1st Polish Yeast Conference, Rzeszow, June 22-24, 2022
1st Polish Yeast Conference, Rzeszow
June 22-24, 2022 (Wednesday - Friday)
Day 1 (June 22)
9.00 – 16.00 |
| Registration |
13.00 – 13.15 |
| Opening Ceremony Andriy Sibirny – Chair of the Conference Idalia Kasprzyk – Vice-Rector of the University of Rzeszow Roza Kucharczyk – Deputy Director of General Affairs of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences Hiroshi Takagi – Vice-Chair of International Commission on Yeasts Terrance G. Cooper – Secretary of the Financial and Policy Committee of the International Yeast Research Community Grzegorz Wegrzyn – Scientific Excellence Council |
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13.15 – 14.00 |
| Keynote Lecture 1 Terrance G. Cooper, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA Multivariant global control of the major nitrogen-responsive transcription activator, Gln3 |
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14.00 – 15.30 |
| Session 1 Yeast cell biology and transport Chairs: Renata Zadrag-Tecza, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow |
14.00 – 14.15 |
| Michal Malecki, University of Warsaw, Warsaw Role of uridylation in cytoplasmic mRNA Decay |
14.15 – 14.30 |
| Marek Skoneczny, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw New import pathway to peroxisomes: some answers, more questions |
14.30 – 14.45 |
| Renata Zadrag-Tecza, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow Cell size implications for the reproductive capacity of yeast cells |
14.45 – 15.00 |
| Zbigniew Lazar, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw Characterization of sugar and glycerol metabolism in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica |
15.00 – 15.15 |
| Aneta Urbanek, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Interplay between Candida albicans transporters, plasma membrane and cell wall |
15.15 – 15.30 |
| Marta Semkiv, Institute of Cell Biology, NAS of Ukraine, Lviv Autophagic degradation of cytosolic proteins in the methylotrophic yeast Komagataealla phaffii |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
| Coffee break |
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16.00 – 17.30 |
| Session 2 Sensing, signalling and stress response |
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| Chairs: Maciej Wnuk, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow |
16.00 – 16.30 |
| Oleh Stasyk, Institute of Cell Biology, NAS of Ukraine, Lviv Glucose sensing and signaling in the methylotrophic yeast Ogataea polymorpha |
16.30 – 16.45 |
| Jennifer Tate, Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA N-terminal Gln3 phosphorylation/dephosphorylation in the control of Gln3 localization |
16.45 – 17.00 |
| Kamilla Grzywacz, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan Emerging functions of ribosome-associated noncoding RNAs during stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
17.00 – 17.15 |
| Krzysztof Liberek, University of Gdansk, Gdansk Yeast chaperones in refolding of proteins from aggregates |
17.15 – 17.30 |
| Malgorzata Adamczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw New role of RNA polymerase III in shaping metabolic network activity and stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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17.30 – 19.00 |
| Session 3 Genetic Control of Cellular Processes |
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| Chairs: Marek Tchorzewski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Lublin |
17.30 – 17.50 |
| Marek Tchorzewski, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Lublin The influence of ricin-mediated rRNA depurination on the translational machinery using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as experimental model |
17.50 – 18.05 |
| Małgorzata Ciesla, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw RNA polymerase III transcription, novel layers of regulation |
18.05 – 18.20 |
| Ulrike Topf, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Crosstalk between mitochondria and cytosolic translation machinery |
18.20 – 18.35 |
| Pawel Golik, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw Mitochondrial RNA degradation and stability in Candida albicans and the evolution of yeast nucleo-mitochondrial interactions |
18.35 – 18.50 |
| Dorota Rzechonek, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw Regulation of erythritol utilisation in Yarrowia lipolytica |
19.00 |
| Subcarpathian Accordion Quintet "Ambitus V" Concert |
Day 2 (June 23)
9.00 – 10.30 |
| Session 4 Genome maintenance |
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| Chairs: Adrianna Skoneczna, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, |
9:00 – 9:20 |
| Adrianna Skoneczna, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Post-translational regulation of Rad51 recombinase in yeast S. cerevisiae |
9:20 – 9:40 |
| Dorota Dziadkowiec, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw The role of yeast SWI2/SNF2 DNA dependent translocases in genome stability maintenance |
9:40 – 10:00 |
| Michal Dmowski, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Contribution of non-catalytic subunits of the helicase-polymerase complex to the maintenance of genome stability in yeast |
10:00 – 10:15 |
| Ireneusz Litwin, Scientific Excellence Hub - Centre for DNA Repair and Replication, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Identification of new cohesin interactors in yeast |
10:15 – 10:30 |
| Karol Kramarz, Scientific Excellence Hub - Centre for DNA Repair and Replication, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Impact of SUMOylation at replication stress sites in fission yeast |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
| Coffee break |
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11.00 – 12.30 |
| Session 5 Yeast as a model of human diseases and drug testing |
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| Chairs: Teresa Zoladek, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, |
11.00 – 11.30 |
| Sylvie Friant, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Humanization of yeast cells to study human proteins and patient mutations in rare diseases |
11.30 – 11.45 |
| Roza Kucharczyk, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Mechanisms of ATP synthase defects due to mutations in mitochondrial ATP6 gene - yeast studies |
11.45 – 12.00 |
