Speakers - Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi Conference

Gennaro Agrimi
University of Bari
Fatima Ballout
University College Cork
Eva Balsa-Canto
Bio2Eng, IIM-CSIC
Florian F. Bauer
Stellenbosch University
Cristian Bolaño Losada
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Gauthier Brach
University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Inserm, IGBMC UMR 7104- UMR-S 1258
Paola Branduardi
University of Milano Bicocca
Carole Camarasa
INRAE - UMR Sciences for Oenology
Núria Campo Manzanares
IIM-CSIC
Wesley Cardoso Generoso
Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR) - Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)
Virginia Casado del Castillo
University of Salamanca
Francisco A. Cubillos
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Pascale Daran-Lapujade
Delft University of Technology
Jorg de Ruijter
VTT Technical research centre of Finland
Ronald de Vries
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Güler Demirbas Uzel
TU Wien
Kartik Deopujari
Technical University of Vienna
Daria Derkacz
University of Wroclaw
Amandine Deroite
Lallemand
Antonio Di Pietro
University of Cordoba, Spain
Maria Laura Fabre
Friedrich Schiller University
Estéfani García-Ríos
IATA-CSIC
Sandra Garrigues
IATA-CSIC
Kristina Haslinger
University of Groningen
Codruta Ignea
McGill University
Theo Jacobs
Stellenbosch University
Tifanie July
Toulouse Biotechnology Institute
Christian Kennes
University of A Coruña
Pascal Künzel
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, Imperial College London
Effie Leijten
TU Delft
Gianni Liti
CNRS
Elio López García
Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC)
Michael Martindale
Chalmers University of Technology
Philippe Marullo
BIOLAFFORT
Maria Eleni Mastrodima Perdika
DTU Bioengineering
Hans Mattila
VTT
Emilia Mellado Terrado
National Center for Microbiology, Carlos III Health Institute, Spain
Vera Meyer
Technische Universität Berlin, Deaprtment Applied and Molecular Microbiology
Riccardo Milanesi
University of Milano Bicocca
Lucia G. Morales Reyes
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Miguel Morard
IATA-CSIC
John Morrissey
University College Cork, Ireland
Uffe Mortensen
Technical University of Denmark
Emrah Nikerel
Yeditepe University
Yvonne Nygård
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Chalmers University of Technology
Elena Palencia Mulero
University of Milan
David Peris
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA)-CSIC University of Oslo
Arthur Ram
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Pedro Henrique Santos Oliveira
RWTH Aachen University
Joseph Schacherer
University of Strasbourg
Giovanni Schiesaro
DTU
Gereon Schröders
RWTH Aachen (iAMB)
Verena Siewers
Chalmers University of Technology
Lana Silva
UNICAMP
Maartje Spaans
TU Delft
Matthias Steiger
TU Wien
Matthias Tobler
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Cecilia Trivellin
Gothenburg University
Pavithra Umashankar
Chalmers University of Technology
Elena de los Desamparados Valera Garcia
IATA-CSIC
Joost van den Brink
Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Patrick Van Dijck
KU Leuven, Belgium
Kevin Verstrepen
KU Leuven - VIB Center for Microbiology
Pablo Villarreal
Universidad Mayor
Juan Visier Vélez
IATA-CSIC
Session type: Social event
Registration
8 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Welcome address
8 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Opening Keynote Lecture
8 September
Valencia
Moderate
Amparo Querol
IATA-CSIC, Spain
15:30 - 16:15
Joseph Schacherer
Professor University of Strasbourg
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 1: Unlocking the secrets of fungal physiology and metabolism
