XXth International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology: Invited Lectures

Opening Lecture

  • Opening Lecture
    •   Chromosome segregation one hundred and one years after Mendel´s rediscovery.
    Kim Nasmyth
    IMP, Res.Inst.Mol.Pathol., Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, Vienna, A-1030, AUSTRIA



    Symposium 1 - The Logic of Gene Regulation

  • S1-01
    •   Association of transcription factors and chromatin modifying activities with yeast promoters in vivo.
    Kevin Struhl
    Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA

  • S1-02
    •   Histone deacetylation and gene activity: Mechanisms of repression.
    Daniel Robyr, Siavash Kurdistani, Maria Vogelauer, Milla Rubbi, Amy Wang, Jiansheng Wu, Noriyuki Suka, Yuko Suka, Michael Grunstein
    Biological Chemistry, UCLA School of Medicine and Molecular Biology, 611 C.E. Young Dr. E. , Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

  • S1-03
    •   Activating the HO promoter.
    Maria-Pia Cosma (1), Silvia Panizza (2), Kim Nasmyth (2)
    (1) TIGEM, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Via P. Castellino,111, 80131 Naples, Italy; (2) IMP, Institute of Molecular Pathol., Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, Vienna, A- 1030, Austria

  • S1-04
    •   Transcriptional regulation in response to glucose.
    Marian Carlson, Robert Townley, Olivier Vincent, Sergei Kuchin, Valmik Vyas
    Dept of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, 701 W. 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA



    Symposium 2 - Cytoskeleton

  • S2-01
    •   Cell cycle regulation and microtubule organization by the budding yeast spindle pole body.
    Gislene Pereira, Thomas Hoefken, Ulrike Gruneberg, Joan Grindlay, Claire Manson, Elmar Schiebel
    CRC Laboratories, Beatson Institute, Swit, chback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, GB

  • S2-02
    •   Polarizing attachments: connecting microtubules to the membrane and kinetochore.
    David Pellman
    Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  • S2-03
    •   Involvement of the actin cytoskeleton in polarized secretion and organelle segregation during the yeast cell cycle.
    Anthony Bretscher
    Dept. Mol. Biol. & Genetics, Cornell University, Biotechnology Bldg, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

  • S2-04
    •   Dynamic phosphoregulation of actin and endocytosis in budding yeast.
    David Drubin
    Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, 401 Barker Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA



    Symposium 3 - Cell Cycle and Differentiation I

  • S3-01
    •   Pheromone Signal Transduction.
    Elaine Elion, Yunmei Wang, Maosong Qi, Paul Maslo
    Biol. Chem & Mol. Pharm., Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA

  • S3-02
    •   Links between replication and initiation of recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae meiosis.
    Kathleen Smith, Alexandra Penkner, Kunihiro Ohta, Franz Klein, Alain Nicolas
    UMR 144 CNRS, Institut Curie-Recherche, 26 rue d'Ulm, PARIS cedex 05, 75248, France

  • S3-03
    •   Dynamics of MAP-kinase signaling in response to pheromones.
    Frank van Drogen (1), Volker Stucke (2), Gerda Jorritsma (1), Matthias Peter (1)
    (1) Cell Biology, ISREC, Ch. Boveresses 155, Epalinges, 1066, Switzerland; (2) Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Dept. of Cell Biology, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried

  • S3-04
    •   Regulatory mechanisms of meiosis in fission yeast.
    Masayuki Yamamoto, Masamitsu Sato, Yuji Akiyoshi, Akira Yamashita, Yoshinori Watanabe
    Biophys & Biochem, Schl Sci, Univ of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan



    Mini-symposium 1 - Controlling Yeast

  • MS1-01
    •   Taking the bugs out of control: what does control yeast glycolysis?.
    Hans V. Westerhoff (1), Barbara M. Bakker (1), Corinne A. Reijenga (1), Benno H. ter Kuile (2), Jacky L. Snoep (3)
    (1) Molecular Cell Physiology, BioCentrum Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands, EU; (2) Leiden Institute of Chemistry; (3) also: University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

