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Reducing Carbon Intensity of Food and Fuel Production Whilst Lowering Land-Use Impacts of Biofuels. PV Attfield, PJL Bell, AS Grobler, (2023), Fermentation9, 633. DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9070633

An Electro–Microbial Process to Uncouple Food Production from Photosynthesis for Application in Space Exploration PJL Bell, FE Paras, S Mandarakas, P Arcenal, S Robinson-Cast, AS Grobler, PV Attfield, (2022), Life, 12, 1002. DOI: 10.3390/life12071002

Crucial aspects of metabolism and cell biology relating to industrial production and processing of Saccharomyces biomass, PV Attfield (2022), Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, published online 22 June 2022. DOI:10.1080/07388551.2022.2072268

An Electro–Microbial Process to Uncouple Food Production from Photosynthesis for Application in Space Exploration PJL Bell, FE Paras, S Mandarakas, P Arcenal, S Robinson-Cast, AS Grobler, PV Attfield, (2022), Preprints (non-peer reviewed preprint), DOI: 10.20944/preprints202204.0270.v1.

Techno-economic implications of improved high gravity corn mash fermentation, A Kollaras, JM Kavanagh, D Purkovic, S Mandarakas, P Arcenal, WS Ng, KS Routledge, FE Paras, DH Selwood, P Koutouridis, ES Tirado-Escobar, MJB Moore, GL Bell, PJL Bell and PV Attfield (2011), Bioresource Technology, 102, 7521-7525. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.094

Next generation feed and fuel: adding value to sugarcane bagasse, A Kollaras, P Koutouridis, MJB Moore, PJL Bell, PV Attfield (2011), Proceedings of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 33.

Use of population genetics to derive non-recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae that grow using xylose as a sole carbon source, PV Attfield and PJL Bell (2006), FEMS Yeast Research, 6, 862-868. DOI:10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00098.x

Involvement of oxidative stress response genes in redox homeostasis, the level of reactive oxygen species, and ageing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, T Drakulic, M Temple, R Guido, S Jarolim, M Breitenbach, PV Attfield, and IW Dawes (2005), FEMS Yeast Research, 5, 1215-1228. DOI:10.1016/j.femsyr.2005.06.001

A flow cytometric method for determination of yeast viability and cell number in a brewery, AR Boyd, TS Gunasekera, PV Attfield, K Simic, SF Vincent and DA Veal (2003), FEMS Yeast Research, 3, 11-16. DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2003.tb00133.x

Generation of a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain that exhibits strong maltose utilisation and hyperosmotic resistance using nonrecombinant techniques, VJ Higgins, PJ Bell, IW Dawes and PV Attfield (2001), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67, 4346-4348. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4346-4348.2001

Heterogeneity of stress gene expression and stress resistance amongst individual cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, PV Attfield, HY Choi, DA Veal and PJL Bell (2001), Molecular Microbiology, 40, 1000-1008. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02444.x

Comparison of fermentative capacities of industrial baking and wild type yeasts of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae in different sugar media, PJL Bell, VJ Higgins and PV Attfield (2001), Letters in Applied Microbiology, 32, 224-229. DOI:10.1046/j.1472-765x.2001.00894.x

Hyperosmotic stress response by strains of baker’s yeasts in high sugar concentration medium, PV Attfield and S Kletsas (2000), Letters in Applied Microbiology, 31, 323-327. DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00825.x

Evaluation of light scattering and autofluorescent properties of brewer’s worts for flow cytometric analysis of yeast viability, A Boyd, PV Attfield, DA Veal and S Vincent (2000), Journal of Institute of Brewing, 106, 319-324.

Use of flow cytometry to monitor cell damage and predict fermentation activity of dried yeasts, PV Attfield, S Kletsas, DA Veal, R van Rooijen and PJL Bell (2000), Journal of Applied Microbiology, 89, 207-214. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.01100.x

Flow cytometry for monitoring microbial cells, DA Veal, D Deere, B Ferrari, J Piper and PV Attfield (2000), Journal of Immunological Methods, 243, 191-210. Invited review. DOI:10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00234-9

Applications of flow cytometry to microbiology of food and beverage industries, P Attfield, T Gunasekera, A Boyd, D Deere and D Veal (1999), Australasian Biotechnology, 9, 159-166. Minireview.

