PROGRAM

The time slot of each speaker and presenter has been already included 5-minute Q&A.

Day 1: 3 August 2022

Morning sessions

08.00 – 09.00	Registration
09.00 – 09.10	Opening Ceremony • Welcome Remarks By Dr. Theerayut Toojinda National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand • Opening Remarks By Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wieland Meyer Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Australia
09.10 – 10.00	Keynote Speaker 1 Current insights into the diversity and BCG applications of fungi By Emeritus Prof. Dr. Saisamorn Lumyong Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee Break
10.30 – 11.10	Plenary Speaker 1 Dothideomycetes: The contribution by the young generation in Asia By Prof. Dr. Jian-Kui Liu School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China
11.10 – 11.50	Plenary Speaker 2 Phylogeny, ecology and distribution of the order Mucorales in Korea By Prof. Dr. Lee Hyang Burm Department of Agricultural Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea
11.50 – 13.00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions

Parallel session 1: Biodiversity and Systematics: Basidiomycota

Parallel Session 2: Applied Biotechnology

Parallel Session 3: Plant Pathogen

Parallel Session 4: Medical Mycology

Parallel session 1: Biodiversity and Systematics: Basidiomycota

Parallel Session 2: Applied Biotechnology

Parallel Session 3: Plant Pathogen

Parallel Session 4: Medical Mycology

Evening sessions

16.30

Welcome Reception

Day 2: 4 August 2022

Morning sessions

09.00 – 09.50	Keynote Speaker 2 *Domestication of Penicillium* fungi used for cheese making Cheese Fungi By Dr. Tatiana Giraud** Ecology, Systematics and Evolution Laboratory, Université Paris-Saclay, France
09.50 – 10.20	Coffee Break
10.20 – 11.00	Plenary Speaker 3 Diversity and biotechnological potential of freshwater sponge-symbiotic fungi By Dr. rer. nat. Anto Budiharjo Faculty of Science and Mathematics and Center of Research and Service, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
11.00 – 11.40	Plenary Speaker 4 Review and prospects for research and industrialization of Cordycipitoid fungi in China By Prof. Zengzhi Li BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China
11.40 – 13.00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions

Parallel Session 5: Genomics

Parallel Session 6: Biocontrol

Parallel Session 7: Marine Fungi

Parallel Session 8: Cordyceps Forum 2022

Parallel Session 5: Genomics

Parallel Session 6: Biocontrol

Parallel Session 7: Marine Fungi

Parallel Session 8: Cordyceps Forum 2022

Evening sessions

18.00 – 21.00

International Mycological Association (IMA) Meeting (Invitation Only)

Day 3: 5 August 2022

Morning sessions

09.00 – 09.50	Keynote Speaker 3 *Secondary metabolites produced by Thai fungi in the genera Aspergillus* and Penicillium: Chemical diversity and bioactivity By Prof. Dr. Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul** Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
09.50 – 10.20	Coffee Break
10.20 – 11.00	Plenary Speaker 5 Asian Mycology toward global contribution By Dr. Tsuyoshi Hosoya Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
11.00 – 11.40	Plenary Speaker 6 Molecular epidemiology and antifungal resistance of Candida pathogens By Dr. Clement K.M. Tsui National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
11.40 – 13.00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions

Parallel Session 9: Biodiversity and Systematics: Ascomycota

Parallel Session 10: ASEAN Mycology

Parallel Session 11: Ecology

Parallel Session 12: Fungi in “Global Environmental Changes and Unusual Habitats”

Parallel Session 9: Biodiversity and Systematics: Ascomycota

Parallel Session 10: ASEAN Mycology

Parallel Session 11: Ecology

Parallel Session 12: Fungi in “Global Environmental Changes and Unusual Habitats”

Evening sessions

16.30 – 17.00

Closing Ceremony

• Awards Ceremony
By Emeritus Prof. Dr. Saisamorn Lumyong and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Kevin D. Hyde
Asian Mycological Association (AMA)

