British Yeast Group 2019: A view from Twitter
Posted on July 2, 2019 by Alex Kubiakowska
The British Yeast Group Focused Meeting 2019 was held in Newcastle from 26–28 June. This year’s theme focused on ‘discovery to impact.’ The event promised to be a great opportunity for early career yeast researchers to share their research, network and strengthen relationships in the British yeast community. Here we share some of the highlights from another successful meeting with a view from Twitter.
The meeting began with a talk from Dr Liz Ballou (University of Birmingham, UK) who discussed how she recently developed an in vitro assay for inducing cells and explained her research into other mechanisms of inducible polyploidy in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Perfect way to open #byg19 with a great talk from @BallouLab. Love her variety of approaches to understanding the phenotypic diversity of Cryptococcus Titan cells. pic.twitter.com/mBCvIFAvte
— Lis Lowe(@Lis_Lowe) June 26, 2019
Daniel Jones (Johnston Labs, UK) then proceeded to present his paper on investigating a novel strain of Candida famata with Danio reiro.
Had a great opportunity to speak about my undergrad placement project today. Really interesting work being discussed here at #BYG19 pic.twitter.com/QzqA7NhRDa
— Daniel Jones (@DanJ910) June 26, 2019
Campbell Gourlay (University of Kent, UK) shared his research into an antifungal treatment that could provide a lifeline to patients post total laryngectomy.
Laryngeal malignancy is the most frequent head and neck cancer that if left untreated requires a total laryngectomy. @CampbellGourlay discusses an antifungal treatment that could significantly extend voice prosthesis for patients suffering #BYG19
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) June 26, 2019
There were lots of opportunities to network at both the lunch and coffee breaks. Posters were on display for delegates to view throughout the conference.
Delegates enjoying the poster sessions and networking with other researchers at #BYG19. pic.twitter.com/K9k7GZ57dM
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) June 26, 2019
We even managed to attract a young and aspiring scientist at the event.
And thanks to the youngest attendee for showing so much interest in the posters #BYG19 pic.twitter.com/swPk9ABwmZ
— Newcastle Fungal Group (@NclFungalGroup) June 26, 2019
Delegates shared their thoughts as day one of the conference concluded.
Great first day at #BYG19! So excited to be back in the UK and the yeast community! Excellent talks and inspiring scientific discussions as always #happypari
— P Kritsiligkou (@Parikki) June 26, 2019
Absolutely fantastic first day! Thanks so much to the speakers for their great talks and the poster presenters for a very vibrant session #BYG19
— Newcastle Fungal Group (@NclFungalGroup) June 26, 2019
On day two of the conference we enjoyed another morning of presentations and offered papers.
Fascinating talk by @jusher1979 on novel genes involved in oxidative stress response in Candida glabrata. #BYG19 pic.twitter.com/p1DwTfcno7
— Alessandra Dantas (@alesdantas) June 27, 2019
Fantastic talk! Developing cool tools to define the redox atlas of the cell #byg19 https://t.co/ncePS0eBgI
— Newcastle Fungal Group (@NclFungalGroup) June 27, 2019
Harriet Knafler from #Ayscoughlab talking about her recent PhDwork at #byg19 @MicrobioSoc @bmssheffield. Great talk. pic.twitter.com/4xApxjG4mE
— ProfKathryn (@KathrynProf) June 27, 2019
The County Hotel in Newcastle provided us with a great venue for the event.
We conclude a great morning at #BYG19 as we break for lunch, networking and poster viewing. Looking forward to the afternoon sessions and presentations ahead! pic.twitter.com/8TBbr5AFRB
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) June 27, 2019
There were more opportunities to network with other researchers.
Another fantastic day at the British Yeast Group Focused Meeting. Great to see so many researchers and speakers networking. If you have any photos you would like to share, don't forget to use our hashtag #BYG19! pic.twitter.com/0ACL0abnoe
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) June 27, 2019
And we rounded off the day with a BBQ at Baltic Arts Centre which was enjoyed by attending delegates.
When you get to work with your best friends #BYG19 conference BBQ pic.twitter.com/L3z6iyKV5L
— Yasmin Ahmed (@Yasmin_Ahmed_93) June 28, 2019
Before we knew it, it was the final day of the event and we had many more fantastic talks from researchers including those exploring genome architecture, variation graphs and encoding yeasts to name a few.
Great talk from @NclFungalGroup 's Dr Katharina Trunk, sneaking some bacteria into #BYG19 pic.twitter.com/alR3Jofm4Z
— Yasmin Ahmed (@Yasmin_Ahmed_93) June 28, 2019
Great talk by @prithika_ from @TheQuadram presenting her research on variation graphs at #byg19 pic.twitter.com/l66pHBYk2k
— Ann-Marie Keane (@aKeaneScientist) June 28, 2019
Brian Cox #kentfungalgroup talking about prions 50years after discovering the PSI phenotype, legend!!! #BYG19 pic.twitter.com/iRQiX3qRnG
— Campbell Gourlay (@CampbellGourlay) June 28, 2019
The event concluded with closing remarks and announcing the poster prize winner Elizabeth Edrich from the University of Kent, UK.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Edrich from @UniKent whose poster on 'The role of the outer mitochondrial membrane protein Porin in cell death and ageing' won best poster prize at #BYG19 pic.twitter.com/l30kSD8UQW
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) July 1, 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting.
Thank you to all delegates and organisers who attended #BYG19! We hope you have enjoyed the meeting this year and look forward to seeing you soon. pic.twitter.com/xiPaANXFW3
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) June 28, 2019
Had a great few days attending the @MicrobioSoc #BYG conference. Last night's BBQ, overlooking the Tyne was fantastic. #photooftheday pic.twitter.com/tBrcIVpLan
— Daniel
