Fungal Cell Biology Group, News Archive

The Read Group welcomes all delegates visiting for the 2nd European Neurospora Meeting and the 9th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9). We are looking forward to inspiring and enjoyable meetings.

The lab also welcomes Dr. Jun-ya Shoji from Japan, joining the lab for the next seven months.

Nick Read is presenting a talk on 'Conidial sex tubes and phytochrome signalling' at the 'Neurospora Meeting 2008' in Asilomar, California, USA.

Alex Lichius has returned from his 6-week research visit to the University of Technology Vienna, Austria.

Nick Read gave a talk on 'Imaging living cells of Aspergillus in vitro' at the '3rd Advances against Aspergillosis' meeting in Miami, Florida, USA

Alex Lichius is visiting the laboratory of Prof. Christian Kubicek and Dr. Verena Seidl at the University of Technology, Vienna for six weeks. during his stay he presented a seminar talk on 'Hyphal Fusion in Neurospora crassa.'

Robert Dinwiddie has joined the lab as a final year Honours project student for four months.

Gabriela Roca has returned to the lab after spending four months at the State University of Oregon in Michael Freitag's lab.

Registration for the European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9) taking place from the 5th - 8th April 2008 here in Edinburgh is now open. Abstract submission deadline is the 11th January 2008.

Nick Read gave a seminar on 'Self signalling and hyphal fusion in Neurospora crassa' at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany.

We also say good bye to Ulli Binder. She is now back in her lab in Austria. Gruess mir die Berge und viel Spass beim Skifahren!

The lab says good bye to Javier Palma-Guerrero who returned to his lab in Spain. ¡Mucha suerte, amigo!

Nick Read presented a talk about 'Imaging and Manipulating Living Fungal Cells' at the University of Strathclyde. Alex Lichius gave a seminar on 'Hyphal Fusion in Neurospora crassa' at the University of Exeter.

Registration for the European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9) taking place from the 5th - 8th April 2008 here in Edinburgh is now open. Abstract submission deadline is the 11th January 2008.

Verena Seidl, Pete Marris and Graham Wright have left the lab. They will be missed.

The lab also welcomes Ulrike Binder as visiting PhD student from the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Congratulations to Pete and Graham, from the lab, on the successful completion of their PhD's.

Nick Read chaired a session, Verena Seidl, Kathryn Lord and Alex Lichius presented talks, and Javier Palma-Guerrero, Shoujer Kuo, Gabriela Roca, Verena, Kathryn and Alex presented posters at the Annual BMS Meeting on Fungal Ecology in Manchester.

Valkonen, M., Kalkman, E.R., Saloheimo, M., Penttilä, M., Read, N.D. & Duncan, R. (2007) Spatially segregated SNARE protein interactions in living fungal cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 31: 22775-22785. Pubmed

Burnham, D.R., Wright, G.D., Read, N.D. & McGloin, D. (2007). Holographic and single beam optical manipulation of hyphal growth in filamentous fungi. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics. 9: S172-S179. Link

The lab went on a working retreat to the Isle of Eigg for 4 days. Click here for photos.

The lab welcomes Javier Palma-Guerrero as visiting PhD student from the University of Alicante, Spain.

The first issue of Fungal Biology Reviews (Senior editors: Nick Read & Nick Clipson) is published and features cover images produced in the lab. Contributors were Chris Jeffree, Kathryn Lord, Gabriela Roca, Eric Kalkman and Patrick Hickey.

The movie 'The 11th Hour' (produced by Leonardo DiCaprio) is premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. It features movies from the lab that were made by Patrick Hickey and Nick Read.

Nick Read, Gabriela Roca and Kathryn Lord presented talks, and Gabriela and Alex Lichius prestented posters at the RMS meeting on Botanical Microscopy, in Salzburg, Austria.

Gabriela Roca presented a talk, Nick Read chaired a session, and Gabriela, Verena Seidl, Graham Wright, Alex Lichius, and Shoujer Kuo presented posters at the meeting on Fungal Genetics at Asilomar, USA.

Read, N.D. (2007) Environmental sensing and the filamentous fungal lifestyle. In Fungi and their Environment (ed. G.M. Gadd et al.). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Info

Millington, M., Grindlay, G.J., Altenbach, K., Neely, R.K., Kolch, W., Bencina, M., Read, N.D., Jones, A.C., Dryden, D.T.F. & Magennis, S.W. (2007) High-precision FLIM-FRET in fixed and living cells reveals heterogeneity in a simple CFP-YFP fusion protein. Biophysical Chemistry 127: 155-164 Pubmed

Sugden, K.E.P., Evans, M.R., Poon, W.C.K. & Read, N.D. (2007) Model of hyphal tip growth involving microtubule-based transport. Physical Review E 75: 031909 Link

Nick Read gave seminar on 'Self-signalling and self-fusion in filamentous fungi' at the University of Cork, Ireland.

Wright, G.D., Arlt, J., Poon, W.C.K. & Read, N.D. (2007) Experimentally manipulating fungi with optical tweezers. Mycoscience 48: 15-19 Link Cover

Wright, G.D., Arlt, J., Poon, W.C.K. & Read, N.D. (2007) Optical tweezer micromanipulation of filamentous fungi. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44: 1-13 Supplementary movies Pubmed

Ninth International Mycological Congress (IMC9) website launched - www.imc9.info

Eric Kalkman received an Honourable Mention in the Olympus BioScapes competition.

Nick Read has been awarded a BBSRC grant of £610,788 on 'self signalling during cell fusion in filamentous fungi' for three years from 1st January 2007.

Nick Read and Pete Marris both presented talks at the BMS meeting in Birmingham, UK. Graham, Kathryn and Shoujer also presented posters. Kathryn won the Microscopy prize and Graham won the Poster prize.

The lab went on a working retreat to the Isle of Eigg for 4 days. Click here for photos.

Announced that the 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9) will be held in Edinburgh in 2010 (1-6th August). Nick Read co-ordinated the bid to bring IMC9 to Edinburgh. Click here for more information

Gabriela Roca won the 2nd prize in the Nature Methods and Iwaki European Cell Culture Image awards:

Neurospora crassa conidia showing microtubules (green), cell wall (blue) and mitochondria (red). For more see Nature methods April 2006 or click here.

Lafong, A., Hossack, W.J., Arlt, J. Nowakowski, T.J. & Read, N.D. (2006) Time-multiplexed Laguerre-Gaussian holographic optical tweezers for biological applications. Optics Express 14: 3065-3071.

Nick Read presented a talk at the 8th European Conference on Fungal Genetics in Vienna. In addition, members of the lab presented 2 talks (Eric Kalkman & Kirsten Altenbach) and 4 posters at the meeting

Graham Wright presented a talk and poster at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Canterbury. The poster won the Young Scientist Cell Biology prize. He and Nick Read also hosted a laser tweezer workshop.

Graham Wright and Gabriela Roca had images on display in the at the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2006 in the Royal Museum

Read, N.D. & Roca, M.G. (2006) Vegetative hyphal fusion in filamentous fungi. In Cell-Cell Channels (ed. F. Baluska et al.). pp. 87-98. Landes Bioscience.

Nick Read presented a talk at the Neuospora 2006 meeting in Asilomar. Members of the lab presented 3 posters at the meeting.

Nick Read presented a talk at the 'Biotechnology meets Biology' meeting in Groningen , The Netherlands

Nick Read gave a Plenary lecture at the DGHM/VAAM Microbiology Congress in Goettingen, Germany

Members of the lab presented 6 posters and 3 talks at the BMS meeting in Manchester, UK. Graham Wright won the Howard Eggins Award, Pete Marris was the runner up and Eric Kalkman won the Microscopy Award for their talks. Click here for photos

Wright et al.(2005) Measuring fungal growth forces with optical tweezers. Proceedings of SPIE 5390: 101-107

Šamaj et al. (2005) The endocytic network in higher plants. Trends in Cell Biology 15: 425-433

Roca et al. (2005) Conidial anastomosis tubes in filamentous fungi. FEMS Microbiology Letters 249: 191-198

The lab went on a working retreat to the Isle of Eigg for 3 days. Click here for photos.

Roca et al. (2005) Cell biology of conidial anastomosis tubes in Neurospora crassa. Eukaryotic Cell 4: 911-919

Fleißner et al. (2005) The so locus is required for vegetative cell fusion and postfertilization events in Neurospora crassa. Eukaryotic Cell 4: 920-930

Dean et al. (2005) The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Nature 434: 980-986

Harvey et al. (2005) Spectral imaging in a snapshot. Proceedings of SPIE 5694: 110-119

Members of the lab presented 7 posters and 2 talks at the Fungal Genetics conference in Asilomar.


	ARCHIVE OF NEWS April 2008 The Read Group welcomes all delegates visiting for the 2nd European Neurospora Meeting and the 9th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9). We are looking forward to inspiring and enjoyable meetings. The lab also welcomes Dr. Jun-ya Shoji from Japan, joining the lab for the next seven months. March 2008 Nick Read is presenting a talk on 'Conidial sex tubes and phytochrome signalling' at the 'Neurospora Meeting 2008' in Asilomar, California, USA. February 2008 Alex Lichius has returned from his 6-week research visit to the University of Technology Vienna, Austria. January 2008 Nick Read gave a talk on 'Imaging living cells of Aspergillus in vitro' at the '3rd Advances against Aspergillosis' meeting in Miami, Florida, USA Alex Lichius is visiting the laboratory of Prof. Christian Kubicek and Dr. Verena Seidl at the University of Technology, Vienna for six weeks. during his stay he presented a seminar talk on 'Hyphal Fusion in Neurospora crassa.' Robert Dinwiddie has joined the lab as a final year Honours project student for four months. Gabriela Roca has returned to the lab after spending four months at the State University of Oregon in Michael Freitag's lab. Registration for the European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9) taking place from the 5th - 8th April 2008 here in Edinburgh is now open. Abstract submission deadline is the 11th January 2008. December 2007 Nick Read gave a seminar on 'Self signalling and hyphal fusion in Neurospora crassa' at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. November 2007 We also say good bye to Ulli Binder. She is now back in her lab in Austria. Gruess mir die Berge und viel Spass beim Skifahren! The lab says good bye to Javier Palma-Guerrero who returned to his lab in Spain. ¡Mucha suerte, amigo! Nick Read presented a talk about 'Imaging and Manipulating Living Fungal Cells' at the University of Strathclyde. Alex Lichius gave a seminar on 'Hyphal Fusion in Neurospora crassa' at the University of Exeter. Registration for the European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9) taking place from the 5th - 8th April 2008 here in Edinburgh is now open. Abstract submission deadline is the 11th January 2008. October 2007 Verena Seidl, Pete Marris and Graham Wright have left the lab. They will be missed. Meiling Chu has joined the lab as a new PhD student. The lab also welcomes Ulrike Binder as visiting PhD student from the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. September 2007 Congratulations to Pete and Graham, from the lab, on the successful completion of their PhD's. Nick Read chaired a session, Verena Seidl, Kathryn Lord and Alex Lichius presented talks, and Javier Palma-Guerrero, Shoujer Kuo, Gabriela Roca, Verena, Kathryn and Alex presented posters at the Annual BMS Meeting on Fungal Ecology in Manchester. August 2007 Valkonen, M., Kalkman, E.R., Saloheimo, M., Penttilä, M., Read, N.D. & Duncan, R. (2007) Spatially segregated SNARE protein interactions in living fungal cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 31: 22775-22785. Pubmed July 2007 Burnham, D.R., Wright, G.D., Read, N.D. & McGloin, D. (2007). Holographic and single beam optical manipulation of hyphal growth in filamentous fungi. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics. 9: S172-S179. Link June 2007 The lab went on a working retreat to the Isle of Eigg for 4 days. Click here for photos. The lab welcomes Javier Palma-Guerrero as visiting PhD student from the University of Alicante, Spain. The first issue of Fungal Biology Reviews (Senior editors: Nick Read & Nick Clipson) is published and features cover images produced in the lab. Contributors were Chris Jeffree, Kathryn Lord, Gabriela Roca, Eric Kalkman and Patrick Hickey. May 2007 The movie 'The 11th Hour' (produced by Leonardo DiCaprio) is premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. It features movies from the lab that were made by Patrick Hickey and Nick Read. April 2007 Nick Read, Gabriela Roca and Kathryn Lord presented talks, and Gabriela and Alex Lichius prestented posters at the RMS meeting on Botanical Microscopy, in Salzburg, Austria. March 2007 Gabriela Roca presented a talk, Nick Read chaired a session, and Gabriela, Verena Seidl, Graham Wright, Alex Lichius, and Shoujer Kuo presented posters at the meeting on Fungal Genetics at Asilomar, USA. Read, N.D. (2007) Environmental sensing and the filamentous fungal lifestyle. In Fungi and their Environment (ed. G.M. Gadd et al.). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Info Millington, M., Grindlay, G.J., Altenbach, K., Neely, R.K., Kolch, W., Bencina, M., Read, N.D., Jones, A.C., Dryden, D.T.F. & Magennis, S.W. (2007) High-precision FLIM-FRET in fixed and living cells reveals heterogeneity in a simple CFP-YFP fusion protein. Biophysical Chemistry 127: 155-164 Pubmed Sugden, K.E.P., Evans, M.R., Poon, W.C.K. & Read, N.D. (2007) Model of hyphal tip growth involving microtubule-based transport. Physical Review E 75: 031909 Link February 2007 Nick Read gave seminar on 'Self-signalling and self-fusion in filamentous fungi' at the University of Cork, Ireland. Wright, G.D., Arlt, J., Poon, W.C.K. & Read, N.D. (2007) Experimentally manipulating fungi with optical tweezers. Mycoscience 48: 15-19 Link Cover January 2007 Wright, G.D., Arlt, J., Poon, W.C.K. & Read, N.D. (2007) Optical tweezer micromanipulation of filamentous fungi. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44: 1-13 Supplementary movies Pubmed December 2006 Ninth International Mycological Congress (IMC9) website launched - www.imc9.info October 2006 Image for front cover of book provided by Eric Kalkman and Nick Read Eric Kalkman received an Honourable Mention in the Olympus BioScapes competition. Nick Read has been awarded a BBSRC grant of £610,788 on 'self signalling during cell fusion in filamentous fungi' for three years from 1st January 2007. September 2006 Nick Read presented a talk at the Society for General Microbiology meeting in York, UK Nick Read and Pete Marris both presented talks at the BMS meeting in Birmingham, UK. Graham, Kathryn and Shoujer also presented posters. Kathryn won the Microscopy prize and Graham won the Poster prize. August 2006 Nick Read presented a talk at the Eigth International Mycological Congress (IMC8) in Cairns, Australia. July 2006 The lab went on a working retreat to the Isle of Eigg for 4 days. Click here for photos. June 2005 Graham Wright presented a poster at the Royal Microscopical Society Microscience 2006 meeting in London. The poster won the Best Junior poster prize. May 2006 Announced that the 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9) will be held in Edinburgh in 2010 (1-6th August). Nick Read co-ordinated the bid to bring IMC9 to Edinburgh. Click here for more information Gabriela Roca won the 2nd prize in the Nature Methods and Iwaki European Cell Culture Image awards: Neurospora crassa conidia showing microtubules (green), cell wall (blue) and mitochondria (red). For more see Nature methods April 2006 or click here. April 2006 Lafong, A., Hossack, W.J., Arlt, J. Nowakowski, T.J. & Read, N.D. (2006) Time-multiplexed Laguerre-Gaussian holographic optical tweezers for biological applications. Optics Express 14: 3065-3071. Nick Read presented a talk at the 8th European Conference on Fungal Genetics in Vienna. In addition, members of the lab presented 2 talks (Eric Kalkman & Kirsten Altenbach) and 4 posters at the meeting Graham Wright presented a talk and poster at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Canterbury. The poster won the Young Scientist Cell Biology prize. He and Nick Read also hosted a laser tweezer workshop. Graham Wright and Gabriela Roca had images on display in the at the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2006 in the Royal Museum March 2006 Read, N.D. & Roca, M.G. (2006) Vegetative hyphal fusion in filamentous fungi. In Cell-Cell Channels (ed. F. Baluska et al.). pp. 87-98. Landes Bioscience. Nick Read presented a talk at the Neuospora 2006 meeting in Asilomar. Members of the lab presented 3 posters at the meeting. October 2005 Nick Read presented a talk at the 'Biotechnology meets Biology' meeting in Groningen , The Netherlands September 2005 Nick Read gave a Plenary lecture at the DGHM/VAAM Microbiology Congress in Goettingen, Germany Members of the lab presented 6 posters and 3 talks at the BMS meeting in Manchester, UK. Graham Wright won the Howard Eggins Award, Pete Marris was the runner up and Eric Kalkman won the Microscopy Award for their talks. Click here for photos August 2005 Wright et al.(2005) Measuring fungal growth forces with optical tweezers. Proceedings of SPIE 5390: 101-107 Graham Wright presented a talk at the SPIE meeting in San Diego Šamaj et al. (2005) The endocytic network in higher plants. Trends in Cell Biology 15: 425-433 Roca et al. (2005) Conidial anastomosis tubes in filamentous fungi. FEMS Microbiology Letters 249: 191-198 July 2005 Nick Read presented a talk at the IUMS meeting in San Francisco May 2005 The lab went on a working retreat to the Isle of Eigg for 3 days. Click here for photos. Roca et al. (2005) Cell biology of conidial anastomosis tubes in Neurospora crassa. Eukaryotic Cell 4: 911-919 Fleißner et al. (2005) The so locus is required for vegetative cell fusion and postfertilization events in Neurospora crassa. Eukaryotic Cell 4: 920-930 April 2005 Dean et al. (2005) The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Nature 434: 980-986 March 2005 Harvey et al. (2005) Spectral imaging in a snapshot. Proceedings of SPIE 5694: 110-119 Nick Read has been awarded a Personal Chair at the University of Edinburgh. Members of the lab presented 7 posters and 2 talks at the Fungal Genetics conference in Asilomar. © 2008 Fungalcell.org