• Introduction of AMC2023 in Republic of Korea
By Prof. Hyong Woo Choi
Andong National University, Republic of Korea

• Closing Remarks
By Dr. Jennifer Luangsa-ard
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Day 4: 6 August 2022

Post AMC2021 Thai Mycological Biodiversity Survey
Foray on fungal diversity on micro and macro fungi at Wang Ta Krai
Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand (one-day trip) (Brochure)

07.45 – 10.00	Transport from BIOTEC to Wang Ta Krai in Nakhon Nayok Province
10.00 – 12.00	We sort ourselves into groups led by foray leaders who know the trails (field trip). After about two hours of foraging, we gather back with our fungal finds and showcase them on the specimen table, where we have a Fungal Identification Session (Distance: 2-3 km)
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 15.00	ID Session: Another fun part of the day with the gathering and sharing of foray stories. An ID session/class, the specimen on table to discuss the fungal finds!
15.00 – 17.30	Transport from Wang Ta Krai to BIOTEC

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker Neuromorphic fungi By Prof. Dr. Andrew Adamatzky University of the West of England, UK
13.30 – 14.00	Oral Presenter 1 Mushroom biogeography in Southeast Asia: cosmopolitan species and disjunct distribution By Dr. Kentaro Hosaka National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
14.00 – 14.15	Oral Presenter 2 Wild mushroom diversity & their Ethnomycology in Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh (UT), India By Dr. Sanjeev Kumar University of Jammu, J&K (UT), India
14.15 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 3 A draft study on diversity of macro fungi in Hoang Lien National Park of Vietnam By Dr. Le Thi Hoang Yen Vietnam National University, Vietnam
14.30 – 14.45	Oral Presenter 4 Five new Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) species based on multigene analyses By Miss Yoonhee Cho Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
14.45 – 15.15	Coffee Break
15.15 – 15.30	Oral Presenter 5 Additions to the knowledge of Ganoderma species from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), with emphasis on species from Thailand By Dr. Thatsanee Luangharn Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
15.30 – 15.45	Oral presenter 6 Additional species of Hohenbuehelia (Pleurotaceae, Basidiomycota) from northern Thailand By Miss Monthien Phonemany Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
15.45 – 16.00	Oral presenter 7 Orchid mycorrhizal fungi isolatedfrom Spiranthes sinensis and from Tulasnella basidioma in Taiwan By Dr. Junichi Peter ABE University of Tsukuba, Japan

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker 1 Terpenoids and meroterpenoids from cultures of two grass-associated species ofAmylosporus (Basidiomycota) By Miss Blondelle Matio Kemkuignou Helmholtz Centre For Infection Research, Germany
13.30 – 14.00	Invited Speaker 2 *Mangrove yeasts as protein additive to Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) feed meal* By Mr. Irish Emmanuel Agpoon University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
14.00 – 14.15	Oral Presenter 1 Fungi colonizing on marine plastic wastes and their PCL degradation abilities By Mr. Sung Hyun Kim Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
14.15 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 2 Spent oyster mushroom substrate as a nursery medium replacement for peat moss in MD2 pineapple seedlings By Dr. Sawithree Pramoj Na Ayudhya Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Thailand
14.30 – 14.45	Oral Presenter 3 Some notes on species composition and biotechnological potential of indigenous marine yeast from Indonesia By Asst. Prof. Dr. Mada Sibero Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
14.45 – 15.15	Coffee Break
15.15 – 15.30	Oral Presenter 4 Antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from selected plants in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines By Miss Rosmalinda Lobitana Mindanao State University, Philippines
15.30 – 15.45	Oral Presenter 5 Isolation and characterization of Rhizopus oryzae chitosan By Mr. Ghimel P. Espinosa Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
15.45 – 16.00	Oral Presenter 6 Coimmobilized Inoculants of Trichoderma viride and Azospirillum brasilense in Calcium Alginate Beads: Technique Description and Prospects in Agrobiotechnology By Dr. Salvador Acosta Northwest Agrobiological Industrial, Mexico

