CONTENTS
· Committees
· Faculty
· Scientific Agenda
· Invitation
· Gala Dinner
· Registration
· General Information
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· Organizer

National Scientific Committee
Stephane Bretagne, Créteil, France

Dominique Chabasse, Angers, France

Annick Datry, Paris, France

Christophe d’Enfert, Paris, France

Francoise Dromer, Paris, France

Bertrand F. Dupont, Paris, France

Martine Feuilhade, Paris, France

Renee Grillot, Grenoble, France

Jacques Guillot, Maisons Alfort, France

Raoul Herbrecht, Strasbourg, France

Jean-Paul Latge, Paris, France

Olivier Lortholary, Paris, France

Daniel Poulain, Lille, France

Patricia Roux, Paris, France

Faouzi Saliba, Villejuif, France

International Scientific Committee
Gordon D. Brown, Cape Town, South Africa

Arturo Casadevall, Bronx, New York, United States

Gustavo H. Goldman, São Paulo, Brazil

Joseph Heitman, Durham, North Carolina, United States

Sybren de Hoog, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Masyuki Machida, Ibaraki, Japan

Richard Malik, Sydney, Australia

Kieren A. Marr, Seattle, Washington, United States

Jacques Meis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Fritz Muhlschlegel, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Frank C. Odds, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Malcolm Richardson, Helsinki, Finland

Luigiana Romani, Perugia, Italy

Dominique Sanglard, Lausanne, Switzerland

Kathrin Tintelnot, Berlin, Germany

David W. Warnock, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Abdall O.A. Ahmed
King Saud University, College of Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sevtap Arikan
Hacettepe University Medical School
Ankara, Turkey

Darius Armstrong-James
Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom

Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

S. Arunmozhi Balajee
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington, United States

Adrienne V. Bambach
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC, United States

Francesco Barchiesi
Universita Politecnica delle Marche
Ancona, Italy

Steven Bates
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Anne Beauvais
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Wolfgang H.J. Becker
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
Utrecht, The Netherlands

John E. Bennett
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Jacques Bille
University Hospital
Lausanne, Switzerland

Ross Bond
Royal Veterinary College
Herts, United Kingdom

Jean-Philippe Bouchara
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Angers, France

Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Mary E. Brandt
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Stephane Bretagne
Hôpital Henri Mondor
Créteil, France

Alistair J.P. Brown
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Gordon D. Brown
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

James Burnie
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester, United Kingdom

Richard A. Calderone
Georgetown University
Washington, DC, United States

Vera L. Calich
University of São Paolo Biomedical Sciences Institute
São Paulo, Brazil

Arturo Casadevall
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, United States

Antonio Cassone
Instituto Superiore di Sanita
Rome, Italy

Elizabeth Castañeda
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Bogota, Colombia

Rene Chermette
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort
Maisons-Alfort, France

Frank E.J. Coenjaerts
University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Garry T. Cole
Medical University of Ohio at Toledo
Toledo, Ohio, United States

Arnaldo L. Colombo
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Catherine Cordonnier
Hôpital Henri Mondor
Créteil, France

Leah E. Cowen
Whitehead Institute
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Manuel Cuenca-Estrella
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Madrid, Spain

Melanie Cushion
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Eric Dannaoui
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

George S. Deepe
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Laurence Delhaes
Université de Lille II
Lille, France

David W. Denning
University of Manchester and Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester, United Kingdom

Michel Develoux
Hôpital Tenon
Paris, France

Andrew R. Dodgson
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester, United Kingdom

J. Peter Donnelly
Radboud University Nijmengen Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Francoise Dromer
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Bernard Dujon
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Bertrand F. Dupont
Hopital Necker
Paris, France

Paul S. Dyer
The University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom

John E. Edwards
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States

Helene C. Eisenman
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, United States

David Ellis
Women's and Children's Hospital
North Adelaide, Australia

Christophe d'Enfert
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Joachim F. Ernst
Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Duesseldorf, Germany

Ahmed Hassan Fahal
University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan

Martine Feuilhade de Chauvin
Saint Louis Hospital
Paris, France

Scott G. Filler
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States

Johanna Fink-Gremmels
University of Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Matthew C. Fisher
Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
London, United Kingdom

