Scientific programme - Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi Conference

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8 September
Valencia
13:30 - 15:00
Welcome address
8 September
Valencia
15:00 - 15:30
Opening Keynote Lecture
8 September
Valencia
15:30 - 16:15
Moderate
Amparo Querol
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Dissecting the yeast phenotypic landscape in the pangenomic era
15:30 - 16:15
Joseph Schacherer
University of Strasbourg
Session 1: Unlocking the secrets of fungal physiology and metabolism
8 September
Valencia
16:15 - 18:35
Moderate
Paloma Manzanares
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Ronald de Vries
LIST, Luxembourg
Diversity and regulation of fungal sugar metabolism
16:15 - 16:45
Ronald de Vries
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Towards non-canonical cofactors-based yeast cell factories
16:45 - 17:15
Pascale Daran-Lapujade
Delft University of Technology
Carbon allocation strategies among Mucoromycota fungi: a vibrational spectroscopy approach
17:15 - 17:25
Cristian Bolaño Losada
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Untargeted metabolomics and QTL mapping reveal strong genetic control of the non-volatile wine metabolome
17:25 - 17:35
Philippe Marullo
BIOLAFFORT
Comprehensive analysis of non-coding RNAs in diverse Aspergilli reveals a novel regulator of aflatoxin biosynthesis
17:35 - 17:45
Maria Laura Fabre
Friedrich Schiller University
Deciphering the diverse role of Gal4 transcription factor in the regulation of central carbon metabolism of Zygosaccaromyces parabailii hybrid yeast
17:45 - 17:55
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
17:55 - 18:05
Tifanie July
Toulouse Biotechnology Institute
Construction of Nitrogen Catabolite Repression (NCR) mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and assessment of their impact on the winemaking process
18:05 - 18:15
Juan Visier Vélez
IATA-CSIC
A new function of MAL clusters: sucrose utilization via a bifunctional sucrase–maltase enzyme in Thermothelomyces thermophilus
18:15 - 18:25
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
Arthur Ram
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Population-scale quantitative transcriptomes and proteomes across environments in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
10:00 - 10:10
Gauthier Brach
University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Inserm, IGBMC UMR 7104- UMR-S 1258
Mitochondrial heteroplasmy underlies phenotypic variation in homozygous Saccharomyces
10:10 - 10:20
Miguel Morard
IATA-CSIC
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, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences Biotechnology (IBG-1), Microbial Catalysis
Recurrent hybridization and asymmetric introgression shape the evolution of Saccharomyces in agave fermentations
10:30 - 10:40
Lucia G. Morales Reyes
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Defining species boundaries in eukaryotic microorganisms: a persistent puzzle
10:40 - 10:50
David Peris
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA)-CSIC University of Oslo
Exploring yeast biological limits: a pareto front approach
10:50 - 11:00
Cecilia Trivellin
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
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
TU 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
Coffee break
9 September
Valencia
17:00 - 17:30
Poster session 1
9 September
Valencia
17:30 - 19:00
List of posters
SUMMARY

Poster presentations
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SALA EA  |  Unlocking the secrets of fungal physiology and metabolism — Posters 1–38
Poster Title Presenter
1 Multi‐omics analyses reveal divergent molecular mechanisms underlying plant biomass conversion by five fungi Mao Peng
2 High (post-)genomic diversity in the sugar metabolic model of fungi Jiajia Li
3 Ammonium ion concentration-dependent production of extracellular polysaccharides from glycerol by an oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides Shigeyuki Kawai
4 Probing the fundamentals of fungal multicellularity by FluidFM Chia-Yin Yang
5 Retrograde signaling modulates redox homeostasis and Crabtree-positive metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under varying glucose and oxygen levels Liana Anikyan
6 In silico and in vitro screening of non-Saccharomyces yeast strains for their ability to produce nicotinate Hélène Falentin
7 Autophagy and vacuolization as adaptive responses to nitrogen limitation in decomposer fungi Franziska Henck
8 Linking phenotypic diversity and evolutionary history across the Saccharomyces genus Josefa Emilia Oyarzún Andrews
