Program
(preliminary, March 2026)
June 3 - Wednesday |
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Arrival and Registration
Session 1 - Poster Flashes and Keynote
5:00 pm Opening remarks
5:15 pm Poster Flash talks (1) (1 min each)
5:45 pm Break
6:00 pm Keynote lecture by W. Mike Henne (50 min + 10 min)
Leveraging yeast to understand organelle and lipid metabolism in neurodegeneration
7:15 pm Welcome reception, Finger food and Posters
Session 1 - Poster Flashes and Keynote
5:00 pm Opening remarks
5:15 pm Poster Flash talks (1) (1 min each)
5:45 pm Break
6:00 pm Keynote lecture by W. Mike Henne (50 min + 10 min)
Leveraging yeast to understand organelle and lipid metabolism in neurodegeneration
7:15 pm Welcome reception, Finger food and Posters
June 4 - Thursday
Session 2 - News from the Lipid Droplet front
9:00 am Alwin Köhler (invited)
Lipid metabolism of the inner nuclear membrane
9:35 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
9:55 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:15 am Poster Flash talks (2) (1 min each)
10:40 am Coffee break and Posters
Session 3 - News from the Lipid Droplet front
11:15 am Symeon Siniossoglou (invited)
Regulation of Acyl-CoA-independent triacylglycerol synthesis and fatty acyl chain partitioning in yeast
11:50 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:10 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:30 pm Lunch and Posters
Session 4 - Yeast as Cell Factories for Lipids
14:15 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:35 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:55 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
15:15 pm Coffee break and Posters
Session 5 - Lipids, Membranes and Organelles
16:30 pm Roger Schneiter (invited)
CAP superfamily proteins: Conserved lipid binding and multifaceted roles in physiology
and Pathogenesis
17:05 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
17:25 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
17:45 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
9:00 am Alwin Köhler (invited)
Lipid metabolism of the inner nuclear membrane
9:35 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
9:55 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:15 am Poster Flash talks (2) (1 min each)
10:40 am Coffee break and Posters
Session 3 - News from the Lipid Droplet front
11:15 am Symeon Siniossoglou (invited)
Regulation of Acyl-CoA-independent triacylglycerol synthesis and fatty acyl chain partitioning in yeast
11:50 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:10 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:30 pm Lunch and Posters
Session 4 - Yeast as Cell Factories for Lipids
14:15 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:35 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:55 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
15:15 pm Coffee break and Posters
Session 5 - Lipids, Membranes and Organelles
16:30 pm Roger Schneiter (invited)
CAP superfamily proteins: Conserved lipid binding and multifaceted roles in physiology
and Pathogenesis
17:05 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
17:25 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
17:45 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
June 5 - Friday
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Session 6 - Yeast as Cell Factories for Lipids
9:00 am Uros Petrovic (invited)
Large-scale phenotypic and GWAS analysis reveals novel genetic determinants of lipid accumulation
in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
9:35 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
9:55 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:15 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:35 am Coffee break and Posters
Session 7 - Yeast as Cell Factories for Lipids
11:15 am Inge van Bogaert (invited)
Turning non-pathogenic yeasts into powerful long-chain dicarboxylic acid production hosts
11:50 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:10 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:30 pm Lunch and Posters
Session 8 - Communication via the Lipid Code
13:45 pm Heimo Wolinski (invited)
Imaging innovations in lipid droplet biology
14:15 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:30 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:50 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
15:30 pm Social Event (Sightseeing Tour - Graz - Schlossberg)
18:30 pm Conference Dinner at Mensa Rooftop
9:00 am Uros Petrovic (invited)
Large-scale phenotypic and GWAS analysis reveals novel genetic determinants of lipid accumulation
in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
9:35 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
9:55 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:15 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:35 am Coffee break and Posters
Session 7 - Yeast as Cell Factories for Lipids
11:15 am Inge van Bogaert (invited)
Turning non-pathogenic yeasts into powerful long-chain dicarboxylic acid production hosts
11:50 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:10 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:30 pm Lunch and Posters
Session 8 - Communication via the Lipid Code
13:45 pm Heimo Wolinski (invited)
Imaging innovations in lipid droplet biology
14:15 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:30 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
14:50 pm selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
15:30 pm Social Event (Sightseeing Tour - Graz - Schlossberg)
18:30 pm Conference Dinner at Mensa Rooftop
June 6 - Saturday
Session 9 - Lipids, Membranes and Organelles
9:00 am Mike Renne
9:35 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
9:55 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:15 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:35 am Coffee break and Posters
Session 10 - Communication via the Lipid Code
11:15 am Kouichi Funato (invited)
Membrane traffic between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus is controlled by
lipid balance
11:50 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:10 pm Invitation to the YLC 2028, Osnabrück, Germany (15 min)
12:25 pm Closing Remarks and Farewell (10 to 15 min)
9:00 am Mike Renne
9:35 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
9:55 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:15 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
10:35 am Coffee break and Posters
Session 10 - Communication via the Lipid Code
11:15 am Kouichi Funato (invited)
Membrane traffic between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus is controlled by
lipid balance
11:50 am selected talk (15 min + 5 min)
12:10 pm Invitation to the YLC 2028, Osnabrück, Germany (15 min)
12:25 pm Closing Remarks and Farewell (10 to 15 min)