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Program for the Neurospora 2025 Conference

Sunday October 5, 2025

3:00 pm – Arrival and Check-in

5:00 pm – Welcome.

5:00 – 5:05 pm – Welcome

5:10 – 5:50 pm – Perkins (15 min talk with 5 min Q+A, for three speakers)

  • Perkins Award Winners: Exceptional Trainee Research (up to two speakers)
    • 5:10 pm – Abigail Deaven (University of Georgia; Lewis Lab)
    • 5:30 pm – Monique Quinn (University of California – Riverside; Borkovich Lab)

5:55 – 6:40 pm: Rapid talks

  • Rapid Talks: 3-Minute Presentations, Varied Topics
    • Speaker order given in program

6:40 to 7:40 pm – Dinner

~7:40 to 9:00 pm – Mixer

Monday October 6, 2025

8:00 am – Breakfast

9:00 to 12:00 pm: Session I – Regulatory and Structural Biomolecules in Neurospora (Session Chairs: Lori Huberman, Tina Kelliher)

(seven talks, 15 min + 5 min Q+A)

  • 9:00 am to 10:20 am talks (start times indicated)
    • 9:00 am – Matt Sachs, Texas A&M University
    • 9:20 am – Deb Bell-Pedersen, Texas A&M University
    • 9:40 am – James Evans, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    • 10:00 am – Jackie Pelham, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Break (20 min)
  • 11:00 am to 12:00 pm talks
    • 11:00 am – Bin Wang, Dunlap Lab, Dartmouth University
    • 11:20 am – Michael Brunner, Heidelberg University
    • 11:40 am – Steve Free, University of Buffalo

12:00 to 1:00 pm – Lunch

1:00 to 3:00 pm – Free time

3:00 to 4:00 pm: Beadle and Tatum Award Lecture – Lori Huberman (Cornell University)

4:00 to 6:00 pm: Session II – Neurospora Cells and Environmental Responses  (Session Chairs: James Evans, Lina Qin [tentative])

(six talks, 15 min + 5 min Q+A)

  • 4:00 to 4:40 pm talks (start times indicated):
    • 4:00 pm – Ksenia Krasileva – University of California, Berkeley
    • 4:20 pm – Aaron Robinson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Break (20 min)
  • 5:00 to 6:00 pm talks:
    • 5:00 pm – Jeffery Townsend, Yale University
    • 5:20 pm – Kathy Borkovich, University of California – Riverside
    • 5:40 pm – Ziyan Wang, Dunlap Lab, Dartmouth University

6:10 pm to 7:00 pm – Dinner

~7:10 pm to 10:00 pm – Poster session

Tuesday October 7, 2025

8:00 am – Breakfast

9:00 to 12:00 pm: Session III – Neurospora Genetics and Genomics (Session Chairs: Jackie Pelham, Betsy Hutchison)

(seven talks, 15 min + 5 min Q+A)

  • 9:00 am to 10:20 am talks (start times indicated)
    • 9:00 am – Tina Kelliher, University of Massachusetts – Boston
    • 9:20 am – Victor Sy, Shiu Lab, University of Missouri
    • 9:40 am – Tom Hammond, Illinois State University
    • 10:00 am – Xiao Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Break (20 min)
  • 11:00 am to 12:00 pm talks
    • 11:00 am – Jikui Song, University of California – Riverside
    • 11:20 am – Ilkka Kronholm, University of Jyväskylä
    • 11:40 am – Zack Lewis, University of Georgia

12:00 to 1:00 pm – Lunch

1:00 to 2:30 pm – Free time

2:30 to 3:15 pm – Neurospora Business Meeting

3:30 to 5:50 pm: Session IV – Cell Biology and Biotechnology in Neurospora  (Session Chairs: Ksenia Krasileva, Ilkka Kronholm)

(six talks, 15 min + 5 min Q+A)

  • 3:30 to 4:30 pm talks (start times indicated):
    • 3:30 pm – Lina Qin, Fujian Normal University
    • 3:50 pm – Alejandra Goity, Larrondo Lab, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    • 4:10 pm – Elizabeth Hutchison, SUNY – Geneseo
  • Break (20 min)
  • 4:50 to 5:50 pm talks:
    • 4:50 pm – Stefanie Grüttner, Kiel University
    • 5:10 pm – Ethan Viles, Heveran Lab, Montana State University
    • 5:30 pm – Braydon Black, Stanford University

6:00 to 7:00 pm – Dinner

7:00 to 8:00 pm – B. O. Dodge Lecture – Matt Sachs, Texas A&M University

8:00 to 8:15 pm – Closing Remarks

8:15 pm until close – refreshments

Wednesday October 8, 2025

8:00 am – Breakfast

Depart