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XXIII Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras Professor Nicolau van Uden

XXIII Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras

October 9th and 10th, 2026

New Abstract Submission Deadline: July 20th
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Notification of Acceptance: July 27
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Guidelines

09h00
Registration
10h00
Welcome coffee
10h30
Welcome Session
Professor Nicolau van Uden
Isabel Miranda | On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Isabel Sá Correia | Yeast Diversity for Circular Bioeconomy and Environmental Sustainability
11h10
Plenary lecture I
Chair:
  • Nuno Mira
Kyle Cunningham, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Rethinking yeast genetics in the post-genome era, again
11h50
Session I | Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Chairs:
  • Isabel João Silva
  • Nuno Mira
11:50 - Keynote Lecture: Cristina Pereira, ITQB | Endohyphal Bacterial Symbionts in Aspergillus fumigatus: Expanding the Biology of a Pathogen
12:15 - Oral Communications
13h00
Lunch
14h30
MIA Portugal lecture
Chair:
  • Paula Ludovico
Jeffrey Smith, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA | TBA
15h10
Session II | Adaptation, Cell Death and Ageing
Chairs:
  • Vitor Teixeira
  • Susana Chaves
15:10 – Keynote Lecture: Paula Ludovico, UM | Living, Dying and Ageing in Yeast
15:35 – Oral Communications
16h20
Coffee break + Poster session
17h30
Session III | Fermented Foods and Beverages
Chairs:
  • Maria João Sousa
  • Catarina Prista
17:30 – Keynote Lecture: Alexandra Mendes Ferreira, UTAD | TBA
17:55 – Oral Communications
20h00
Dinner