  • MS1-02
    •   Is ATP in control?.
    Lena Gustafsson
    Molecular Biotechnology, Lundberg Laboratory, Box 462, Gothenburg, SE-405 30, Sweden



    Mini-symposium 2 - Prion-based Mechanisms of Inheritance

  • MS2-01
    •   A paradigm shift in yeast genetics.
    Brian S Cox
    Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK

  • MS2-02
    •   Is the yeast prion [URE3] an heritable amyloidosis ?.
    Agnès Baudin-Baillieu, Eric Fernandez-Bellot, Cullin Christophe
    CGM, CNRS, A de la Terrasse, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France

  • MS2-03
    •   Curing yeast of its prions.
    Mick F. Tuite, Frederique Ness, Paulo C Ferreira, Simon S. Eaglestone, Clare Lawrence, Sue Edwards, Brian S. Cox
    Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, U.K.



    Symposium 4 - Cell Cycle and Differentiation II

  • S4-01
    •   SPINDLE CHECKPOINT CONTROL OF THE MITOTIC AND MEIOTIC CYCLE.
    Bodo Stern, Marion Shonn, Andrew Murray
    MCB, Harvard, Divinty Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

  • S4-02
    •   Apoptosis in yeast.
    Frank Madeo, Kai-Uwe Fröhlich
    Physiologische Chemie, Universität Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler Str.4, Tuebingen, 72076, Germany

  • S4-03
    •   Yeast stationary phase.
    Margaret Werner-Washburne (1), Edwina Fuge (1), Ana Colina (1), Susan Brozik (2), George Davidson (2)
    (1) Biology, University of New Mexico, Castetter Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; (2) Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

  • S4-04
    •   Yeast mother cell-specific aging.
    Michael Breitenbach (1), Peter Laun (1), Alena Pichova (2), Frank Madeo (3), Gino Heeren (1), Sepp D. Kohlwein (4), Kai-Uwe Fröhlich (3), Ian Dawes (5)
    (1) Department of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34a, Salzburg, 5020, Austria; (2) Inst. of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; (3) Dept. of Physiological Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany; (4) Dept. of Biochemistry, Technical University of Graz, Austria; (5) School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia



    Mini-symposium 3 - Secretion and Organelle Biogenesis

  • MS3-01
    •   Phosphoinositide kinase signaling essential for vesicle-mediated transport in yeast.
    David Katzmann, Markus Babst, Jon Audhya, Chris Stefan, Scott Emr
    Dept. of Cellular & Mol. Med., UCSD School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0668, USA

  • MS3-02
    •   Coat dynamics and cargo selection during clathrin-mediated protein transport.
    Gregory S. Payne (1), Giancarlo Costaguta (2), James P. Howard (2), Jenna L. Hutton (2)
    (1) ; (2) Dept.Biological Chemistry, UCLA School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA



    Mini-symposium 4 - Conditions Affecting Yeast Cell and Colony Morphology

  • MS4-01
    •   Using S. cerevisiae to study C. albicans morphogenesis: role of cell cycle regulated transcription and septin rings in the yeast/hyphal transition.
    Cheryl Gale (1), Eric Bensen (2), Judith Berman (2)
    (1) Department of Pediatrics; (2) Genetics, Cell Biol. & Dev., Univ. of Minnesota, 250 BSC, 1445 Gortner Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

  • MS4-02
    •   Development of yeast colonies: The role of endogenous and exogenous factors.
    Zdena Palkova
    Dept.Genetics and Microbiology, Charles University, Vinicna 5, Prague 2, 12844, Czech Republic

  • MS4-03
    •   Cellular and molecular responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to starvation.
    Mordechai Choder (1), Charles N Cole (2), Christopher Hammel (2), Marganit Farago (1), Tal Nahari1 (1), Irit Paz (1), Mazal Varon (1)
    (1) Molecular Microbiology & Biote, Tel-Aviv Univ., x, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Israel; (2) Dept. of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755



