Instruction
Scientific Programme
 
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
 
 
11: 30
 
 11:00 		 
Bus transportation from Bratislava (Trnavske myto-parking Istropolis) to Smolenice
 
Registration
13:30                  Lunch
 
16:00-16:15 Opening ceremony
 
16:15 – 17:00
 
 
 
18:00 
 
  		Metamorphosis of chemists into yeast researchers
Biely P.
(Slovak Republic)
 
Distilled liquor tasting from Old Herold Distilieries

Wine tasting from Malik & sons,

Open air dinner

Cultural program
 
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
 
8:00 – 9:00  Breakfast
 
Biotechnology
 
Chairpersons: Márová I., Čertík M.
 
9:00 – 9:35 		 
Invited lecture  
Conversion of raw substrates (glycerol) into single cell oil using Yarrowia lipolytica
  Aggelis, G.
(Greece)
9:35 – 10:10 Invited lecture  
Some aspects of regulation of stress processes in yeast
  Pesti, M.
(Hungary)
10:10 – 10:25 Effect of iron on growth and metabolism of carotenogenic yeasts  
  Hanusová V.
(Slovak Republic/Czech Republic)
10:25 – 10:40 Production of carotene-enriched biomass by red yeast strains cultivated on waste glycerol and lipids
  Siniša P.
(Croatia/Czech Republic)
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
 
11:00 – 11:35 Invited lecture
Some factors affecting beer quality
  Sigler, K..
(Czech Republic)
11:35 – 12:10 Invited lecture
Methods of automatic substrate dosing regulation in yeast cultivation
  Bogacz-Radomska, L.
(Poland)
 
12:10 – 12:25 Impact of serial repitching on sugar utilisation by lager brewing yeast
 
 
13:00 		Kočar, N.,
(Slovenia)
Lunch  
 
Medical  Mycology
 Chairpersons: Paulovičová E., Raclavský V.
 
13:50                                                           Memory  Prof. A. Tomšikova
14:00 – 14:35 Invited lecture
Health Implications of Indoor Mycobiota and Its Toxins
  Piecková E.
(Slovak Republic)
14:35 - 15:10 Invited lecture
Role of morphological changes in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii
  Zaragoza O.
(Spain)
15:10 – 15:45 Invited lecture
HSP90 protein during Candida albicans versus mannalian host interaction
  Raška M.
(Czech Republic)
15:45 – 16:05 Characterization of Candida strains isolated from human faeces
  Rygała A.,
(Poland)

16:05 -  16: 30

 

Coffee break

16:30 – 16:50                

Presentations selected for Poster Highlights session

4x5 min. talk of young scientists/PhD students with max 3 slides per presentation 

(discussion with 1-2 short questions)

  1. Adamczak, M., (Poland)  Analysis of biosurfactant synthesis by yeast in a medium with hydrophilic or hydrophobic waste product

  2. Lakatošová, J., (Slovak Republic) The effect of appiculate yeasts on fermentation aroma of wine

  3. Molnárová, J. ,(Slovak Republic/Czech Republic) The enzymatic activity of yeasts isolated from plant material

  4. Černáková, L., (Slovak Republic) Expression of genes participating in adhesion during biofilm formed by Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis

17:00 – 18:00                Poster Session I (Biotechnology & Medical Mycology)

18:00 – 19:00              Wine tasting from Hubert (Villa Vino Rača)

                                    Mead tasting from  Včelco s.r.o., Smolenice

19:15                           Dinner

 

Thursday,May  5, 2011

 

8:00 – 9:00                  Breakfast

 

Genetics and Molecular Biology of Yeasts

Chairpersons: Sychrová  H.,  Nosek J.

 

9:00 – 9:30

Invited lecture

Gradiet Sensing by Transporter-like Nutrient Sensors.

 

Kielland-Brandt Morten C.

(Denmark)

9:30 – 9:50

Genomic Approach in the Study of Toxicity of Sodium Selenite in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

 

Mániková D

(Slovak Republic)

9:50 – 10:10

Oxidative Stress Resistance Conferred bz Three Genes onMulticopy Plasmids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

 

Drobná E.

(Slovak Republic)

10:10 – 10:30

Sgo 1 is Required for Co-segregation of Sister Chromatids during Achiasmate Meiosis I

 

Gregáň J.

(Austria)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30

NATURA Lecture

From sequences to biological insights: tracing genomic changes underlying evolutionary adaptations in yeasts

 

Gabaldon T.

