The new issue of #Yeast is out (Volume 43, Number 3, May 2026). Scroll down to read more about genome engineering in non-conventional yeasts, #lifespan extension, a new web platform to explore gene conservation and a new set of #optogenetic switches 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Join us in wishing a massive happy 100th birthday to the man who has inspired millions of people around the world to care about nature and look after our planet - the incredible Sir David Attenborough! 🎉

In the latest #Yeast research article, Matías Guerrero, Francisco Salinas and team developed new optogenetic switches based on the BcWCL1 photoreceptor. These systems improve light-controlled gene expression in S. cerevisiae, and versions with C-terminal deletions are the most performant 💡💡💡

The latest #Yeast research article features a tool developed by Guo-Song Jia, @lilindu.bsky.social & team: www.sogweb.org. Based on genome assemblies and annotations of Schizosaccharomyces species, users can explore gene alignments and phylogenetic trees. 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In the latest #Yeast research article, Yukinori Ozaki, Taku Ozaki and Qiu-Mei Zhang-Akiyama show that glucose restriction extends chronological #lifespan in budding yeast, while auxotrophic markers can induce abnormal cellular states under starvation. 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I am extremely happy to share that the final paper from my PhD in @litinice.bsky.social 's team at @ircan.bsky.social (Université Cote d'Azur, @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social) is now out in @natcomms.nature.com !!! 😁😁😁 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The new #Yeast issue of January-March 2026 (Volume 43, Number 1-2) is now out, with a review on the role of Rad9 in DNA repair, and three research articles spanning the isolation of yeast species from flowers and honeys, and the effects of furanic compounds. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In our recent study, we created over 1000 intraspecific yeast hybrids by crossing genetically diverse strains and tested how well they grow under harsh industrial conditions such as high ethanol, salt, and organic acids. enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In this #Yeast review article, Wendel Batista da Silveira & team give us an overview of the application of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in oleaginous yeasts. They discuss the main advances in the use of the tool, its technical limitations and future opportunities 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In this #Yeast research article, Laise Cedraz Pinto Matos, Amy Milburn and @yorkyeast.bsky.social investigated the physiological effects of #furanic compounds from the Maillard reaction in yeast & found that they have different uptake, efflux, and toxicity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In the latest #Yeast research article, Joanna Sękul, Anna Maria Kot, Katarzyna Pobiega and team analyze yeasts isolated from Polish urban #honeys and identify honey-derived S. cerevisiae strains that could be used as novel starters for mead production 🇵🇱 🍯 🐝 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A new #Yeast has been discovered by Carlos Rosa, Susana Johann & team: Candidozyma cisalpinoae. The new species is resistant to azoles, shows other virulence-associated traits and was isolated from Ipomoea flowers in the Tocantins state, Brazil 🌸 🇧🇷 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In the latest #Yeast review article, A. Kiely, F. O'Halloran, P. Young, N. F. Lowndes, @murielgalway.bsky.social and K. Finn discuss the latest advances in understanding the versatile role of Rad9 in the DNA Damage Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

ANNOUNCEMENT: The webpage for the upcoming yeast meetings of 2026 has recently been updated. Have a look at it to find out which exciting #yeast #conferences are ahead!!! 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Compared to the preprint, we added data on the functional effect of the suppressors (about half are LOF). Thanks again to @leopoldparts.bsky.social @ptck72.bsky.social @markashe.bsky.social @nicolo-tellini.bsky.social and all co-authors without Bluesky accounts!

delighted to have contributed to this editorial led by Sakkie Pretorius on the wave of next generation #yeast scientist

📢 In our new study, we identify the predominant natural route to polyploidy in S. cerevisiae. Stepwise polyploidization operates through iterative cycles of events termed "Sporulate–Endoreplicate–Mate" (SEM). Really excellent work led by @cintiagomez.bsky.social 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Our paper is now out in Nature: “Ancient co-option of LTR retrotransposons as yeast centromeres” www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short thread on how retrotransposons helped give rise to yeast point centromeres. 1/14

With @litinice.bsky.social, we built a haploid resource from 33 wild Taiwanese Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains — including some of the most genetically divergent Asian lineages — to bring natural yeast diversity into a genetically tractable framework. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

There's a lot more juicy stuff inside so I hope you'll give it a read over at @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Thanks to my (Bluesky) coauthors @linder-surprise.bsky.social, @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social, @ana-pontes.bsky.social, @hittingerlab.bsky.social, & @rokaslab.bsky.social!

The deadline for the submission of papers to the special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025 has been extended to 31 March. Papers should be connected to one of the meetings listed below. Hurry up and don't miss this chance! More information at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Last paper in collaboration with Zhou XU. We explored the natural telomere length diversity in S. cerevisiae and found that ploidy level, and subtelomere structure drive telomere length variation. Higher ploidy levels lead to telomere elongation! genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...

@rcply.bsky.social argues that phylogenetic inferences in sponge–ctenophore–bilaterian relationships based on shared chromosomal rearrangements suffer from insufficient statistical support. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf321 #evobio #molbio

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Last work of the lab showing that Repeated losses of self-fertility shaped heterozygosity and polyploidy in yeast evolution | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The new year has just started and we are happy to share the news that the new issue of #Yeast (Volume 42, Number 12, December 2025) is finally out!!! 😀😀😀 This issue includes two research articles and two reviews. You can browse it at this link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...