9 Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites by different Monascus species Petra Patakova
10 Spt7 and Spt8 drive SAGA-dependent transcriptional responses under osmotic stress Carme Nuño
11 Impact of nitrogen source and supplementation timing on fermentation performance in S. cerevisiae and S. uvarum Laura Pérez Través
12 Aim4 modulates glucose-responsive transcription and may influence Mig1-mediated repression in budding yeast Malena Parlatore
13 Ypt6 contributes to sphingolipid homeostasis and plasma membrane organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gemma Sanmartin Peris
14 A high-throughput screening from South America’s biodiversity reveals robust thermotolerant yeasts Lucas Garbini Cespedes
15 Inoculation strategy drives yeast metabolic reprogramming and wine composition Jessica Noble
16 A chemogenomic screen reveals YPL257w as a pleiotropic determinant of polyphenol and heavy metal resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ileana Cornelia Farcasanu
17 Functional redundancy and conservation of tannases involved in tannic acid degradation in Aspergillus niger Ronnie Lubbers
18 Exploring intracellular metabolic diversity of Saccharomyces species under different nitrogen supplementation conditions during wine fermentation Romain Minebois
19 Exploring the diversity in utilization of gluconate and its derivatives in the budding yeast subphylum Rosalie Wouters
20 Genetic determinants of organic acid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under oenological conditions: a GWAS approach Coline Nazet
21 Deciphering the role of small peptides in shaping nitrogen metabolism and fermentation performance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jonathan Rixhon
22 Molecular basis of the differences in respiratory-fermentative metabolism between species of the genus Saccharomyces of industrial interest Florencia Barragán Pellegrinelli
23 Tracing parental metabolic contributions across fermentation in a Saccharomyces hybrid using a genome-scale model approach Sara Torres Rodríguez
24 Evolutionary and functional divergence of nitrogen metabolism in wine-relevant Saccharomyces species Adrián González-García
25 Melatonin interaction with glycolytic proteins depend on yeast carbon metabolism Camilo Toro
26 H3K4me3 dynamics uncover distinct epigenetic landscapes across cellulase induction in wild type and hyperproducer strains of Trichoderma reesei Bidard Frederique
27 Heritability and genotype-by-environment interaction in fermentation traits of hybrid yeast: a framework for selective breeding Claudio Martinez
28 A FACS-based biosensor method for investigating yeast heterogeneity Davide Stucchi
29 Investigating cyanate assimilation in yeast Magdalena Delač
30 Multilayered control of cytokinesis and polarized growth by cAMP–PKA signaling in fission yeast Antonio Marín Castillo
31 Phosphatase-dependent regulation of PKC signalling in fission yeast Sergio León Zaragoza
32 Driving performance and process reproducibility in fermentation products through optimal selection of yeast-derived bionutrients Valeria Mapelli
33 Understanding fructophilic behavior in Saccharomyces uvarum during fermentation Victoria Kleinjan
34 Physiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of lactic acid bacteria Andreas Gombert
35 Understanding scale effects in microbial cell factories Laura García Plaza
36 Functionalised Fomes fomentarius cell walls enable sequestration and inactivation of β-lactam antibiotics from wate Carsten Freidank-Pohl
37 Influence of filamentation on lipid production in Yarrowia lipolytica Alejandro Ordonez-Urra
38 Minimizing oxygen entry into lab scale anaerobic chemostat cultures of yeasts Christiaan Mooiman
NUBE  |  Adapting to survive: inside the evolutionary strategies of fungi — Posters 39–54 
Poster Title Presenter
39 Genus-wide phylogenetic reconstruction and population genomic analysis of Saccharomyces Alejandro Aguilar Díaz
40 Adaptive laboratory evolution combined with cell sorting to improve thermotolerance in Aspergillus niger Adéla Schandl
41 Unraveling adaptive mechanisms of copper tolerance in yeasts of enological interest Raquel Sorribes-Dauden
42 Genetic determinants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae dominance in wine fermentation Pilar Morales
43 Long-term adaptation mechanisms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to co-culture in oenological conditions Ana Martín María
44 Involvement of aegerolysins in lipid interactions – in search of biological function Nada Kraševec
45 FISHCAKE: fast identification of super-high copy amplifications by k-mer exploitation Sean Bergin
