The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity
The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity
Biodiversity of Animals, Plants and Microorganisms
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Diversity series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer TimeAnimal Diversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Marine Diversity, Microbial Diversity, Culture Collections, Phylogeny, Evolution, Plant Diversity
Thank you for attending IECD 2024!
On behalf of the conference organizing committee of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2024), we would like to express our appreciation to all of the participants for their contributions. From all accounts, the event was a success.
The Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster Awards are under evaluation. Thank you for your patience!
Click HERE for the Book of Abstracts.
Click HERE for the Poster Gallery.
Award Winners Announcement
On behalf of the chairs of IECD 2024, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards. Congratulations! We will be contacting the awarded Oral / Poster presenters on the next steps.
The Best Oral Presentation Awards have been awarded to:
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| sciforum-104819 | Bioprospection of Italian Flora: A Strategy to Valorize Plant Diversity Through the Search for Precious Phytochemicals | Mauro Commisso, Stefano Negri, Leonardo Bisson, Fabio Pietrolucci, Gianluca Zorzi, Valentina Dusi, Linda Avesani, Flavia Guzzo |
The Best Poster Awards have been awarded to:
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| sciforum-097269 | Parasitoid communities in the understory of a forest in Poland vary with canopy species composition but show limited responses to herbivore-induced volatile emissions of oak saplings | Freerk Molleman, Priscila Mezzomo, Manidip Mandal, Martin Volf, Soumen Mallick, Martin Moos, Petr Vodrážka, Andreas Prinzing , Urszula L. Walczak |
| sciforum-097259 | Genetic diversity reveals a complex evolutionary history for the white-fringed weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) | Noelia Verónica Guzmán, Marcela Silvina Rodriguero, Viviana Andrea Confalonieri, Analía Alicia Lanteri |
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.
Program Overview
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)
Session 1. Animal Diversity
Date: 15th October 2024 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:30 (CEST, Basel) | 08:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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)
Session 3. Marine Diversity
Date: 16th October 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:30 (CEST, Basel) | 08:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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)
Book of Abstracts
Poster Gallery
Video Recordings
Event Chair
Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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
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
Interests: tardigrade taxonomy; diversity; ecology and physiology; anhydrobiosis; integrative taxonomy; tardigrade microbiome; astrobiology
Prof. Dr. Kevin Cianfaglione
ICL, Junia, Université Catholique de Lille, LITL, F-59000 Lille, France
Prof. Dr. Kevin Cianfaglione is an Associate Professor and a permanent member of the Université Catholique de Lille, in the Faculty of Management, Economy and Sciences. He is a teacher and researcher in the "Ecology and Biodiversity" team, of the "Smart and Sustainable Cities" research unit. His teaching activities focus on botany, plant biology and ecology. His research activities are focused on ecology, plant sciences, landscape, biogeography, ethnobotany and conservation. Very committed to teaching and research, he has had long-term cooperation with several international teams. He has published more than 90 publications in journals and 3 books. He is an editorial board member of five and editor-in-chief of three international scientific journals.
Dr. Paulo Vale
Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Sea and Marine Resources Department (DMRM), Lisbon, Portugal
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
Prof. Dr. Xiaoyulong Chen
College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
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
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.
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
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.
Comparative theoretical analysis of chemical reactivity properties and potential for new drugs of some marine toxins
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.
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
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 Speaker
National Fungal Culture Collection of India, Biodiversity & Palaeobiology (Fungi) Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India
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
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 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.
- 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Sponsors and Partners
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Ms. Mejoe Wang
Ms. Adelina Platon
Email: iecd2024@mdpi.com
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