16:00

Biotechnology and Bioremediation

Invited lecture: Nancy Keller

Invited lecture: Elisabet Aranda

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 – 17:45

Plenary Lecture and Closing: Nina Gunde-Cimerman

19:30
Conference Dinner

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