Abstract submission starting:
March 15, 2009
Abstract submission deadline:
June 30, 2009
Scientific Program
Wednesday August 26, 2009
12:00 am-1:45 pm
Registration
1:45 pm-2:00 pm
Opening address
2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Session 1: Biodiversity of yeasts in traditional fermentations
Chairs :Amparo Querol andEd Louis
2:00 pm-2:25 pm
S1-1: Ed Louis(UK)
Exploiting natural variation in Saccharomyces populations
2:25 pm-2:50 pm
S1-2: Joseph Schacherer(France)
Association mapping of gene expression variation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
2:50 pm-3:15 pm
S1-3: Amparo Querol(Spain)
Genetic diversity among S. cerevisiae and S. kudriavzevii hybrids strains from fermentation process
3:15 pm-3:45 pm
S1-4: Ricardo Franco-Duarte (Portugal)
Computational approaches for the genetic and phenotypic characterization of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeast collection
S1-5: Anne Gschaedler (Mexico)
Biodiversity of yeasts in traditional fermentation of mezcal in Mexico
3:45 pm-4:25 pm
Coffee break
4:25 pm-4:50 pm
S1-6: Sandra Rainieri(Italy) Natural fermentations as a source of biodiversity in the development of yeast starter cultures
4:50 pm-5:15 pm
S1-7: Ursula Bond(Ireland)
The Dynamic Genomes of Lager Yeasts:Mechanisms of Adaptive Evolution
5:15 pm-5:45 pm
S1-8: Katarina Zott (France)
Saccharomyces yeasts in grape must and wine : a first study of yeast ecosystem mechanisms
S1-9: Warren Albertin (France) Metabolic and proteomic diversity among industrial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
6:00 pm
Welcome Cocktail
Thursday August 27, 2009
9:00 am-12:30 pm
Session 2: From yeast genomes to functions
Chairs:Sylvie DequinandMerja Penttila
9:00 am-9:25 am
S2-1: Philippe Baret (Belgium)
Annotation of new genomes: application to the nomenclature of transporters
9:25 am- 9:50 am
S2-2: Sylvie Dequin(France) The whole genome sequence of the S. cerevisiae yeast EC1118: a frame to address the molecular bases of wine yeast adaptation
9:50 am-10:15 am
S2-3: Jens Nielsen(Denmark) From omics data to phenotype through integrative systems biology
10:15 am-10:30 am
S2-4: Chloé Ambroset (France)
Connecting gene expression and Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeast traits: An integrated genetic and genomic approach uncovers molecular bases of wine yeast properties
S2-5: Nitnipa Soontorngun (Thailand)
Role of zinc cluster proteins in transcriptional regulation of nonfermentable carbon utilization in budding yeast
10:30 am-11:10 am
Coffee break
11:10 am-11:40 am
S2-6: Steve Swinnen (Belgium)
Genetic analysis of the high ethanol tolerance of a Brazilian bio-ethanol production strain
S2-7: Keith Tyo (Sweden)
Biological Networking of the Yeast Unfolded Protein Response
11:40 am-12:05 pm
S2-8: Jose Perez-Ortin (Spain) Genomics of mRNA Turnover in Yeast
12:05 pm-12:30 pm
S2-9: Charlie Boone(Canada) Global Mapping of Genetic and Chemical-Genetic Networks in Yeast
12:30 pm-2:00 pm
Lunch at the Institut Pasteur
2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Poster session 1
3:30 pm-6:50 pm
Session 3: Yeasts as flexible factories for food and chemistry
Chairs:Andrei SibirnyandLaura Frontali
3:30 pm-3:55 pm
S3-1: Andrei Sibirny(Ukraine) Metabolic engineering of the flavinogenic yeast Candida famata for construction of the advanced producers of riboflavin, flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
3:55 pm-4:20 pm
S3-2: Merja Penttilä(Finland)
Metabolic engineering of yeasts for organic acid production
4:20 pm-4:50 pm
S3-3: Catherine Madzak (France)
Potential applications of Yarrowia lipolytica as a yeast expression system for heterologous proteins : from enzyme secretion to whole cell biocatalysis and surface display
S3-4: Sofie Saerens (Belgium)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae as flavor-factory: tools for regulating ester production
4:50 pm-5:30 pm
Coffee break
5:30 pm-5:45 pm
S3-5: Daniela Uccelletti (Italy)
Stress response and recombinant protein production in Kluyveromyces lactis
5:45 pm-6:10 pm
S3-6: Paola Branduardi (Italy)
The yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii for recombinant productions:
the long road to practical applications
6:10 pm-6:35 pm
S3-7: Jack Pronk (The Netherlands)
Alcoholic fermentation of sugar mixtures by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis and evolutionary engineering
6:35 pm-7:00 pm
S3-8: Eckhard Boles(Germany)
Genetic engineering of yeast strains for the production of bioalcohols from C6- and C5-sugars
7:00 pm
Wine and Cheese
Friday August 28, 2009
9:15 am-12:30 pm
Session 4:Yeasts for medicine
Chairs:Bruno DumasandClaude Gaillardin
9:15 am-9:40 am
S4-1: Jim Hodge (USA)
Vaccination with a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae vaccine expressing a tumor antigen elicits therapeutic antitumor responses
9:40 am-10:05 am
S4-2: Chris Paddon(USA)
Microbially-derived Semi-Synthetic Artemisinin: Engineering yeast to produce artemisinic acid, precursor of the potent antimalarial agent artemisinin
10:05 am-10:30 am
S4-3: Tiago Outeiro (Portugal)
Top Models for Neurodegeneration
10:30 am-11:10 am
Coffee break
11:10 am-11:40 am
S4-4: Sandra dos Santos (Portugal)
Genome-wide identification of genes required for growth of yeast cells challenged with the anticancer drug imatinib: new targets and mechanisms of resistance
S4-5: Andreas Hellström (Sweden)
Phytase activity in yeast species isolated from the East-African fermented food togwa
11:40 am-12:05 pm
S4-6: Marc Blondel(France) Two unrelated antiprion drugs isolated using a yeast-based assay are specific inhibitors of Ribosome-borne Protein Folding Activity (RPFA)
12:05 pm-12:30 pm
S4-7: Bruno Dumas (France) Making hydrocortisone, a 27 carbon molecule in yeast: our pioneering work routing the ergosterol pathway in S.cerevisiae.
12:30 pm-2:00 pm
Lunch at the Institut Pasteur
2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Poster session 2
3:30 pm- 6:50 pm
Session 5: Yeasts as models for human diseases
Chairs:Monique Bolotin-FukuharaandReed Wickner
3:30 pm-3:55 pm
S5-1: Günther Daum(Austria)
Turnover of neutral lipids and channeling of lipid storage components in the yeast
3:55 pm-4:20 pm
S5-2: Reed Wickner(USA) Biology and structure of yeast prions: Prion amyloid structure explains how proteins can act as genes
4:20 pm-4:50 pm
S5-3: Alexander Goldberg (Canada)
Novel anti-aging small molecules greatly extend yeast life span by targeting a mechanism linking lipid dynamics and longevity
S5-4: Tatiana Rogoza (Russia)
The non-Mendelian determinant [ISP<SUP>+</SUP>] is a prion form of Sfp1p transcription factor, which co-localizes with nucleus.
4:50 pm- 5:20 pm
Coffee break
5:20 pm-5:40 pm
S5-5: Benoit Arcangioli (France)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe a model organism for ataxia
S5-6: Chulee Yompakdee(Thailand) Pinostrobin from Boesenbergia pandurata inhibits Ca2-signal-dependent growth regulation in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by inhibition of Swe1 kinase accumulation
5:40 pm-6:10 pm
S5-7:Michael Greenwood(Canada) Using yeast as a model cardiac cell in order to identify and characterize novel anti-apoptotic sequences.
6:10 pm-6.35 pm
S5-8: Richard Rachubinski (Canada) Spatial and temporal regulation of myosin-driven peroxisome partitioning
in yeast
6:35 pm-:7:00 pm
S5-8: Monique Bolotin-Fukuhara(France) Yeasts as models for human mitochondrial diseases
8:30 pm
Gala dinner
Saturday August 29, 2009
9:30 am-13:00 pm
Session 6: Yeasts in pathogenesis
Chairs:Christophe d’EnfertandJoe Heitman
9:30 am-9:55 am
S6-1: Joe Heitman (USA)
Cryptococcus: mitotic and meiotic evolution of a global and emerging fungal scourge
9:55 am-10:20 am
S6-2: Frank Odds(UK)
Host-pathogen interactions in experimental Candida albicans infections
10:20 am-10:50 am
S6-3: Pierre Cote (Canada)
Transcriptional analysis of Candida albicans cell cycle
S6-4: Lucie Kraidlova (Czech Republic)
CaGap2, one of the six-member C. albicans family, has a broad substrate specifity and acts as an amino-acid transceptor.
10:50 am-11:40 am
Coffee break
11:40 am-12:10 pm
S6-5: Alastair Muir (UK)
Development of a novel method for rapid, specific identification of pathogenic Candida species.
S6-6: Jure Piskur (Sweden)
Genome dynamics plays a role in Candida glabrata virulence
12:10 pm-12:35 pm
S6-7: Fritz Mühlschlegel (UK) Sensing environmental carbon dioxide in pathogenic yeasts
12:35 pm-1:00 pm
S6-8: Daniel Poulain(France)
Biogenesis and expression of Candida albicans b-1,2 oligomannosidesacting as immunomodulatory adhesins and protective epitopes.