(Spain)

11:30 – 11:50

NATURA Lecture

Linear Mitochondrial Genomes in Yeast: A Paradigm for Evolution of Linear Chromosomes and Ther Telomeric Structures

 

Fričová D.

(Slovak Republic)

11:50 – 12:10

         Lon Protease and its Role in Mitochondrial Nucleoids

 

Kutejová E.

(Slovak Republic)

12:10 – 12:30

Splicing of Saccharomyces cerevisiea Introns with Long Branch Point 3΄ Splice Site Distance Depends on Secondary Structure

 

Gahura O.

(Czech Republic)


12:30 – 12:50                                            


13 : 00

   

Interspecific Saccharomyces hybrids reveal a new way of breaking down the sterility barrier
Pfliegler, W.

(Hungaria)


Lunch

Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Yeasts

 

Chairpersons: Pichová, A. and Hapala, I.
14:00 – 14:40 Invited lecture
A Systems Approach to Yeast Agin
Jazwinski M.
(USA)
14:40 – 15:00 Aging-related changes in yeast mitochondrial morphology and respiration
  Volejníková A,
(Czech Republic)  
15:00 – 15:40 Invited lecture  
The yeast glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase Sct1p as novel regulator of membrane fluidity
  de Kroon A.
(Netherlands)  
15:40 – 16:00 A fluorescent assay of yeast beta-(1,3)-glucanosyltransferases
 
 
 
16:00 – 16:20 		Mazáň  M.
(Slovak Republic)
 
Coffee break

 

 

16:20 – 17:00

Invited Lecture to the memory of Dr. A. Kocková-Kratochvílová

 

Yeast comparative genomics and the after math of polyploidization 

Wolfe K. H

(Ireland)

17:00 – 17:30

Presentations selected for Poster Highlights session 

6x5 min. talk of young scientists/PhD students with max. 3 slides 

 per presentation (discussion with 1-2 short questions)

1.      Ines Kováčiková (Austria) - Identification of Novel Protein Kinases Required for Meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

2.      Elicharová H. (Czech Republic) Four Pathogenic Candida Species Differ in Salt Tolerance and Resistance to Azole Antimycotics

3.      Hodúrová Y (Slovak Republic) - KlYap1p in the Control of KlPDR1 Gene Expression

4.   Pevala V. (Slovak Republic) DNA-binding Properties of Yeast Mitochondrial Protein Mgm101

5.      Gérecová G. (Slovak Republic) - Proteins BIK, BID, BMF and NOXA Activate Apoptosis by Inhibiting Anti-apoptotic Proteins BCL-XL and BCL-2.

6.      Bičanová V. (Slovak Republic) - Copper ions regulate yeast phospholipid biosynthesis by inhibiting choline transport

 

17:40-19:00

19:30 – 22:00           

Poster Session II (Genetics and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Cell Biology)

Conference dinner - reception

 

Friday, May 6, 2011

 

8:00 – 9:00 

Breakfast

 

Community Resources

Chairperson: M. Čertík

 

 

9:00 – 9:40 

"Slovak National NMR centre: NMR as a magic tool for studies on yeast metabolism and analysis of yeast products"

 

 

 

 

10:00

 

Liptaj Tibor, Kaliňák Michal
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology
Slovak University of Technology
Radlinskeho 9
812 37 Bratislava

 

Meeting of the Yeast Commission

 

10:00 – 11:30 

Poster session I and  II

 

11:30

Closing ceremony

12:00

Lunch

12:45

Departure to Bratislava by bus
List of Posters 
Posters I.
1.  Dzięgielewska E., Marek Adamczak, Włodzimierz Bednarski
Analysis of biosurfactant synthesis by yeast in a medium with hydrophilic or hydrophobic waste product
2.  Stasiewicz K., Marek Adamczak, Włodzimierz Bednarski
Synthesis of intracellular lipids by yeast cultivated in a medium supplemented with waste glycerol
3. Lakatošová  J., Kornélia Nemcová, Emília Breierová, Jaroslava Kaňuchová Pátková
The effect of appiculate yeasts on fermentation aroma of wine
4.   Gazdag Zoltán, József Belágyi, Stefan Fujs, Peter Raspor, Nikoletta Kálmán, Balázs Kőszegi, Gábor Máté, Tamás Emri, István Pócsi, Miklós Pesti
Unbalanced oxidoreduction state of a respiratory deficient mutant Schizosaccharomyces pombe
5.  Gazdag Zoltán, Balázs Kőszegi, Milan Čertík, Gábor Máté, Katalin Thürmer, József Belágyi, Miklós Pesti
Examination of oxidative stress sensitivity and oxido-reduction state of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ∆erg6 ergosterol mutant
6.   Horváth Eszter, Gábor Papp, Zoltán Gazdag, József Belágyi, Nóra Mike László Hornok, Csaba Vágvölgyi and Miklós Pesti
Regulation of patulin-induced oxidative stress processes in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
7.     Ilková, K., Zemková, Z., Molnárová, J., Omelková, J., Vadkertiová, R.; Stratilová, E.
Polygalacturonases produced by Geotrichum candidum under solid state fermentation on grape pomace
8.       Molnárová J., Vadkertiová R., Sláviková E., Stratilová E., Illková K.
The enzymatic activity of yeasts isolated from plant material
9.        Małgorzata Janczar-Smuga, Jerzy Jan Pietkiewicz, Katarzyna Górska
Measurement of respiration activity during yeast cultivation
10.    Khongto B., Gajdoš P., Laoteng K., Tongta A., Hapala I., Čertík M.
The influence of magnesium ion on growth and lipid synthesis of Yarrowia lipolytica
11.    Kregiel Dorota, Ambroziak Wojciech
Co-immobilization of industrial yeast strains encapsulated in foamed alginate beads
for fermentation of starchy materials
12.    Kregiel Dorota, Rygala Anna, Libudzisz Zdzislawa
Yeasts and  Asaia sp. in mixed populations as spoilage of fruit-flavoured bottled waters
13.    Kregiel Dorota
Monitoring ATP status in cells of different yeast strains from LOCK105 Collection
14.    Hároniková A., Dvořáková Terezie, Kubáčková Martina, Jankeje Kristýna, Breierová Emília, Márová Ivana
Use of dgge and pfge to identification of red yeast strains
15.    Márová Ivana, Matoušková Petra, Hároniková Andrea, Pospíšilová Alena, Čertík Milan, Obruča Stanislav, Lichnová Andrea , Duroňová Kateřina
Use of a. Pullulans exoenzyme complex to waste substrate processing for carotenoid production by red yeasts
16.    Nemcová K., Breierová E.
The occurrence and identification of yeasts and yeasts-like microorganisms on the grape during three various climatic years.
17.    Nemcová K., Lakatošová J.,Kaňuchová –Pátková J., Breierová E.
Red yeasts  and their contribution on the aroma of varietal Slovak wine
18.    Paulovičová Ema, Pavol Kertys, Martin Hrubiško, Ružena Pilišiová, Táňa Hudáková, Alexander A. Karelin ,Yury E. Tsvetkov, Nikolay E. Nifantiev
Candida  vulvovaginitis in allergic patients.
19.    Raclavský Vladislav, Rusková Lenka, Mallátová Naďa, Hamal Petr
Candida tropicalis in clinical samples: characterization of a dominant clone
20.    Lucia Paulovičová, Ema Paulovičová, Eva Pericolini, Elena Gabrielli, Alexander A. Karelin, Yury E. Tsvetkov, Nikolay E. Nifantiev, Anna Vecchiarelli
Immunobiological properties of pathogenic Candida species natural cell wall derived polysaccharides and synthetically prepared oligosaccharides – protein conjugates
21   Pesti Miklós, Eszter Horváth, Gábor Nagy, Melinda Turáni, Enikő Balogh, Gábor Papp, Nóra Mike, Edit Pollák, Zoltán Gyöngyi, Gáspár Bánfalvi
Patulin-induced cytological alterations and chromatin changes in fission yeast
22.   Makri A., Stamatia Bellou, Maria Mastoridou, Pari Mystrioti, Grace Onjaro and George Aggelis
Biotechnological conversion of raw glycerol into single cell oils
Posters II
23.     Palovičová Viktória, Annamária Bardelčíková, Margita  Obernauerová
 Biochemical basis for viability of Kluyveromyces lactis yeast lacking anionic phospholipids.
24.  Volejníková Andrea, Jana Hlousková, Karel Sigler, Alena Pichová
Aging-related changes in yeast mitochondrial morphology and respiration
25.    Dobáková Eva, Juraj Laco and Gabriela Gavurníková
Preparation of deletion mutant strain in SAL1 gene in yeast  Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Its genetic and biochemical characterization.
26. Pfeifenberger Sigrid , Amring Manuela , Angerer Tina , Hlouskova Jana ,  Brandl
Clemens , Haslinger Denise , Wimmer Björn , Bösch Maximilian , Zhou Jia , Wang Yewei , Karl Thomas , Bauer Johann, Hintner Helmut ,
Pichova Alena , Breitenbach Michael  Breitenbach-Koller Hannelore
Modulation of longevity and differential protein expression by gene dosage effects of ribosomal proteins
27.  Garaiová M., Veronika Nahálková, Zuzana Slezáková, Ivan Hapala
Lipid droplets and protection of yeast cells from lipotoxicity
28.   Balážfyová Z., Z. Hodúrová, N. Tóth Hervay, Y. Gbelská
KlYap1p in the control of KlPDR1 gene expression
29.  Bičanová Veronika, Danka Tahotná, and Peter Griač
Copper ions regulate yeast phospholipid biosynthesis by inhibiting choline transport
30.Kulková Naďa, Lucia Černáková, Andrea Šoltýsová, Hana Drahovská, Helena Bujdáková
Expression of genes participating in adhesion during biofilm formed by Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis
31. Dobiašová Zuzana, Eva Hegedüsová, Jozef Nosek, Viera Vlčková
Functional analysis of the OGG1 gene from the yeast Candida parapsilosis
32.  Elicharová Hana, Hana Sychrová
Four pathogenic Candida species differ in salt tolerance and resistance to azole antimycotics
33. Gérecová Gabriela, Jana Fertáľová, Lucia Behalová, Ingrid Bhatia, Barbora Drobcová, Marek Mentel and Peter Polčic
Proteins bik, bid, bmf and noxa activate apoptosis by inhibiting anti-apoptotic proteins bcl-xl and bcl-2.
34. Goffa Eduard, Alexandra Bialková, Vladimíra Džugasová, Július Šubík
The use of heterologous CgPDR1 expression for isolation of loss-of-function pdr1 mutants
35.    Gregan J., Lijuan Zhang, Cornelia Rumpf, Daniela Cimini and Iva M. Tolić-Nørrelykke
Molecular architecture and mechanical properties of the kinetochore: a biophysical approach
36.    Kovacikova Ines, Lubos Cipak, Eva Miadokova, Juraj Gregan
Identification of novel protein kinases required for meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
37.    Rordam M., Andersen, Dorte Jøck-Ramberg, Merico, A., Silvia Poláková, Jure Piškur, Michal Laurenčík, Emanuel Procházka, Pavol Sulo
Phylogenetic analysis within the genus Dekkera/Brettanomyces revealed novel yeast species Dekkera pseudobruxelensis sp. nov.
38.    Matus Valach, Leszek P. Pryszcz, Lubomir Tomaska, Toni Gabaldon, Jozef Nosek
Mitochondrial genome variability within the Candida parapsilosis species group
39.    Vladimír Pevala, Dominika Fričová, Miroslav Chovanec, Ľubomír Tomáška,Jozef Nosek, Lumír Krejčí, Eva Kutejová
DNA-binding properties of the yeast mitochondrial protein Mgm101
40.    Polakova Silvia, Juraj Gregan
Molecular mechanisms of chromosome segregation during meiosis, a genome-wide approach.
41.    Procházka Emanuel, Michal Laurenčík, Pavol Sulo
Experimental evolution of good brewer: Nucleo-mitochondrial relationship IN Kluyveromyces lachancea interspecific hybrids
42.    Stříbný Jiří, Hana Sychrová
Potassium transporter trk1 in the osmotolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
43.    Kyjacová L., Nosek, J., Tomáška Ľ.
Functional analysis of telomerase RNA of Candida parapsilosis.
44.    Višacká K., Hofr, C., Kramara, J., Sepšiová, R., Eichler, T., Fajkus, J., Nosek, J., Tomáška Ľ.
Biochemical analysis of the telomere-binding protein Tay1 from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
45.    Vránová Dana, Hana Šuranská, Jiřina Omelková, Renata Vadkertiová, Kamila Augustová
PCR-fingerprinting as a method for identification of Saccharomyces yeasts isolated from various Moravian musts
46.    Zahrádka Jaromír ,  Hana Sychrová
Yeast 14-3-3 proteins regulate the activity of plasma-membrane Na+/H+ antiporter
47.    Centárová Ivana, Igor Zeman, Jozef Nosek
ODC1, an Oxodicarboxylate Carrier from the Yeast Candida parapsilosis