Here is our first publication of 2026 which is the first article of a special issue that mark the journal 40 anniversary - happy new year to all the #yeast community

here is our first contribution of yeast in microbiomes led by Jason Tsai group[ with contributions from Alberto and Nelly: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... more to come

📢 Join us in sunny Lisbon 🇵🇹 2-5 June for the @embo.org workshop ☀️ “The rules of the game: biophysical & molecular principles in cellular evolution” Apply by March 1st! Please repost to help spread the word! meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel... #EMBORulesOfTheGame @gimmfoundation.bsky.social

Some more shenanigans on the Ctenophora Porifera debate from @rcply.bsky.social academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

🗞️ New preprint from the lab, led by our postdoc Ana Garoña (not on here) in collab with @andreagiometto.bsky.social: “Experimental evolution of cellular miniaturization reveals a mechanism for cell size evolution”, aka: “honey, we shrank the yeasts!” 🎥 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Le Grand Prix scientifique franco-taïwanais 2025 du Conseil National des Sciences de #Taïwan et de @academiesciences.bsky.social a été décerné à Gianni LITI, de l'Institut de recherche sur le cancer et le vieillissement de Nice, et Isheng TSAI, du Biodiversity Research Center de l'Academia Sinica.

So excited to see my PhD work finally being published!!! It was such a pleasure working with a great team!!!

Congratulations to EMBO Member Tony Hyman on his appointment as the next Director General of EMBL! We look forward to working with him to strengthen European and global #LifeSciences. Read more: https://www.embo.org/features/embo-congratulates-new-director-general-of-embl/

In this #Yeast review article, Jose Ribamar Ferreira-Junior, Vittoria de Lima Camandona & Mario H. Barros show how Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be used as a model to study the cellular processes underlying #neurodegenerative disorders and to test new drugs 💊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In the latest #Yeast research article, Miguel A. Rocha, Gowda Bhavani and Jacob Fleischmann investigate the role of exonuclease-resistant ribosomal RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, their relationship with nutritional status and the TOR signalling pathway. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The new issue of #Yeast of 2025 (Volume 42, Issue 11, November 2025) is out! It includes papers about new yeast genomes, the biodiversity of yeasts in dough, polyphosphate accumulation and even a new #FantasticYeasts species 😃 You can browse it at this link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...

In the latest #Yeast research article, Alexander Deitert, Lars M. Blank and team investigated the effect of zinc and inositol in polyphosphate accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, revealing their role in energy metabolism and phosphate signalling. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In this new #Yeast research article Yueting Zheng, Wei Yang, Wei Zhang & teams developed a new expression vector system to produce exogenous proteins in Kluyveromyces marxianus, and they successfully expressed the cap gene of porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV3). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

NEW GENOME ALERT 👇: in this new #Yeast research article @dmattanovich.bsky.social , Brigitte Gasser, Alexandra B. Graf and team published the complete and annotated genome sequence of the Komagataella phaffii type strain, revealing new genes and SNPs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Ever wondered what is in your Tarhana dough? In the latest #Yeast research article, Burcu Ozel, Bilal Agirman, Omer Simsek and Huseyin Erten investigated the effects of backslopping on the yeast and volatile aroma compound diversity of tarhana. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from? Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The new issue of #Yeast is out ... with a surprise 😄! This issue marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of our journal, in 1985. To celebrate this achievement, we made a brand new cover with the most beautiful #Yeast front pages 😍 Happy birthday Yeast!!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...

Big congratulations to Dilanaz Arisan (@rquatrini.bsky.social 's lab) and Pablo Quintrel (@fcocubillosr.bsky.social 's lab) for winning the best posters awards sponsored by the #Yeast journal at the @smbe-chile2025.bsky.social conference in Puerto Varas 🎉🎉🎉

In the latest #Yeast research article, Somsak Likhitrattanapisal, Niran Roongsawang and team investigated the genome of Ogataea polymorpha and its transcriptomic response during growth in sucrose-supplemented medium. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sex or growth? Life must continually balance these strategies. We forced yeast to choose and captured the trade-off in real time. Evolution rewired existing regulators and fixed them through genetic assimilation, creating specialists for sex at the cost of growth. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

In the latest #Yeast research article, Haili Yu, Fuqiang Ma & team develop a new strain of Komagataella phaffii with increased production of bovine intestinal alkaline phosphatase, thanks to the editing of multiple YPS proteases with CRISPR/Cas9 technology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper! We generated and/or (re)analyzed ~100 #metagenomics Hi-C datasets to provide a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and viral metagenomes across VERY different environments. Congratulations to all authors especially Amaury Bignaud and @mmarbout.bsky.social for the huge work! #metaHiC

New preprint from the lab: we show that the ability to switch mating type was lost at least 13 times independently in the evolution of S. cerevisiae. At least 27% of isolates are heterothallic with a strong association with polyploidy and heterozygosity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Big congratulations to Ziv Ben-Moshe, Daishi Shirasaya and Yueming Dong for winning the best posters awards sponsored by the #Yeast journal at the #ISSY38 conference in Warsaw 🎉🎉🎉 #Yeast sponsored prizes in all major yeast conferences in 2025 and will also sponsor prizes at ISSY39 (www.issy39.org)