ACY | Programme & Speakers

History Programme & Speakers Information Registration Abstract Upload

☰

Home History Programme & Speakers Information Registration Abstract Upload

Main Topics

Molecular and Cell Biology of Yeasts

Chairpersons:

Silvia Bágeľová-Poláková, Roman Holič, Martina Neboháčová

Biotechnology of Yeasts

Chairpersons:

Milan Čertík, Ivana Márová

Yeast Diversity and Interactions

Chairpersons:

Renáta Vadkertiová, Matthias Sipiczki

Community Resources

Chairman:

Milan Čertík

Programme

TUE

May 14th

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

13:30

Bus departure from Bratislava to Smolenice

11:00 - 16:30

Registration

Kocková-Kratochvílová Memorial Lecture

Chairperson: Milan Čertík (Slovakia)

16:45 - 17:30

Invited Lecture - Maria Molina (Spain)

The yeast cell wall integrity pathway: maintaining cell wall stability and more

Biotechnology of Yeasts

Chairperson: Milan Čertík (Slovakia)

17:30 - 18:00

Invited Lecture - Andriy Sibirny (Poland/Ukraine)

Metabolic engineering of the thermotolerant yeast Ogataea polymorpha for efficient fermentation of xylose and L-arabinose

18:00 - 18:30

Volkmar Passoth (Sweden)

Valorisation of low value side streams to produce food, feed and biochemicals

Welcome reception

19:00

Outdoor barbecue with folk music (Folklore group GYMNIK) and local wines from Small Carpathian region

WED

May 15th

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

08:00 - 09:00

Breakfast

Yeast Diversity and Interactions

Chairperson: Renáta Vadkertiová (Slovakia)

09:00 - 09:30

Invited Lecture - Vladimir Jiranek (United Kingdom)

New interactions and insights through fermentation yeasts

09:30 - 10:00

Invited Lecture - Gianluigi Cardinali (Italy)

The strains vs species debate in yeast taxonomy and phylogenetics

10:00 - 10:15

Roberto Scarponi (Italy)

Naming with care: how reference databases' records can shape taxonomy

10:15 - 10:30

Miloslava Kavková (Czech Republic)

Antifungal activity of yeast against fungal contaminants belonging to Aspergillus spp. and Penicillium spp.

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee break

Biotechnology of Yeasts

Chairpersons: Milan Čertík (Slovakia), Ivana Márová (Czech Republic)

10:50 - 11:20

Invited Lecture - Irina Borodina (Denmark)

High-throughput metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for production of food colors

11:20 - 11:35

Małgorzata Kus-Liśkiewicz (Poland)

Yeast cell factories for bio-based material production

11:35 - 11:50

Alexandra Lianou (Greece)

Biotechnological applications of yeasts in agri-food systems: challenges and perspectives

11:50 - 12:05

Valeria Mapelli (Italy)

Valorization of industrial waste streams via yeast based bioprocesses

12:10 - 13:00

Lunch

Biotechnology of Yeasts

Chairpersons: Milan Čertík (Slovakia), Ivana Márová (Czech Republic)

13:00 - 13:15

Iris Cornet (Belgium)

Innovations in the biotransformation of lipid waste to long-chain dicarboxylic acids

13:15 - 13:30

Guanqun (Gavin) Chen (Canada)

Producing plant-derived unusual fatty acids in yeast via metabolic engineering

13:30 - 13:45

Peter Gajdoš (Slovakia)

Plant oils made by yeast cells

13:45 - 14:00

Michal Tupec (Czech Republic)

Disentangling the biosynthesis of eicosanoid precursors in termites using yeast

14:00 - 14:15

Justyna Ruchala (Poland)

Non-conventional yeast on the path to sustainable development - microbiological production of riboflavin from renewable raw materials

14:20 - 14:50

Coffee break

Biotechnology of Yeasts

Chairpersons: Milan Čertík (Slovakia), Ivana Márová (Czech Republic)

14:50 - 15:05

Matthias Steiger (Austria)

Exploring a synthetic pathway for methanol assimilation in Komagataella phaffii

15:05 - 15:20

Patrick Fickers (Belgium)

No more methanol! Regulation of AOX1 promoter in a formaldehyde dehydrogenase-deficient P. pastoris strain

15:20 - 15:35

Brigitte Gasser (Austria)

Cell and promoter engineering strategies for decoupling of protein production and growth, or secretion engineering in Komagataella phaffii

15:35 - 15:50

Özge Ata (Austria)

Microbial conversion of C1 carbon sources into chemicals

15:50 - 16:05

Jolanta Mierzejewska (Poland)

Extracellular vesicles of probiotic yeast as carriers for orally distributed drugs

Excursion to the mead company

16:30 - 19:00

Excursion to the mead (honey wine) company Včelovina (Smolenice) & mead degustation

20:00 - 21:00

Dinner

THU

May 16th

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

08:00 - 09:00

Breakfast

Molecular and Cell Biology of Yeasts

Chairperson: Roman Holič (Slovakia)

09:00 - 09:30

Invited Lecture - Alwin Köhler (Austria)

Lipid saturation control of nuclear envelope function

09:30 - 09:45

Viacheslav Zemlianski (Czech Republic)

Entangled links between nitrogen source, lipid metabolism and mitotic fidelity in fission yeast

09:45 - 10:00

Daniel Eliaš (Slovakia)