46 Evolution and adaptation: positive selection in nitrogen transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Juan Carlos Torrat Noves
47 Shaping the lager yeast genome: polyploidy drives adaptation and fermentation fitness Sonia Albillos-Arenal
48 Mitochondrial localization of key NAD+-dependent dehydrogenases explains the exceptionally high biomass yield on ethanol of the yeast Cyberlindnera jadinii Yared Pijman
49 Complex genotype-by-environment landscapes shape morphological plasticity in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Sergio Izquierdo Gea
50 Calcium starvation leads to strain-specific gene regulation of lipid and carotenoid production in Mucor circinelloides Helle Tessand Baalsrud
51 Acetic acid stress-induced metabolic and respiratory adaptation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae depending on oxygen availability Anahit Shirvanyan
52 Whi7 regulation under genotoxic stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Marcos Leonarte Casalta
53 Durable epitranscriptomic reprogramming of tRNAs underlies yeast adaptation to long-term stress Matea Radesic
54 Understanding the relationships between improved traits and trade-offs arising during adaptive laboratory evolution under hypersaline conditions Pablo Torres Montero
SALA EB  |  Pathogenic strategies and resistance mechanisms in fungi — Posters 55–62 
Poster Title Presenter
55 RNA viruses in infective Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates and their possible impact on pathogenicity-related phenotypes María Bonet Aparici
56 Iron deficiency modulates ergosterol biosynthesis and promotes morpholine resistance in S. cerevisiae and C. glabrata Lucía Ramos-Alonso
57 Excess copper causes repression of global translation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ana Perea
58 Yeasts in the food chain: novel insights, tools and measures to mitigate emerging risks Antonia María Romero Cuadrado
59 Evaluation of the susceptibility of food-associated yeasts to antifungal agents Alba Contreras Ruiz
60 Naturally occurring non-aggressive mutants of Botrytis cinerea carry alterations in global regulators of gene expression Alessandro Gabrielli García
61 Epigenetic acylation readers in Aspergillus fumigatus: functional insights into the YEATS protein Taf14 Gabriela Bassi da Silva
62 Elucidating novel epistatic interactions associated with Candida albicans echinocandin resistance Anthony Hendriks
SALA EB  |  Advances in synthetic biology and innovative technologies for yeasts and filamentous fungi — Posters 63–83
Poster Title Presenter
63 Engineering of a humanized yeast strain for studying the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 ORF9b and human NEMO Kinga Larisch
64 A haploid wild yeast resource for exploring the natural ecology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cheng-Ju Yang
65 Engineering Kluyveromyces marxianus for heterologous production of D-psicose 3-epimerase and rare sugar bioconversion Cleiton Prado
66 Heterologous expression and characterization of Aspergillus oryzae ABC transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Miika Korpioja
67 Toward high-throughput fungal biosynthetic gene cluster transfer using CRISPR-assisted direct capture and in vivo assembly in Aspergillus hosts Yanfang Guo
68 Engineering and tracking synthetic wine yeast consortia to study multispecies fermentation dynamics Irene De Guidi
69 Metabolic engineering for the enhancement of a serotonin-overproducing yeast strain Sandra Sánchez Martí
70 Implementation of citrate biosensors in Aspergillus niger reveals mechanistic insights in citric acid production Andreas Holzer
71 Developing a genetic toolkit for transformation and engineering of agaricomycete fungi Riccardo Iacovelli
72 Engineering yeast-derived virus-like liposomal particles as modular biocatalytic compartments Maryam Solaimani
73 Harnessing yeast-derived virus-like particles as synthetic compartments for biocatalysis and membrane protein characterization Felix Fronek
74 Multi-scale transcriptional responses link species diversity to community function in yeast consortia Ignacio Belda
75 Streamlining the biolistic method for mitochondrial genome editing greatly shortens strain construction cycles Marcel Vieira-Lara
76 High-throughput screening of a curated Brazilian yeast collection uncovers robust non-conventional chassis for industrial biotechnology Giovanna Resk Maklouf
77 Establishing a medium-throughput pipeline for strain construction and enzyme discovery in filamentous fungi Martí Morera Gomez
78 A cloning-free platform for high-throughput targeted mutagenesis in Pichia pastoris Tomas Strucko
