John
Morrissey
University College Cork, Ireland
Paola
Branduardi
University of Milan Bicocca, Italy
John Morrissey
Carlos Belloch Molina
Lorena Donzella
Federica Linguardo
Sian James
Jean O’Callaghan
Louise Brown
John Morrissey, University College Cork, Ireland
Paola Branduardi, University of Milan, Bicocca, Italy
Diethard Mattanovich, BOKU, Austria
Isabel Sá-Correia, iBB, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Ken Wolfe, University College Dublin, Ireland
Geraldine Butler, University College Dublin, Ireland
Carole Camarasa, INRAE, Montpellier, France
Jean-Marc Daran, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Elia Pejo-Tomas, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, Madrid (IMDEA), Spain
Nick Wierckz, Juelich University, Germany
Paul Dwyer, Nottingham University, UK
Ronald DeVries, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, The Netherlands
Vera Meyer, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Gianni Liti
University of Nice (FR)
Jeanne Ropars
CNRS (FR)
Jose Paulo Sampaio
Univ. Nova Lisboa (PT)
Jos Houbraken
Westerdijk Institute (NL)
Lars Regestein
HKI, Jena (DE)
Eva Balsa-Canto
CSIC, Vigo (ES)
Kiran Patil
Cambridge University (UK)
Marc Meltonville
FSA (UK)
Hyun Ah Kang
Chung-Ang Univ. (KR)
Eveline Peeters
VUB (BE)
Gero Steinberg
Univ. of Exeter (UK)
Michael O’Donohue
INRAE (FR)
Arturo Casadevall
Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)
Sophie Roelants
Ghent University (BE)
15/11/2022 | Registration and abstract submission open (~6 months) | 28/03/2023 | Early Bird registration deadline | Deadline for abstracts to be considered for oral presentation | 05/05/2023 | Deadline for regular registrations + abstracts (poster only) (1 month) | 05/06/2023 | Conference starts |
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The conference will take place in the Western Gateway Building at University College Cork. See here for maps of the UCC campus.
There is a wide range of hotel and B&B accommodation options in Cork City and special rates have been secured. Be aware, however, that some venues may book out so early booking is advised.
For affordable accommodation, we recommend the UCC Campus accommodation at the Crow’s nest where the B&B rate is €80 (single) or €110 (double) per night. Email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with your requirements and quote PYFF8.
For hotel accommodation at the B&B rate of €155/€170, we recommend the Kingsley hotel. Email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with your requirements and quote PYFF8.
All options, including alternatives at special rates, can be viewed here.
Visa requirements
Ireland is a member of the European Union and delegates from some countries will need a visa to travel. To find out if you need a visa to visit Ireland, please visit the Government of Ireland website. Please note that a Schengen or UK visa is not valid for Ireland. If you need a letter of invitation for a visa application, we will be happy to supply this after you have registered and we have received full payment.
Practical matters
The currency in Ireland is the Euro. In Ireland, the power plugs and sockets are of type G. The standard voltage is 230 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz.
By Air
Cork Airport is 8 km south of Cork city centre and is serviced by multiple international airlines, especially during the Summer period. Aer Lingus, KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa operate flights from international hubs (London, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels) and there are many point to point flights with Ryanair in particular. A full list of destinations is available on the Cork Airport website.
By Bus
Bus connections to/from the airport and Cork City Centre are provided by Bus Eireann (route No 226 to Cork Bus Station). From the City Centre, bus route 208 comes to the UCC campus and accommodation. A taxi journey to UCC will take 10–20 minutes and will cost about €20
By Train from Dublin
Train services by Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) to Cork stop at Kent Station. Hourly intercity services to and from Dublin Heuston Station take ~ 3 hours. City bus route 205 operates between Kent Station and UCC.
By Coach from Dublin airport
There are express coach services to Dublin and Dublin Airport (operated by Aircoach and Bus Eireann)
Registration for the meeting is now open. For optimum performance, Chrome is the recommended browser. Delegates may click below.
A generous number of bursaries of €500 are available to support the attendance of early career researchers (PhD/Post-doc). Those wishing to apply should tick the appropriate box during registration. These will be allocated by the committee taking geography, topics and EDI considerations into account.
Successful awardees will be notified by 6 April 2023.
One free meeting registration will be provided for every five registered attendees from a research group or cluster (based in the same Institution). To avail of this, attendees should register and pay as normal and the PI should email the organisers with a list of attendees. The refund will be processed near the time of the meeting.
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Bursaries are available to support attendance of early career researchers at PYFF8. Applications are made during the registration process.
PYFF8 welcomes contact from companies or organisation interested in sponsoring PYFF8. A number of different sponsor packages are available. Please contact the meeting chair (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) or the conference secretariat (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) to discuss further.
