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XII Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras “Prof. Nicolau van Uden”
Aveiro, 13-15 May, 2004
Program
Thursday,13th May
15:00H
Registration
16:00H
Opening session
16:15H
van Uden lecture: Pilares da termozimologia vanudeniana:
observações e conceitos.
Dr. A. Madeira Lopes.
17:00H
Session.
Biochemistry.
Chair.
Manuel Santos.
Functional expression of the lactate permease Jen1p of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Pichia pastoris
Isabel Soares-Silva
17:20H
17:40H
The azoreductase of yeast cells: a new feature of an old
enzyme
Patrícia A.Ramalho.
Antifungal activity of diarylamines in the benzo[b]thiophene
series and SAR.
Ricardo Calhelha.
18:00H
Welcome reception
Friday, 14th May
Session-I
Yeast Cell Biology.
Chairs
Margarida Casal, Teresa Gonçalves
9:00H
STAB Lecture: General Amino Acid Control in Candida albicans
Alistair Brown, University of Aberdeen
9:45H
Molecular characterization of S. cerevisiae cell lines
expressing genetic code ambiguity
Raquel Silva, University of Aveiro
10:05H
A major role for CUG ambiguity in Candida biology and
evolution
Isabel Miranda, University of Aveiro
10:25H
10:50H
Coffee break
S. cerevisiae commits to a programmed cell death process in
response to hyperosmotic stress caused by glucose
Rui Silva, University of Minho
11:10H
The deficiency in the phosphosphingolipid phospholipase C
Isc1 decreases Oxidative stress resistance and chronological
life-span
Teresa Almeida, IBMC-Porto.
11:30H
Decoding ambiguity in the CUG codon in Candida albicans
Ana Catarina Gomes, University of Aveiro.
11:50H
Genome duplication and destabilization induced by mRNA
decoding ambiguity in both S. cerevisiae and Candida albicans.
Rita Rocha, University of Aveiro.
12:10H
Lunch
Session-II
Genomics and Biodiversity
Chairs
Isabel Spencer, Manuela Côrte-Real
14:00H
Diagnomos Lecture: Analysis of diversity amongst yeast species and
genomes
Ian Roberts, IFR-Norwich
14:45H
Molecular methods evaluation for the typing of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae wine strains
Dorit Schuller, University of Minho
15:05H
The heterogeneous nature of yeast populations determines
the patterns of Growth inhibition by osmotic stress
Roberto Sotoca, University Complutens Madrid
15:25H
16:00H
Coffee Break
Direct molecular detection of the dimorphic ascomycete
Taphrina deforman, agent of peach leaf curl.
Sílvia Tavares, New University of Lisbon.
16:20H
Taxonomy of microorganisms producing volatile phenols in
Dão red wine
L. Silva, University of Salamanca
16:40H
Substrate regulation of fructose symport activity in fructoselimited chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces bayanus PYCC
4456T
Christophe Roca, New University of Lisbon
17:00H
Identification, isolation and study of genes and proteins
involved in pH and salt tolerance in Debaryomyces hansenii.
Raúl Garcia, University of Cordoba
17:20H
Cloning
and
expression
of
NHX1
and
HAL2
in
Debaryomyces hansenii
Vera Montiel, University of Cordova.
17:40H
Implementation of a DNA-microarray platform for yeast gene
expression, genome diversity and evolution analysis and
molecular diagnostics
Laura Carreto, University of Aveiro
19:30H
Banquet
Saturday, 15th May
Session-III
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Chairs
Vítor Costa, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira.
9:00H
Gulbenkian Lecture: Dissection and design of a yeast prion
Mick F. Tuite, University of Kent.
9:45H
Multiple transcripts regulate Saccharomyces cerevisiae JEN1
mRNA glucose-triggered Decay.
Raquel Andrade, University of Minho
HPV16E6 oncoprotein expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
10:05H
increases caffeine and pheromone stress resistance
Ana Oliveira, University of Coimbra.
10:25H
Coffee break
11:00H
CBC Leture: Programmed translational frameshifting in yeast: a
model for translational accuracy.
Phil Farabaugh, University of Maryland-Baltimore
11:45H
Genome scale codon-contex analysis for Saccharomyces
cerevisiae and Candida albicans
Gabriela Moura, University of Aveiro.
12:05H
Ady2p is essential for acetate permease activity in the yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Sandra Paiva, University of Minho.
12:25H
Lunch
Session-IV
Physiology and Ecology.
Chairs
Álvaro Fonseca, Maria C. Loureiro-Dias.
14:00H
The transcript of the monocarboxilic acid transporters JEN1
and ADY2 is downregulated by the gene DHH1 in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Sónia Barbosa, University of Minho.
14:20H
Cloning and charcaterization of a low affinity glucose
transporter from Torulaspora delbrueckii.
Cecília Alves-Araújo, University of Minho
14:40H
Sodium and potassium transport in the halophilic yeast
Debaryomyces hansenii.
González_Hernandes, University of Cordoba
15:00H
Molecular and kinetic charcaterization of a glucose trasnporter
in Zygosaccharomyces bailii
Iliana Pereira, Technical University of Lisbon.
15:20H
Molecular characterization of xylose transport in Candida
intermedia PYCC 4715
Maria José Leandro, New University of Lisbon
15:40H
Closing Session