Curriculum Vitae

      Michelle Momany

 

Department of Plant Biology                                                                  Phone: (706) 542-2014

2502 Plant Sciences                                                                               FAX:   (706) 542-1805

University of Georgia                                                                             momany@plantbio.uga.edu

Athens, GA 30602-7271                                                                                           

 

Education

B.A.                 Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin                                     1985

Ph.D.               Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin                                     1992

 

Professional Experience

Professor and Head       Plant Biology, University of Georgia                                           2008-

Associate Professor      Plant Biology, University of Georgia                                           2002-2008

Assistant Professor       Plant Biology, University of Georgia                                           1996-2002

Postdoctoral                  Biological Sciences, Purdue University                                        1992-1996

Graduate student           Microbiology, Univ. of Texas at Austin                                       1986-1992

Instructor                                                                                                                      1986-1990

Extension Instruction and Material Center; Univ. of Texas at Austin

 

Awards and Honors

American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow                                        2008

National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences                                              2008

Gordon Research Conference: Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology                              2008

Vice co-chair for 2008, Co-chair for 2010

Sandy Beaver Award for Excellence in Teaching (Franklin College, UGA)                       2005

Burroughs Wellcome New investigator in Pathogenic Mycology                                       1997-2001

 

Courses Taught (1997-2010)

Undergraduate

Principles of Plant Biology, 50% (PBIO1210, 5 times), Popular science writing, 50% (PBIO4930, 4 times), Freshman seminar: Biology in the news (FRES1020), Plants and Fungi for Teachers, 50% (PBIO4960)

Graduate

Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi, 50% (PBIO8960, 5 times), Popular science writing, 50% (PBIO8930, 5 times), Grant Writing, 50% (PBIO8840, 4 times), Mycology seminar: signaling; cytoskeleton (PBIO8810, 2 times), Experimental Mycology (BTNY834), Plants and Fungi for Teachers, 50% (PBIO8040), Projects in teaching (PBIO7510), Teaching seminar for life science graduate teaching assistants (GRSC7770), Advanced Topics in Infectious Diseases, 20% (IDIS8010)

 

Extramural Funding

Current

Temporal and Spatial Profiling of Gene Expression During Polar Growth of Aspergillus fumigatus, National Institutes of Health,

            PI: M. Momany, June, 2008- May, 2011, $322,812

Exploring the role of O-Glycosylation in Stability and Activity of Secreted Lignocellulosic-degrading Enzymes, UGA BSRI Seed Grant program,

            PI: M. Momany, October, 2010- September, 2011, $20,000.

Septins in Fungal Development,

National Science Foundation,

PI: M. Momany, 2/1/11-1/31/13, $460,000

 

Past

Septins in Aspergillus nidulans: Organization of the Division Site, National Science Foundation,

      PI: M. Momany, 8/99 - 7/02, $330,000

      Renewal: 8/02 - 7/06 (7/07 extension), $440,000

Identification of Novel Cell Wall Components, Division of Energy Biosciences, Dept. of Energy,

      PI:  M. Momany, 6/97 - 6/00, $231,000

Renewal: 6/00 - 6/03, $261,000

Renewal: 6/03 - 6/06, $330,000

Renewal: 6/06-6/07 (7/08 extension), $62,469

Characterization of 1,3-ß-glucan synthase(s) in Fusarium solani, Merck &Co., Inc.

PI: M. Momany, 1/03-1/05, $90,000

Investigation of antibodies against Aspergillus fumigatus cell walls as probes for disease, MCG-UGA Joint Intramural Grants Program, PIs: M. Momany, J. Fisher (MCG) 01/2002 – 12/2002, $61,862

Identification of Novel Cell Wall Components in Aspergillus fumigatus, Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award in Molecular Pathogenic Mycology, PI: M. Momany 7/97-6/01, $195,000

 

           

Graduate Student Training

Current

Yainitza Rodriguez, 8/04-

Thanyanuch Kriangkripipat, 8/04-

Mara Couto-Rodriguez, 8/09-

Completed

Kaumudi Kulkarni, M.S., 8/05- 5/08

      Currently at IMS Laboratory LLC, MI

Fangfang Pan, Ph.D., 8/02- 12/07

Currently at Medical devise company, N.J.

