Location: Sapienza University of Rome 
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 – 00185 Roma
Dept. of Chemistry “Stanislao Cannizzaro”
Aula La Ginestra CU014 View Map
PROGRAM
| 10:00 – 14:00 | Registration/Welcome Reception |
|---|---|
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Conference Opening Luigi Faino and Massimo Reverberi Lectio Magistralis |
| SESSION 1 – TP1: GENETICS, GENOMICS AND SYSTEM BIOLOGY Chairs: Igor Grigoriev & Carla Steyn | |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Keynote Speaker Igor Grigoriev · Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, USA 100+ Fusarium genomes and omics datasets |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Stefania Vitale · National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Napoli, Italy A novel desensitization mechanism regulates α-Ste2 signalling in Fusarium oxysporum |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Minely Cerón-Bustamante · University of Perugia, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Perugia, Italy Transcriptomic analysis of the Fusarium graminearum photoresponse to different light wavelenghts |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Anna K. Atanasoff-Kardjalieff · University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria The histone variant H2A.Z: Insights in its role in gene regulation in the phytopathogen F. fujikuroi |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | John Clarkson · University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences, Warwick, UK Identification, pathogenomics and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae in lettuce |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Anthony Glenn · Agricultural Research Service, US National Poultry Research Center, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Athens, USA Fungal nitric oxide reductase is a key target for reduction of agricultural nitrous oxide emissions |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Carla Steyn · University of Johannesburg, Botany and Plant Biotechnology, Johannesburg, South Africa Fusarium diversity from soils of the Golden Gate Highland National Park, South Africa |
| SESSION 2 – TP2: EXPOSURE AND TOXICOLOGY & TP6: GENETICS OF HOSTS – PLANT RESISTANCE Chairs: John Leslie & Marion Garofalo | |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Keynote Speaker John F. Leslie · Kansas State University, Dept of Plant Pathology, KS, USA Pre-harvest mycotoxin contamination of maize in Malawi |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Marion Garofalo · INRAE, ToxAlim, Reserarch Centre in Food Toxicology, University of Toulouse, France A novel toxic effect of foodborne trichothecenes: the exacerbation of genotoxicity |
| 18:00 – 18:15 | Limbikani Matumba · Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Dept. of Agriculture & Food Systems, Malawi Explaining the inaction regarding the management of fumonisin contamination in sub-Saharan Africa |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | Alessandra Lanubile · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dept. of Sustainable Crop Production, Piacenza, Italy Characterization of the maize lipoxygenase genes in relation to mycotoxigenic fungal resistance |
| 18:30 – 18:45 | Juho Hautsalo · Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland Monitoring Fusarium head blight development from oat spikelets |
| 10:00 – 14:00 | Registration/Welcome Reception |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Conference Opening Luigi Faino and Massimo Reverberi Lectio Magistralis |
| SESSION 1 – TP1: GENETICS, GENOMICS AND SYSTEM BIOLOGY Chairs: Igor Grigoriev & Carla Steyn | |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Keynote Speaker Igor Grigoriev · Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, USA 100+ Fusarium genomes and omics datasets |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Stefania Vitale · National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Napoli, Italy A novel desensitization mechanism regulates α-Ste2 signalling in Fusarium oxysporum |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Minely Cerón-Bustamante · University of Perugia, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Perugia, Italy Transcriptomic analysis of the Fusarium graminearum photoresponse to different light wavelenghts |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Anna K. Atanasoff-Kardjalieff · University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria The histone variant H2A.Z: Insights in its role in gene regulation in the phytopathogen F. fujikuroi |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | John Clarkson · University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences, Warwick, UK Identification, pathogenomics and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae in lettuce |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Anthony Glenn · Agricultural Research Service, US National Poultry Research Center, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Athens, USA Fungal nitric oxide reductase is a key target for reduction of agricultural nitrous oxide emissions |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Carla Steyn · University of Johannesburg, Botany and Plant Biotechnology, Johannesburg, South Africa Fusarium diversity from soils of the Golden Gate Highland National Park, South Africa |
| SESSION 2 – TP2: EXPOSURE AND TOXICOLOGY & TP6: GENETICS OF HOSTS – PLANT RESISTANCE Chairs: John Leslie & Marion Garofalo | |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Keynote Speaker John F. Leslie · Kansas State University, Dept of Plant Pathology, KS, USA Pre-harvest mycotoxin contamination of maize in Malawi |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Marion Garofalo · INRAE, ToxAlim, Reserarch Centre in Food Toxicology, University of Toulouse, France A novel toxic effect of foodborne trichothecenes: the exacerbation of genotoxicity |
| 18:00 – 18:15 | Limbikani Matumba · Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Dept. of Agriculture & Food Systems, Malawi Explaining the inaction regarding the management of fumonisin contamination in sub-Saharan Africa |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | Alessandra Lanubile · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dept. of Sustainable Crop Production, Piacenza, Italy Characterization of the maize lipoxygenase genes in relation to mycotoxigenic fungal resistance |
| 18:30 – 18:45 | Juho Hautsalo · Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland Monitoring Fusarium head blight development from oat spikelets |