Chantal Fradin
Université de Lille II
Lille, France

Pierre Galtier
National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
Toulouse, France

Dea Garcia-Hermoso
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Estelle Gewiss-Mogensen
University of Kent
Canterbury, United Kingdom

Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Concha Gil
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Madrid, Spain

Gustavo H. Goldman
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Neil Gow
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Sophie Goyard
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Yvonne Graser
Humboldt University
Berlin, Germany

John R. Graybill
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United Sates

Andreas H. Groll
University Children’s Hospital
Münster, Germany

Josep Guarro
Universitat Rovira I Virgili
Reus, Spain

Jacques Guillot
Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort
Maisons-Alfort, France

Atsuhiko Hasegawa
Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine
Tokyo, Japan

Vladimir Havlicek
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic

Roderick J. Hay
Queens University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom

Ken Haynes
Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom

Joseph Heitman
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Raoul Herbrecht
Hôpital de Hautepierre
Strasbourg, France

Deborah A. Hogan
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

Sybren de Hoog
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Lois L. Hoyer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, United States

Bernhard Hube
Robert Koch Institute
Berlin, Germany

Christina M. Hull
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Guilhem Janbon
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Alexander Johnson
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States

Brian L. Jones
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thierry Jouault
Université de Lille II
Lille, France

Carol A. Kauffman
University of Michigan Medical School and Veteran Affairs
Ann Arbor Healthcare
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Bruce Klein
University of Wisconsin, Madison Medical College
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Hans C. Korting
Ludwig Maximilians University
Munich, Germany

James W. Kronstad
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Karl Kuchler
Medical University and Biocenter of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Bart-Jan Kullberg
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

June K. Kwon-Chung
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Jean-Paul Latgé
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Mathias Lavie-Richard
National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
Toulouse, France

Alfred M. Legendre
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Stuart M. Levitz
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Russell E. Lewis
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Houston, Texas, United States

Jennifer Lodge
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Michael Lorenz
University of Texas at Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas, United States

Olivier Lortholary
Hôpital Necker
Paris, France

Oscar Marchetti
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
Lausanne, Switzerland

Enrique Marco de Lucas
Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla
Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Kieren A. Marr
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington, United States

Ruth Matthews
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom

Kerrigan McCarthy
National Health Laboratory Service
Johannesburg, South Africa

Jacques F.G.M. Meis
Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Leonel Mendoza
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Wieland Meyer
University of Sydney
Westmead, Australia

Bernard Mignon
University of Liege
Liege, Belgium

Michel Monod
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
Lausanne, Switzerland

Fritz Muhlschlegel
University of Kent
Canterbury, United Kingdom

Carol A. Munro
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Patricia Muñoz
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Madrid, Spain

Mihai G. Netea
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Patrick Nicolas
UFR SMBH-Léonard de Vinci, Université Paris
Bobigny, France

William C. Nierman
The Institute for Genomic Research
Rockville, Maryland, United States

Clarissa J. Nobile
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, United States

Nicole Nolard
Scientific Institute of Public Health
Brussels, Belgium

Frank C. Odds
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

Isabella P. Oswald
National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
Toulouse, France

Peter G. Pappas
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Dominique Parent-Massin
University of Brest
Brest, France

Thomas F. Patterson
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States

Dominique Peeters
Université de Liège
Liege, Belgium

John R. Perfect
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Marc Pihet
Angers University Hospital
Angers, France

Liise-anne Pirofski
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, United States

Jesus A. Pla
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Madrid, Spain

Luciano Polonelli
Università degli Studi di Parma
Parma, Italy

Daniel Poulain
Inserm E0360/ University Hospital of Lille
Lille, France

Claude Pujol
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Martine Raymond
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec,Canada

Louis de Repentigny
Sainte-Justine Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

John Rex
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Macclesfield, United Kingdom