Rebecca Lindsey, Ph.D., 8/02- 5/07

Currently postdoctoral researcher at USDA

Xiaorong Lin, Ph.D., 8/99-5/03

Currently assistant professor at Texas A &M

Gretel Guest, Ph.D., 1/97-12/02

      Currently instructor at Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC

Patrick Westfall, Ph.D., 8/96-12/01

      Currently research scientist at Amyris Biotechnologies, Emeryville, CA

Kathy Roberts, M.S., 8/98-5/01

      Current position unknown

 

Served as M.S. or Ph.D. committee member for 24 additional students.

 

Postdoctoral Training

Current

Ken Oda, Ph. D. Tohoku University, Japan, 10/08-

Completed

Andrew Breakspear, Ph.D. University of Wales, 1/05- 12/07

            Currently postdoctoral researcher, John Innes Centre, UK

Youngsil Ha, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 3/03 - 5/06

            Currently postdoctoral researcher in Plant Pathology, UGA

Brian Shaw, Ph.D. Cornell University, 9/00 - 5/03

      Currently associate professor at Texas A & M

Jiong Zhao, Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong, 6/00 - 8/31/01. 

      Currently scientist at Novo Nordisk, Davis, CA.

 

Service

Scientific community

Fungal Diagnostics Review Panel, NIAID, NIH (2009)

Infectious Disease Working Group, Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC), J. Craig Venter Institute (2008- )

Aspergillus Genome Research Policy Committee (2003- )

            AGRPC Chair (4/2004-  )

            AGRPC Meeting co-organizer (4/04- )

Gordon Research Conference Chair-elect: Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology (Vice co-chair 2008, Co-chair 2010)

Fungal Genetics Policy Committee (2003-2008)

Aspergillus Genome Annotation Group (2003-05)

Mycological Society of America: Councilor in Genetics/Molecular Biology (2002-04), Program committee, Karling Lecture Committee, Long-Range Planning Committee

Editorial Board: Eukaryotic Cell (2007- )

Associate Editor:  Fungal Genetics and Biology (2002-2007)

Ad hoc reviewer: Current Microbiology, Eukaryotic Cell, Genetics, Journal of Cell Science, Medical Mycology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Molecular Microbiology, Mycologia, Nature Reviews Microbiology

Grant review: NIH, NSF, DOE, ad hoc

University of Georgia

Chair, Biological Sciences Leadership Recommendations Committee, 2009-2010

Strategic Plan Evaluation Committee, 2008- 2009

Chair, Review Committee for Regenerative Biosciences Center, 2008

Research Scientist Promotion Review Committee, 2007-

Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology (MCD) Program, PBIO representative, 2006-2007

Franklin College Senate Faculty Planning Committee, 2005-

Plant Center curriculum committee, 2001

Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute curriculum committee, 2003

Department of Plant Biology, UGA

Head, 2008-

Biology Education Committee, 2003-

Search committee chair: Systematic and Evolutionary Biologist, 2005

Plant Biology Executive Committee, 2003-05

Plant Biology Graduate Studies Committee 2001-2004, Awards coordinator, 2002- 2004

Seminar coordinator, 1998-2002

Publications

Research

 

Leal, S.M., Hastings, S., Hsia, Y., Ghannoum, M., Momany, M. and E. Pearlman. 2010. Distinct Roles for Dectin-1 and TLR4 in the Pathogenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus Keratitis. PLoSPath, 6:1000976:1-16.

Lindsey, R., Ha,Y. and M. Momany. 2010. A septin from the filamentous fungus A. nidulans induces atypical pseudohyphae in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae.  PLoSOne5:9858.

Pearlman, E., Leal, S., Tarabishy, A., Sun, Y., Szczotka-Flynn, L., Imamura, Y., Mukherajee, P.,Chandra, J., Momany, M., Hastings-Cowden, S. and M. Ghannoum, M. 2010. Pathogenesis of Fungal Keratitis. In Encyclopedia of the Eye. (eds. Besharse, J. Dartt, D., Battelle,B. Dana, R. Beebe, D. Bex,P., Bishop,P., Bok, D.,  D'Amore, P., Edelhauser, H. Mcloon, L., Niederkorn, J., Reh, T. and E. Tamm. Academic Press.

