Scientific programme - Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi Conference

8 September
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8 September
Tuesday
Valencia
Registration
8 September
Valencia
13:30 - 15:00
Welcome address
8 September
Valencia
15:00 - 15:30
Opening Keynote Lecture
8 September
Valencia
15:00 - 15:45
Moderate
Amparo Querol
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Dissecting the yeast phenotypic landscape in the pangenomic era
15:00 - 15:45
Joseph Schacherer
University of Strasbourg
Session 1: Unlocking the secrets of fungal physiology and metabolism
8 September
Valencia
16:00 - 18:10
Moderate
Paloma Manzanares
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Ronald de Vries
LIST, Luxembourg
Diversity and regulation of fungal sugar metabolism
16:00 - 16:30
Ronald de Vries
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
TBA
16:30 - 17:00
Pascale Daran-Lapujade
Delft University of Technology
Carbon allocation strategies among Mucoromycota fungi: a vibrational spectroscopy approach
17:00 - 17:10
Cristian Bolaño Losada
NMBU University
Untargeted metabolomics and QTL mapping reveal strong genetic control of the non-volatile wine metabolome
17:10 - 17:20
Philippe Marullo
Comprehensive analysis of non-coding RNAs in diverse Aspergilli reveals a novel regulator of aflatoxin biosynthesis
17:20 - 17:30
Maria Laura Fabre
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY
Deciphering the diverse role of Gal4 transcription factor in the regulation of central carbon metabolism of Zygosaccaromyces parabailii hybrid yeast
17:30 - 17:40
Riccardo Milanesi
University of Milano Bicocca
On-line monitoring of morphological and metabolic dynamics in Rhizopus oryzae under oxidative conditions using a high-throughput data acquisition
17:40 - 17:50
July Tifanie
Construction of Nitrogen Catabolite Repression (NCR) mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and assessment of their impact on the winemaking process
17:50 - 18:00
Juan Visier Vélez
IATA-CSIC
A new function of MAL clusters: sucrose utilization via a bifunctional sucrase–maltase enzyme in Thermothelomyces thermophilus
18:00 - 18:10
Joost van den Brink
Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Opening reception
8 September
Valencia
19:00 - 20:00
Session 2: Adapting to survive: Inside the evolutionary strategies of fungi
9 September
Valencia
9:00 - 11:00
Moderate
Eladio Barrio
Universitat de València, Spain
John Morrissey
University College Cork, Ireland
Adaptation of Kluyveromyces yeasts to anthropogenic environments
9:00 - 9:30
John Morrissey
University College Cork, Ireland
Evolutionary strategies of Fungi in the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons
9:30 - 10:00
Arthur Ram
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Population-scale quantitative transcriptomes and proteomes across environments in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
10:00 - 10:10
Gauthier Brach
Université de Strasbourg
Mitochondrial heteroplasmy underlies phenotypic variation in homozygous Saccharomyces
10:10 - 10:20
Miguel Morard
From a hidden β-lactone inhibitor to conserved lactonase-mediated tolerance: Ustilactone in a fungal–bacterial itaconate arms race
10:20 - 10:30
Pascal Künzel
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Recurrent hybridization and asymmetric introgression shape the evolution of Saccharomyces in agave fermentations
10:30 - 10:40
Lucia G. Morales Reyes
Defining species boundaries in eukaryotic microorganisms: a persistent puzzle
10:40 - 10:50
David Peris
Exploring yeast biological limits: a pareto front approach
10:50 - 11:00
Cecilia Trivellin
Gothenburg University
Coffee break and poster viewing
9 September
Valencia
11:00 - 11:30
Session 3: Pathogenic strategies and resistance mechanisms in fungi
9 September
Valencia
11:30 - 13:30
Moderate
Sergi Puig
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Patrick van Dijck
KU Leuven, Belgium
Molecular mechanisms underlying echinocandin resistance and tolerance in the human fungal pathogen Candida auris
11:30 - 12:00
Patrick Van Dijck
KU Leuven, Belgium
Aspergillus fumigatus Antifungal Resistance: origin and evolution
12:00 - 12:30
Emilia Mellado Terrado
National Center for Microbiology, Carlos III Health Institute, Spain
RNA virus diversity in the Saccharomyces genus and its contribution to phenotypic variation
12:30 - 12:40
Estéfani García-Ríos
IATA-CSIC
Partial lost of the adaptive genome of Fusarium oxysporum converts a highly virulent strain into a non-pathogenic endophyte
12:40 - 12:50
Virginia Casado del Castillo
University of Salamanca
Early interactions between Botrytis cinerea and Hanseniaspora uvarum in a contact/non-contact co-culture system
12:50 - 13:00
Elena Palencia Mulero
University of Milan
Thermal performance diversity in sympatric Patagonian Candida species: a genome-resolved framework for studying thermal adaptation
13:00 - 13:10
Pablo Villarreal
Universidad Mayor
How the sphingolipids alterations in Candida albicans plasma membrane corresponds with morphological changes and antifungals response?
