8th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis

8th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis
Canterbury, Kent, UK
2nd- 6th May 2011

The 8th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis will bring together investigators from around the world to present and discuss research employing yeasts as model organisms to study regulated cell death and its role in stress responses, aging and development.

These sessions will cover a variety of topics, including:
* Fungal Cell Death pathways
* Mitochondrial function and physiology
* Caspase-dependent and independent apoptosis
* Autophagy/Mitophagy
* Protein aggregation and toxicity
* Cellular Ageing
* Antifungal activity and drug discovery
* Evolution of apoptosis
* The metabolism of cell death

Opportunities will be available for oral and poster presentations.

Conference Venue
All talks will be held in Keynes College, located on the campus of the University Kent, Canterbury, UK.