Malcolm Richardson
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland

Emmanuel Roilides
Aristotle University
Thessaloniki, Greece

Luigiana Romani
University of Perugia
Perugia, Italy

Patricia Roux
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Paris, France

Steffen Rupp
Fraunhofer IGB
Stuttgart, Germany

Faouzi Saliba
Paul Brousse Hospital
Villejuif, France

Ira F. Salkin
State University of New York, School of Public Health
West Sand Lake, New York, United States

Robert A. Samson
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Gioconda San-Blas
Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research
Caracas, Venezuela

Dominique Sanglard
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
Lausanne, Switzerland

Boualem Sendid
Université de Lille II
Lille, France

Jose Antonio Serrano
University of Los Andes
Merida, Venezuela

Ashok Shah
University of Delhi
Delhi, India

Lynne Sigler
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Thira Sirisanthana
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai, Thailand

David R. Soll
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Tania C. Sorrell
University of Sydney
Westmead, Australia

Thyagarajan Srikantha
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Takashi Sugita
Meiji Pharmaceutical University
Tokyo, Japan

Richard C. Summerbell
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Fredj Tekaia
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Kathrin Tintelnot
Robert Koch Institute
Berlin, Germany

Michel Tod
Institute des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques
Lyon, France

Luiz R. Travassos
Federal University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Patrick Van Dijck
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Heverlee, Belgium

Nongnuch Vanittanakom
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jose A. Vazquez
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, United States

Anna Vecchiarelli
University of Perugia
Perugia, Italy

Aristea Velegraki
National University of Athens
Athens, Greece

Kevin J. Verstrepen
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Paul E. Verweij
University Medical Center Nijmegen
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Christian Vivares
Université Blaise Pascal
Aubiere Cedex, France

Thomas J. Walsh
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

David W. Warnock
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Thomas Warscheid
IWT/MPA Mikrobiologie
Bremen, Germany

Carol L. Wells
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Oliverio Welsh
Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León
Monterrey, Mexico

Malcolm Whiteway
Biotechnology Research Institute
Montreal, Canada

Betty A. Wu-Hsieh
National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Taipei, Taiwan

Aimee K. Zaas
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Oscar Zaragoza
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, United States

Click here to view the Program At A Glance (in PDF format).

Sunday, 25 June 2006

17:30
Opening remarks and welcome to Paris

18:00
Presidential address
David W. Warnock

18:45
Keynote lecture
Impact of animal models in antifungal therapy
Frank C. Odds

19:15
Welcome reception

Monday, 26 June 2006

Symposium 1: Comparative genomics
Moderators: Bernard Dujon and Gustavo H. Goldman

8:30
Comparative genomics in yeasts
Bernard Dujon

8:55
Comparative analysis of A. fumigatus, A. clavatus and N. fischeri
William C. Nierman

9:20
The Cryptococcus species complex: Sex, MAT, and the evolution of virulence
Joseph Heitman

9:45
Tentative determination of thermostable proteins in A.fumigatus, using amino-acid composition and correspondence analysis
Fredj Tekaia

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

Symposium 2: Glycobiology and host interplay
Moderators: Richard A. Calderone and Daniel Poulain

8:30
The global response of Candida albicans to glycosylation defects
Carol A. Munro

8:55
Discovering the secrets of the Candida albicans agglutinin-like sequence (ALS) gene family—a sticky pursuit
Lois L. Hoyer

9:20
Hunting for genes and carrier molecules responsible for beta mannose expression at the Candida cell wall surface
Chantal Fradin

9:45
Two-component signaling and cell wall synthesis
Adrienne V. Bambach

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

Symposium 3: Antifungals: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Moderator: Michel Tod

8:30
Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships for antifungals: A critical look
Speaker invited

8:55
Clinically relevant pharmacokinetic interactions on antifungals: An update
Patrick Nicolas

9:20
Potentiation of antifungal activity by non-antifungal drugs
Oscar Marchetti

9:45
To be determined

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

Symposium 4: (ECMM-ISHAM): Molecular taxonomy
Moderators: Josep Guarro and Sybren de Hoog

8:30
Developments in keratinophilic Onygenales
Lynne Sigler

8:55
New taxonomy of Malassezia
Takashi Sugita

9:20
Aspergillus species in the A. fumigatus complex
Kieren A. Marr

9:45
Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii
Kathrin Tintelnot

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

10:35
Break

Symposium 5: Postgenomic and transcript profiling
Moderators: Bernhard Hube and Malcolm Whiteway

