28-29 September 2026 - The Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), strengthened its international presence in the biological sciences through its participation in the 10th Joint International PSU–UNS Bioscience Conference (IBSC 2026), held in Novi Sad, Serbia, under the theme “Bio4Future—Life Sciences for a Sustainable and Smart Future.”

Prof. Dr. Anchana Prathep, Dean of the Faculty of Science, joined Prof. Dr. Srđan Rončević, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad (UNS), at the opening ceremony. PSU faculty members and researchers contributed as plenary and invited speakers and presenters, sharing research across four key areas: biodiversity and life sciences, climate change, natural products and biomedicine, and applications of AI, biosensors, and data science.

A special focus of this year’s conference was capacity building in research and innovation management. Asst. Prof. Dr. Boonyarit Chatthong, Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Public Relations, joined UNICO experts Alexander Sirois and Vojtech Kadlec in conducting a workshop on the commercialization and strategic validation of early-stage spin-outs. He also presented PSU’s model for connecting laboratories, the university, industry, and the market.

Now in its tenth cycle, the conference expanded its European collaboration to include the Faculty of Agriculture, the Institute of Food Technology Novi Sad, and the BioSense Institute. The event further strengthened the long-standing PSU–UNS partnership and opened new opportunities for joint research, student and faculty mobility, and international projects addressing global sustainability challenges.