Absence of C24 sterol methyltransferase (CgERG6) influences plasma membrane properties and virulence in Candida glabrata

10:00 - 10:20

Olga Zimmermannová (Czech Republic)

Identification of structural elements important for the cation selectivity and transport activity in yeast plasma membrane Na+/H+ antiporters

10:20 - 10:40

Martina Neboháčová (Slovakia)

A role of peroxisomes in catabolism of hydroxyaromates in Candida parapsilosis

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee break

Molecular and Cell Biology of Yeasts

Chairperson: Martina Neboháčová (Slovakia)

11:00 - 11:30

Invited Lecture - Humberto Martin Brieva (Spain)

Search for new yeast Slt2 MAPK substrates through phosphoproteomics

11:30 - 11:50

Beatriz Lavilla García (Spain)

Studying the signaling complex by which Ssk2 transduces the SDS stress signal between MAPKs pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using AlphaFold

11:50 - 12:10

Tomáš Groušl (Czech Republic)

Fully automated approach to analyze yeast mitochondrial morphology from wide-field fluorescence images

12:10 - 12:30

Zsuzsa Antunovics (Hungary)

Recombinant mitochondrial genomes in interspecific yeast hybrids: evolutionary advantage or just for fun?

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

Molecular and Cell Biology of Yeasts

Chairperson: Silvia Bágeľová Poláková (Slovakia)

13:30 - 13:50

Karol Kramarz (Poland)

SUMO chains govern the stability of Schizosaccharomyces pombe centromeres and impact replication stress response

13:50 - 14:05

Dorota Misiorna (Poland)

Division of labor between Rad51 regulators in difficult to replicate regions: The role of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Srs2 and Rrp1

14:05 - 14:25

Filip Červenák (Slovakia)

Co-evolution of telomeric repeats and telomere-binding proteins in yeasts

14:25 - 14:40

Tomáš Petrík (Slovakia)

Pros and cons of auxin-inducible degron as a tool in telomere research

14:40 - 15:00

Coffee break

Poster Highlights - Session of young scientists/students

Chairpersons: Simona Vevericová (Slovakia), Julia Kończak (Poland)

15:00 - 15:40

Short 3-minutes talks of young scientists/students selected from poster abstracts

Nikoleta Ntiantiasi (Greece)

Biotechnological application potential of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains

Marta Rogalska (Poland)

Probiotic potential of new isolated yeasts of the genus Kluyveromyces

Burcu Kartal Sural (Turkey)

Partial characterization of the milk-clotting protease produced by Trichosporon spp. strains isolated from water buffalo raw milk

Gabriela Kaplocká (Slovakia)

Characterization of the technological properties of the probiotic culture Saccharomyces boulardii

Jakub Zahumenský (Czech Republic)

Microdomain protein Nce102 is a local sensor of plasma membrane sphingolipid balance

Nina Mayerová (Slovakia)

Deletion of sib1 gene leads to missegregation of chromosomes during meiosis

Ireneusz Litwin (Poland)

Isw1 contributes to regulation of cohesin loading at centromeres

Merve Seda Ibisoglu (Turkey)

The effect of tunicamycin - induced ER stress in fission yeast

Ema Lisá (Slovakia)

Analysis of Bxi1 protein function in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Poster Session

16:00 - 18:00

Conference Dinner

19:00

Special conference dinner with live music (Los Saranchos)

FRI

May 17th

Friday, May 17th, 2024

08:00 - 09:00

Breakfast

ACY Scientific Committee Meeting

09:00 - 10:00

Community Resources

Chairperson: Milan Čertík (Slovakia)

10:00 - 10:40

Milan Střelec (Slovakia)

The optimisation of growth conditions of yeasts to maximise yield and minimise costs in fermentation tanks

08:00 - 09:00

Coffee break

Closing Ceremony with awards presentation

11:30 - 11:50

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:30

Bus departure from Smolenice to Bratislava

Speakers

Zsuzsa

Antunovics

Hungary

Özge

Ata

Austria

Irina

Borodina

Denmark

Gianluigi

Cardinali

Italy

Filip

Červenák

Slovakia

Guanqun (Gavin)

Chen

Canada

Iris

Cornet

Belgium

Daniel

Eliaš

Slovakia

Patrick

Fickers

Belgium

Peter

Gajdoš

Slovakia

Brigitte

Gasser

Austria

Tomáš

Groušl

Czech Republic

Vladimir

Jiranek

United Kingdom

Miloslava

Kavková

Czech Republic

Alwin

Köhler

Austria

Karol Krzysztof

Kramarz

Poland

Małgorzata

Kus-Liśkiewicz

Poland

Beatriz

Lavilla García

Spain

Alexandra

Lianou

Greece

Valeria

Mapelli

Italy

Humberto

Martín Brieva

Spain

Jolanta

Mierzejewska

Poland

Dorota

Misiorna

Poland

María

Molina

Spain

Martina

Neboháčová

Slovakia

Volkmar

Passoth

Sweden

Tomáš

Petrík

Slovakia

Justyna

Ruchala

Poland

Roberto

Scarponi

Italy

Andriy

Sibirny

Ukraine, Poland

Matthias

Steiger

Austria

Michal

Tupec

Czech Republic

Jakub

Zahumenský

Czech Republic

Viacheslav

Zemlianski

Czech Republic

Olga

Zimmermannová

Czech Republic