Lindsey, R., Cowden, S. Hernandez-Rodriguez, Y. and M. Momany. 2010. Septins AspA and AspC are important for normal development and limit the emergence of new growth foci in the multicellular fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Eukaryotic Cell 9:155-63.

Kriangripipipat, T. and M. Momany. 2009. Aspergillus nidulans protein O-mannosyltransferases play roles in cell wall integrity and developmental patterning. Eukaryotic Cell 8:1475-1485.

Hernadez-Rodriguez, Y. and M. Momany. 2008. Growth Polarity. In Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis (eds. Latge, JP and W. Steinbach), ASM Press.

Momany, M., Pan, F. and R. Malmberg. 2008. Evolution and conserved domains of the septins. In The Septins (eds. P. Hall, H. Russell and J. Pringle), John Wiley and Sons Ltd., p35-45.

Breakspear, A., Langford, K., Momany, M. and S. Assinder.  2007. CopA:GFP localizes to putative Golgi equivalents in Aspergillus nidulans. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 277: 90-7.

Breakspear, A. and M. Momany. 2007.  Aspergillus nidulans conidiation genes dewA, fluG and stuA are differentially regulated in early vegetative growth.  Eukaryotic Cell 6: 1697-200.

Pan, F., Malmberg, R. and M. Momany.  2007. Analysis of septins across kingdoms reveals orthology and new motifs. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7, 103.

Toledo, M., Levery, S.B., Bennion, B., Guimaraes, L.L., Castle, S.L., Lindsey, R., Momany, M., Park, C.,Straus, A.H. and H.K. Takahashi. 2007. Sphingolipids of the mycopathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: characterization of glycosylinositol phosphorylceramide antigens with manp(α1→2)Ins and glcpN(α1→2)Ins core motifs. 2007. Journal of Lipid Research 48: 1801-24.

Breakspear, A. and M. Momany. 2007.   Microarrays in Aspergillus species. In The Aspergilli (eds. S. Osmani and G. Goldman), pp 469-75, CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Breakspear, A. and M. Momany. 2007. The First Fifty Microarray Studies in Filamentous Fungi. Microbiology 153: 7-15.

Lindsey, R and M. Momany. 2006. Septin localization across kingdoms: three themes with variations. Current Opinion in Microbiology 9:1-7.  

Ha, Y., Covert, S. and M. Momany. 2006. Characterization of FsFKS1, the 1, 3-β-glucan synthase from the caspofungin-resistant fungus Fusarium solani. Eukaryotic Cell 5: 1036-1042.

Hill, T.W., Loprete, D.M., Momany, M., Ha, Y., Harsch, L.M., Livesay, J.A., Mirchandani, A., Murdock, J.J., Vaughan, M.J. and Watt, M.B. 2006.  Isolation of cell wall mutants in Aspergillus nidulans by screening for hypersensitivity to Calcofluor White. Mycologia 98:399-409.

Galagan JE, Calvo SE, Cuomo C, Ma LJ, Wortman JR, Batzoglou S, Lee SI, Basturkmen M, Spevak CC, Clutterbuck J, Kapitonov V, Jurka J, Scazzocchio C, Farman M, Butler J, Purcell S, Harris S, Braus GH, Draht O, Busch S, D'Enfert C, Bouchier C, Goldman GH, Bell-Pedersen D, Griffiths-Jones S, Doonan JH, Yu J, Vienken K, Pain A, Freitag M, Selker EU, Archer DB, Penalva MA, Oakley BR, Momany M, Tanaka T, Kumagai T, Asai K, Machida M, Nierman WC, Denning DW, Caddick M, Hynes M, Paoletti M, Fischer R, Miller B, Dyer P, Sachs MS, Osmani SA, Birren BW. (50 authors total). 2005. Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae.  Nature 438: 1105-1115.   

Harris, S.D., Read, N.D., Roberson, R.W., Shaw, B., Seiler, S., Plamann, M. and M. Momany.  2005. Polarisome meets Spitzenkorper: Microscopy, Genetics, and Genomics Converge.  Eukaryotic Cell 4: 225-229.

Momany, M. 2005. Growth Control and Polarization. 2005. Medical Mycology 4:523-525.

Lin, X. and M. Momany. 2004. Identification and complementation of abnormal hyphal branching mutants ahbA1 and ahbB1 in Aspergillus nidulans.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 41: 998-1006.