79 Mitochondrial–nuclear interactions shape hybrid physiology in Saccharomyces Sara Orellana Muñoz
80 Disarming bacteria: a discovery platform for pathoblocker peptides Maximilian Otto
81 Hidden laccase in fungi: Pleurotus ostreatus vs Mycetinis alliaceus Yosephine Laura
82 Optimizing the de novo biosynthesis of vanillin through metabolic engineering Li Xu
83 Development of a toolkit for Lachancea thermotolerans to enable functional genomics and QTL mapping Muhammad Khizar Naeem
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 Oenology
Developing superior yeasts and 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
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
Fungi and sustainable construction: novel fungal materials for the built environment
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 Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR) - 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
Fátima Soto
University of A Coruña
Understanding bottlenecks in fungal production of PET-degrading enzymes
16:50 - 17:00
Matthias Tobler
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Coffee break
10 September
Valencia
17:00 - 17:30
Poster session 2
10 September
Valencia
17:30 - 19:00
List of posters
SUMMARY

Poster Presentations

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SALA EA  |  Exploring fermentation as a driver of innovation in food and beverages — Posters 85–112
Poster Title Presenter
85 Selection of local Metschnikowia yeast strains for the production of regional wines Karyna Kantar
86 Exploring the vitamin requirements of wine yeast: the curious case of Lachancea thermotolerans Benoit Divol
87 Wild marula-associated Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates from Botswana reveal unexpected population diversity and fermentation potential Nerve Zhou
88 New insights into the stress tolerance mechanisms of European farmhouse yeasts and its use in strain development George van der Merwe
89 Time-course of the early transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to coculture with Metschnikowia pulcherrima Ramón González
90 Search for genes involved in TORC1 pathway activation by glutamine in wild and domesticated strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eduardo Kessi
91 Transcriptionnal remodelling of Metschnikowia pulcherrima to competitive interaction with Saccharomyces cerevisiae Virgile Rose
92 Why does yeast smell like yeast? Investigation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae volatilome Selina Granderath-Miegel
93 Towards the protein transition: understanding fungal fermentations of plant-based substrates Ainhoa Valero Abad
94 The influence of nitrogen supplementation on the fermentation behaviour and aromas formation in Sauvignon Blanc wines Lainy Ramírez
95 Mechanistic analysis of lactic acid production in Lachancea thermotolerans to improve applications in wine fermentation Paula Daniela Cuadrado Osorio
96 Influence of nitrogen source and oxygen availability on Kluyveromyces marxianus single-cell protein production for food applications Paula Corral
97 Molecular markers for the selection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with low ethanol yield Camila Bastias
98 Enhancing β-lyase activity in commercial brewing yeasts through random mutagenesis and adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) Viola Ceramelli Papiani
99 Solid-state fermentation of faba bean (Vicia faba) with Aspergillus oryzae: enhancement of nutritional and techno-functional properties Nerea Sarasa Gil
100 Polyploid Saccharomyces hybrids generate distinct fermentative and aromatic profiles during whisky fermentations Javiera Unda
101 Exploitation of non-Saccharomyces yeasts to overcome constraints in winemaking due to climatic changes Maria Joao Sousa
102 Valorization of mixed milk by-product through optimized Rhizopus oryzae fermentation for protein- and lipid-rich biomass production Margarita Smirnova
103 From galactose to mycoprotein: strain-dependent performance of Paecilomyces variotii mutants in dairy-relevant media Dana Byrtusova
104 From volcanic vineyards to wine biotechnology: exploring indigenous Azorean non-Saccharomyces wine yeasts Fábio Pereira
105 Exploring the physiology of carbon metabolism in Spathaspora passalidarum for future domestication in 2G ethanol bioprocesses Raul Comelli
106 Function-guided design of non-conventional yeast consortia based on phenotypic traits for postbiotic production Burcu Şirin Kaya
107 Indigenous yeast β-glucosidase for efficient wine fermentation and aroma release Paula Gonzalez Pombo
