From the evening of March 12, till dinner on March 13, 2017, the 1st International Ustilago/Smut Convergence took place as a workshop prior to the start of the 29th Fungal Genetics Conference, in Asilomar, California. The overall goals of the meeting were to expand the smut model systems being used and to expand participation by the next generations of scientists with these fungi. These goals were implemented through a combination of emphasis on student and post-doc presentations, mentoring of such individuals, and active recruitment of participation by groups under-represented at such meetings in recent years in the US, especially those from Latin America and other Spanish-speaking countries. Work was presented at the first workshop on U. maydis, Sporosorium reilianum, Microbotryum violaceum, U. esculenta, and Thecaphora thlaspeos. Students and post-doctoral researchers were encouraged to present their "just-in-time," as-yet-unpublished data, in a safe environment, with the understanding of those attending the meeting that this early access was a privilege not to be taken advantage of. The result was lively and constructive discussion, including a variety of presentations by these young scientists on putative and characterized smut effector proteins, clearly at the forefront of such research, even considering the advances presented later that week at the Fungal Genetics Conference. This review also briefly compares the first meeting with the events of the recent 2nd International Ustilago/Smut Convergence (March 11-12, 2019), which ended with a tribute to Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann, in honor of her career, and especially for her contributions to the field of smut genetics.

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“当世界碰撞和黑社会融合时”：第一届国际乌斯泰拉戈/黑社会融合的故事。

从3月12日晚上到2017年3月13日晚餐，在加利福尼亚州阿索洛玛举行的第29届真菌遗传学会议开始之前，举行了第一届国际Ustilago / Smut融合研讨会。会议的总体目标是扩大使用的smut模型系统，并扩大下一代科学家对这些真菌的参与。这些目标的实现是通过强调学生和博士后的演讲，对此类人员的指导以及近年来在美国此类会议中代表性不足的团体（尤其是来自拉丁美洲和其他西班牙语国家的团体）的积极招募来实现的。讲国家。在第一个研讨会上介绍了这项工作，该研讨会的主题是梅迪斯氏菌，dis孢子囊菌，紫罗兰微菌，食用菌U. esculenta和thcaphoros。鼓励学生和博士后研究人员在安全的环境中展示尚未发布的“及时”数据，并了解与会人员认为尽早访问是一种特权，的优势。结果进行了热烈而富有建设性的讨论，其中包括这些年轻科学家关于推定的和表征的黑穗病效应蛋白的各种演讲，显然是在此类研究的最前沿，即使考虑到本周晚些时候在真菌遗传学会议上发表的进展也是如此。这篇评论还简要地将第一次会议与最近的第二届国际Ustilago / Smut融合活动（2019年3月11日至12日）的活动进行了比较，最后以向Regine Kahmann博士致敬，以纪念她的职业生涯，