8 September
Valencia
Moderate
Paloma Manzanares
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Ronald de Vries
LIST, Luxembourg
16:15 - 16:45
Ronald de Vries
Group Leader Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
16:45 - 17:15
Pascale Daran-Lapujade
Group leader Delft University of Technology
17:15 - 17:25
Cristian Bolaño Losada
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
17:25 - 17:35
Philippe Marullo
BIOLAFFORT
17:35 - 17:45
Maria Laura Fabre
Friedrich Schiller University
17:45 - 17:55
Riccardo Milanesi
Technologist University of Milano Bicocca
17:55 - 18:05
Tifanie July
Toulouse Biotechnology Institute
18:05 - 18:15
Juan Visier Vélez
IATA-CSIC
18:15 - 18:25
Joost van den Brink
Assistant-Professor Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Session type: Social event
Opening reception
8 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 2: Adapting to survive: Inside the evolutionary strategies of fungi
9 September
Valencia
Moderate
Eladio Barrio
Universitat de València, Spain
John Morrissey
University College Cork, Ireland
9:00 - 9:30
John Morrissey
Professor University College Cork, Ireland
9:30 - 10:00
Arthur Ram
Professor Leiden University, The Netherlands
10:00 - 10:10
Gauthier Brach
University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Inserm, IGBMC UMR 7104- UMR-S 1258
10:10 - 10:20
Miguel Morard
IATA-CSIC
10:20 - 10:30
Pascal Künzel
PhD Student Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
10:30 - 10:40
Lucia G. Morales Reyes
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
10:40 - 10:50
David Peris
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA)-CSIC University of Oslo
10:50 - 11:00
Cecilia Trivellin
Postdoc Gothenburg University
Session type: Social event
Coffee break and poster viewing
9 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 3: Pathogenic strategies and resistance mechanisms in fungi
9 September
Valencia
Moderate
Sergi Puig
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Patrick van Dijck
KU Leuven, Belgium
11:30 - 12:00
Patrick Van Dijck
Laboratory head KU Leuven, Belgium
12:00 - 12:30
Emilia Mellado Terrado
National Center for Microbiology, Carlos III Health Institute, Spain
12:30 - 12:40
Estéfani García-Ríos
IATA-CSIC
12:40 - 12:50
Virginia Casado del Castillo
Postdoctoral researcher University of Salamanca
12:50 - 13:00
Elena Palencia Mulero
PhD student University of Milan
13:00 - 13:10
Pablo Villarreal
Fondecyt Iniciación 11240649 Universidad Mayor
13:10 - 13:20
Daria Derkacz
assistant professor University of Wroclaw
13:20 - 13:30
Elena de los Desamparados Valera Garcia
IATA-CSIC
Session type: Social event
Lunch and poster viewing
9 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 4: Advances in synthetic biology and innovative technologies for yeasts and filamentous fungi
9 September
Valencia
Moderate
José M. Guillamón
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Imperial College London, UK
15:00 - 15:30
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Professor Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, Imperial College London
15:30 - 16:00
Uffe Mortensen
Professor Technical University of Denmark
16:00 - 16:10
Güler Demirbas Uzel
Postdoctoral Researcher TU Wien
16:10 - 16:20
Maria Eleni Mastrodima Perdika
PhD student DTU Bioengineering
16:20 - 16:30
Yvonne Nygård
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Chalmers University of Technology
16:30 - 16:40
Codruta Ignea
Assistant Professor McGill University
16:40 - 16:50
Giovanni Schiesaro
Postdoc DTU
16:50 - 17:00
Maartje Spaans
PhD candidate TU Delft
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Poster session 1
9 September
Valencia
SUMMARY