11:00
Genomic analysis of mating in C. albicans and S. cerevisiae
Alexander Johnson

11:25
Transcript profiling and metabolic adaptation
Alistair J.P. Brown

11:50
Transcript profiling and stress response
Malcolm Whiteway

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 6: Cytokines and host-fungus interaction
Moderators: Gordon D. Brown and Thierry Jouault

11:00
The role of Dectin-1 in anti-fungal immunity
Gordon D. Brown

11:25
Functional consequences of fungi-TLR interactions
Mihai G. Netea

11:50
Regulatory cytokines in antifungal immunity
Luigiana Romani

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 7: New challenges in dermatomycoses
Moderators: Martine Feuilhade de Chauvin and Roderick J. Hay

11:00
Genetic relationships of dermatophytes
Yvonne Graser

11:25
Dermatophyte-secreted proteases
Michel Monod

11:50
Recent developments in the antifungal susceptibilty of dermatophytes
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 8: Immunological tools for fungal diagnosis: An update
Moderators: Boualem Sendid and Paul E. Verweij

11:00
Value of non conventional diagnosis of invasive Candida infections
Jacques Bille

11:25
Kinetics of circulating fungal antigen during antifungal therapy: Correlation with fungal burden, clinical response and outcome
Paul E. Verweij

11:50
Glucans as marker for invasive mycoses
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

12:30
Lunch break

Symposium 9: Population dynamics of fungal pathogens
Moderators: Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux and Claude Pujol

14:00
Candida glabrata
Andrew R. Dodgson

14:25
Penicillium marneffei
Matthew C. Fisher

14:50
Candida albicans
Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

Symposium 10: Antifungal vaccines
Moderators: Garry T. Cole and Stuart M. Levitz

14:00
Vaccination against cryptococcosis
Stuart M. Levitz

14:25
Prospects for a general antifungal vaccine
Antonio Cassone

14:50
Vaccination against paracoccidioidomycosis
Luiz R. Travassos

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

Symposium 11: New challenges in allogeneic and solid organ transplantation
Moderators: Kieren A. Marr and Faouzi Saliba

14:00
Impact of changing allogeneic transplant practices on epidemiology of fungal infections
Catherine Cordonnier

14:25
Prevention of fungal infections in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients
Kieren A. Marr

14:50
Fungal infections in solid organ transplant recipients: New developments in epidemiology, syndromes, and preventative strategies
Patricia Muñoz

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

Symposium 12: Advances in in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing
Moderators: Jacques Bille and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella

14:00
Novelties in reference procedures for antifungal susceptibility testing. CLSI news and EUCAST breakpoints
J. Peter Donnelly

14:25
New approaches for antifungal susceptibility testing: Reliability and clinical usefulness
Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs

14:50
Correlation in vitro-in vivo: Do we get anything new out of it?
Jacques Bille

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

15:30
Break

16:00
Poster viewing

17:45
Keynote lecture
Host-fungus interactions
Arturo Casadevall

Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Symposium 13: Biofilms
Moderators: Christophe d’Enfert and Mahmoud A. Ghannoum

8:30
C. albicans transcriptional regulator Bcr1 governs biofilm formation through adhesin Als3
Clarissa J. Nobile

8:55
Post-genomic approaches to the study of biofilm formation by Candida albicans
Sophie Goyard

9:20
New insights into the development of Candida biofilms
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum

9:45
Molecular analysis of bacterial-fungal interactions within biofilms
Deborah A. Hogan

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

Symposium 14: T cell immunity
Moderators: George S. Deepe and Luigiana Romani

8:30
T cell interactions with APCs/protective immunity in blastomycosis
Bruce Klein

8:55
Paracoccidioidomycosis and susceptibility to infection
Vera L. Calich

9:20
Opportunistic pathogens and T cell mediated immunity
Luigiana Romani

9:45
Histoplasmosis and T cell function
Betty A. Wu-Hsieh

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

Symposium 15: Epidemiological trends in fungal infections
Moderators: Francoise Dromer and David W. Warnock

