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The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity

Biodiversity of Animals, Plants and Microorganisms

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Diversity series
15–17 Oct 2024
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
Abstract Submission Deadline
31st July 2024
Abstract Acceptance Notification
10th September 2024

Registration Deadline
10th October 2024

Animal Diversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Marine Diversity, Microbial Diversity, Culture Collections, Phylogeny, Evolution, Plant Diversity
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Welcome from the Chair

Dear colleagues,

We are thrilled to extend a warm welcome to you for the upcoming third International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2024), proudly sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Diversity. In line with our commitment to fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, this electronic conference provides a unique platform for researchers to showcase their work, discuss groundbreaking findings, and engage in meaningful conversations with fellow experts.

Conference Overview: This will be a virtual conference held at sciforum.net, a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize and provide technical support for electronic conferences. The virtual format offers the distinct advantage of eliminating the need for travel and its associated expenses, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the conference without any logistical constraints.

Key Themes: The conference will span various key themes, including the following:

  • Animal diversity;
  • Biodiversity conservation;
  • Marine diversity;
  • Microbial diversity and culture collections;
  • Phylogeny and evolution;
  • Plant diversity.

Conference Format: After abstract acceptance, authors are invited to submit a pre-recorded video presentation or a series of narrated slides. These materials will be accessible online, and open for discussion, comments, and questions during the entire conference. Additionally, presentations will remain available after the e-conference concludes. Authors are encouraged to submit a full description of their work in a conference paper, which will undergo peer review. The accepted papers will likely be published in the MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal. However, paper submission is not a requirement for active conference participation.

Free of Charge Participation: We are pleased to inform you that participation in this conference is entirely free of charge for both authors and attendees. The accepted proceedings papers will likely be published in the MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal, available online on the MDPI website. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in a Special Issue of the journal Diversity with a 20% discount on the article processing charge (ISSN 1424-2818; Diversity).

Awards and Opportunities: The best oral presentation awards and best poster awards will receive an award of CHF 200, along with an offer to publish an extended paper, free of charge, in the Special Issue of Diversity.

We encourage you to explore the conference platform and guidelines provided in advance for a seamless experience. Should you have any queries or require assistance, our dedicated support team is available to ensure your participation is smooth and rewarding.

We look forward to engaging in exciting discussions and hearing new ideas and perspectives from experts in the field. All participants are welcome to join the online conference and contribute to the vibrant intellectual exchange that makes events like IECD 2024 truly exceptional.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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Program Overview

15th October - Morning 16th October - Morning 17th October - Morning
Session 2. Biodiversity Conservation
Session 5. Phylogeny and Evolution
Session 4. Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections

Session 6. Plant Diversity


15th October - Afternoon 16th October - Afternoon

Session 1. Animal Diversity

Session 3. Marine Diversity

IECD 2024 Program (DAY 1)

IECD 2024 Day 1
Session 2. Biodiversity conservation

Date: 15th October 2024 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:30 (CEST, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 15:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
09:30-09:40 Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Event Chair
Welcome from the Event Chair
09:40-09:45 Assoc. Prof. Kevin Cianfaglione
Session Chair

Welcome from the Session Chair

9:45-10:15 Assoc. Prof. Camilla Wellstein
Keynote Speaker
TBA
10:15-10:30 Marco Grillo Exploring Environmental Descriptors Influencing the Distribution of Antarctic Decapod Larvae in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
10:30-10:45 Amaia Bilbao Kareaga Assessing Water Quality in Nalón and Sella Rivers (North Spain) Through Microplastics and Algal Biodiversity
10:45-11:00 Alexey Gulov Comparative Evaluation of Two Cryopreservation Protocols with Programmable Freezing of Drone Semen
11:00-11:15 Hakan Çelebi Revolution in Conserving and Detecting Biodiversity: Environmental DNA (eDNA) Technique
11:15-11:30 Alice Guzzi Advancing Antarctic Benthic Ecosystem Monitoring through Photogrammetry and Automated Recognition Technologies
11:30-11:45 Ambre Châline Biodiversity of Carabid Beetles in Different Types of Forest in the Region of Abruzzo, Italy
11:45-12:00 Krisztián Katona Drone-Based Estimation of Wild Boar Disturbances in a Hungarian Wetland Area
Session 1. Animal Diversity

Date: 15th October 2024 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:30 (CEST, Basel) | 08:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
14:30-14:40 Prof. Dr. Luc Legal
Prof. Dr. Łukasz Kaczmarek

