DAY 1 PROGRAM

Sunday, August 3, 2025

12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Registration Check-in

Robsham Theater Lobby

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

WELCOME RECEPTION

Corcoran Commons

DAY 2 PROGRAM

Monday, August 4, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST

Corcoran Commons

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

WELCOME

Tom Chiles and Charlie Hoffman

9:15 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.

KEYNOTE  & PLENARY TALKS
Beyond pombe

Li-Lin Du, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Moderator: Maitreyi Das, Boston College, Boston, MA

10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Robsham Theater Lobby

10:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

KEYNOTE  & PLENARY TALKS
Beyond pombe

Elena Hidalgo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Snezhana Oliferenko, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

Moderator: Maitreyi Das, Boston College, Boston, MA

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH

Corcoran Commons

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

CELL DIVISION AND FUSION

Session chairs: Caroline Laplante and Sophie Martin

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Robsham Theater Lobby

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

STRESS RESPONSE

Session chairs: Henry Levin and Elena Hidalgo

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

POSTER SET-UP

6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

DINNER

Corcoran Commons

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 1

DAY 3 PROGRAM

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST

Corcoran Commons

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

TRANSCRIPTION AND HETEROCHROMATIN

Session chairs: Songtao Jia and Danesh Moazed

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Robsham Theater Lobby

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

CHROMOSOMES

Session chairs: Ee Sin Chen and Julie Cooper

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH

Corcoran Commons

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

MEIOSIS AND RECOMBINATION 

Session chairs: Wayne Wahls and SaraH Zanders
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Robsham Theater Lobby

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

DNA REPLICATION

Session chairs: Susan Forsburg and Nick Rhind

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

FREE TIME

6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

DINNER

Corcoran Commons

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

CELL GROWTH AND SIGNALING

Session chairs: Ronit Weisman and Reiko Sugiura

DAY 4 PROGRAM

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST

Corcoran Commons

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

EVOLUTION AND OTHER FISSION YEASTS

Session chairs: Snezhana Oliferenko and Dom Helmlinger

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Robsham Theater Lobby

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

AGING AND METABOLISM

Session chairs: Benoit Arcangioli and  Benjamin Roche

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH

Corcoran Commons

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FISSION YEAST RESEARCH

Session chairs: Jurg Bahler and Li-Lin Du

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Robsham Theater Lobby

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

CHROMATIN AND RNAI

Session chairs: Shiv Grewal and Ke Zhang Reid

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

FREE TIME

6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

DINNER

Corcoran Commons

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

POSTER SESSION 2

DAY 5 PROGRAM

Thursday, August 7, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST

Corcoran Commons

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

MITOSIS AND CELL-CYCLE CHECKPOINTS

Session chairs: Silke Hauf and Genevieve Thon

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Robsham Theater Lobby

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

ORGANELLES

Session chairs: Ying Huang and Jamie Moseley

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH

Corcoran Commons

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

RNA PROCESSING AND NONCODING RNAS 

Session chairs: Mark Bayfield and Kouji Hirota

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

CELL POLARITY

Session chairs: Fulvia Verde and Maitreyi Das

4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

BOARD BUS TO GALA

6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

GALA

10:00 p.m.

BOARD BUS BACK TO BC

DAY 6 PROGRAM

Friday, August 8, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST

Corcoran Commons

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

PomBase

Valerie Wood

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Emerging Topics Talks/Panel

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break

Robsham Theater Lobby

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

The Future of Fission Yeast Research

Sir Paul Nurse, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Poster Awards

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