8:30
Epidemiological approaches to fungal infections
Mary E. Brandt

8:55
Epidemiology of candidemia: A European perspective
Francoise Dromer

9:20
Epidemiology of candidemia: A South American perspective
Arnaldo L. Colombo

9:45
Emerging epidemiology of cryptococcosis in southern Africa
Kerrigan McCarthy

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

Symposium 16: Combination therapy in vitro/in vivo
Moderators: Eric Dannaoui and Dimitrios P.Kontoyiannis

8:30
Combined or sequential inhibition of cellular targets in fungi
Karl Kuchler

8:55
Conundrums of testing antifungal combinations in the laboratory
Russell E. Lewis

9:20
Animal models to study antifungal combinations
Francesco Barchiesi

9:45
Current state of antifungal combination therapy in human mycoses
Thomas J. Walsh

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

10:35
Break

Symposium 17: Sex in fungi
Moderators: Paul S. Dyer and Joseph Heitman

11:00
Regulation of sexual development in Cryptococcus neoformans
Christina M. Hull

11:25
Evolution of sexuality and asexuality in Aspergillus species
Paul S. Dyer

11:50
To be determined
Alexander D. Johnson

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 18: Antifungal antibodies: Do they matter?
Moderators: Antonio Cassone and Ruth Matthews

11:00
Mechanisms of antibody-mediated protection against cryptococcosis
Liise-anne Pirofski

11:25
Antifungal activities of antibody to Hsp90
James Burnie

11:50
Antifungal activity of yeast killer toxin-like antibodies
Luciano Polonelli

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 19: Endemic mycoses
Moderators: Bertrand F. Dupont and Thira Sirisanthana

11:00
Recent advances in the epidemiology and molecular biology of Penicillium marneffei infection
Nongnuch Vanittanakom

11:25
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in AIDS patients with endemic mycoses
Carol A. Kauffman

11:50
New therapeutic options in endemic mycoses in poor and rich countries
John R. Graybill

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 20: Molecular epidemiology
Moderators: Stephane Bretagne and Wieland Meyer

11:00
Molecular aspects of Malassezia epidemiology
Aristea Velegraki

11:25
A global molecular epidemiological survey shows that the Vancouver Island outbreak strain is closely related to Latin American Cryptococcus gattii VGII isolates
Elizabeth Castañeda

11:50
Comparison of genotyping techniques and their use in clinical epidemiology of candidiasis
Dea Garcia-Hermoso

12:15
Profferred paper

12:25
Discussion

12:30
Lunch break

Symposium 21: Signaling, adaptation and virulence
Moderators: Alistair J.P. Brown and Alexander Johnson

14:00
Morphogenetic signaling in Candida albicans
Joachim F. Ernst

14:25
Glucose and amino acid signaling pathways in Candida albicans and their role in morphogenesis and virulence
Patrick Van Dijck

14:50
MAPK signaling in the context of Candida albicans stress responses and virulence
Jesus A. Pla

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

Symposium 22: Endothelium and epithelium crossing
Moderators: Frank E.J. Coenjaerts and Scott G. Filler

14:00
Invasion of host cells by Aspergillus fumigatus
Scott G. Filler

14:25
Crossing of the blood-brain barrier by Cryptococcus neoformans
June K. Kwon-Chung

14:50
Interactions between Candida albicans and host epithelial cells
Hans C. Korting

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

Symposium 23: Mycoses in pediatrics: Why are children different?
Moderators: Andreas H. Groll and Thomas J. Walsh

14:00
Inherited immunodeficiencies: Focus on chronic granulomatous disease
Speaker invited

14:19
Controversies in prophylaxis and treatment of invasive Candida infections in premature neonates
Andreas H. Groll

14:37
Pharmacology of antifungal compounds in immunocompromised children and adolescents
Thomas J. Walsh

15:05
Proffered paper

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

Symposium 24: New molecular tools for fungal diagnosis
Moderator: Brian L. Jones and Malcolm Richardson

14:00
Use of molecular techniques to guide antifungal chemotherapy
Brian L. Jones

