New and Emerging Fungal Diseases of Animals and Plants: evolutionary aspects in the context of global changes
Roscoff (Brittany), France, June 25-29, 2011
Deadline for application: March 15, 2011
Chairperson: Matthew FISHER
Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, VA2 Ground Floor, Norfolk Place,
St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ (UK)
Phone: +44 (0)20 7589 5111 – Fax: +44 (0)20 7262 3180
Mail: matthew.fisher@imperial.ac.uk
Vice-Chairperson: Tatiana GIRAUD
Département Génétique et Ecologie Evolutives,
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR 8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParisTech,
Bâtiment 360, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex (France)
Phone: +33 1 69 15 56 69 – Fax: +33 1 69 15 73 53
Mail : tatiana.giraud@u-psud.fr
The world is changing rapidly as environments are modified by human activity. Superimposed upon this background of environmental change are signatures of ‘Globalisation’ as species are introduced into non-native, ecosystems. Many of these species are invasive, often pathogenic, organisms, and this conference Jacques Monod focuses on a Kingdom that is increasingly being recognised as having a widening impact on ecosystem, agricultural and human health, the Fungi. Pathogenic fungi are known to cause great impacts on animal and plant species, and devastating new fungal diseases are emerging. Increasingly, there is a focus on identifying the factors that drive the emergence of new fungal diseases and evolutionary theory provides a framework for considering the adaptability and match between new invaders and new host/environment combinations. Generally, the conference will focus on three main questions
1) Are disease emergences due to the introduction of a pathogen into a new environment? In such cases, how has the invasion taken place? What are the regions of origin? Were there multiple introductions, or is a single introduction sufficient? Have host shifts occurred between geographically overlapping host species?
2) Are disease emergences linked to evolutionary changes, either after introduction, or prior to introduction? What types of evolutionary changes underlie disease emergence and how do we can detect these?
3) Are disease emergences facilitated by environmental changes, such as changing climates or habitat destruction? What will patterns of fungal disease look like in the future and is this predictable?
To answer these questions, the conference will be organized around the following diverse approaches used to study the emergence of fungal diseases in an evolutionary context: Theoretical approaches, Meta-analyses, Population genetics, Experimental studies and Genomics.
Invited speakers
(provisional titles)
BALLOUX François (London, UK)
Discriminant analysis of principal components: a new method for the analysis of genetically structured populations
BODDY Lynne (Cardiff, UK)
Effects of environmental change on fruit body phenology of saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi
BRASIER Clive (Farnham, UK)
Role of hybridization in the emergence of novel host range in fungi
CARBONE Ignazio (Raleigh, USA)
The population genetics of aflatoxin diversity in Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus
CARLIER Jean (Montpellier, France)
Dispersal processes underlying the recent pandemic caused by the plant pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis
DELMOTTE François (Villenave d'Ornon, France)
Invasion history of grapevine downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola): a population genetic perspective
DESPREZ-LOUSTAU Marie-Laure (Villenave d’Ornon, France)
Predicting invasive species in forest pathogenic fungi from their traits?
FISHER Matthew (London, UK)
Spatial, temporal and ecological factors determining the evolutionary trajectory of emerging pathogenic fungi.
GANDON Sylvain (Montpellier, France)
Modeling the virulence of diseases
GARNER Trenton (London, UK)
Host responses to a fungal pathogen and complex host life histories: what the heck do we mean by immunity?
GILBERT Gregory S. (Santa Cruz, USA)
Phylogenetic signal in the host range of plant pathogenic fungi
GILLIGAN Christopher (Cambridge, UK)
Invasion dynamics and stochasticity: models for heterogeneous environments
GIRAUD Tatiana (Orsay, France)
New fungal species on novel hosts: case studies in the anther smut fungi
HOOD Michael (Amherst, USA)
Hybrid speciation in pathogens
KISS Levente (Budapest, Hungary)
Where do all the new powdery mildew species come from?
KOHN Linda (Missisauga, Canada)
The potential for adaptation, divergence, and speciation as observed in experimental and field populations of yeast and filamentous ascomycetes
LE CAM Bruno (Beaucouze, France)
Global expansion of the apple scab fungus Venturia inaequalis in connecion with the domestication of its host
LINDE Celeste (Canberra, Australia)
Speciation and origin of the plant pathogenic fungus Rhynchosporium
LODGE David (Notre Dame, USA)
Global species dispersal: diminishing degrees of separation
MARÇAIS Benoît (Champenoux, France)
Is emergence of forest pathogens linked to climate change?
McDONALD Bruce (Zürich, Switzerland)
The role of toxins, effectors, and enzymes in the emergence of fungal plant pathogens in agroecosystems
MILGROOM Michael (Ithaca, USA)
A tale of two pathogens: Devastating introductions of fungal plant pathogens into naïve host populations in Europe
PARKER Ingrid (Santa Cruz, USA)
The evolutionary ecology of novel plant-pathogen interactions and plant invasion
PEDERSEN Amy (Edinburgh, UK)
Phylogeny and geography predict pathogen sharing and disease emergence in wild primates and humans
PRINGLE Anne (Cambridge, USA)
Dispersal as a key to understanding fungal population biology: creating wind, germinating with kin, and travelling with humans.
RAVIGNÉ Virginie (Montpellier, France)
Modelling the conditions for disease emergence
STUCKENBROCK Eva (Århus, Denmark)
Genome evolution of plant pathogenic fungi
TAYLOR John (Berkeley, USA)
Detecting population shifts in response to global change over short periods: Neurospora crassa population genomics from the Caribbean Basin
VAN DEN BOSH Frank (Harpenden, UK)
The evolutionary response of plant pathogens to (i) disease control and (ii) environmental change can have major effects on the dynamics of the pathogen
Deadline for application: March 15, 2011
Registration fee (including board and lodging)
300 € for PhD students
600 € for other participants
Application for registration
The total number of participants is limited to 115 and all participants are expected to attend for the whole duration of the conference. Selection is made on the basis of the affinity of potential participants with the topics of the conference. Scientists and PhD Students interested in the meeting should send:
- their curriculum vitae
- the list of their main publications for the 3 last years
- the abstract of their presentation
to the Chairperson of the conference before the deadline. After it, the chairman will select the participants. Except in some particular cases approved by the Chairperson, it is recommended that all selected participants present their work during the conference, either in poster form or by a brief in- session talk. The organizers choose the form in which the presentations are made. No payment will be sent with application. Information on how and when to pay will be mailed in due time to those selected.