Facilitating functional analysis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome using an EGFP based promoter library and flow cytometry, PJL Bell, IW Dawes & PV Attfield (1999), Yeast, 15, 1747-1759. DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199912)15:16<1747::AID-YEA492>3.0.CO;2-2

Leu343Phe substitution in the MALX3 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae increases constitutivity and glucose insensitivity of MAL gene expression, V Higgins, M Braidwood, PH Bissinger, IW Dawes, & PV Attfield (1999), Current Genetics, 35, 491-498. DOI:10.1007/s002940050444

Genetic evidence that high uninduced maltase and maltose permease activities, governed by MALX3 transcriptional regulators, determines efficiency of gas production by baker’s yeast in unsugared doughs, V Higgins, M Braidwood, P Bell, PH Bissinger, IW Dawes, & PV Attfield (1999), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 65, 680-685. DOI:10.1128/AEM.65.2.680-685.1999

Enhancement of maltose utilisation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in medium containing fermentable hexoses, BW Hazell & PV Attfield (1999), Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 22, 627-632. DOI:10.1038/sj.jim.2900672

Intracellular concentration of exogenous glycerol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae provides for improved leavening of frozen doughs, DK Myers & PV Attfield (1999), Food Microbiology, 16, 45-51. DOI:10.1006/FMIC.1998.0212

A flow cytometric method for rapid selection of novel industrial yeast hybrids, PJL Bell, D Deere, J Shen, B Chapman, PH Bissinger, PV Attfield & DA Veal (1998), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 64, 1669-1672. DOI:10.1128/aem.64.5.1669-1672.1998

Loading of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with glycerol leads to enhanced fermentation in sweet bread doughs, DK Myers, VM Joseph, S Pehm, M Galvagno & PV Attfield (1998), Food Microbiology, 15, 51-58.  DOI:10.1006/fmic.1997.0131

Stress tolerance: the key to effective industrial baker’s yeast, PV Attfield (1997), Nature Biotechnology, 15, 1351-1357.  Review. DOI:10.1038/nbt1297-1351

Stress co-tolerance and trehalose content in baking strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, JG Lewis, RP Learmonth, PV Attfield & K Watson (1997), Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 18, 30-36. DOI:10.1038/sj.jim.2900347

Influence of invertase activity and glycerol synthesis and retention on fermentation of media with a high sugar concentration by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, DK Myers, DTM Lawlor & PV Attfield (1997), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 63, 145-150. DOI:10.1128/aem.63.1.145-150.1997

The importance of stress tolerance to baker’s yeast, PV Attfield, BW Hazell & DK Myers (1997), Australasian Biotechnology, 7, 149-154. Minireview.

Freeze/thaw stress response of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is growth-phase specific and controlled by nutritional status via the RAS-cAMP signal transduction pathway, J-I Park, C Grant, PV Attfield & IW Dawes (1997), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 63, 3818-3824. DOI 10.1128/aem.63.10.3818-3824.1997:

Involvement of CIF1 (GGS1/TPS1) in osmotic response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, BW Hazell, S Kletsas, H Nevalainen & PV Attfield (1997), FEBS Letters, 414, 353-358. DOI:10.1016/S0014-5793(97)01033-8

Proven efficacy and economics of a pollen substitute as a honeybee (yeast) nutrient, P Ramm & PV Attfield (1996), Australasian Beekeeper, 97, 408-416.

Evidence that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae CIF1 (GGS1/TPS1) gene modulates heat shock response positively, B Hazell, H Nevalainen & PV Attfield (1995), FEBS Letters, 377, 457-460. DOI:10.1016/0014-5793(95)01392-X

Concomitant appearance of thermotolerance and storage of trehalose in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during early respiratory phase of batch-culture is CIF1-dependent, PV Attfield, S Kletsas & B Hazell (1994), Microbiology, 140, 2625-2632. DOI:10.1099/00221287-140-10-2625

The need for consistent nomenclature and assessment of growth phases in diauxic cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, JG Lewis, CJ Northcott, RP Lear­month, PV Attfield & K Watson (1993), Journal of General Microbiology, 139, 835-839. DOI:10.1099/00221287-139-4-835

Construction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that accumulate relatively low concentrations of trehalose, and their application in testing the contribution of the disaccharide to stress tolerance, PV Attfield, A Raman & CJ Northcott (1992), FEMS Microbi­ology Letters, 94, 271-276. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05330.x

Trehalose accumulates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during exposure to agents that induce heat shock response, PV Attfield (1987), FEBS Letters, 225, 259-263. DOI:10.1016/0014-5793(87)81170-5

BOOK CHAPTERS

Genetic engineering of yeasts: principles and applications, RJ Evans & PV Attfield (1989), in, Biotechnology and the Food In­dustry, (PL Rogers & GH Fleet, eds.), Chapter 3, pp. 33-60. Gordon & Breach Science. Publications, NY.