Session Chairs
Welcome from the Session Chairs
14:40-14:55 Akongte Peter Njukang Environmental Factors Influence Site Selection and Augment Breeding Success in Honey Bees: An Insight Into Honey Bee Reproductive Success
14:55-15:10 Fátima Brito What We Know about Deroceras Laeve (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): An Integrative Study of a Species Complex

15:10-15:25

Sanja Gottstein Aquatic Invertebrate Assemblages as Proxies for Adjacent Karst Spring Differentiation
15:25-15:40 Balázs Bócsi Reproductive Potential of Non-native Nutria (Myocastor Coypus) in Slovakia

15:40-15:55

Linas Balčiauskas Inter- And Intra-Species Differences in Body Condition Index in Small Mammals of Middle Latitudes
15:55-16:10 Grigory Potapov Cryptic Species of Bombus lucorum-complex in Northern European Russia
16:10-16:25 Glorija Ćirković Diversity and Conservation Status of Amphibians and Reptiles in Rudnik Mountain (Central Serbia)
16:25-16:40 Peter Uetz Digital Morphological Descriptions of All Reptile Species
16:40-16:55 Justin Bagley Multi-Scale Comparison of the Shapes and Drivers of Stream Fish Species–Area Relationships in a Regional Aquatic Biodiversity Hotspot

IECD 2024 Program (DAY 2)

IECD 2024 Day 2
Session 5. Phylogeny and Evolution
Session 4. Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections

Date: 16th October 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
09:00-09:10 Prof. Dr. Samantha C. Karunarathna
Session Chair

Welcome from the Session Chair

9:10-9:40 Professor Rajesh Jeewon
Keynote Speaker
The Hidden World of Microfungi: Understanding Their Taxonomy and Biodiversity
9:40-10:00 Dr. Rajeshkumar KC
Invited Speaker
Phylogenetic Insights into Species Identification in conidial Ascomycota
10:00-10:15 Willam Oliveira da Silva First Karyotypic Description of Echimys Chrysurus Zimmermann, 1780 (Rodentia, Echimyidae, Echimyinae) from the Amazon and Chromosomal Patterns Among Echimyidae Lineages
10:15-10:30 Gianmarco Ferrara Molecular Detection and Genetic Diversity of Torque Teno Canis Virus in Dogs in Southern Italy
10:30-10:45 Vanessa Silva Wildlife as Key Reservoirs of Staphylococcus Aureus Genetic Variants
10:45-11:00 Rustem Ilyasov Honey is a natural postbiotic product and source for beneficial microorganisms
Session 3. Marine Diversity

Date: 16th October 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:30 (CEST, Basel) | 08:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
14:30-14:35 Dr. Gioele Capillo
Session Chair
Welcome from the Session Chair
14:35-15:00 Dr. Laura Carugati
Keynote Speaker
Genetic Methods and Data to Inform Marine Conservation
15:00-15:15 Georgia Charalampous Distinct Communities of Bacteria and Unicellular Eukaryotes in the Different Water Masses of the Cretan Passage Water Column (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

15:15-15:30

Navita Gaude Inter-Tidal Cirripede [Cirripedia: Thecostraca] Diversity in Goa: Three New Records
15:30-15:45 Valentina Cometti An Analysis of the Structure and Dynamics of Pioneer Benthic Communities in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica) Using the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMSs)

15:45-15:50

Dr. Paulo Vale
Session Chair
Welcome from the Session Chair
15:50-16:15 Dr. Norma Flores-Holguin
Keynote Speaker
Comparative Theoretical Analysis of Chemical Reactivity Properties and Potential for New Drugs of Some Marine Toxins
16:15-16:30 Boris Neklyudov A New Deep-Sea Phoronid Species from the Okhotsk Sea Basin
16:30-16:45 Fátima Gonella Zooplankton in the Surf Zone and Adjacent Shallow Subtidal Waters: Differences in Community Patterns Between Close Seascapes
16:45-17:00 Ana Sofia Lavrador Assessing Distribution Patterns of Non-Indigenous Invertebrates in Ten Marinas across Mainland Portugal, Madeira and Azores through DNA Metabarcoding

IECD 2024 Program (DAY 3)

IECD 2024 Day 3
Session 6. Plant Diversity

Date: 17th October 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 9:30 (CEST, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 15:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
09:30-09:35 Prof. Dr. Mario A. Pagnotta
Session Chair
Welcome from the Session Chair
09:35-09:50 Sweta Negi Unveiling the Rich Diversity of Epiphytic Bryophytes of Moist Temperate Deciduous Forest in the Western Himalayas of India
9:50-10:05 Mauro Commisso Bioprospection of Italian Flora: A Strategy to Valorize Plant Diversity Through the Search for Precious Phytochemicals
10:05-10:20

Soufian Chakkour

Exploring the Biodiversity and Ecological Features of Fragile Alnus Glutinosa Riverine Woodlands: A Study on Vegetation Composition and Vulnerability in Fragmented Ecosystems
10:20-10:35 Ioannis Zografakis Plant Diversity and Agroecosystem Service Provision in Olive Orchards in Crete, Greece: The Effect of Agricultural Management Systems and Agroecological Zones
10:35-10:50 Mohd. Kamran Khan Aegilops Species as a Source of Boron Toxicity Tolerance
10:50-11:05 Faten Ellmouni The Floristic Composition of Some Botanical Gardens in the Fayoum Depression, Egypt
11:05-11:20 Carlos I. Arbizu Multivariate Analysis of Peruvian Maize Races
11:20-11:35 Is-haq Yusuff Taxonomic Revision of Genus Annona Native to Africa Using Selected Barcode Loci (matK, trnL and rbcL)
11:35-11:50 Paloma Yias Microsatellite Analysis Reveals Genetic Variation in 'Yerba Mate' Trees from Argentina

Event Chair

Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Introduction
Bio
Prof. Dr. Michael Wink completed his PhD in 1980 at Technische Universität Braunschweig. He is currently a senior professor at Heidelberg University, within the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, and is a visiting professor at CEPROBI, the Prince of Songkla University and Northeast Forestry University. He works in the areas of natural products, chemical ecology, medicinal and poisonous plants, molecular pharmacology, biotechnology, evolution (molecular systematics, phylogeny, phylogeography of plants and animals), and ornithology. To date, he has authored or coauthored more than 1200 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in Chief of Diversity.

Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Luc Legal

Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, UMR 5245 (CNRS-UPS-INPT) Batiment IVR1/Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, CEDEX 9, F-31062 Toulouse, France

Introduction
Bio
Luc Legal is a doctor professor at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse/France. He studied biochemistry at the University of La Sorbonne/Paris/France. He did his PhD in chemical ecology and insect-plant relations at the same university on the molecular mechanism of ecological isolation in Drosophila melanogaster. His current research focuses mainly (but not exclusively) on Lepidoptera. Dr Legal's research group has several lines of research, including ecology, indicators, disturbances, evolution and phylogeny, and plant-insect relationships.

Prof. Dr. Łukasz Kaczmarek

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Introduction
Bio
Interests: tardigrade taxonomy; diversity; ecology and physiology; anhydrobiosis; integrative taxonomy; tardigrade microbiome; astrobiology

Assoc. Prof. Kevin Cianfaglione

ICL, Junia, Université Catholique de Lille, LITL, F-59000 Lille, France

Introduction
Bio
Interests: plant biology; ecological, biological and chemical traits; vegetation; ecosystems analysis and dynamics; conservation; restoration ecology; land and natural resources management; traditional uses and new applications

Dr. Paulo Vale

Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Sea and Marine Resources Department (DMRM), Lisbon, Portugal

Introduction
Bio
Researcher specialized in marine toxinology, mainly resorting to liquid chromatography for detection of marine biotoxins in both microalgae and bivalve molluscs. Detection techniques involve diode array, fluorescence and mass spectrometry coupling. Additional techniques include immunoassays (ELISA, LFIC) and enzyme inhibition assays. Toxins studied: dinophysistoxins, pectenotoxins, azaspiracids, domoic acid and saxitoxins. Area of study: Portugal. Other research areas include: Microalgae culture; Cytotoxicity assays; Monitoring programmes; Food Safety; Public Health; Photobiology; Bioelectromagnetism; Heliobiology

Dr. Gioele Capillo

Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Introduction
Bio

Prof. Dr. Xiaoyulong Chen

College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.

Introduction
Bio

Prof. Dr. Samantha C. Karunarathna

Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, China

Introduction
Bio
Samantha Chandranath Karunarathna works at the Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P.R. China as a professor. Samantha has vast experience in fungal taxonomy, phylogeny, and their economic importance. Samantha has published over 200 SCI publications (h-index = 44, Citations= 12,000) related to fungal taxonomy and phylogeny. Samantha received the Yunnan Talent and Friendship Awards in 2022, and he was recognized as one of the world's top 2% scientists in 2022 and 2023, according to the rankings by Stanford University.

Prof. Dr. Mario A. Pagnotta

Department of Sciences and Technology for Agriculture, Forest, Environment and Energy - Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy.

Introduction
Bio

Event Committee Members

Département de Biologie, Laboratoire Ecodiv - Université de Rouen Normandie, F-76821, Mont Saint Aignan cedex, France.

Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers, State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

School of Biology and Environmental Sciences and UCD Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Laboratory of Mammalian ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, Lithuania

Department of Biology, Science and Art Faculty, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey.

Institute of Research for Agriculture Economy and Rural Development, Bucharest, Romania. National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest, Romania

Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems – Area of Zoology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.

Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata CS, Italia.

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Russia.

National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), CONICET, IIMyC Benthos, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia.

CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy

Departamento de Ecologia Evolutiva, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Museo National de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) , Madrid, Spain.

University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland

Center for Biological Data Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America.

Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania

University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

Department of Animal Biology, Parasitology, Ecology, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, USDA-ARS, Griffin, USA.

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Center for Climate Change Research, University of Toronto (ONRamp at UTE), Toronto, Canada

Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India

Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Laboratory of Algology, Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, Espinardo Campus, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Department of Mycology and Genetics, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland

Ecology and Environment Research Centre and Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

Department of Immunobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland

Department of Clothing Technology and Garment Engineering, Berlin University of Applied Sciences-HTW Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Department of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco

Department of Chemistry, Werner Siemens Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), München, Germany

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas/Institute of Geoenergy (FORTH/IG), Greece

MSCA Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Laboratory of Human Microbiota–Xenobiotics Interactions, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Sanda University, Shanghai, China

Department of Ecology and Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain

Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biology, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil

Keynote Speakers

Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy,
Competence Center for Economic, Ecological and Social Sustainability, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

Introduction
Bio
Camilla Wellstein holds a PhD in natural sciences and is head of the research area Analysis and Management of Mountain Ecosystems and member of the governing body of the Competence Center for Economic, Environmental and Social Sustainability, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano. Her research results are published in over 100 academic publications. Currently she is studying biodiversity and vegetation dynamics in the Italian Alps under the impact of climate and land-use change with a focus on endemic species, forests, high mountain ecosystems and biodiversity conservation.

Advanced Materials Research Center, Chihuahua, México

Introduction
Talk
Comparative theoretical analysis of chemical reactivity properties and potential for new drugs of some marine toxins
Bio
Materials Science PhD Norma Rosario Flores-Holguín is a researcher for the Advanced Materials Research Center in Chihuahua, México. She has more than 100 papers in Scientific Journals. 12 chapters in diverse editorials and more than 40 International Congress contributions. She is manager of the Molecular Modelling and Computational Chemistry Laboratory, where there are carried out projects with theoretical methods of design of nanocarriers for drugs. Searching for compounds with potential as precursors for novel drugs and design of molecular systems for photovoltaic solar cells. Currently her research group has theoretically explored some marine toxins, in an attempt to find a relationship between reactivity properties and potential of these compounds as new drugs.

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy

Introduction
Bio
Laura Carugati was born in Milan in 1987 where she obtained the Bachelor in Biology in 2009. Master’s degree in Marine Biology in 2012 and PhD in Marine Biology and Ecology in 2017 at the University Polytechnic of Marche, combing morphological and molecular methods to study marine benthic biodiversity. Post Doc fellow from 2017 to 2019, focusing on the impacts of multiple stressors on marine ecosystems, restoration practices and the implementation of EU directives to deep-sea ecosystems. From 2019 to 2022, Researcher TD A at the University of Cagliari (UNICA) where she is now a Researcher TD B. Currently, she carries out her research on different marine ecosystems from shallow water to deep-sea ones. Her main research interest deals with the study of benthic biodiversity and the conservation of commercial- and conservation-interest species using molecular approaches. Dr. Carugati is responsible for UNICA for the PRIN-2022 Project ENGAGE and is involved in different national and international research projects. She attended and organized several national and international congresses and participated to different oceanographic cruises in the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean (Mariana Trench), in collaboration with international research centres (NOC, JAMSTEC). Tutor and co-tutor of >20 Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis in Biology and Marine Biology. Author of >50 scientific publications on peer-reviewed journals including Nature Ecology and Evolution, Scientific Reports, Progress in Oceanography, Deep-sea Research I e II and Animal Conservation. Review Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science, Reviewer for Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Molecular Ecology, etc. Laura Carugati received awards for research presented at national and international congresses and grants from COAST actions and EMBRC-France. Researcher unique identifier(s) ORCID: 0000-0002-0921-6911 Scopus Author ID: 55655128500

Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

Introduction
Bio
Current Position: Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius (UoM) Previous Positions: Senior Lecturer, Head of Department & Acting Dean (Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) University of Mauritius (UoM). Visiting Scholar & External Examiner (Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand) Post Doctoral Research Fellow & Honorary Assistant Professor. University of Hong Kong (HKU); Post Doctoral Research Associate (University of Portsmouth, UK) PhD (University of Hong Kong, HKU) He has several distinguished academic awards, secured major research grants, graduated 18 PhD students, editor in chief for Mycosphere journal, subject editor for other well known journals, contributes to reviewing papers and involved in other academic activities. Dr Jeewon has also published extensively in highly rated journals (over 275 publications) which have been heavily cited by other researchers.