Jean O’Callaghan
University College Cork.
Cork T12 K8AF. Ireland
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To download the programme as PDF, please click here
Conference topic sand sessions are described here. There will be opportunities for registered participants to speak or present posters in all the sessions listed below.
Domestication and application of Yeast and Fungi for production of fermented foods and Beverages
While some yeast and fungi have been used by humans for thousands of years, the adoption of others for production of fermented foods and beverages is much more recent. This topic will explore evolution and population genomics of yeast and fungi, both in the wild and in the context of their domestication for our use. More broadly the application of these microbes in food and beverage fermentation is also within the scope of this session.
New hosts with biotechnological potential
There are well established microbial hosts used in the biotechnology industry for diverse applications but there is also an increasing trend towards the use of alternatives species that might have particular attributes. Advances in genome science and strain engineering offers new potential to exploit yeast and fungal biodiversity. The main theme of this session will be to consider the expanding repertoire of options for biotechnological applications.
Applying Systems Biology and knowledge of metabolism to improve industrial performance of yeast and fungal cell factories
Modern strain engineering strategies combine systems approaches that consider complete cellular metabolism with targeted remodelling of metabolic pathways. These methodologies enable the construction of new yeast and fungal cell factories. This session covers topics such as strain engineering, robustness and stress tolerance, and strain performance when scaled-up to commercial levels.
Natural and synthetic Microbial Communities
In nature, microbes typically work as part of consortia or communities whereas traditional approaches to study and exploit these microbes is generally in pure culture. In this session, we are interested in studying the interactions of yeast and fungi with other microbes, whether based on metabolism or other mechanisms. We will also cover newer topics such as synthetic ecology and community or ecosystem engineering.
Fermented Proteins, biochemicals and biomaterials
Yeast and fungi are already used for production of many different biomolecules in diverse sectors. Th sis set to increase as microbes are the key enables of the transition to a bio-based circular economy that is required to achieve sustainability goals. This session will cover topic such as production of alternative proteins, heterologous proteins generally, and bio-based molecules for the biomanufacturing sector. The emerging field of the use of fungi or yeast as functional biomaterials will also be included.
Cellular processes and pathways
An improved knowledge of cellular processes is vital if we are to have sufficient understanding of yest and fungo to properly exploit them in biotechnology. Intracellular trafficking and vesicles, cell division, protein secretion, lipid metabolism and vesicle function are among the topics that are relevant to this session
There will be special interest sessions in the following areas
Scientific publishing
COST Actions related to fungi and yeast
Ancient Beers
Key times below
Monday 5th | Registration: | 9:00 – |
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Conference commences: | 14:00 – 18:00 | |
Open reception: | 18:00 – 20:00 | |
Tuesday 6th | Conference: | 9:00 – 17:00 |
Poster Session: | 17:00 – 19:00 | |
Wednesday 7th | Conference: | 9:00 – 18:30 |
Thursday 8th | Conference: | 9:00 – 17:30 |
Gala Dinner: | 20:00 - |
FEMS Grants
This meeting is selected by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) to offer grants for congress participation for Early Career Researchers*.
Eligibility
To apply for this grant, you would need to meet following requirements:
- be a member of a FEMS Member Society or be recommended by such a member
- be an Early Career Scientist
Application process
Please submit a completed ECS Meeting Grant Application Form to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Additional benefits
As a FEMS Member Society member, you can:
EFB Grants
The EFB have secure a limited number of bursaries to support the attendance of early career researchers. Eligible applicants should submit an abstract for the meeting by the deadline of 8th March 2019. If you are interested in receiving a scholarship and you are a young researcher, please send an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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Posters/presentations prizes will be awarded to early career researchers (PhD student/ post-doc). The best posters/presentations will be selected by the PYFF7 Scientific Committee. The selected awardees will be announced in the closing ceremony, on Thursday, June 27th.
FEMS Yeast Research is the established community journal for yeast researchers and publishes many papers that link fundamental yeast biology with biotechnology.
In association with PYFF7, this virtual special issue will bring together some of the most significant papers published in FEMS journals in the past 18 months.
These papers will complement the themes of PYFF7 and will showcase some of the exciting developments that form the central topics of the conference. Anticipated launch date: May 2019.
In the Special Issue “Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi, research papers and reviews about the applied and basic aspects of the physiology of yeasts and filamentous fungi are welcome.
Investigation on fundamental physiology and metabolic processes, genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity in fungal populations, and the evolution and niche adaptation of yeast and filamentous fungi could be emphasized. New trends in systems biology, metabolic engineering for biotechnological processes, and in mycobiome and interactions with other eukaryotes could also be part of this Special Issue.
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