Momany, M., Lindsey, R., Hill, T.W., Richardson, E.A., Momany, C., Pedreira, M., Guest, G.M., Fisher, J.F., Hessler, R.B. and K. A. Roberts. 2004. The Aspergillus fumigatus cell wall is organized in domains that are remodeled during polarity establishment.  Microbiology150:3261-3268.

Harris, S.D. and M. Momany.  2004. Polarity in filamentous fungi: moving beyond the yeast paradigm.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 41: 391-400.

Guest, G. M., Lin, X., Momany, M., 2004. Aspergillus nidulans RhoA is involved in polar growth, branching, and cell wall synthesis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 41: 13-22.

Lin, X., Momany, C., Momany, M., 2003. SwoHp, a nucleoside diphosphate kinase, is essential in Aspergillus nidulans. Eukaryotic Cell 2: 1169-77.

Lin, X and M. Momany. 2003. swoC plays a role in polar growth and nuclear distribution in A. nidulans.  Genetics 165: 543-554.

Bennion, B., Park, C., Fuller, M., Lindsey, R., Momany, M., Jennemann, R., Levery, S. B., 2003. Glycosphingolipids of the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans: characterization of GIPCs with oligo-alpha-mannose-type glycans. Journal of Lipid Research 44: 2073-88.

Momany, M.  2002. Polarity in filamentous fungi: establishment, maintenance and new axes. Current Opinion in Microbiology 5: 580-585.

Shaw, B.D. and M. Momany.  2002. Aspergillus nidulans polarity mutant swoA is complemented by protein O-mannosyltransferase pmtA.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 37: 263-270.

Shaw, B.D., Momany, C.A. and M. Momany. 2002.  Aspergillus nidulans swoF is an N-myristoyl transferase.  Eukaryotic Cell 1: 241-248.

Westfall, P.J. and M. Momany.  2002.  The Aspergillus septin AspB plays pre- and post-mitotic roles in septum, branch, and conidiophore development.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 13: 110-118.

Momany, M. Richardson, E.A., VanSickle, C., and Jedd, G.  2002.  Mapping Woronin body position in Aspergillus nidulans. Mycologia 94: 259-265.

Levery, S.B., Momany, M., Lindsey, R., Toledo, M.S., Shayman, J.A., Fuller, M., Brooks, K., Doong, R.L., Straus, A.H., and Takahashi, H.K. 2002. Disruption of the glucosylceramide biosynthetic pathway in Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus by inhibitors of UDP-Glc:ceramide glucosyltransferase strongly affects spore germination, cell cycle, and hyphal growth. FEBS Letters 525: 59-64.

Momany, M., Zhao, J., Lindsey, R., and P.J. Westfall.  2001.  Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans septin (asp) gene family.  Genetics 157: 969-977.

Momany, M. 2001.  Using Microscopy to explore the duplication cycle. In Molecular and Cellular Biology of Filamentous Fungi: A Practical Approach (Talbot, ed.).  pp.119-125.  Oxford University Press. Oxford

Momany, M. and I. Taylor.  2000.  Landmarks in the early duplication cycle of Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus nidulans: polarity, germ tube emergence and septation. Microbiology 146: 3279-3284.

Guest, G. and M. Momany.  2000.  Analysis of cell wall sugars in the pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus and the saprophyte Aspergillus nidulans. Mycologia 92:1047-1050.

Toledo, M.S., Levery, S. B., Straus, A.H., Suzuki, E., Momany, M., Glushka, J., Moulton, M., and Takahashi, H.K.  2000.  Structural characterization of cerebrosides from mycopathogens: Quantitative changes in 2-hydroxy fatty acyl (E)- L ^3,4- unsaturation associated with yeast to mycelial phase transition in Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis, and with glucosyl- versus galactosylceramide fractions in Aspergillus fumigatus.  Biochemistry 38: 7294-7306.

Momany, M., Westfall, P.J., and G. Abramowsky.  1999.  Aspergillus nidulans swo mutants show defects in polarity establishment, polarity maintenance, and hyphal morphogenesis. Genetics 151: 557-567.

Hamer, J.E., Morrell, J.A., Hamer, L., Wolkow, T.  and  M. Momany. 1998. Cellularization in Aspergillus nidulans.  In Gow et al., eds.  The Fungal Colony, pp. 200-229.