108 Non-conventional yeasts for sustainable protein-rich ingredient production through apple puree wastewater upcycling Debora Daniela Maza
109 Bioproduction and modulation of the composition of yeast single cell protein (SCP) for food Martin Borde
110 Optimizing the fermentation process of traditional african beer “Dolo” through the selection of better yeast starters Taram Idrissa
111 Application of a novel low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) device in brewing: effects on fermentation kinetics, ester content, and flavor stability Davide Appolloni
112 Yeast diversity and volatile profiles during the fermentation of cocoa beans from Reunion Island Ophelie Dalmais
     
SALA EA  |  Engineering yeasts and filamentous fungi as cell factories — Posters 114–120
Poster Title Presenter
114 A Mad7 system for genetic engineering of Penicillium chrysogenum Inmaculada González Ruz
115 Shedding light on natural astaxanthin production regulation through transcriptomic analysis of Phaffia rhodozyma mutant strains Moisés Giner Llorca
116 From bottles to building blocks: genome mining and functional screening of fungal cutinases for enzymatic PET upcycling Astrid Müller
117 Engineered yeast as a versatile cell factory for recombinant growth factors Xiang Li
118 Development of marker-free Penicillium chrysogenum strains as a safe platform for AFP production Stefani de Ovalle
119 Engineering robust Pichia pastoris cell factories for intensified continuous biomanufacturing Xavier Garcia Ortega
120 Utilizing yeast as a heterologous chassis for the characterization of the biosynthesis of Cortinarius-derived anthraquinone pigments Pradhuman Jetha
SALA EB  |  Engineering yeasts and filamentous fungi as cell factories — Posters 121–157
Poster Title Presenter
121 Synthetic biology applied to the biomanufacturing of plant natural products of pharmaceutical interest Francesco Bellusci
122 Two hexatriacontapeptides designed as heavy metal-binding tags Ruta Lavinia Liliana
123 Bioprocess-driven physiology changes in lactate-producing Ogataea polymorpha methanol fermentations under rational medium screening and smart feeding strategies Lorenzo García Tejada
124 Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for intracellular nicotinamide mononucleotide accumulation Miriam Cammaert
125 CRISPR-BMC: a new CRISPR/Cas system for genome editing of industrial yeast starter cultures Claudia Borgmeier
126 Characterizing post-transcriptional regulation across yeast species and conditions Eva Van Bun
127 Metabolic engineering of anaerobic co-production of 2,3-butanediol and glycerol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Erik Spädt
128 Engineering a microbial platform for sustainable biosurfactant production Vilma Ovaskainen
129 Develop of robust microbial-based bioproduction systems in Yarrowia lipolytica Heber Gamboa-Melendez
130 Automated ALE using a miniature UV device Hanna Alalam
131 Cell wall phenomics reveals Saccharomyces cerevisiae outliers as robust candidate chassis Bojan Zunar
132 Exploiting natural genetic variability in Komagataella phaffii to enhance recombinant β-glucosidase production Stephanie Braun-Galleani
133 Cell wall galactosaminogalactan (GAG) content modulates retention of a heterologous expressed catalase in the cell wall of Aspergillus niger Mark Arentshorst
134 Combinatorial engineering approaches for improved lipid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Andrés Castillo García
135 Genome mining, cloning, biotechnological production and characterization of a novel AFP from Aspergillus indologenus Alvaro Lafraya
136 Functional mapping of transporters underlying organic acid tolerance in yeast Nadia Maria Vieira Sampaio
137 Towards the use of CO2-derived dihydroxyacetone (DHA) as a carbon and energy source for S. cerevisiae-based bioprocesses Nabamita Nandi
138 Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for sustainable ambrein biosynthesis through rational design and scalable fermentation Ibai Lenitz Etxaburu
139 Mutations in the AmyR transcription factor leading to inducer independent and enhanced expression of starch degrading enzymes in Aspergillus niger Jisca van Dam
140 From fungi to yeast, comparative engineering of itaconic acid biosynthetic pathways Eerlings Roy
141 High-throughput analysis of oxygen stress responses in Aspergillus niger during citric acid fermentation Johannes Theodoor Zwerus
142 Adaptive evolution with colorimetric screening for improved aromatic compound production in yeast Elin Blick
143 Predicting and controlling biomass yields based on electron transport chain engineering Gabriela van Leersum
