YPD 2019 – 8th Yeast: Products and Discovery (YPD) meeting
Venue: University of Sydney (Wilkinson Lecture Theatre).
Date: Wed 4th December – Fri 6th December 2019
YPD 19, like previous YPD meetings, will brought together a variety of scientists and technologists interested in yeast research and applied aspects of yeast technology. The aim of the meeting was to strengthen existing links and develop new links between members of the Australasian Yeast Group (www.ayeastgroup.org).
The full proceedings are available here.
Conference Program
Wednesday December 4th
| 08:30 – 9:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Plenary Lecture | Sakkie Pretorius |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session I | Industrial and Synthetic Fungi |
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Philip Bell (Macquarie U)
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Victoria Haritos (Monash)
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Nick Coleman (U. Sydney)
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Hit-Heng Chooi (UWA)
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| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Student presentations 1 |
Student presentations I “Lightning talks” (3 min)
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| 15:00 – 16:30 | Student presentations 2 |
Student presentations II “Posters complementing talks”
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| 19:00 | Conference Dinner | The Great Hall, University of Sydney |
Day 2 Thursday December 5th
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session II | Virulent Fungi |
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Richard Cannon (U. Otago)
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Oliver Moreton (WSU)
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| Alex Idnurm (UMelb) | ||
| Jiyoti Verma (Monash) | ||
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session III |
The Microbiome and Biofilms
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Megan Lenardon (UNSW)
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Vanessa Rosetto Marcelino (WI)
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Bryan R. Coad (UA)
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| Benjamin Schwessinger (ANU) | ||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Session IV |
Drug Discovery and Development
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| Luke Guddat (UQ) | ||
| Claudia Simm (Monash) | ||
| James McKenna (La Trobe) | ||
| Lorna Wilkinson-White (US) | ||
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Session V |
Networks and Regulation
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| Marc Wilkins (UNSW) | ||
| Nikolay Shirokikh (ANU) | ||
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Mark Bleackley (La Trobe)
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| Oliver Rackham (Curtin) | ||
| Tim Tucey (Monash) | ||
| 19:00 | ECR evening | Visit Marrickville Breweries |
Day 3 Friday December 6th
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session VI |
Microfungi in the World
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Cristian Varela (AWRI)
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Manpreet Dhami (MWLR, NZ)
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| Laslo Irinyi (WIMR) | ||
| David Guest (U. Sydney) | ||
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session VII |
Genetics, Evolution and Resistance
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Alex Andrianopoulos (U. Melb)
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| Austen Ganley (U. Auckland) | ||
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Erwin Lamping (U. Otago)
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| Anthony Borneman (AWRI) | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Concluding remarks | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch and Departure |
Organising committee
Local Organising Committee Chair: Dee Carter (University of Sydney)
Scientific Program Chair: Julie Djordjevic (Westmead Institute for Medical Research)
Local Organising Committee
Oliver Morton, (Secretary) Western Sydney University
Marc Wilkins, (Sponsorship) University of New South Wales
Heinrich Kroukamp, (Treasurer) Macquarie University
Justin Beardsley, (Social Events) Marie Bashir Institute/Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Program Organizing Committee
James Fraser, University of Queensland
Traude Beilharz, Monash University
Austen Ganley, The University of Auckland
Simon Schmidt, Australian Wine Research Institute
Jiyoti Verma, Monash University
Alex Andrianopoulos, University of Melbourne
Helena Nevalainen, Macquarie University
Oliver Rackman, University of Western Australia
Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino, Marie Bashir Institute
Laszló Irinyi, Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Benjamin Schultz, University of Queensland
Anthony Borneman, Australian Wine Research Institute
Evelyn Sattleger, Massey University