Yeast between life and death: A summary of the Ninth International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis in Rome, Italy, 17-20 September 2012

摘要

Remembering the ancient latin saying omnes viae Romam ducunt, the yeast cell death community came to the eternal city to attend the 9th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis (IMYA),from 17-20 September 2012. More than one hundred investigators from around the world presented and discussed their researches on programmed cell death (PCD) and its role in stress responses, aging and development employing yeast as model organism. On the first day, the meeting took place at the historical Angelicum Congress Center, sharing its opening session with the last session of the 20th Euroconference on Apoptosis (ECDO).