2024 Fungal Genetics Conference

The 2024 Fungal Genetics Conference, the premier meeting for fungal genetics researchers, will be held 12-17 March 2024 in Pacific Grove, California

The Fungal Genetics Conference is the premier meeting for the international community of fungal geneticists. The conference features cutting-edge research spanning a diverse array of topics, including comparative and functional genomics, gene regulation, cell biology, biochemistry and metabolism, population and evolutionary genetics, host-pathogen interactions, genetics education, and more.

This is considered by many to be the pre-eminent meeting in this area and promotes interaction between researchers interested in medical pathogens, plant pathogens, saprobic fungi and symbiotic fungi.

• Highlighted topics and sessions include:
• Functional genomics illuminates foundational biology and evolution
• New technologies to understand and control antifungal resistance
• Multilevel regulatory circuits to understand fungal metabolism
• Underneath, within, and around: pathogens and symbionts
• Genetic control of primary and secondary metabolism
• Fungi at the cutting edge – microfluidics and other new tools
• Machine Learning in Fungal Genetics
• Experimental evolution with fungi
• Interactions of fungi with the biosphere
• Morphogenesis at multiple scales
• Horizontal gene transfer, meiotic drive, and related phenomena
• Biofilms, biocontrol, and disease prevention by genome engineering
• Understanding fungal pathogenesis by genomics
• Signaling in the gas phase
• Phase separation and sequestration

A virtual attendance option is planned in addition to the in-person meeting. Virtual participant registration fees for full-time residents of any country with low- and middle-income economies will be waived.

Please visit the Genetics Society of America 2024 Fungal Genetics Conference website for more the latest information and to register.