| Joanna Kaminska, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Helpful yeasts - how to find therapy for patients with Vps13 proteins deficit? |
12.00 – 12.15 |
| Andrzej Kochanski, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Pathogenic effect of GDAP1 mutations causative for CMT4A disease in a yeast model |
12.15 – 12.30 |
| Monika Staniszewska, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw New trends in search for antifungal therapies |
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12.30 – 13.30 |
| Lunch |
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13.30 – 15.00 |
| Session 6 Yeast biodiversity and evolution |
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| Chairs: Ryszard Korona, Jagielonian University, Cracow |
13.30 – 13.45 |
| Lubomir Tomaska, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia A runaway evolution of telomeres in ascomycetous yeasts |
13.45 – 14.00 |
| Jaroslaw Marszalek, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk Evolutionary Biochemistry of yeast Hsp70/J-protein chaperones substrate binding cycle |
14.00 – 14.15 |
| Szymon Kaczanowski, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Yeast as a model of evolution of apoptosis |
14.15 – 14.30 |
| Chiranjit Panja, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw YOR020W-A (MCO10): characterizing the unknown “subunit L” of mitochondrial ATP synthase |
14.30 – 14.45 |
| Monika Opalek, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Cracow Fitness advantage of phenotypic heterogeneity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae populations |
14.45 – 15.00 |
| Marcin Plech, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdon Deep mutational scanning of human mendelian disease genes in yeast |
15.30 – 18.00 |
| Poster Session with coffee and cakes |
18.00 – 23.00 |
| Banquet |
Day 3 (June 24)
8.30 – 9.15 |
| Keynote Lecture 2 Volkmar Passoth, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden Oleaginous yeasts for biochemicals, feed and food from lignocellulose |
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9.15 – 10.45 |
| Session 7 Yeast Biotechnology |
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| Chairs: Ewelina Celinska, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan |
9.15 – 9.45 |
| Hiroshi Takagi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Proline new science and technology in yeast |
9.45 – 10.00 |
| Olena Dmytruk, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow Production of the bacterial antibiotics roseoflavin and aminoriboflavin by recombinant strains of the yeasts Candida famata and Komagataella phaffii |
10.00 – 10.15 |
| Katarzyna Kosiorowska, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica yeast for poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation |
10.15 – 10.30 |
| Aksyniia Tsaruk, Institute of Cell Biology, NAS of Ukraine, Lviv The effect of carbon source, aeration and pH control on L-lactic acid production by methylotrophic yeast Ogataea polymorpha |
10.30 – 10.45 |
| Andriy Sibirny, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow Construction of the humanized strains of Komagataella phaffii producing intracellular, secreted and surface displayed SARS-CoV-2 antigens as potential vaccines against COVID-19 |
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10.45 – 11.15 |
| Coffee break |
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11.15 – 12.45 |
| Session 7 Yeast Biotechnology (continued) |
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| Chairs: Aleksandra Mironczuk, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw |
11.15 – 11.30 |
| Ewelina Celinska, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan Omics-guided engineering of a secretory pathway for enhanced synthesis of secretory proteins |
11.30 – 11.45 |
| Patrick Fickers, Liege University, Liege, Belgium Erythritol metabolism: from fundamental research to biotech application |
11.45 – 12.00 |
| Milan Certik, Slovak University of Technology, Brtislava, Slovakia Yarrowia lipolytica as a platform for production of tailor-made lipids |
12.00 – 12.15 |
| Mateusz Szczepanczyk, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw Molecular mechanism of polyols assimilation by yeast Yarrowia lipolytica |
12.15 – 12.25 |
| Justyna Ruchala, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow Thermotolerant yeast Ogataea polymorpha as promising producer of the second generation ethanol |
12.25 – 12.35 |
| Maria Gorczyca, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan Co-expression of selected transcription factors modulates synthesis of heterologous proteins in Yarrowia lipolytica under stress conditions |
12.35 – 12.45 |
| Marcin Sypka, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz Cold-adapted yeasts - the source of valuable biomolecules |
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12.45 – 13.45 |
| Lunch |
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13.45 – 15.15 |
| Session 8 Pathogenic and probiotic yeasts |
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| Chairs: Monika Staniszewska, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw |
13.45 – 14.00 |
| Maria Rapala-Kozik, Jagiellonian University, Cracow Living together - the role of Candida albicans in the formation of polymicrobial biofilm |
14.00 – 14.15 |
| Justyna Karkowska-Kuleta, Jagiellonian University, Cracow The host put up against the pathogen’s wall - the function of surface-exposed Candida molecules |
14.15 – 14.25 |
| Marcin Zawrotniak, Jagiellonian University, Cracow Neutrophil responses to fungal infections |
14.25 – 14.35 |
| Maciej Maslyk, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin In search of effective anti-Candida albicans agents |
14.35 – 14.45 |
| Monika Kordowska-Wiater, University of Life Sciences, Lublin Application of Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii in probiotic food - study on legume sprouts |
14.45 – 15.00 |
| Malgorzata Cytrynska, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Lublin Close encounters of Candida albicans with different antimicrobial peptides and proteins |
15.00 – 15.15 |
| Dorota Kregiel, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz Production and biological activity of pulcherrimin from Metschnikowia pulcherrima clade
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15.15 – 15.45 |
| Oral presentations of the best poster presenting authors
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15.45 – 16.00 |
| Best Poster Awards. Closing Ceremony |