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Yeast Products and Discovery ‘26

July 22-24 in Brisbane

Andrii Slonchak from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Location

308 Queen St, Brisbane, QLD 4000

Date

22- 24 July 2026

Finally, YPD is back and will meet in Brisbane!

Join us for the Yeast: Products and Discovery Conference 2026, bringing together emerging leaders, researchers, and innovators in yeast science from across Australia. This year's conference will be held at UQ Brisbane City, the university’s restored heritage building in the heart of the CBD

Venue

UQ Brisbane City

Conference Themes

- Yeast Biology and Genetics: Exploring fundamental mechanisms of yeast cell biology, molecular genetics, and genomics

- Metabolic Engineering and Precision Fermentation: Application-focused engineering of yeast for production of pharmaceuticals, biofuels, and specialty chemicals

- Synthetic Biology: Developing and applying novel genetic tools, genome editing techniques for rational yeast strain design and engineering

- Systems Biology and Computational Approaches: Using yeast as a model to study complex biological networks, multi-omics integration, and computational modelling of cellular systems

- Fungal Pathogenesis and Host Interactions: Understanding pathogenic fungi, their mechanisms of infection, antifungal resistance, and host immune responses

- Food and Beverage Applications: Innovations in brewing, winemaking, baking, and other fermentation-based food production

- Toolkits and Methods: Novel toolkits and methods for applications in yeast. Promoters, genetic engineering, cell biology applications etc. (might already be covered by other themes but a more dedicated session for methodology and toolkits might be beneficial, could also be a session with shorter talks)

The conference proceedings can be downloaded via the links.

Abstract Submission

We invite submissions for oral and poster presentations across all conference themes.

Abstract submission deadline: June 7, 2026

Notification to authors: June 14, 2026

Submit your abstract: Abstract submissions and registrations opening soon

Registration Information

Student Price: $250

Professional Price: $450

Registration to include all conference sessions, morning

and afternoon teas, lunches, and the conference dinner.

Day 3 - Friday, 24 July 2026

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Session 6 - Theme 5

  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM: Morning Tea

  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Session 7 - Theme 6

  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM: Prize Announcements and Closing Remarks

  • 1:00 PM: Conference Concludes

Proposed Technical Program

Detailed program with speaker names and talk titles to be announced closer to the conference date.

Day 2 - Thursday, 23 July 2026

  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Session 4 - Theme 3

  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM: Morning Tea

  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Session 5 - Theme 4

  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch

  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Panel Discussion - Topic: TBD (precision fermentation; research translation, … )

  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Afternoon Tea

  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Poster Session

  • 7:00 PM - Late: Conference Dinner (venue TBD)

Day 1 - Wednesday, 22 July 2026

  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration and Welcome Coffee

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Opening Remarks and Plenary Lecture

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Tea

  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Session 1 - Theme 1

  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch + Poster Session

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Session 2 Lightning Talks (5-minute presentations from early career researchers)

  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Afternoon Tea

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Session 3 - Theme 2

  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: SIG Meeting?

  • 6:00 PM - Late: Social Activity

Get in Touch

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