The 8th National Fungus Day of Egypt Online | اليوم الوطنى الثامن لفطريات مصر أونلاين

The 8th National Fungus Day of Egypt Online

Date: February 24, 2023


Theme: "Mycology by Amateur and Young Mycologists"



  


  


  

Event Coordinator

Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Azeem

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Industries, ,
University of Sinai, Egypt.

  


Mycology by Armature and Young Mycologists علم الفطريات من قبل دارسى الفطريات الهواة والمتخصصين صغار السن




In 2014 and 2016 Abdel-Azeem “the founder of Arab Society for Fungal Conservation” proposed a good candidate for celebration of Egypt’s National Fungus Day on the 20th of February. This is due to the role of ancient Egyptians in documentation and conservation of fungi since ancient time and Ramses II is one of the famous pharaohs and solar event in The Great Temple at Abu Simbel is a cosmopolitan one. Abdel-Azeem with the help of international societies, agencies and mycologists decreed the Egypt’s National Fungus Day in Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the 20th of February 2016 for the first time.

تزامنا مع تعامد الشمس علي وجه الملك رمسيس الثاني في المعبد الكبير بابو سمبل في العشرين من فبراير من كل عام هذا الحدث العظيم لابداع المصري القديم فقد قام الاستاذ الدكتور أحمد عبد العظيم مؤسس الجمعية العربية للحفاظ على الفطريات وبمساعدة المؤسسات والوكالات الدولية باختيار هذا اليوم يوما وطنيا للفطريات في مصر منذ عامي 2014 و 2016 وذلك لتأكيد وتوثيق دور المصريين القدماء في التعامل والحفاظ علي الفطريات منذ اقدم العصور. وقد تم الاحتفال لاول مرة في العشرين من فبراير من عام 2016 باليوم الوطني للفطريات في مصر في رحاب مكتبة الإسكندرية في العشرين من فبراير 2016 لأول مرة


Arab Society for Fungal Conservation (Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Suez Canal at Ismailia) under the auspices of the International Mycological Association (IMA), Convention on biological Diversity (CBD) and Mohamed bin Zayed species conservation Fund (MBZ) announce the 8th anniversary celebration of the National Fungus Day of Egypt. The celebration will take place online on the 24th of February 2023 from 13:30 pm till 20:00 pm if Allah wills (Google Meet).For Egyptians please send your fees to Vodafone Cash number 01090797002.


The celebration will include different activities which will cover different topics such as:
1-Endophytic fungi a real solution to combat abiotic stress and climate change.
2-Nematicidal activity of soil fungi against plant parasitic nematodes.
3-Friendly fungi help forests trees fight climate change.
3-Fungal diversity by polyphasic techniques.
4-Fungal mycotoxins.
5-Fungal Biostimulants in Agriculture: Towards a Sustainable Future.
6-Fungal Secondary Metabolites: A treasure to discover for food industry.
7-Strategic crops and endophytic fungi: The new hope towards sustainability.
8-Fungal diversity and climate changes.
9-Fungal Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Diversity and applications.
10-Mycorrhizal fungi and climate change.


For E-poster presentation on the different fields of mycology, please download the instructions form here and the E-poster template from here.
Then, use the online submission form to submit your details and attach the abstract as word file.


If you will submit E-Poster, then all E-Posters will be available for viewing online before, during and after the day. During the day the posters will not be scheduled, but they can be viewed and discussed during the breaks at all screens.


If you want to connect to meet the author you can do so by email. You can also download the posters as high resolution PDF documents from the event site. E-Posters for 8th national Fungus Day of Egypt will use digital 50″ screens.


Deadline for uploading your E-Poster: Thursday, 15 February 2023
E-Poster registered presenters will receive a dedicated link to upload their E-Posters by email.
Please submit your E-Poster as a 1-page in portrait orientation. You may use a template that can be downloaded here.
• Language: All E-Posters should be prepared in English.
• File format: PDF or .pptx
• E-Poster size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height – portrait orientation
• E-Poster size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height – portrait orientation
• Font size: ≥16
In case you wish to add a video to your poster, please keep these requirements in mind:
• File format: .pptx only
• Video formats: .mp4, .mpg, .avi
• Max. file size: 50 MB
• Max. number: 5 videos
• Sound: Supported


The accepted full papers will be published with a 20% discount in the International Scientific Journal of Microbial Biology (Microbial Biosystems) - Indexed in Clarivate.



Final Agenda of the 8th National Fungus Day of Egypt


Our well-known speakers for 2023

  

Dr. Lobna Hajji-Hedfi

Regional Centre of Agricultural Research of Sidi Bouzid CRRA, Tunisia.

Fungal Biostimulants in Agriculture: Towards a Sustainable Future.
  

Dr. Maryam Tavakol Noorabadi

Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Thailand.
Fungi and Mycotoxins

  

Dr. Bassem Ayman Balbool

Stream Ecology group, Institute of Microbiology, SUPSI University, Switzerland.
Faculty of Biotechnology, MSA University, Egypt.
Fungal Diversity by Polyphasic Techniques

  

Dr. Neveen Mounir Mohamed Abdelmotilib

Food Technology Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute (ALCRI),

City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City),

Alexandria, Egypt.

Fungal Secondary Metabolites: A treasure to discover for food industry.
  

Dr. Aya A. M. Abdellatif

Central Laboratory of Organic Culture, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt.

Nematicidal activity of soil fungi against plant parasitic nematodes.
  

Dr. Akram Hassan Mohamed

Department of Microbial Genetic Resources, National Gene Bank,

Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt.

Strategic crops and endophytic fungi: The new hope towards sustainability.
  

Dr. Norhan Emad Kotb

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science,
University of Suez Canal, Egypt.

Fungal Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Diversity and applications.



  

Dr. Francisco J. Simões Calaça

Mycology and Science Communication in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil.

Dung Fungi from Brazil - recent advances and future perspectives on the Brazilian copromycodiversity

  

Dr. Ahmed El-sayed Abotaleb

Faculty of Engineerig, Suez Canal University,Egypt.

A Bibliometric analysis of Mycology in Egypt since 1798



  

Dr. Abdallah Ibrahim Moharam

Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Port Said University,Egypt.

Fungi as emergent solution for climate change issue



  

Ms. Mariam Basha

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University,Egypt.

Bioremediation of Azodyes by Fungi



  

Ms. Hinour Khalaf Mohammed Najeb

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University,Egypt.

Importance of fungi in human life

  

Dr. Safaa Abdelbary Mansour

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University,Egypt.

Endolichenic Fungi as a Potential Source of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites.



  

Ms. Salma Elsaeed Mostafa Ahmed

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University,Egypt.

Biological Control of Weeds by Fungi: Challenges and Opportunities.



  

Dr. Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, ,
Suez canal University, Egypt.

Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg– How mushrooms could save the world



Publications for the previous Egypt's National Fungus Days:

1. The history, fungal biodiversity, conservation, and future perspectives for mycology in Egypt
2. Arab Society for Fungal Conservation
3. A good candidate for International Fungus Day.
4. Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke (Basidiomycota: Tricholomataceae): A new record for Egypt
5. Egypt's National Fungus Day
6. The orphans of Rio in Northern Africa – Egypt, a case study
7. التلوث الغذائي وخاصة بالسموم الفطرية وأثره على الصحة العامة
8. زراعة وتسويق فطريات عش الغراب
9. Statement by Cristian Palmer, Executive Secretary of the CBD