The 12th European Fusarium Seminar is being organised by the Mycology and Food Safety Research Unit, at INRA and will be held at the Palais de la Bourse, Bordeaux. Fusarium is in general present everywhere on cultivated crop and in the environment. Harvests are usually safe but sometimes, depending on climatic conditions, various Fusarium species can cause terrible epidemics of blight. In addition, most Fusarium species produce secondary metabolites that accumulate in crops and are very toxic for human and animal consumers. The produced mycotoxins are usually very stable and only few enzymatic systems from other organisms have been found able to degrade or inactivate theses compounds. After almost thirty years of intensive research fighting against these undesirable pathogens and their toxins, are we able to mitigate their effects? A lot of factors influencing epidemics of Fusarium blight and accumulation of toxins in the harvests have been identified: climatic conditions, cultural practices, virulence of the pathogens, resistance status of cultivars, stressing conditions, the fungicides being used etc. In addition, exploration of Fusarium diversity is far from being complete. Indeed, the number of Fusarium species identified worldwide increases every day and epidemiology studies show continuous changes in populations. Today, reduction of mycotoxin levels in food and feeds remains a tremendous challenge for the future. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Kingdom Fungi, constitute in excess of 1.5 million different species and they can be found in every ecosystem on our planet. By the same token, their diversity is enormous and they have a great impact on man and the environment. Their benefits are seen in the foods we consume, such as mushrooms, cheeses, drinks and sauces and now, more recently, fungi have been discovered that produce antibiotics, anticancer agents and even fuel-related compounds. Fungi are also used in the industrial manufacture of chemicals and enzymes. They are the main recyclers in the terrestrial environment, and at the same time help feed forest trees through mycorrhizal association with roots. They have close associations with algae or cyanobacteria to form lichens which are useful indicators of environmental change. Significantly, some fungi can damage food and food products, wood, furniture, fabrics, and even petroleum products. Yet, how much do we really know about the working processes of fungi, and for that matter, how many fungi really exist on the planet? The aim of this conference is to look at the enormous wealth of species and genetic diversity in the fungi, biological functions, relationships and adaptions to our changing environment and to discover their ever increasing role in providing benefits to mankind. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 36th Mycotoxin Workshop will be held in Göttingen, Germany, in June 16 - 18, 2014. On behalf of the Society for Mycotoxin Research the conference will be organized by the Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research Unit at Georg-August-University Göttingen. The conference brings together scientists working on all aspects of mycotoxin research. Fundamental issues of chemistry, biosynthesis and biological function of mycotoxins will be covered along with toxicology, health implications, technical development in mycotoxin analysis, and food and feed safety issues. ... [Information of the supplier]
This Mycotoxin Workshop will be organized by the Society for Mycotoxin Research (www.mycotoxin.de) under the auspices of Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovakia and National Focal point for scientific and technical matters for EFSA. The aim of Mycotoxin Workshop is to bring together experts from universities, government and industry to learn about new knowledge and updates in mycotoxin field. ... [Information of the supplier]
In dieser Konferenz werden grundlegende Fragen der Evolution und Ökologie diskutiert. Die Konferenz untersucht die Verwendung von Modellorganismen, die für experimentelle Studien der Evolution und Ökologie zugänglich sind. Es erfolgt eine Fokussierung auf einzellige eukaryotische Systeme, aber auch Beispiele von anderen Organismen werden behandelt. ... [Information des Anbieters, übersetzt]
Auf unserer Verbandstagung, die vom 18.-19. Oktober 2014 in Freiburg stattfindet, werden wir den Verband mit seinen Aktivitäten vorstellen. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt wird die Standortsituation des Burgundertrüffels in Deutschland sein. Immer drängender wird die Frage der Nutzung der Wildvorkommen. Deshalb wird nach kurzen Statements zu einzelnen Aspekten wie Rechtssituation, Naturschutz, nachhaltiger Nutzung und Beispielen aus anderen Ländern mit dem Publikum diskutiert. Am Sonntagvormittag findet ein Mykologisches Praktikum zur Bestimmung von Pilzen der Gattung Tuber statt. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich willkommen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Im Rahmen der 49. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung der Deutschsprachigen Mykologischen Gesellschaft e.V. und 1st International Symposium of the CRC/Transregio FungiNet vom 16. bis 19. September 2015 in Jena werden folgende Schwerpunktthemen behandelt: (1) Pilze & Umwelt, (2)Genomanalyse & Virulenzdeterminanten, (3) Systembiologie der Pilz-Wirt-Interaktion, (4) Toleranz - Inflammation - Immuntherapie, (5) Taxonomie & Diagnostik, (6) Pilzinfektionen in der Klinik, (7) Antimykotische Therapie und Resistenz. ... [Redaktion vifabio]
You are invited to attend the 28th Fungal Genetics Conference being held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds. The conference will open on Tuesday evening, March 17 with an Opening Mixer from 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm and end on Sunday, March 22. This meeting promotes the dissemination of the latest research on all aspects of fungal genetics with a focus on filamentous fungi and encourages communication and collaboration between researchers interested in genomics, gene regulation, cell biology and development, evolutionary biology, fungal-host interactions and biotechnology. ... [Information of the supplier]
The “Yeast Lipid Conference” (YLC) is an international scientific meeting held every second year (typically in late May) to promote free discussion between scientists working on or interested in all aspects of yeast lipids. The 12th edition of YLC will be held in Ghent, Belgium from the 20th till the 22nd of May 2015. It will start on Wednesday afternoon with registration followed by the opening lecture, and an evening reception. The following two days will be seminars by invited guests with some speakers chosen from submitted abstracts, poster sessions, and social events. This is the first time the conference will be hosted in Belgium and we are pleased that Ghent will be the location for this. All lectures will take place at the Faculty of Bio-Science engineering at Ghent University, which is located at walking distance from the historical city centre of Ghent. It is worth spending time before or after the meeting to discover this sparkling city and visit other points of interest in Belgium. ... [Information of the supplier]
Our next main Congress will be held on the island of Madeira, Portugal, from Monday 21 September to Friday 25 September 2015, with an evening welcome reception and Madeira wine tasting on Sunday 20 September, the evening before the Congress formally begins. The EMA is lucky to have Prof. Joao Baptista Ferreira as Chairman of the Organizing Committee.Fungi are remarkable. They belong in their own huge and incredibly diverse biological kingdom, completely separate from animals, plants and microorganisms: plants produce and animals consume, but fungi recycle. Without fungi, life as we know it would not be possible on this planet. It follows that fungi, individually and collectively, are of immense economic importance, and the aim of our Congress Programme, which is in preparation, is to celebrate these wonderful organisms by reviewing their role in culture, science and society. Themes being considered include: barcoding; biogeography; biological control; bioprospecting; bioremediation; conservation; cultivation of edible and medicinal fungi; databases and recording; ecology; endobionts; ethnomycology; evolution; forensic mycology; fungi and education; fungi and invertebrates; genomics; invasive fungi; lichen-forming fungi; mycorrhizae; mycotoxins; plant pathology; systematics. ... [Information des Anbieters]