Physiological and molecular aspects of hyperosmotic stress tolerance in yeasts, PV Attfield (1998), in, Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, (SG Pandalai, Managing ed.), Vol. 2-1998 Part II, pp. 427-441. Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India.

Comparison of the methylene blue assay with a new flow-cytometric method for determining yeast viability in a brewery, A Boyd, T Gunasekera, P Attfield, K Simic, S Vincent & D Veal (2003), in, Brewing Yeast Fermentation Performance, (K Smart ed.), 2nd edition, pp 174-179. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Genetic improvement of baker’s yeasts, PV Attfield and PJL Bell (2003), in, Applied Mycology and Biotechnology, (DK Arora and GG Khachatourians, eds.), Vol3: Fungal Genomics. Chapter 10, pp 213-240.  Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Genetics and classical genetic manipulation of industrial yeasts, PV Attfield and PJL Bell (2003), in, Functional Genetics of Industrial Yeasts, (JH de Winde, ed), Topics in Current Genetics, (S Hohmann, Series Ed), 2, pp17-55. Springer-Verlag, Heidlelberg and New York.

CONFERENCE COMMUNICATIONS

Investigating the evolution of complex, novel traits using whole genome sequencing and molecular palaeontology, GSA/APCC6 2018, Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Canberra, ACT, July 1-4, 2018, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Psyche Arcenal, Anna Sophia Grobler, Philip J. L. Bell, Paul V. Attfield and Richard J. Edwards – abstract.

Genome-guided characterisation of evolved xylose metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 39th Annual Lorne Genome Conference 2018, Lorne, Victoria, 11-13 February 2018, Richard J. Edwards, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Gustave Severin, Tonia L. Russell, Psyche Arcenal, Anna Sophia Grobler, Paul V. Attfield and Philip J.L. Bell – abstract and poster

Genomic and transcriptomic characterisation of evolved xylose metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 7th Australasian Conference on Yeast: Products and Discovery, Ballarat, Victoria, 29th November – 1st December 2017, Richard J. Edwards, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Gustave Severin, Tonia L. Russel, Psyche Arcenal, Anna Sophia Grobler, Paul V. Attfield and Philip J. L. Bell – abstract

Investigating the evolution of complex novel traits using whole genome sequencing and molecular palaeontology, AB3ACBS-2017 National Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 13-15 November 2017, Åsa Perez-Bercoff, Psyche Arcenal, Anna Sophia Grobler, Philip J. L. Bell, Paul V. Attfield & Richard J. Edwards – abstract and poster.

PacBio sequencing, de novo assembly and haplotype phasing of diploid yeast strains, AB3ACBS-2017 National Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 13-15 November 2017, Richard Edwards, Åsa Perez-Bercoff, Tonia Russell, Paul V. Attfield & Philip J.L. Bell – abstract and poster. https://f1000research.com/posters/7-891

Multi-omic characterisation of a novel xylose metabolising strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, AB3ACBS-2017 National Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 13-15 November 2017, Gustave Severin, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Psyche Arcenal, Anna Sophia Grobler, Philip J. L. Bell, Paul V. Attfield & Richard J. Edwards – abstract and poster

PacBio sequencing, de novo assembly and haplotype phasing of diploid yeast strains. 38th Annual Lorne Genome Conference 2017, Lorne, Victoria, 12-14 February 2017, Richard J Edwards, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Tonia L Russell, Paul V Attfield & Philip JL Bell – abstract and poster. https://f1000research.com/posters/7-891

Investigating the evolution of new biochemical pathways in baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, AB3ACBS, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 31 October – 2nd November 2016, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff1, Tonia L. Russell, Philip J. L. Bell, Paul V. Attfield, Richard J. Edwards abstract. https://f1000research.com/slides/5-2611

PacBio sequencing and comparative genomics of three Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, 37th Annual Lorne Genome Conference 2016, Lorne, Victoria, 14-16 February 2016, Richard J. Edwards, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Tonia L. Russell, Zhiliang Chen, Marc R. Wilkins, Paul V. Attfield & Philip J.L. Bell – abstract and poster. https://f1000research.com/posters/5-172

Genetic characterisation of the evolution of a novel metabolic function in yeast, The 15th annual conference of the Australasian Genomic Technologies Association (AGTA), Hunter Valley, NSW, 11-14 October 2015, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Tonia Russell, Philip J.L. Bell, Paul V. Attfield, & Richard J. Edwards – abstract and poster.

The SMRT way to sequence a yeast genome, The Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society (AB3ACBS), Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, 10-11 October 2015, Åsa Pérez-Bercoff, Tonia Russell, Philip J.L. Bell, Paul V. Attfield, & Richard J. Edwards – abstract and poster. https://f1000research.com/posters/4-1022

Maximising revenues and minimising waste in fuel and feed biorefineries, Bioenergy Australia 2014, Adelaide, South Australia, 1-2 December 2014, P. Milic, G. Bell, P. Attfield and P. Bell – abstract.

Evolving a ‘gain-of-function’ phenotype in yeast appears to support Fisher’s infinitesimal model, EMBO Conference Series, Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology using Yeast & other Model Systems, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, 12-15 October 2014, PJL Bell and P Attfield – abstract.

Towards commercialization of biofuels made from cellulosic feedstocks: engineering xylose utilization and isoprenoid production in S. cerevisiae, Society for Industrial Microbiology, 35th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Portland, Oregon, USA, 29 April – 2 May 2013, JW Wenger, P Saija, J Kim, PV Attfield, P Bell and G Wichmann – abstract.

Microbiogen’s second generation biorefinery – converting sugarcane bagasse into fuel and feed, Meeting of Bioenergy Australia, Canberra, ACT, 21 March 2013, P Attfield – oral presentation.

The ‘Fuel & Food’ Biorefinery: Making 2nd Generation Bioethanol Viable, BIOM2E Global Bioenergy Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25-27 September 2012, P Attfield – oral presentation.   

A new approach to making a lignocellulosic biorefinery profitable, Twelfth International Conference for Agricultural Biotechnology, 2-6 September 2012 Rotorua, New Zealand, Geoff Bell, Arthur Kollaras, Philip Bell, Paul Attfield and Peter Milic – abstract.

A feed and fuel approach to making second generation bioethanol techno-economically viable, ISAF XIX International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, Verona, Italy, 10-14 October 2011, Arthur Kollaras, Philip JL Bell and Paul V Attfield– oral presentation and abstract.

Next generation feed and fuel: adding value to sugarcane bagasse, 33rd Annual Conference of Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, MacKay, Queensland, 4-6 May 2011, Michael JB Moore, Arthur Kollaras, Paul Koutouridis, Philip JL Bell and Paul V Attfield – abstract and full paper in Proceedings of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 33.

An alternative approach for making 2nd generation bioethanol viable, Society for Industrial Microbiology, 33rd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2-5 May 2011, Arthur Kollaras, Philip J.L. Bell and Paul V. Attfield – oral presentation and abstract.

Process efficiencies and the economic implications of Microbiogen’s fuel and food biorefinery concept, BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Bioenergy, Dalian, Liaoning, China, 25-29 April 2011, Geoff Bell, Philip Bell, Paul Attfield and Peter Milic – abstract.

Combining classical breeding and evolutionary strategies to generate improved novel yeast for renewable bio-refineries, BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Bioenergy, Dalian, Liaoning, China, 25-29 April 2011, Philip Bell and Paul Attfield – abstract.

Process efficiencies and the economic implications of Microbiogen’s “fuel and food biorefinery”, Bioenergy Australia 2010 Biomass for a Clean Energy Future, Sydney, New South Wales, 8-10 December 2010, Geoff Bell, Paul Attfield, Peter Milic and Mike Moore – abstract.

Production of yeast biomass from wood molasses using non-recombinant xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 7-12 November 2010, Arthur Kollaras, Philip Bell and Paul Attfield – abstract.

