| International & National Webinars | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Title of Invited Talk | Speaker | Organized By |
| October 2, 2022 | Industry-Academia Connect in Fungal Biotechnology - Mushroom-Derived Biotech Products and Cosmeceuticals | Dr. Seshagiri Raghukumar (India), Dr. Susanna Badalyan (Armenia) |
AFB at SIES College, Sion, Mumbai |
| February 18, 2023 | Myco-Drug Development & Future Prospects of Fungal Systematics | Professor Sanjai Saxena (India), Dr. Belle Damodara Shenoy (India) |
AFB at SIES College, Sion, Mumbai |
| February 28, 2023 | National Science Day Celebrations - 2023 (Various Competitions) | 100 + Participants registered for various activities like
a) Science Quiz b) Poster Making Competition, c) Colour Drawing of Fungi, d) Model Making Competition |
AFB & School of Applied Sciences, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur |
| March 19, 2023 | Scenario of Rice Diseases in India | Dr. Makarand S. Joshi (India) | AFB & Uttan Vanaushadhi Sanshodhan Sanstha |
| October 2, 2023 | Learning Architecture from Fungi & Bioactives from Fungi | Dr. Ali Ghavivian, Dr. Abhijeet Kate | AFB & Uttan Vanaushadhi Sanshodhan Sanstha |
| Conference, Workshop, and AGM Meeting | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Organized By |
| December 1-2, 2023 | Industry-Academia Connect in Fungal Biotechnology - Mushroom-Derived Biotech Products and Cosmeceuticals | SIES College, Sion, Mumbai |
| December 2, 2023 | First Annual General Body (AGM) Meeting of AFB | SIES College, Sion, Mumbai |
| December 23, 2024 | Online workshop on How to Write a Research Paper By Prof. T.S. Suryanarayanan | R.D. National & W.A. Science College, Mumbai |
| February 4, 2024 | International Seminar (Online) on “Recent Developments in Fungal Biotechnology and Informatics Talks by Distinguished Speakers i. Natural colors from endophytic fungi for food application By Dr. Sunil Kumar Deshmukh (India) ii. Hide and seek of dermatophytosis: not so hidden anymore By Dr. Bhupesh Taneja (India) iii. Fungal cosmeceuticals By Prof. A. Usha Raja Nanthini (India) iii. Biofabricating mycelium-based composites for low-tech habitats By Ms. Mona Lavasani (India) Model Making Competition iv. Fungal secondary metabolites in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals By Dr. Francisca Vicente Jointly organized by AFB, MycoIndia and MycoAsia Journals of Modern M |
Jointly organized by AFB, MycoIndia and MycoAsia Journals of Modern Mycology |
| The Startup Fungi Online Lecture Series I | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Organized By |
| March 3, 2024 | The Role of Mushrooms in Human Nutrition and Health | Prof. KR Sridhar (India) | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | The Story of Roha Biotech - So Far | Mr. Aditya Srinivas, Co-founder, Roha Biotech, India | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | Sustainability Unleashed: Mycelium-Based Ingredients and the Future of Food | Dr. Yashaswini Balaraju, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Mycovation India & Singapore | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | Transformation of Waste for Sustainable Future through Mushroom Biotechnology by BETi | Dr. Pooja Dubey Pandey, Founder, BETi Innovative Private Limited | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | Mycofabrication in India | Mr. Sharad Rai, Former CTO, Dharaksha Ecosolutions, India | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | The Future is Fungi – Insight into the Global Award Honoring Frontier Research Harnessing Fungi to Solve Environmental Challenges | Ms. Susanne Gløersen, Founder, The Fungi Investment Collective & The Future is Fungi Award | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | Marketing Mushrooms: Making Fungi Attractive in a Myco-phobic Market | Mr. Jashid Hameed, Co-founder, Nuvedo, Bangalore, India | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | The story of GrowtheFunGuy | Mr. Adam Shamsudeen, Founder, GrowtheFunGuy | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| March 3, 2024 | DreamFungi - The First-Ever Open Biolab Research in Sri Lanka | Mr. Kishoth Navaretnarajah, Co-Founder, DreamSpace Academy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | AFB, MycoIndia, MycoAsia, CBEC |
| Overall, the startup series lecture provided a comprehensive overview of fungi's role in various fields. | |||
| Joint MycoTalk Series (1-5)Organized | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Organized By |
| March 24, 2024 | Bioactive Compounds from Endolichenic Fungi | Prof. Priyani A. Paranagama, University of Kelaniya | AFB-MycoIndia |
| March 29, 2024 | Filamentous Fungi, One of the Many Players in Microbial Pigment Industrial Production | Prof. Laurent Dufosse, France | AFB-MycoIndia |
| April 7, 2024 | Fungal Morphology in Biotechnology Industry: Taming Wild Microbes | Prof. Dr. rer. Nat. Hesham A. El Enshasy, University of Technology Malaysia | AFB-MycoIndia |
| May 11, 2024 | The Ecology of Macrofungi in Southwest India | Prof. K.R. Sridhar, India | AFB-MycoIndia |
| May 19, 2024 | Phylogenetic Analysis using MEGA Software | Dr. Belle Damodara Shenoy, India | AFB-MycoIndia |
