UK Fungal Network Meeting

Inaugrual meeting of the UK Fungal Network

"Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Biological Networks"

Date & Venue: Thursday 17th April 2008, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford .

Workshop details

The workshop brought together scientists from a range of background with a common interest in the form and function of biological networks, with mycelial fungi forming the focus. It built upon the analysis of saprotrophic networks undertaken in the EU MMCOMNET project and the links already established in other domains. It has become increasingly apparent that our understanding of these networks can be significantly enhanced by multi-scale-multi-disciplinary approaches. The objective of the workshop was to take stock of the variety of techniques that are at present being developed in different areas and to see how these could combine to better effect. The overall aim was to explore the possibility of a more coherent approach to collaborations across disciplines and between institutions.

Invited Speakers

Fordyce Davidson		University of Dundee ‘Mathematical modelling: a question of scale’
Geoff Gadd		University of Dundee ‘Geomycology: mineral-metal transformations by fungi’
Stefan Olsson		University of Copenhagen 'Self-eating is important for mycelium growth'
Franco Neri		University of Cambridge ‘Network models for spread and control of soil-borne fungal plant pathogens’
Nick Read		University of Edinburgh ‘Self-signalling and self-fusion during hyphal network formation in Neurospora crassa’
Peter Darrah		University of Oxford ‘Exploratory foraging and resource acquisition by a wood-decomposing fungas’
Neil Gow		University of Aberdeen ‘Regulation of hyphal orientation of fungi’
Tiina Roose		University of Oxford ‘Multiscale modelling of plant nutrient uptake’
Jukka-Pekka Onnela		University of Oxford ‘Network automata and the functional dynamic network framework’
Mark Fricker		University of Oxford ‘Transport efficiency and resilience in mycelial networks’

Workshop Participants

Graham Boswell		University of Glamorgan
Mariya Ptasknyk		University of Oxford
Sergei Taraskin		University of Cambridge
Francisco-Jose Perez-Reche		University of Cambridge
Paul Hoskisson		University of Strathclyde
Steve Webb		University of Strathclyde
Ruth Falconer		University of Abertay
Martin Grube		University of Graz, Austria
Nik Cunniffe		University of Cambridge
David Smith		University of Oxford
Chiu-Fan Lee		University of Oxford
Nick Jones		University of Oxford
Mason Porter		University of Oxford
Manisha Anantharaman		University of Oxford
Phillip Staniczenko		University of Oxford
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