🎤 Keynote Spotlight at #PYFF9! We're thrilled to welcome Rodrigo Ledesma (Imperial College London)! He leads work in Genetic Engineering with 200+ papers on microbial bioproduction. Don’t miss his talk! 🚀 #Biotech #Sustainability #Valencia2026 – at Burjassot, España

✨ Thrilled to welcome Vera Meyer (TU Berlin) as a #PYFF9 speaker! 🧬 A leader in #fungal #genetics, #biotechnology & #molecular #microbiology. Don’t miss her talk! 🚀 #Biotech #FungalScience Join us in Valencia! 🇪🇸 #Valencia2026 – at Alaquàs, España

Confirmed: Emilia Mellado as a #PYFF9 speaker! A microbiologist at the Instituto de Salud Carlos III leading research on fungal pathogens like Aspergillus and antifungal resistance, work with major impact on infectious disease science. Don’t miss her talk at #PYFF9 #Valencia2026 – at Burjassot, España

PYFF9 Speaker Announcement: Uffe Mortensen. Uffe works as a Professor at Technical University of Denmark, and is an expert in synthetic biology and genome engineering, developing cutting-edge tools for yeast and CRISPR technologies. Looking forward to his insights! #PYFF9 – at Burjassot, España

Delighted to welcome Ronald de Vries at #PYFF9! 🔬 From Aspergillus enzymes to systems-level fungal metabolism, his work bridges omics, genetics & biotech. ♻️ Don’t miss his insights on fungal metabolism 🎤 #FungalBiotech #PlantBiomass #CircularBioeconomy – at Burjassot, España

Confirmed speaker: Gianni Liti Dr. Liti is a Senior Researcher at IRCAN, leading the Population Genomics and Complex Traits group. His lab uses genetics and genomics to uncover the evolutionary processes shaping natural variation and complex traits. Don’t miss his talk at #PYFF9 – at Burjassot, España

🎤 Excited to welcome Arthur Ram as #PYFF9 speaker! Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology (IBL), studying how filamentous fungi grow and develop. Polysaccharide degradation & cell wall remodeling. Don’t miss his talk! 🧬🚀 #FungalBiology&Biotechnology – at Burjassot, España

Confirmed: Matthias Steiger as a #PYFF9 speaker! 🎤 He leads cutting-edge work on engineering fungi & yeasts for sustainable bioproductionl. Don’t miss his vision for the future of industrial biotech! #Valencia2026 – at Burjassot, España

🌟 PYFF9 Speaker Announcement: Prof. Kevin Verstrepen 🌟 Prof. Kevin Verstrepen (KU Leuven, VIB) studies yeast genetics, evolution, and fermentation, linking genetic variation to flavor and biotech applications. 📍 Don’t miss him at #PYFF9 in Valencia! #Yeast #Genetics #Biotech – at Sedaví, España

PYFF9 Speaker Announcement: Prof. Verena Siewers 🌟 Prof. Siewers (Chalmers University) engineers yeast cell factories using systems & synthetic biology to produce sustainable fuels, foods, and pharmaceuticals. 📍 Don’t miss her at #PYFF9 in Valencia! #SyntheticBiology #Yeasts – at Alaquàs, España

🌟 Meet Prof. Van Dijck at #PYFF9! His lab at VIB explores Candida species, uncovering how nutrient signals affect growth and virulence, discovering new antifungals, and studying resistance mechanisms, with a focus on the emerging pathogen C. auris. 🔬 🎙️ Don’t miss his talk! – at Alaquàs, España

🌟 PYFF9 Speaker: Joseph Schacherer 🌟 He leads his team at University of Strasbourg studying yeast population and functional genomics to uncover how genotype shapes phenotype. He also led the 1002 Yeast Genomes Project. 📍 Don’t miss his talk! #PYFF9 #Genomics #Yeast – at Alaquàs, España

🔬✨ Excited to highlight Session 1: “Unlocking the Secrets of Fungal Physiology and Metabolism” at PYFF9 – Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi, taking place this September in Valencia. Don't miss it! #PYFF9 – at Alaquàs, España