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker Taxonomic studies on Cercosporoid fungi in Asia By Prof. Dr. Chiharu Nakashima MIE University, Japan
13.30 – 13.45	Oral Presenter 1 Taxonomy and phylogeny of saprobic micro-fungi associated with banana (Musa spp.) from Thailand By Miss Binu Samarakoon Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
13.45 – 14.00	Oral Presenter 2 Inhibitory activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Alpinia galanga (Willd, 1797)against human pathogenic bacteria and phytopathogenic fungi By Mr.Junel Fuentes Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
14.00 – 14.15	Oral Presenter 3 Taxonomic re-assessment of Elsinoëspecies from known Japanese isolate By Miss Anysia Hedy Ujat Mie University, Japan
14.15 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 4 Phytophthora sp. associating with the mortality of Quercus mysinifolia seedlings in the natural ecosystem of Japan By Mrs. Kyoko Tsutsui University of Tsukuba, Japan
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee Break
15.00 – 15.15	Oral Presenter 5 Two Colletotrichum species associated with Dioscorea anthracnose in northern Thailand By Mr. Alireza Armand Mae Fah Luang university, Thailand
15.15 – 15.3	Oral Presenter 6 Diversity of the genus Fusarium sensu lato associated with Fusarium wilt of banana in the Philippines By Miss Roselyn Uy Mie University, Japan

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker 1 Finding needles in a haystack – in silico environmental sampling of emerging pathogenic fungi By Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wieland Meyer Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Australia
13.30 – 13.50	Oral Presenter 1 Pythiosis, the life-threatening human & mammal disease caused plant pathogens By Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ariya Chindamporn Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
13.50 – 14.10	Oral Presenter 2 In silico prediction of secretome from Cryptococcus neoformans for potential drug target By Dr. Lourdes Valerio Alvarez Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
14.10 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 3 Molecular identification of antifungal resistant pathogenic Candida in immunocompromised patients By Miss Lasni Nishshanke University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee Break
15.00 – 15.20	Oral Presenter 4 Revelation of the frequency of terbinafine-resistant Trichophyton clinical isolates and the mechanism of resistance By Mr. Yugo Mori Chiba University, Japan
15.20 – 15.40	Oral Presenter 5 Acquired drug resistance of Aspergillus viridinutans species complex in Japan By Mr. Jinsei Hidaka Chiba University, Japan
15.40 – 16.00	Oral Presenter 6 Correlation between multilocus genotype, clinical picture and morphology of Trichophyton interdigitale / T. mentagrophytes isolates By Mrs. Michaela Svarcova Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker 1 Population genomics of the insect biocontrol fungus Beauveria bassiana By Dr. Chengshu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
13.30 – 14.00	Invited speaker 2 Genomics of non-model fungi: Opportunities and challenges By Dr. Teeratas Kijpornyongpan Independent Researcher, Thailand
14.00 – 14.15	Oral presenter 1 The origins and evolution of terrestrial fungal ecologies – can we predict ecology using secretome data? By Asst. Prof. Ying Chang Yale-Nus College, Singapore
14.15 – 14.30	Oral presenter 2 The whole genome and transcriptome analysis of an ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus albus, a biotechnological tool for regenerating degraded barren lands By Mrs. Eetika Chot Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
14.30 – 14.45	Oral presenter 3 Cation diffusion facilitator family of zinc transporters zrg-17, msc-2 and zrc-1 interact genetically to maintain zinc homeostasis in Neurospora crassa By Miss Serena Ngiimei D Indian Institute of Technology, India
14.45 – 15.00	Oral presenter 4 Discovery of mating and virulence genes from Ganoderma boninense, the primary fungal pathogen for oil palm in Southeast Asia By Dr. Izwan Bharudin Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 – 15.45	Oral presenter 5 The fungal microbiome of European spruce bark beetleIps typographus By Mr. Karel Svec Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
15.45 – 16.00	Oral presenter 6 Population genomics at the service of taxonomy By Dr. Noppol Kobmoo National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand