Registration | Housekeeping Announcement

Welcome Speech

Prof. Dr. Fung Shin Yee

President

Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

​Plenary 1: Jazz Lim Ai Ling

JAZ Biotech Agro (MALAYSIA)

The Alchemist of the Mushroom House: A System-Based Approach to Stability and Consistency in Lion’s Mane Cultivation 

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Oral 1: Megha Abrol

SKUAST-Jammu (India)

Biochemical Characterisation of Mucilage Polysaccharides from Mushrooms

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Oral 2: Toga Pangihotan Napitupulu

Tottori University (Japan)

Mycelial Growth-Promotion of Bacterium Isolated from Fruiting Bodies of Rhizopogon roseolus and Its Specificity Toward Strain of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi

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Oral 3: Shubham Yadav

University of Allahabad (India)

From Pollution to Production: Mitigating Stubble Burning Through Oyster Mushroom Cultivation for Product and Entrepreneurship Development

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Oral 4: Pooja Kotarya

University of Allahabad (India)

Unlocking Bioactive Potential of Pleurotus sapidus: A Journey from Cultivation to Functional Beverage Preparation

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​Oral 5: Nitesh Khatiwada

Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology (Nepal)

Study on Cultivation of Wild Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Sp.) of Nepal and Its Proximate Analysis

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Oral 6: Fathima Shamana

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) (India)

Mushrooms Beyond Horizons: A Lightweight Aerogel-Based Cultivation Platform for Industrial Production of Low-Spore-Producing Pleurotus ostreatus

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Oral 7: Prabin BC

Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology (Nepal)

Mycelium Growth Optimization and Domestication of Auricularia sp. and Ganoderma sp. Found in Chitlang, Nepal

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Oral 8: Cui Wenning

Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)

Effects of Rhizophagus intraradices Inoculation on Growth, Root Morphology and Photosynthetic Performance of Alfalfa

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Housekeeping |Reminders for Day 2

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​Registration | Housekeeping Announcement  

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Plenary 2: Aseni Navoda Ediriweera

Oman Animal and Plant Genetic Resources Center (Mawarid), Ministry of Higher Education (OMAN)

Elevating Large Fungi as a Premium Food Source and a Tool for Ecological
Conservation

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Oral 9: Vipin Verma

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (India)

Unravelling Macrofungal Diversity of the Northern Western Himalayas: Integrative
Morphology and Multilocus Phylogeny Revealing Eighteen New Records from India

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Oral 10: Sachin Gupta

SKUAST-Jammu (India)

Effective Utilisation of Millet Straws and Lemon Grass Marka for Cultivation and
Nutritional Enhancement of Pleurotus florida

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Oral 11: Wang Can

Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)

Effects of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation Treatments on the
Growth and Photosynthetic Characteristics of Soybean Seedlings

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Oral 12: Shalini Singh

University of Allahabad (India)

Understanding Nutritional Value, Chemical Composition, and Bioactive Potential
of Pleurotus eryngii, a Premium Cultivated Edible Mushroom

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Oral 13: Saugat RC

Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology (Nepal)

Bioactivity of Woody Mushrooms from Chitlang, Nepal: Antioxidant, Antimicrobial
and Mineral Content Assessment

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Oral 14: Priti Yadav

University of Allahabad (India)

Myco-Chemical Profiling and Antioxidant Potential of Hydromethanol and
Methanol Extracts from Pleurotus Citrinopileatus, A Promising Functional
Mushroom

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Oral 15: Atmaz Kumar Shrestha

Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology (Nepal)

Exploring Nepalese Indigenous Mushrooms for Healthcare Applications Against
Microbial Infections

Oral 16: Shu Sichen

Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)

Evaluation of Mushroom Extracts as Natural Antifungal Agents against Postharvest
Tomato Pathogens

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Oral 17: Praneetha Palasuberniam

Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)

From Nematophagous Mushrooms to Antiparasitic Leads: A Toxin-Guided Study of
Wild Pleurotus Extracts

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Closing Ceremony

Ts. Dr. Yeannie Yap Hui Yeng

Chair

Mushroom Science Virtual 2026

MSBMB-Special Interest Group: Mushroom Science

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