{"id":31944,"date":"2026-02-16T13:19:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transferencia.irta.cat\/?post_type=activitats&p=31944"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:46:59","slug":"black-yeasts-chaetothyriales-working-group-workshop-2026","status":"publish","type":"activitats","link":"https:\/\/transferencia.irta.cat\/en\/activitats\/black-yeasts-chaetothyriales-working-group-workshop-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Yeasts \u2013 Chaetothyriales Working Group Workshop 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Presentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
After several years without a dedicated gathering, the Black Yeasts \u2013 Chaetothyriales community is reuniting at a moment of rapid discovery and fresh challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From newly resolved species complexes and cryptic lineages reshaping ecology and phylogenetics, to evolving clinical threats that press our diagnostics and antifungal strategies, to biotechnological breakthroughs in extremotolerance, bioremediation, and enzyme discovery, chaetothyrialean fungi are rewriting the script at every turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This workshop aims to reconnect clinicians, taxonomists, environmental microbiologists, and applied scientists to compare notes on what has changed, and what still resists explanation, since we last met. Expect state-of-the-art lectures, lively debate on persistent grey zones (species boundaries, susceptibility testing, environmental reservoirs), and concrete plans for collaborative projects that can move our field from tantalizing hints to testable, reproducible solutions. The meeting will provide a discussion-friendly environment designed to strengthen collaborations and shape future research directions in Chaetothyriales studies, hosted in the historic and architecturally remarkable setting in the heart of Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Organizing committee:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Francesc Prenafeta (Program of Sustainability in Biosystems, IRTA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Josepa Gen\u00e9 (Group of Mycology and Environmental Microbiology, URV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Sybren de Hoog (Center of Expertise in Mycology of Radboudumc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Call for abstracts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The organizing committee invites abstracts covering novel research results on the following major topics and specific keywords:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Medical mycology<\/strong>: diagnostics, antifungal susceptibility, case studies, emerging pathogens, and innovative treatments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Ecology & phylogenetics<\/strong>: biodiversity, evolution, new species, population structure, extremophilic fungi, and environmental genomics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Applied\/biotechnological aspects<\/strong>: bioremediation, biodeterioration, enzyme and metabolite discovery, agricultural and industrial applications, and omics-driven innovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Presentation formats:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Oral (12 +3 min)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Poster with lightning talk (3-min).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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