144 Optimizing fermentation conditions for improved recombinant collagen-like peptide production Anna Lehtonen
145 Developing Myceliophthora thermophila as a cell factory for the production of the taste-modifying protein miraculin Laura Diaz Garcia
146 Development of an alternative metabolic pathway for olefin production from glycerol in yeast Júlio Cesar Bueno da Silva Filho
147 Targeted reduction of by-products in Aspergillus niger for improved citric acid production Henrich Novotný
148 Valorisation of organic fraction of municipal solid waste fermentation-derived volatile fatty acids into itaconic acid through engineered Yarrowia lipolytica Cosetta Ciliberti
149 Mitochondrial restoration in a tyrosol yeast cell factory: cytoduction approaches and metabolomic insights Alba Guillén González
150 Optimizing fed-batch production of recombinant β-xylosidase in Aspergillus oryzae through morphology and carbon metabolism control Paula Macedo Cunha
151 Detaching expression and secretion: identifying bottlenecks in recombinant bovine serum albumin production in Aspergillus oryzae Gabriela Souza Alves Picciarelli
152 Harnessing native promoters of Aureobasidium pullulans for heterologous gene expression on sustainable feedstocks Christian Zimmermann
153 Exploring biological mechanisms limiting the production of disordered material proteins in Trichoderma reesei Emmi Sveholm
154 Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for sustainable itaconic acid production from wheat straw hydrolysate Ricardo Bisquert Alcaraz
155 Physiological response of yeast to heterologous protein expression under optogenetic control Albane Astier
156 From air to amine: integrating diazotrophic nitrogen fixation and yeast biocatalysis for synthetic-nitrogen-free amine production Khaled Youssef
157 Exploiting yeast surface display for whole cell biocatalysis in Komagataella phaffii Mirko Frigerio Verga
NUBE  |  Fungal contributions to the advancement of the bioeconomy — Posters 158–170
Poster Title Presenter
158 Open-source yeast protein expression: an open DNA toolkit and benchmarking open Komagataella phaffii (Pichia pastoris) strains Hannah Bott
159 Physiological characterization of non-conventional Phaffia species for carotenoid production from agro-industrial residues Iris Menéndez Luque
160 From agro-waste to bioactive compounds: fungal enzymes driving corn silk valorization Sanja Stojanović
161 Sustainable production of the Penicillium parvofructum antifungal proteins (AFPs) through rice bran bioprocessing. Ana Maria Yelamos
162 Exploring a fungal GH12 xylanase for selective production of functional xylooligosaccharides from corn cobs Marina Ristovic
163 Melanin production in Ganoderma curtisii for mycelium materials Joni Wildman
164 From microbial monitoring to spoilage prevention: controlling Brettanomyces bruxellensis during vinification Lourdes Victoria Risco Sagástegui
165 Agitation-driven modulation of fatty acid profiles during sustainable protein and lipid co-production by Yarrowia lipolytica Paula de la Huerta Bengoechea
166 Valorisation of saline food-processing residues into microbial oil: harnessing Yarrowia lipolytica salinity tolerance via the carboxylate platform Tomás Zubak
167 Debaryomyces hansenii as emerging microbial host for valorization of lignocellulosic hydrolysates toward production of SAF precursors Sofia Recchia
168 Uncovering the transcriptional landscape of Fomes fomentarius during fungal-based material production through gene co-expression network analysis Timothy Cairns
169 Assessment of Phaffia rhodozyma strains as astaxanthin production platform through the valorization of rice bran Juan Antonio Tamayo Ramos
170 Volatile fatty acids as sustainable feedstocks for tailored microbial lipid production Marieke Willing
NUBE  |  Harnessing artificial intelligence and data science in fungal biotechnology — Posters 171–173
Poster Title Presenter
171 Ecological and phenotypic divergence within the Saccharomyces genus reveals adaptive strategies shaping wine fermentation Regino Barranquero Cardeñosa
172 AI-assisted mapping of silent biosynthetic gene clusters and activation strategies in Aspergillus Dominika Klimek
173 Predicting conserved promoter strength across the Saccharomyces clade: a comparative CAGE resource for fungal strain engineering Damir Baranasic
Conference Gala Dinner
10 September
Valencia
20:30 - 1:00
Gala dinner venue
SUMMARY

The Westin Valencia

Carrer d'Amadeu de Savoia, 16,

El Pla del Real,

46010 València

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
University College Cork
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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