swiss yeast in geneva

i had only discovered that it was the anual swiss yeast meeting in geneva today on last wendesday, but had managed to pull my act together and get a rather snazzy poster finished for the occasion. i even managed to trap a (small) audience to talk through the story, which is always most exciting. the swiss community is rather small (50-100 people), and being a very popular model organism, the research presented ranged from dna repair, mRNA regulation, protein degradation control, glycosylation (the most important and interesting topic of course), to community interactions and evolution. but even though i only managed to stay focussed for the introduction and conclusion of most presentations, i think i learnt a thing or two, and as well as meeting some new people, that counts as a successful day.

we explored geneva a little after the meeting was over, with a wander along the very blustery and cold lake front, before hitting a groovy little lebanese restaurant for dinner. yum, cheap, atmospheric and fun! can't do much better than that! as good as it was though, it didn't make up for the 2:45 train journey back to drizzley cold zürich. however, cold rainy weather makes for very enjoyable sleeping in :)