Minisymposium 11
Fungi as friends and foes – metabolic potential and diversity of pathogenic lifestyles

Programm

• 09:00 – 09:05 5 Min. 0 Min.

  Welcome
• 09:05 – 09:30 25 Min. 0 Min.

  • Invited lecture
  • FB-FG01

  Sphingolipid inhibitors from fungi: biosynthesis, spatio-temporal organisation and cross-interaction with sphingolipid metabolism

  • Vito Valiante (Jena, DE)
• 09:30 – 09:45 10 Min. 5 Min.

  • Short lecture
  • FB-FG02

  Unveiling the impact of UPR modulation on pathogenic development of Ustilago maydis

  • Anja Katharina Sieven (Göttingen, DE)

   Biology of yeast and fungi
• 09:45 – 10:00 10 Min. 5 Min.

  • Short lecture
  • FB-FG03

  Elucidating the ability of Trichoderma to distinguish between plant-beneficial and plant-pathogenic fungi

  • Pia Stange (Freising, DE)

   Biology of yeast and fungi
• 10:00 – 10:15 10 Min. 5 Min.

  • Short lecture
  • FB-FG04

  The isoprenyl chain length of coenzyme Q mediates the nutritional resistance of fungi to a predatory amoeba

  • Nauman Saeed (Insel Poel/OT Malchow, DE)

   Biology of yeast and fungi
• 10:15 – 10:30 10 Min. 5 Min.

  • Short lecture
  • FB-FG05

  Exploring the methylotrophic yeast Ogataea polymorpha as a host organism for producing platform chemicals from methanol

  • Katrin Wefelmeier (Aachen, DE)

   Biology of yeast and fungi
• 10:30 – 10:45 10 Min. 5 Min.

  • Short lecture
  • FB-FG06

  Biologically and economically sustainable: Development of a fungal heterologous host for enhanced production of astin C

  • Hannes Maier (Tübingen, DE)

   Biology of yeast and fungi
• 10:45 – 11:00 10 Min. 5 Min.

  • Short lecture
  • FB-FG07

  Aspergillus niger as a cell factory for the production of pyomelanin, a molecule with UV-C radiation shielding activity

  • Stella Marie Koch (Cologne, DE)

   Biology of yeast and fungi