13:10 - 13:20
Daria Derkacz
University of Wroclaw
Dde1-mediated endoplasmic reticulum localization of Dap1 is essential for Erg11 regulation and azole tolerance
13:20 - 13:30
Elena de los Desamparados Valera Garcia
IATA-CSIC
Lunch and poster viewing
9 September
Valencia
13:30 - 15:00
Session 4: Advances in synthetic biology and innovative technologies for yeasts and filamentous fungi
9 September
Valencia
15:00 - 17:00
Moderate
José M. Guillamón
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Imperial College London, UK
Engineering yeast and synthetic yeast communities for sustainable food manufacturing
15:00 - 15:30
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, Imperial College London
High-throughput yeast and fungal genetic-engineering platforms for product discovery and strain optimization
15:30 - 16:00
Uffe Mortensen
Technical University of Denmark
Pepper aptamer-based in vivo mRNA imaging and gene expression correlation in Aspergillus niger
16:00 - 16:10
Güler Demirbas Uzel
Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Group Biochemistry, Technische Universität Wien
A multifactorial high-throughput screening strategy for oleaginous yeast: from physiology to bioprocess performance
16:10 - 16:20
Maria Eleni Mastrodima Perdika
DTU Bioengineering
Accelerating Trichoderma reesei strain development with a fungal biofoundry
16:20 - 16:30
Yvonne Nygård
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Chalmers University of Technology
Regulatory plasticity of divergent transcription in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
16:30 - 16:40
Codruta Ignea
McGill University
A yeast mating platform for multiplex screening of fungal GPCR–ligand interactions
16:40 - 16:50
Giovanni Schiesaro
DTU
Diversity of α-acetolactate decarboxylase in the Saccharomycotina yeast subphylum: from discovery to brewing application
16:50 - 17:00
Maartje Spaans
TU Delft
Poster session 1
9 September
Valencia
17:00 - 19:00
Session 5: Exploring fermentation as a driver of innovation in food and beverages
10 September
Valencia
9:00 - 11:00
Moderate
Elia Tomás-Pejó
IMDEA, Spain
Carole Camarasa
Université de Montpellier-INRAE, France
Addressing current winemaking challenges with non-Saccharomyces yeasts
9:00 - 9:30
Carole Camarasa
INRAE - UMR Sciences for enology
Learnings from pro-cycling to develop superior yeasts and innovative fermentation products
9:30 - 10:00
Kevin Verstrepen
KU Leuven - VIB Center for Microbiology
Physical contact between species significantly impacts ecosystem functioning in a three species wine yeast consortium
10:00 - 10:10
Florian F. Bauer
Stellenbosch University
Micronutrient-rich mycelium cultivation for the production of meat analogues
10:10 - 10:20
Hari Niwas Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Suhomyces pyralidae Y1140: an efficient bioprotection tool against Brettanomyces bruxellensis during early winemaking stages
10:20 - 10:30
Amandine Deroite
Lallemand
Turning sugar beet pulp into sustainable mycoprotein: process design and techno-economic insights
10:30 - 10:40
Pedro Henrique Santos Oliveira
RWTH Aachen University
Shaping wine acidity: impact of oxygen availability on Lachancea thermotolerans metabolism
10:40 - 10:50
Theo Jacobs
Stellenbosch University
Wild yeast diversity and the emergence of novel Patagonian whiskies
10:50 - 11:00
Francisco A. Cubillos
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Coffee break
10 September
Valencia
11:00 - 11:30
Session 6: Engineering yeasts and filamentous fungi as cell factories
10 September
Valencia
11:30 - 13:30
Moderate
Pau Ferrer
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Paola Branduardi
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Yeasts versus plastic: navigating opportunities and challenges of PET-derived monomers upcycling
11:30 - 12:00
Paola Branduardi
University of Milano Bicocca
Citric Acid Production with Aspergillus niger - Molecular Insights into an Old Process
12:00 - 12:30
Matthias Steiger
TU Wien
Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient gluconic acid consumption
12:30 - 12:40
Effie Leijten
TU Delft