Changing biofuels from an unwelcome consumer of food into a net producer of food and fuel, Bioprocessing Network Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 12-15 October 2010, PJL Bell and PV Attfield – oral presentation.

Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuel and food using a non-recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae selectively bred to metabolize xylose, Society for Industrial Microbiology, 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 19 – 22 April 2010, Paul Attfield, Arthur Kollaras and Philip Bell – oral presentation and abstract.

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuel and food, Bioenergy Australia 2009 – From Opportunity to Implementation, Gold Coast, Queensland, 8-10 December 2009, P Attfield – oral presentation and abstract.

Novel yeasts to enable a food and fuel biorefinery, Yeast Products and Development Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 2-4 December 2009, PJL Bell and PV Attfield – oral presentation.

Novel yeasts to enable a cellulosic ethanol industry, Bioenergy Australia 2007 – Sustainable Energy in a Carbon Constrained World, Gold Coast, Queensland, 26-28 November 2007, PJL Bell and PV Attfield – oral presentation.

A different approach to developing yeasts for biomass conversion, Platts Cellulosic Ethanol and 2nd Generation Biofuels Conference, Chicago, USA, October 2007, Paul V Attfield – oral presentation.

Breakthrough in yeasts for making bioethanol from lignocellulosics, ISAF XV International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, San Diego, USA, September 2005, Philip JL Bell and Paul V Attfield – oral presentation and abstract.

Non-GM yeasts for lignocellulosic fermentation, Meeting of Bioenergy Australia, Canberra, ACT, 30 June 2005, PJL Bell and PV Attfield – oral presentation.

Histone locus provides a target for rapid identification of Candida species, Australian Society for Microbiology & Australasian Mycological Society, Sydney, Australia, September 2004, Gordana Pecenpetelovska, Philip Bell, Krystyna Marszewska, Paul Attfield and Wieland Meyer – abstract.

Histone gene promoter region as a target for rapid identification of clinical yeast, 11th International Congress on Yeasts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2004, Philip JL Bell, Gordana Pecenpetelovska, Krystyna Marszewska, Paul V Attfield and Wieland Meyer – poster and abstract.

Potentiating classical yeast strain development, 11th International Congress on Yeasts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2004, Paul Attfield – oral presentation and abstract.

Monitoring Heterogeneity: Improving Consistency of Industrial Yeasts, Yeast Products and Discovery Conference, Barossa Valley, South Australia, April 2004, Paul Attfield – oral presentation as invited speaker and abstract.

Comparison of the methylene blue assay with a new flow cytometric method for determining yeast viability in a brewery, 3rd Brewing Yeast Fermentation Performance Congress, Oxford, UK, September 2001, Andrew Boyd, Thusitha Gunasekera, Paul Attfield, Kristina Simic, Scott Vincent and Duncan Veal – poster and paper in proceedings.

The absence of oxidative stress genes leads to changes in cell redox state, XXth International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2001, Tamara Drakulic, Vincent J. Higgins, Paul V. Attfield and Ian W. Dawes – abstract.

Is glycogen a useful indicator of brewer’s yeast vitality? American Society for Microbiology 101st General Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 2001.  A Boyd, T Gunasekera, P Attfield and D Veal – poster and abstract.

Oxidative stress response genes are involved in maintenance of normal cell redox state, 22nd Lorne Annual Genome Conference, Lorne, Victoria, Australia, February 2001. T Drakulic, VJ Higgins, PV Attfield and IW Dawes – poster and abstract. 

Investigation of the cellular redox state in S. cerevisiae, Annual Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research Australasia: Oxidants, Antioxidants and Nutrition, Wellington, New Zealand, December 2000.  T Drakulic, N Alic, V Higgins, PV Attfield and IW Dawes – poster and abstract.

In situ monitoring of stress response in individual yeast cells, 10th International Symposium on Yeasts, Arnhem, Holland, August – September 2000. PV Attfield, S Kletsas, H-Y Choi, DA Veal and PJL Bell – poster and abstract.

Measuring Microbial Viability.  How to do it and what does it mean? Australian Society for Microbiology, Cairns, Australia, July 2000. Duncan Veal, Paul Attfield, Matthias Dorsch, Michelle Power, Thusitha Gunasekera, Andrew Boyd, Gunnar Øregaard and Sören Sörensen – abstract.

