O próximo Science on the Screen, o novo Ciclo de Seminários Online do DBIO, é já na 2ª feira e será apresentado por Ricardo Franco-Duarte (CBMA).
Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms, classified as members of the Kingdom Fungi. Over 1500 species of yeasts have been identified so far, belonging to more than 150 genera, which documents the enormous diversity associated to this group of fungus. Despite their taxonomic diversity, a plenitude of biotechnological applications has been also explored for many centuries, using yeast as microbial cell factories, turning their industrial exploitation into a multi-million euros market, worldwide. In this presentation a review about the use of yeasts in science and in biotechnology will be given, with special attention to the latest ?omics approaches that allows analysing large quantities of experimental data and turning them into valuable information, with the help of mathematical, statistical and bioinformatics analysis. A combination of theoretical information about yeast biodiversity and experimental results obtained using omics characterization will be the main focus.The outline of this presentation will include the following topics: i) yeast diversity and importance; ii) pheno-metabolomic characterization of a yeast collection; iii) genomic changes caused by yeast adaptation to the environment; iv) yeasts as microbial cell factories.
