Program

Plenary Lectures will be given by Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry, 2004) A. Ciechanover (Israel) as well as by J. Aitchison (USA), M. Bolotin-Fukuhara (France), J. Cregg (USA), T. Jeffries (USA), A. Hinnebusch (USA), V. Longo (USA), Y. Ohsumi (Japan), K. Struhl (USA), S. Subramani (USA), J. Thevelein (Belgium)

Parallel Sessions:
1. Yeast Molecular Systematics (Co-Chairs, C.P. Kurtzman and G. Peter)
Speakers: F. Bai (China), C.P. Kurtzman (USA), G. Peter (Hungary), V.Robert (The Netherlands), T.Sugita (Japan), M. Suzuki (Japan)
2. Yeast Ecology (Co-Chairs, L.C.Mendonça-Hagler and J. Schnürer)
Speakers: A. Botha (South Africa), L.C. Mendonça-Hagler (Brazil), J. Schnürer (Sweden), D. Sicard (France), M. Sipiczki (Hungary), A. Yurkov (Germany)
3. Food and Beverage Yeasts (Co-Chairs, G. Fleet and G. Naumov)
Speakers: P. Chambers (Australia), G. Fleet (Australia), O. Mameeva (Ukraine), G. Naumov (Russia), P. Raspor (Slovenia), P.Romano (Italy)
4. Medically Important Yeasts (Co-Chairs, T. Boekhout and A. Brown)
Speakers: T. Boekhout (The Netherlands), A. Botes (South Africa), A. Brown (UK), M. Desnos-Ollivier (France), B. Hube (Germany), I. Miranda (Portugal)
5. New Tools in Yeast Research (Co-Chairs, H. Dohlman and G. Kunze)
Speakers: P. van Dijck (Belgium), M. Bennett (USA), H. Dohlman (USA), G.Kunze (Germany), M. Piontek (Germany), H. Sychrova (Czech Republic)
6. Systems Biology (Co-Chairs, J. Nielsen and B. Shakhnovich)
Speakers: M. Choder (Israel), B. Gasser (Austria), I. Liachko (USA), J.Nielsen (Sweden), B. Shakhnovich (USA)
7. Genomics and Proteomics (Co-Chairs, B. Dujon and J. Piskur)
Speakers: O. Brustolini (Brazil), B. Dujon (France), P. Marullo (France), J. Piskur (Sweden), S.Casaregola (France)
8. Transcriptional and Translational Regulation (Co-Chairs H.A. Kang and B. Turcotte)
Speakers: I. Georis (Belgium), A. Kaji (USA), H.A. Kang (S. Korea), Z.L. Liu (USA), B. Polevoda (USA), B Turcotte (Canada)
9. Cell Cycle (Co-Chairs Y.Kassir and R. Weisman)
Speakers: L. Gheber (Israel), A. Jendretzki (Germany), Y. Kassir (Israel),C. McInerny (UK), R. Weisman (Israel)
10. Sensing and Signaling (Co-Chairs J. Thevelein and M. Kielland-Brandt)
Speakers: S. Colombo (Italy), R. Ghillebert (Belgium), M. Kielland-Brandt (Denmark), O. Stasyk (Ukraine), F. Tamanoi (USA), V. Ubiyvovk (Ukraine)
11. Membrane Structure and Functions (Co-Chairs, S. Kohlwein and J.-M. Nicaud)
Speakers: M. Greenberg (USA), I. Hapala (Slovakia), K. Hiltunen (Finland), S.Kohlwein (Austria), J.-M. Nicaud (France), J. Stolz (Germany)
12. Traffic and Secretion (Co-Chairs, J. Kiel and J. Rytka)
Speakers: M. Agaphonov (Russia), J. Kiel (The Netherlands), V. Lupashin (USA), O.Protchenko(USA), T. Zoladek (Poland)
13. Stress Response (Co-Chairs, G. Bartosz and B. Prior)
Speakers: D. Abbot (The Netherlands), G. Bartosz (Poland), Y. Boretsky (Ukraine), M.Penninckx (Belgium), B. Prior (South Africa), H. Takagi (Japan)
14. Organelles and Autophagy (Co-Chairs, S. Subramani and I. van der Klei)
Speakers: I. van der Klei (The Netherlands), M. Mari (The Netherlands), T. Nazarko (USA), V. Nazarko (Ukraine), R. Rachubinski (Canada), Y. Sakai (Japan)
15. Yeast Apoptosis (Co-Chairs, M. Corte-Real and F. Madeo)
Speakers: M. Corte-Real (Portugal), C. Gourlay (UK), P. Laun (Austria), F. Madeo (Austria), C. Mazzoni (Italy)
16. Yeast as Model of Human Diseases and Drug Testing (Co-Chairs, J. Winderickx and M. Tuite)
Speakers: S. Inge-Vechtomov (Russia), S. Liebman (USA), C.Pohl (South Africa), O. Tehlivets (Austria), M. Tuite (UK), J. Winderickx (Belgium)
17. Production of Heterologous Proteins (Co-Chairs, J.M. Cregg and D. Mattanovich)
Speakers: T. Alamäe (Estonia), A. Gedvilaite (Lithuania), D. Mattanovich (Austria),J.C. Rosa (Brazil), L. Saraiva (Portugal), M. Suckow (Germany)
18. Metabolic Engineering (Co-Chairs, D. Porro and P. Richard)
Speakers: A. van Maris (The Netherlands), T. Onishi (Japan), D. Porro (Italy), P. Richard (Finland), A.Sibirny (Ukraine), R. Verwaal (The Netherladns)
19. Yeasts for Fuel Ethanol Production and other Biorefineries (Co-Chairs, T.Jeffries and B. Hahn-Hagerdal)
Speakers: C. Abbas (USA), E. Boles (Germany), B. Hahn-Hagerdal (Sweden), V. Passoth (Sweden), A. Schenberg (Brazil), A. Voronovsky (Ukraine)
20. Yeast Biochemical Engineering (Co-Chairs, C. Abbas and G. Lidén)
Speakers: M. Al-Dahhan (USA), I. van Bogaert (Belgium), P. Branduardi (Italy), S. Dzyadevych (Ukraine), J.Förster (Denmark), G.Lidén (Sweden)
21. Yeast Biochemistry and Physiology (Co-Chairs, M. Penninckx and B. Polevoda)
Speakers: W. Ambroziak (Poland), P. Biely (Slovakia), J. Cescut (France), Z. Chi (China), M. Gonchar (Ukraine), A. Rapoport (Latvia).