A Newsletter for Persons Interested in Yeast ISSN 0513-5222 Official Publication of the International Commission on Yeasts of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) JUNE 2011 Volume LX, Number I Marc-André Lachance, Editor University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 <
[email protected]> http://publish.uwo.ca/~lachance/YeastNewsletter.html Associate Editors Peter Biely Patrizia Romano Kyria Boundy-Mills Institute of Chemistry Dipartimento di Biologia, Difesa Herman J. Phaff Culture Slovak Academy of e Biotecnologie Agro-Forestali Collection Sciences Università della Basilicata, Department of Food Science and Dúbravská cesta 9, 842 3 Via Nazario Sauro, 85, 85100 Potenza, Technology 8 Bratislava, Slovakia Italy University of California Davis Davis California 95616-5224 SO Suh, Manassas, Virgina, USA . 1 GI Naumov and ES Naumova, Moscow, JA Barnett, Norwich, United Kingdom . 1 Russia........................ 9 A Bakalinsky, Corvallis, Oregon, USA . 1 J Piškur, Lund, Sweden . 11 D Begerow & A Yurkov, Bochum, Germany . 2 J Londesborough, VTT, Finland . 11 D Kriegel, Lodz, Poland ...................... 2 A Fonseca & JP Sampaio, Caparica, WI Golubev, Puschino, Russia ................. 4 Portugal ..................... 14 M Kopecká, Brno, Czech Republic . 4 W Meyer, Westmead, NSW, Austrilia . 15 I Kosalec, Zagreb, Croatia ..................... 5 MA Lachance, London, Ontario, Canada . 16 D Libkind, Bariloche, Argentina . 6 Essay ............................. 17 M Bettiga, Gothenburg, Sweden . 7 Recent meeting...................... 20 G Miloshev, Sofia, Bulgaria ................... 8 Forthcoming Meetings ................ 21 Fifty Years Ago ..................... 22 Editorials Alessandro Martini It is with much regret that I must announce the recent death of Prof. Alessandro Martini. A dear friend to many of us, Sandro was a strong advocate of ICY and will be remembered, amongst many other things, for having hosted the 1988 International Symposium on Yeasts in Perugia, Italy.