Ecology, diversity and genomics of the industrial and plant beneficial fungus Trichoderma for its improved domestication

The course will be given as series of lectures on various aspects of Trichoderma genomics: ecology, evolution, diversity,  genomic architecture, and transcriptional response to mycoparasitism, interaction with plants,  parasitism on human cells, interactions with nematodes. Special emphasis will be given on ecophysioogical characterization of wild type and mutant strains.

The course is given over WS and SS and should be based on min 10 lectures attended.