Invited Speakers

National Fungal Culture Collection of India, Biodiversity & Palaeobiology (Fungi) Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India

Introduction
Bio
Dr. Rajeshkumar KC, FLS, is a Senior Scientist E at the National Fungal Culture Collection of India, Biodiversity & Palaeobiology (Fungi) Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune (DST INDIA). He was recently elected as a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (2024). He is also affiliated as a Professor at the Faculty of Science at S. P. Pune University, Maharashtra, India. Dr Rajeshkumar holds a gold medal in MSc life sciences from Kuvempu University, Karnataka. He earned his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from FRI Dehradun (KFRI Peechi). He completed postdoctoral research in collaboration with CABI UK (formerly International Mycological Institute) under Dr. K. V. Sankaran and fellow eminent CABI UK Mycologists. Dr Rajeshkumar has been a part of NFCCI, Pune, for the past 15 years, contributing significantly to Indian mycology through his work in basic and applied research in fungal taxonomy and bioprospecting. He has also established a lichen molecular study facility at ARI, Pune. He supervises four doctoral students and has mentored five master's dissertations affiliated with FC College Pune, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV, formerly the University of Indore), and DY Patil University, Pune. Dr Rajeshkumar has published more than 70 peer-reviewed international articles, including the discovery of 01 new family, 01 new series, 09 new genera, 35 new species to science and 15 new geographical records in India. He has also filed a patent on endophytic fungal metabolite. He is a life member of the Mycological Society of India, the Association of Fungal Biologists, and the Lichenological Society of India. Currently, he serves as the Managing Editor of MycoAsia Journal of Modern Mycology. He is a reviewer for prestigious peer-reviewed international journals such as Fungal Diversity, Mycosphere, MycoKeys, Mycological Progress, New Zealand Journal of Botany, Phytotaxa and Microbial Biosystems.

Registration


The registration for IECD 2024 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.

If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.

Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 10 October 2024.

Instructions for Authors

Procedure for Submission
IECD 2024 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.

Important Deadline
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 1̶5̶ ̶J̶u̶n̶e̶ ̶2̶0̶2̶4̶ 31 July 2024.
2. Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 1̶5̶ ̶J̶u̶l̶y̶ ̶2̶0̶2̶4̶ 10 September 2024. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract Submission

Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.

1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.

Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.

Note: We only accept live presentations.

Oral Presentation and Slides Submission
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster Presentation
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
- Please use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded HERE.

Authors who wish to present a poster are invited to send it to the conference email at iecd2024@mdpi.com. All posters will be permanently exhibited online in the Poster Gallery.
Potential Conflicts of Interest

It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.

Copyright

MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.

Publication Opportunities

1. Diversity Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818, Impact Factor 2.1), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.

Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers.

2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity in Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9976); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IECD 2024 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.

Proceedings submission deadline: 1 December 2024

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title.
Full author names.
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
Abstract.
Keywords.
Introduction.
Methods.
Results and Discussion.
Conclusions.
Acknowledgements.
References.

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List of accepted submissions (100)

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sciforum-103556 Modeling the Current Suitable Habitat Range of the Yellow-Bellied Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835) in Iran

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Submitted: 01 Aug 2024

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sciforum-103452 Genomic approaches to reveal the genetic components of the Peruvian Paso Horse

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Submitted: 01 Aug 2024

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sciforum-103372 Aquatic invertebrate assemblages as proxies for adjacent karst spring differentiation

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Submitted: 31 Jul 2024

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sciforum-103179 Notes on chalcidid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) fauna from Central India

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Submitted: 31 Jul 2024

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sciforum-085888 European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population declined due to squirrel pox brought by the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) invasion

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Submitted: 26 Dec 2023

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Event Awards

To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 4 awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.

The Awards
Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards

Number of Awards Available: 4

The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.

There will be four winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive an award of CHF 200, along with an offer to publish an extended paper, free of charge, in the Special Issue of Diversity.

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