An artist's impression of a cancer cell. Like yeast, cancer cells are able to enter a form of "hibernation," allowing them to survive periods of nutrient starvation.

S. pombe is a type of yeast used for centuries to brew beer. It’s also an invaluable research tool for scientists because of its similarity to human cells. By better understanding S. pombe, ...

What happens to sex pheromones as new species emerge? New research studies sex pheromones in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, revealing an 'asymmetric' pheromone recognition system in ...

Under favorable conditions, the microbe, a species of yeast called S. pombe, does not age the way other microbes do, the researchers said. Typically, when single-celled organisms divide in half, ...

Now the minority fungus of lab culture - fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) - is fighting back. This week S. pombe enters the experimental big leagues, with the announcement of its ...

In the February 21 Nature, an international consortium of laboratories, led by the British Nobel laureate Paul Nurse, reports the complete sequence of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe ...

By Jeyashree Sundaram, MBA. Budding yeast have historically been used to study genetics. Studies involving cdc28 in S. cerevisiae and cdc2 in S. pombe continue to provide useful insights into mitosis.

In beer yeast, scientists find potential path to starving cancer. University of Virginia Health System. DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-52911-4 ...

S. pombe is a species of yeast that has been used for centuries to brew beer. But it's also an invaluable research tool for scientists because of its similarity to human cells.

Zymo Research of Orange, California, has come to the rescue with its Frozen-EZ Yeast Transformation Kit. Compatible with S. cerevisiae, S. pombe, C. albicans, and Pichia pastoris, the Frozen-EZ kit ...

Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an ascomycete yeast which replicates through binary fission. It is a model organism for studying mitosis in eukaryotes and has been used extensively in the field of ...