    Symposium 5 - Membrane Receptors, Sensors and Transporters

  • S5-01
    •   A genomic view of yeast membrane proteins.
    André Goffeau
    Chaire Int. Blaise Pascal , Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue d'Ulm, Paris, 75230, France

  • S5-02
    •   Glucose sensing and signal transduction.
    Mark Johnston, Valerie Brachet, Jeff Polish, Jeong-Ho Kim
    Department of Genetics, Washington University, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA

  • S5-03
    •   Amino acid sensing and uptake.
    Richard F. Gaber (1), Helge A. Andersen (2), Jens Nielsen (3), Peter S. Nielsen (2), Kim Ottow (2), Birgitte Regenberg (3), Morten C. Kielland-Brandt (2)
    (1) Carlsberg Laboratory, on sabbatical leave from Northwestern University; (2) Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Gl. Carlsberg Vej 10, Copenhagen Valby, DK-2500, Denmark; (3) Biocentrum, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

  • S5-04
    •   Functional expression of mammalian receptors in yeast for screening and functional analysis.
    Mike Romanos, Simon Dowell, Andrew Brown
    Discovery Research, GEPB, GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2NY, UK



    Symposium 6 - Protein Degradation

  • S6-01
    •   The ubiquitin-proteasome system: Its function in protein quality control of the endoplasmic reticulum.
    Dieter H. Wolf
    Institute of Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

  • S6-02
    •   The proteasome regulatory particle.
    Daniel Finley (1), Michael Glickman (2), David Rubin (1), Michael Groll (3), Marion Schmidt (1), Alwin Kohler (1), Robert Huber (3), Beate Braun (4)
    (1) Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, US; (2) , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, Haifa, Israel; (3) Max-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany; (4) Institut fur Biochemie, Medizinische Fakultat der Humbolt Universitat zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  • S6-03
    •   Role of ubiquitin and the ubiquitination machinery in endocytosis.
    Linda Hicke, Rebecca Dunn, Katherine Sloper- Mould, Susan Shih
    Biochem, Mol Biol & Cell Biol, Northwestern University, 2153 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

  • S6-04
    •   Transport of proteins from the cytoplasm to the vacuole.
    Daniel J. Klionsky (1), Ju Guan (1), Wei-Pang Huang (1), Maria U. Hutchins (1), John Kim (1), Sidney V. Scott (2)
    (1) Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 830 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.; (2) Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A.



    Symposium 7 - Genomics of Yeast and Man

  • S7-01
    •   Yeast as a model organism for functional genomics.
    Stephen Oliver (1)
    (1) School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

  • S7-02
    •   The genome evolution of the Hemiascomycetous yeasts.
    Bernard DUJON, Génolevures Consortium
    Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue Dr Roux, Paris, F-75724, France

  • S7-03
    •   Yeast functional genomics and its relevance to drug discovery.
    Elizabeth Winzeler (1), Guy Oshiro (2), David Liang (2)
    (1) Cell Biology (ICND202), The Scripps Research Institute, 3528 General Atomics, San Diego, CA 92121, USA; (2) GNF, 3115 Merryfield Row, San Diego, CA 92121

  • S7-04
    •   The fission yeast genome Paul Nurse speaking on behalf of the Fission Yeast Genome Sequencing Consortium.
    Paul Nurse
    Cell Cycle Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, united Kingdom



    Closing Lectures

  • Closing Lecture 1
    •   GATA-factor genomics and regulation in S. cerevisiae : connecting the dots.
    Terrance G. Cooper
    Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee, 858 Madison Ave., Memphis, TN 38163, U.S.A.

  • Closing Lecture 2
    •   Controlling the Cell Cycle.
    Paul Nurse, Stephanie Yanow, Hideo Nishitani, Zoi Lygerou
    Cell Cycle Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom