Main Topics & Programme Committee

Invited lecture: Abbas C. (USA):
Recent advances in the production of biofuels by yeasts

Invited lecture: Takagi H. (Japan):
“Functional amino acids" in yeasts: metabolic regulations, physiological functions and biotechnological applications

Borodina I. (Denmark):
Production of high-value chemicals using oleaginous yeast cell factories

Nicaud J.-M., Park Y.K., Trabelsi H., Celińska E., Larroude M., Rossignol T. (France, Poland):
Yarrowia lipolytica, a chassy host for unusual lipid production and new tools for system biology and genetic engineering in this yeast

Ledesma-Amaro R. (United Kingdom):
Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering for efficient bioproduction in yeasts

Tupec M., Valterová I., Pichová I. (Czech Republic):
Utilization of yeasts for identification of fatty acyl reductase sequence determinants

Gajdoš P., Zuskáčová P., Hambalko J., Čertík M. (Slovakia):
Production of acetyl diacylglycerols by recombinant Yarrowia lipolytica

Celińska E., Borkowska M., Korpys P., Kubiak M., Białas W., Gorczyca M., Nicaud J.-M. (Poland, France):
Serious study on secretory protein synthesis and optimization of multi-gene expression constructs for Yarrowia lipolytica.

Kubiak M., Borkowska M., Białas W., Korpys P., Celińska E. (Poland):
Insight into the role of osmolarity in heterologous protein production in Yarrowia lipolytica cultures

Foulquié-Moreno M., Nicolaï T., Demeke M., Thevelein J. (Belgium):
Yeast strains meeting industrial requirements for the production of bio-compounds with lignocellulosic biomass

Dourou M., Aggeli L., Vayenas D. V., Aggelis G. (Greece):
Biodiesel and bioethanol production from yeasts cultivated on agro-industrial residues

Tomás-Pejó E., González-Fernández C. (Spain):
Kluyveromyces marxianus CECT 10875: efficient non-conventional yeast for lignocellulose conversion

Mierzejewska J., Chreptowicz K., Sternicka M. K., Dąbkowska K., Kowalska P. D., Sokołowska (Poland):
Microbial production of 2-phenylethanol (rose aroma) in organic waste-based media

Kregiel D., Pawlikowska E., Kolesinska B., Kowalewska A. (Poland):
Bioactivity of pulcherrimin isolated from Metschnikowia spp.

Invited lecture: Kunze M. (Austria):
Passing molecules across the peroxisomal membrane: lessons from the gloxylate cycle

Invited lecture: Skoneczny M. (Poland):
Which way to peroxisomes? Expanding the inventory of peroxisomal protein import mechanisms

Invited lecture: Pedro N. A., Lima C., Alves M., Pinto S. N., Mira N. P. (Portugal):
Study of the interaction between vaginal lactobacilli, Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: from physiological aspects to OMICs analyses

Invited lecture: Daniel H.-M. (Belgium):
Yeast diversity of cocoa bean heap fermentations and their environments

Mandl K., Silhavy-Richter K. (Austria):
Insight in to the microbial flora of natural wines using next generation sequencing (NGS)

Brysch-Herzberg M., Wittmann W., Seidel M. (Germany):
Oenological application of the genus Schizosaccharomyces

Kaliňák M. (Slovakia):
Utilization of NMR spectroscopy for the study of fungi and yeasts