Fungal production of polyester hydrolases (PHLs) for enzymatic plastic degradation
12:40 - 12:50
Sandra Garrigues
IATA-CSIC
Multi-copy gene integration in Aspergillus oryzae via anchor-integrated rolling-circle replication (ARCI)
12:50 - 13:00
Lana Silva
UNICAMP
Optimization of the synthetic biological production of Cortinarius-derived anthraquinone pigments in the VTT biofoundry
13:00 - 13:10
Jorg de Ruijter
VTT Technical research centre of Finland
Elucidation of the xanthoepocin biosynthetic gene cluster by heterologous expression
13:10 - 13:20
Kristina Haslinger
University of Groningen
Heterologous production of violacein pathway compounds in Aspergillus niger
13:20 - 13:30
Pavithra Umashankar
Chalmers University of Technology
Lunch
10 September
Valencia
13:30 - 15:00
Session 7: Fungal contributions to the advancement of the bioeconomy
10 September
Valencia
15:00 - 17:00
Moderate
José F. Marcos
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Vera Meyer
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
TBA
15:00 - 15:30
Vera Meyer
Technische Universität Berlin, Deaprtment Applied and Molecular Microbiology
Synthetic biology tools for yeast metabolic engineering
15:30 - 16:00
Verena Siewers
Chalmers University of Technology
Exploration of novel biocontrol traits in yeasts isolated from Swedish honey
16:00 - 16:10
Michael Martindale
Chalmers University of Technology
A robust non-conventional yeast platform for oleochemical production from sugarcane residues
16:10 - 16:20
Wesley Cardoso Generoso
Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)
Plastic additive biodegradation and polyphosphate production with yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans
16:20 - 16:30
Gereon Schröders
RWTH Aachen (iAMB)
Turning waste into resources: engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for sustainable carbon upcycling
16:30 - 16:40
Gennaro Agrimi
University of Bari
Bioconversion of C1-gases into single-cell protein integrating acetogenic bacteria with non-conventional yeasts fermentation
16:40 - 16:50
Christian Kennes
University of A Coruña
Understanding bottlenecks in fungal production of PET-degrading enzymes
16:50 - 17:00
Matthias Tobler
Poster session 2
10 September
Valencia
17:00 - 19:00
Conference Gala Dinner
10 September
Valencia
20:30 - 22:00
Session 8: Harnessing artificial intelligence and data science in fungal biotechnology
11 September
Valencia
9:00 - 11:00
Moderate
Ignacio Belda
Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
Eva Balsa-Canto
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas-CSIC, Spain
Predictive Fermentation Dynamics: From Data to Digital Shadows
9:00 - 9:30
Eva Balsa-Canto
Bio2Eng, IIM-CSIC
Predicting natural variation in the yeast phenotypic landscape with machine learning
9:30 - 10:00
Gianni Liti
CNRS
Exploring AI and genome scale metabolic models to deconvolute, re-construct and predict postbiotic profiles from non-conventional yeast consortia
10:00 - 10:10
Emrah Nikerel
Yeditepe University
Enhancing Trichoderma reesei fermentation and downstream processing through PAT-driven monitoring and modeling
10:10 - 10:20
Hans Mattila
VTT
Fungal community signatures enable machine learning classification of table olives
10:20 - 10:30
Elio López García
Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC)
Temporal transcriptomics characterises strain-specific gene expression profiles underlying morphological transitions in Aureobasidium pullulans deletion mutants
10:30 - 10:40
Kartik Deopujari
Technical University of Vienna
Hybrid knowledge- and machine learning-based modelling of yeast metabolism and fermentation dynamics
10:40 - 10:50
Núria Campo Manzanares
IIM-CSIC
Digital twins and supervisory artificial intelligence for intelligent bioprocess control
10:50 - 11:00
Fatima Ballout
Coffee break
11 September
Valencia
11:00 - 11:30
Closing Keynote Lecture
11 September
Valencia
11:30 - 12:15
Moderate
Diethard Mattanovich
BOKU University, Austria
Transposons and accessory regions drive adaptation in a clonal evolving fungal pathogen
11:30 - 12:15
Antonio Di Pietro
University of Cordoba, Spain
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