Conference Dr Joseph Heitman

RNAi-dependent epimutations evoke transient antimicrobial drug resistance Joseph Heitman, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,  Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA heitm001@duke.edu   Microorganisms evolve via sexual/parasexual...

Conference Dr Daniel Croll

Adaptation in fungal pathogens attacking crops procedes often at speeds that easily overwhelm our ability to identify resistant cultivars and develop new antifungals. Understanding the molecular basis of adaptation becomes critical to define more sustainable...

Conference Dr Tamara Doering

Tamara L. Doering, MD, PhD, earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from Johns Hopkins University. After completing the Medical Scientist Training Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, a...

Conference Dr Bridget Barker

Coccidioides posadasii is a pathogenic fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever in the southwestern United States, Central and South Americas. Coccidioides immitis causes disease along the Pacific range of North America, and is composed of at...