| Title： |
Forefront of taxonomy, epidemiology and biodiversity of human
pathogenic fungi and related taxa |
| Date： |
Friday, December15, 2006 |
| Location： |
Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku. Chiba 260-8682, Japan |
| Chairman： |
Kazutaka Fukushima (RC-PFMT, Chiba Univ) |
| Admission Free |
| 8：50〜 |
Opening address: Yuzuru Mikami (RC-PFMT, Chiba Univ) |
| |
| 8：55〜10：55 Dermatophytes and related taxa |
| Chairpersons： Randolph S Currah ＆ Yvone
Graeser |
Yvone Graeser (Humboldt Univ, Germany)
Epidemiological studies in selected dermatophyte species using microsatellite
markers |
Randolph S Currah (Univ Alberta,Canada)
The Onygenales: 20 years of flux and evolution in taxonomic concepts. |
Paride Abliz (Xinjiang Med Univ, China)
Epidemiology and biodiversity of human pathogenic fungi in Xinjiang, China |
Rui Kano (Nihon Univ, Japan)
Animal dermatomycoses |
| |
| 10：55〜11：15 |
Coffee break |
| |
| 11：15〜11：40 |
NBRP-pathogenic microorganisms |
| Chairperson： Katsuhiko Kamei (RC-PFMT,
Chiba Univ) |
Hideaki Sugawara (Natl Inst Genetics, Japan)
A union of pathogenic microorganisms collections moves ahead in the National
BioResource Project in Japan |
| |
| 11：40〜12：40 |
Lunch |
| |
| 12：40〜13：00 |
Poster presentation by the National BioResource Project “Pathogenic Microorganisms” |
| |
| 13：00〜14：25 |
New emerging pathogens |
| Chairpersons： Josep Guarro ＆ Xi Liyan |
Josep Guarro (Rovira i Virgili Univ, Spain)
Genetic and phenotypic diversity in Pseudallescheria |
Xi Liyan (Sun Yat-Sen Univ, China)
The new emerging opportunistic pathogen in China |
Koji Yokoyama (RC-PFMT, Chiba Univ)
Phylogenetic analysis of pathogenic fungi based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. |
| |
| 14：25〜16：00 |
Aspergillus |
| Chairpersons： Rovert A Samson ＆ Masayuki
Machida |
Rovert A Samson (CBS, Netherland)
Biodiversity of the genus Aspergillus in view of new taxonomic concepts |
Masayuki Machida(AIST, Japan）
Comparative analysis of Aspergillus oryzae genome with those from Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus nidulans |
Takashi Yaguchi (RC-PFMT, Chiba Univ)
Polyphasic classification on Aspergillus section Fumigati |
| |
| 16：00〜16：20 |
Coffee break |
| |
| 16：20〜17：50 |
Pathogenic yeasts and Mucorales |
| Chairpersons： Galba M Campos-Takaki ＆ Vladislav
Raclavsky |
Galba M Campos-Takaki (UNICAP, Brazil)
Factors influencing the chitin and chitosan production by mucoralean fungi |
Vladislav Raclavsky (Palacky Univ, Czech)
McRAPD as a new tool to pathogenic yeast identification and typing |
Motofumi Suzuki (BRC-JCM Riken, Japan)
Molecular taxonomy of medically important ascomycetous yeasts |
| |
| 17：50〜 |
Closing address Kazutaka Fukushima (RC-PFMT, Chiba Univ) |
Secretariat
Koji Yokoyama
Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses,
Chiba University
1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673 , Japan
TEL: +81-43-226-2789, FAX: +81-43-226-2486
e-mail: yoko@faculty.chiba-u.jp |
