1964-1983 RNDr. A. Kocková-Kratochvílová, DrSc 1983-1993 Doc. Ing. E. Minárik, DrSc 1993-2002 RNDr. P. Biely, DrSc 2002- Doc. Ing. V. Farkaš, DrSc 2011- RNDr. I. Hapala, PhD.
	The  Yeast  Commission ofthe Czechoslovak Societyfor Microbiology was estabilished by prominent Czechoslovak yeastscientists Drs. Anna Kocková-Kratochvílová and Erich Minárik in 1964.The purpose of the creation of the Yeast Comission (YC) was to bringtogether researchers and students from various research institutions,universities and industry interested in yeast research in order tofacilitate dissemination of new knowledge among them. After the splitof Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, theCzechoslovak Society for Microbiology as well as its Yeast Comissionremained intact, continuing to integrate Czech, Moravian and Slovakmicrobiologists and yeast scientists respectively. Dr. A.Kocková-Kratochvílová and Dr. E. Minárik were also among the initiatorsand founders of the International Commission on Yeasts (ICY). The birthof the ICY took place during the 2nd International Symposium on Yeastsheld in Bratislava (Slovakia) in 1966.   One of the major activities of the YC is the organization of theAnnual Czechoslovak Yeast Conferences and internationalsymposia. Sinceits creation in 1964, the YC has organized 31 annual conferences, oneinternational yeast symposium and four international specializedsymposia on yeasts (ISSY). Active participation of the Czech and Slovakyeast researchers on the progress of yeast science is reflected inperiodical reports "Ten, Twenty and/or Thirty Years of  Activityin Czechoslovak Yeast Research" published by the Comission in 1974-1990and in the report "Forty Years of Activity in Czech and Slovak YeastResearch" published in 1999.  The annual Czecho-Slovak yeast conferences are traditionallytaking place in the Conference Center of the Slovak Academy of Scienceslocated in the SmoleniceCastle near Bratislava. Beautiful natural surroundings of theSmall Carpathian Mountains and attractive interiors of the castlecreate a special atmosphere for scientific discussions and relaxation.