The International Commission on Yeasts (ICY) was established in Bratislava in 1966 as the Council for Yeast Research, composed of prominent specialists in the field of yeasts. In 1971 the Council was transferred into the International Association of Microbiological Societies (IAMS), now International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), where ICY is now a commission under the Division of Mycology and Eukaryotic Microbiology, according to its statutes. ICY publishes the Yeast Newsletter by courtesy by Dr. Marc-André Lachance.