Baker’s Yeast – a stressful business, Yeast Products and Discovery Conference, South Stradbroke Island, Australia, June 2000. Paul Attfield and Phillip Bell – oral presentation as invited speaker – abstract.

Using flow cytometry for classical and molecular genetics of yeasts, Yeast Products and Discovery Conference, South Stradbroke Island, Australia, June 2000. Phillip Bell and Paul Attfield –abstract.

Flow cytometry and fluorescence for studying physiology and gene expression in yeast, Yeast Products and Discovery Conference, South Stradbroke Island, Australia, June 2000. PV Attfield, H-Y Choi, S Kletsas, T Gunasekera, A Boyd, PJL Bell and DA Veal – poster and abstract.

Use of recombinant DNA techniques to produce new and useful non-genetically modified yeasts, Yeast Products and Discovery Conference, South Stradbroke Island, Australia, June 2000. VJ Higgins, PV Attfield and IW Dawes – poster and abstract.

Flow cytometry in the brewery, 26th Convention of the Institute of Brewing Asia Pacific Section, Singapore, March 2000.  S. Vincent, A. Boyd, P. Attfield, P. Rogers and D. Veal –abstract.

Application of flow cytometry to analyses of yeast vitality and metabolism. Carlton and United Breweries Symposium on Brewing Yeast, Melbourne, Australia, June 1999. P Attfield and A Boyd – oral presentation as invited speaker.

Making yeasts more tolerant to stress.  Combined meeting of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology and The Australian Society for Microbiology, Sydney, Australia, February 1999.  P Attfield – oral presentation as invited speaker.

Amino acid changes in the yeast maltose regulatory protein (MalX3p) relieve glucose repression of maltose expression. 20th Annual Conference on the Organisation and Expression of the Genome, Lorne, Australia, February 1998. V Higgins, P Bell, P Attfield and I Dawes – abstract.

A flow cytometric method for rapid selection of novel industrial yeast hybrids20th Annual Australasian Flow Cytometry Group Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, October 1997.  J Shen, D Deere, P Bell, B Chapman, P Attfield, P Bissinger and D Veal – abstract.

Development of flow cytometric methods for understanding stress tolerance in baker’s yeast. 20th Annual Australasian Flow Cytometry Group Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, October 1997. B Chapman, D Deere, P Bell, J Shen, D Veal and P Attfield – abstract.

Freeze/thaw stress response of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is growth-phase specific and controlled by nutritional status via the RAS-cAMP signal transduction pathway. 19th Annual Conference on the Organisation and Expression of the Genome, Lorne, Australia, February 1997.  J-I Park, C Grant, P Attfield and I Dawes – abstract.

Trehalose accumulation and membrane fluidity changes during heat shock in yeasts. Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Australian Society of Plant Physiologists, Canberra, Australia, September 1996. R Learmonth, S Carlin and P Attfield – abstract.

Yeast adaptation to hyperosmotic, high fermentable sugar media. 9th International Symposium on Yeasts, Sydney, Australia, August 1996. D Myers, D Lawlor and P Attfield – poster & abstract.

Does CIF1 (GGS1/TPS1) modulate hyperosmotic stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae? 9th International Symposium on Yeasts, Sydney, Australia, August 1996. B Hazell, H Nevalainen and P Attfield – poster & abstract.

Is lipid composition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae affected by cif1 mutation?  9th International Symposium on Yeasts, Sydney, Australia, August 1996. C Northcott and P Attfield – poster & abstract.

Trehalose: Is it a stress protectant? 2nd Congress of the Asian-Pacific Organisation for Cell Biology, Sydney, Australia, October 1994.  P Attfield & S Kletsas – poster & abstract.

Growth phase-dependent role of trehalose in intrinsic and induced thermotolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Gold Coast, Australia, September 1994. B Hazell, S Kletsas, H Nevalainen & P Attfield – poster & abstract.

Stress tolerance in yeast: Relationships between five stresses and growth state, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Canberra, Australia, September 1991. J Lewis, C Northcott, R Learmonth, P Attfield and K Watson – abstract.

Genetic engineering of yeast, University of New South Wales Symposium on, Biotechnology: Opportunities for the Australian Food Industry, Sydney, Australia, February 1987.  R Evans and P Attfield – abstract.