Poster presentations
Click on a topic below to view the posters and presenting authors.

Unlocking the secrets of fungal physiology and metabolism
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 ß-lactam antibiotics from wate Carsten Freidank-Pohl
37 Influence of filamentation on lipid production in Yarrowia lipolytica Alejandro Ordonez-Urra
38 TBC  
Adapting to survive: inside the evolutionary strategies of fungi
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
Pathogenic strategies and resistance mechanisms in fungi
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
Advances in synthetic biology and innovative technologies for yeasts and filamentous fungi
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
84 TBC  
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 5: Exploring fermentation as a driver of innovation in food and beverages
10 September
Valencia
Moderate
Elia Tomás-Pejó
IMDEA, Spain
Carole Camarasa
Université de Montpellier-INRAE, France
9:00 - 9:30
Carole Camarasa
Senior scientist INRAE - UMR Sciences for Oenology
9:30 - 10:00
Kevin Verstrepen
Professor & Center Director KU Leuven - VIB Center for Microbiology
10:00 - 10:10
Florian F. Bauer
Professor Stellenbosch University
10:20 - 10:30
Amandine Deroite
Project leader Lallemand
10:30 - 10:40
Pedro Henrique Santos Oliveira
Postdoc RWTH Aachen University
10:40 - 10:50
Theo Jacobs
Postgraduate (PhD) student Stellenbosch University
10:50 - 11:00
Francisco A. Cubillos
Professor Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Session type: Social event
Coffee break
10 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 6: Engineering yeasts and filamentous fungi as cell factories
10 September
Valencia
Moderate
Pau Ferrer
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Paola Branduardi
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
11:30 - 12:00
Paola Branduardi
University of Milano Bicocca
12:00 - 12:30
Matthias Steiger
Assoc. Prof. TU Wien
12:30 - 12:40
Effie Leijten
PhD TU Delft
12:40 - 12:50
Sandra Garrigues
PI IATA-CSIC
12:50 - 13:00
Lana Silva
UNICAMP
13:00 - 13:10
Jorg de Ruijter
Research Team Leader VTT Technical research centre of Finland
13:10 - 13:20
Kristina Haslinger
Associate Professor University of Groningen
13:20 - 13:30
Pavithra Umashankar
¨PhD student Chalmers University of Technology
Session type: Social event
Lunch
10 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 7: Fungal contributions to the advancement of the bioeconomy
10 September
Valencia
Moderate
José F. Marcos
IATA-CSIC, Spain
Vera Meyer
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
15:00 - 15:30
Vera Meyer
Technische Universität Berlin, Deaprtment Applied and Molecular Microbiology
15:30 - 16:00
Verena Siewers
Chalmers University of Technology
16:00 - 16:10
Michael Martindale
PhD student Chalmers University of Technology
16:10 - 16:20
Wesley Cardoso Generoso
Researcher - Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR) - Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)
16:20 - 16:30
Gereon Schröders
PhD student RWTH Aachen (iAMB)
16:30 - 16:40
Gennaro Agrimi
Full Professor University of Bari
16:40 - 16:50
Christian Kennes
Professor University of A Coruña
16:50 - 17:00
Matthias Tobler
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Poster session 2
10 September
Valencia
SUMMARY

Poster Presentations

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Exploring fermentation as a driver of innovation in food and beverages
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 TBC —
113 TBC —
Engineering yeasts and filamentous fungi as cell factories
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
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 TBC —
Fungal contributions to the advancement of the bioeconomy
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
Harnessing artificial intelligence and data science in fungal biotechnology
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
Session type: Social event
Conference Gala Dinner
10 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Session 8: Harnessing artificial intelligence and data science in fungal biotechnology
11 September
Valencia
Moderate
Ignacio Belda
Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
Eva Balsa-Canto
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas-CSIC, Spain
9:00 - 9:30
Eva Balsa-Canto
Bio2Eng, IIM-CSIC
9:30 - 10:00
Gianni Liti
PI CNRS
10:00 - 10:10
Emrah Nikerel
Full time Faculty member as Assoc Prof. Yeditepe University
10:10 - 10:20
Hans Mattila
VTT
10:20 - 10:30
Elio López García
Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC)
10:30 - 10:40
Kartik Deopujari
Project Assistant (FWF) Technical University of Vienna
10:40 - 10:50
Núria Campo Manzanares
PhD Student IIM-CSIC
10:50 - 11:00
Fatima Ballout
University College Cork
Session type: Social event
Coffee break
11 September
Valencia
Session type: Main Scientific Programme
Closing Keynote Lecture
11 September
Valencia
Moderate
Diethard Mattanovich
BOKU University, Austria
11:30 - 12:15
Antonio Di Pietro
Professor University of Cordoba, Spain
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