14:25
DNA-barcode identification table d’hôte: Will that be sequence spaghetti, oligo risotto, or a nice fluorescent bowl of realtime soup?
Richard C. Summerbell

14:50
Future developments in the molecular diagnosis of fungal diagnostics
Speaker invited

15:15
Proffered paper

15:25
Discussion

15:30
Break

16:00
Poster viewing

17:45
Keynote Lecture
New strategies in antifungal treatment
John E. Edwards

Wednesday, 28 June 2006

Symposium 25: Cell wall
Moderators: Neil Gow and Jean-Paul Latgé

8:30
Biofilm in Aspergillus fumigatus?
Anne Beauvais

8:55
Cell wall melanin in Cryptococcus neoformans
Helene C. Eisenman

9:20
Candida cell wall glycosylation and host-fungal interactions
Steven Bates

9:45
Size matters: Intragenic repeats generate variability at the fungal cell surface
Kevin J. Verstrepen

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

Symposium 26: Immunotherapy
Moderators: Luciano Polonelli and Emmanuel Roilides

8:30
Cytokine therapy of fungal infections
Peter G. Pappas

8:55
Immunotherapeutic potential of capsular material of C. neoformans
Anna Vecchiarelli

9:20
Does immunopharmacology matter during antifungal therapy of aspergillosis and other mould infections?
Emmanuel Roilides

9:45
New targets for antifungal intervention in the innate response
Mihai G. Netea

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

Symposium 27: Mycetoma
Moderators: Michel Develoux and Amhed Hassan Fahal

8:30
Molecular phylogeny of agents of mycetoma
Sybren de Hoog

8:55
The mycetoma in the Americas: Research, clinical, and epidemiological aspects
Jose Antonio Serrano

9:20
Molecular diagnosis of mycetoma
Abdall O.A. Ahmed

9:45
Medical treatment of mycetoma
Oliverio Welsh

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

Symposium 28: Fungi indoors and outdoors
Moderators: Nicole Nolard and Robert A. Samson

8:30
Standarization of methods of detection of fungi in indoor environments
Robert A. Samson

8:55
Host shift in the neurotropic black yeast Exophiala dermatitidis: A steam bath colonizer emerging from the tropical rain forest
Speaker invited

9:20
Interdisciplinary risk-assessment of indoor mould and consequent sanitation strategies
Thomas Warscheid

9:45
Quantitative PCR analyses for fungal profiles indoors
Speaker invited

10:10
Proffered paper

10:20
Proffered paper

10:30
Discussion

10:35
Break

Symposium 29: Resistance mechanisms
Moderators: Martine Raymond and Dominique Sanglard

11:00
Role of the Hsp90 molecular chaperone in antifungal drug resistance
Leah E. Cowen

11:25
Transcriptional regulation of antifungal drug resistance
Martine Raymond

11:50
To be determined
Jean-Philippe Bouchara

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 30: Genetic susceptibility of the host
Moderators: Olivier Lortholary and John R. Perfect

11:00
Host genetics: Role in susceptibility to aspergillosis
Aimee K. Zaas

11:25
Genetic susceptibility to systemic candidiasis
Mihai G. Netea

11:50
Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia and susceptibility to cryptococcosis
Olivier Lortholary

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 31: Systemic mycosis in animals
Moderators: Jacques Guillot and Atsuhiko Hasegawa

11:00
Avian aspergillosis
Jacques Guillot

11:25
Canine nasal aspergillosis
Dominique Peeters

11:50
Canine blastomycosis
Alfred M. Legendre

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

Symposium 32: Regulation, quality control and education
Moderators: David Ellis and Ira F. Salkin

11:00
Dealing with barriers to the movement of fungus cultures: One step forward - two steps back
Lynne Sigler

11:25
Quality assurance programs: Back to the future
David Ellis

11:50
Bypassing financial constraints: Virtual Congresses to reach wider medical mycology audiences
Gioconda San-Blas

12:15
Proffered paper

12:25
Discussion

12:30
Lunch break

Symposium 33: Clinical aspects of fungal sinusitis
Moderator: John E. Bennett and Tania C. Sorrell

14:00
Introduction
John