DEEP HYPHA MEETING I

MSA SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

AUGUST 25, 2001

7:00 - 7:15 Meredith Blackwell - Introduction

  • Initiation of Deep Hypha
  • Participation in Deep Hyphae
  • Goals of Deep Hypha
  • Future of Deep Hypha
  • Other Initiatives (e.g., Tree of Life)

7:15 - 7:30 John Taylor - Fungus Web

7:30 - 8:00 Ben Hall - RNA Polymerases

8:00 - 8:15 Steve Rehner - Translation Elongation Factor 1-alpha

8:15 - 8:30 David Geiser - Approaches for developing nuclear markers

8:30 - 8:45 Rytas Vilgalys - Analyzing large data sets

8:45 - 9:00 Break

9:00 - 10:00 Open Discussion moderated by Joey Spatafora

  • What are the big phylogenetic questions for Deep Hypha?
  • Marker and database development
  • Taxon sampling of the Kingdom Fungi
  • Development of an isolate repository
  • Committee development (examples)
    • Taxon committee
    • Gene committee
    • Morphology committee
    • Analyses committee
    • Education and outreach committee