Momany, M., and J.E. Hamer.  1997.  The relationship of actin, microtubules, and crosswall synthesis during septation in Aspergillus nidulans. Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton 38: 373-384.

Momany, M., and J.E. Hamer.  1997.  The Aspergillus nidulans septin encoding gene, aspB, is essential for growth.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 21: 92-100.

Momany, M., Morrell, J. M., Harris, S. D. and J.E. Hamer.  1995.  Septation in A. nidulans. Canadian Journal of Botany 73: S396-S399.

Chua, S.S., Momany M., Mendoza, L. and P.J. Szaniszlo.  1994. Identification of three chitin synthase genes in the dimorphic fungal pathogen Sporothrix schenckii.  Current Microbiology 29: 151-156. 

Momany, M. and P.J. Szaniszlo.  1994.  DNA isolation from Wangiella dermatitidis.  In Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi: A Laboratory Manual (B. Maresca and G.S. Kobayashi, eds.), pp. 519-520.  Telos Press, New York.

Momany, M. and P.J. Szaniszlo.  1994.  PCR amplification of fungal chitin synthase homologous sequences.  In Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi: A Laboratory Manual (B. Maresca and G.S. Kobayashi, eds.), pp.533-536.  Telos Press, New York.

Momany, M. and P.J. Szaniszlo.  1994.  Membrane isolation from Wangiella dermatitidis.  In Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi: A Laboratory Manual (B. Maresca and G.S. Kobayashi, eds.), pp.545-550.  Telos Press, New York.

Miyazaki, A., Momany, M., Szaniszlo, P.J., Jayaram, M. and T. Ootaki.  1993. Chitin synthase gene(s) of the Zygomycete fungus Phycomyces blaesleeanus.  Gene 134: 129-134.

Szaniszlo, P.J. and M. Momany. 1993.  Chitin, chitin synthase, and chitin synthase conserved region homologues in Wangiella dermatitidis. In Molecular Biology and Its Application to Medical Mycology (Maresca et al, eds.), pp. 229-242.  Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Bowen, A.R., Chen-Wu, J.L., Momany, M., Young, R., Szaniszlo, P.J. and P.W. Robbins.  1992.  Classification of Fungal Chitin Synthases.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 89: 519-523.

Teaching/ Popular science

Momany, M. 2002. Actin Anchor in the Spitzenkorper? Inoculum 53 (5): 12-13.

Momany, M. 2002. Woronin bodies unplugged. Inoculum 53 (6): 27.

Both articles appeared in Cellacious Interests, a column highlighting recent work in fungal cell and molecular biology in Inoculum, the newsletter of the Mycological Society of America.

Momany, M. 1990.  Gene busters, Our mysterious ally, The language of cells.  Alcalde: UT Austin Alumni Magazine 78(3): 6-1; 78(4): 16-19; 78(5): 14-18.  Three part series for nonscientists explaining research in the Microbiology Department at UT, Austin.

Momany, M. 1989.  Correspondence Study Guide: Biology 302, Cellular and Molecular Biology.  Leecraft, J. (ed.) University of Texas at Austin Extension Instruction and Materials center; Austin, Texas.

 

Meeting/ Seminar Participation

Sessions chaired at national and international meetings

New Labs session and Community directions discussion, Seventh International Aspergillus Meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands, March, 2010.

Community directions discussion, Sixth International Aspergillus Meeting, Asilomar, CA, March, 2009.

Meeting Co-Vice chair, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Conference, Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire June 29-July 4, 2008.

Community directions discussion, Fifth International Aspergillus Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland April, 2008.

Cellular Morphogenesis and Development, 24^th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, CA. March 2007.

Community directions discussion, Fourth International Aspergillus Meeting, Asilomar, CA, March, 2007.

Community directions discussion and New Investigators session, Third Aspergillus Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2006.

Fungal Genomics Symposium, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Hilo, Hawaii, July, 2005.

Cell Biology Plenary Session, 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA. March, 2005.

Meeting Program Chair and New Investigators session, Second Aspergillus Meeting, Asilomar, CA, March, 2005.

Aspergillus Genomics, Advances Against Aspergillus, San Francisco, Sept. 2004.

Microtubules, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Ashville NC, July, 2004.

Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Conference, Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire June 20-24, 2004.

Meeting Progam Chair and Aspergillus Overview session, First Aspergillus Meeting, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, April, 2004.

Aspergillus Biology, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Asilomar, CA, July, 2003.

Cell wall and Cytoskeleton, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Burlington, VT, August, 2000.

Polarity and tip growth, Twentieth Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, California, March, 1999.

Invited Talks

Polarity in Aspergillus: swo genes, septins and RNA localization. Keynote lecture, 10th Conference on Fungal Genetics and Molecular Biology. Hiroshima, Japan. November, 2010.

Septins: cytoskeletal scaffolds that direct morphogenesis. 10th International Fungal Biology Conference. Ensenada, Baja California, México. December, 2009.

Aspergillus genomics. Burroughs Wellcome Fund Data Resources for Fungi. University of Pennsylvania. May, 2009.

Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus nidulans community priorities. PFGRC Infectious Disease Working Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD, October, 2008.

National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology, invited participant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, June, 2008.

Septin relationships across kingdoms, Second International Meeting on Septin Biology, Monte Verita Conference Center, Ascona, Switzerland,  May, 2007.

The Aspergillus septin AspC/Cdc12 localizes to hyphal tips in A. nidulans and induces filaments in S. cerevisiae. Symposium on Dimorphic Transitions, 24^th Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA.  March, 2007.

Septins and morphology. Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology, Plymouth, NH, June, 2006.

Polarity in Aspergillus, Department of Plant Pathology, UGA, Feb, 2006.

Cell shape, cytokinesis and septins, Department of Genomics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. Sept., 2005.

Genomic approaches to polarity. Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Hilo, Hawaii, July, 2005.

A septin from A. nidulans induces filamentous growth in S. cerevisiae, Cell Biology Plenary Session, 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA. March, 2005.

Polar Growth in Aspergillus nidulans, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State, Feb. 2005.

Polar Growth in Aspergillus nidulans, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, Nov. 2004.

The Septins of Aspergillus nidulans. UGA Plant Center Retreat, Unicoi, GA, Oct, 2004.

Growth Control and Polarization, Advances Against Aspergillus, San Francisco, Sept. 2004.

Septins coordinate cell cycle, division and development in A. nidulans.  Dept of Microbiology.  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Oct., 2003.

Polar growth in Aspergillus. Dept. of Biology, University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY.  Oct., 2003.

Polarity in Aspergillus. Human Fungal Pathogens EuroConference on Host-Pathogen Interactions (EURESCO). Giens, France, Sept., 2003.

Septins in Aspergillus nidulans.  Plenary lecture, 22^nd Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA. March, 2003.

Polar growth in Aspergillus nidulans.  VIII International Fungal Biology Conference. Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico.  Dec., 2002.

Asymmetric growth and development of the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and the model saprobe Aspergillus nidulans.  Dept. of Math and Sciences. Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. Sept, 2002.

Roles of Aspergillus nidulans swo genes in polar growth.  Mycological Society of America annual meeting.  Corvallis, OR.  June, 2002

Septins in Aspergillus nidulans are involved in septation, branching and asexual development. American Society for Cell Biology, Septin Structure and Function working group.  Washington, D.C., Dec. 2001. 

Fungal cell wall domains reorganize during polarity establishment and growth.  Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Burlington, Vermont.  August, 2000.  Inoculum 51:48.

Polarity establishment and maintenance in A. nidulans.  Cellular and Molecular Mycology Gordon Conference. Holderness School, New Hampshire. June, 2000.

Polarity establishment and maintenance in Aspergillus nidulans. Twentieth Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, California. March, 1999.

swo Mutants: evidence that a persistent signal is required for maintenance of  polarity in Aspergillus nidulans.  Sixth International Mycological Congress, Jerusalem, Israel. August, 1998.

 The relationship of actin and chitin during septum formation in Aspergillus nidulans. Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. November, 1997.

The relationship of actin and chitin during septum formation in Aspergillus nidulans.  The Third Cytonet Retreat (The Cytoskeleton, Plasma Membrane, Cell-Wall Continuum), Breckenridge, Colorado. May, 1997.

The relationship of actin and chitin during septum formation in Aspergillus nidulans, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Sept. 8, 1997.

 

Contributed presentations

Students and Postdoctoral researchers from Momany group have presented >50 posters and talks at local, national and international meetings.