ASHO 1st Congress "Biodiversity, Food and Medicinal Valorisation" (BFMV), topics:

1- Biodiversity and Global Warming

2- Medicinal Plants in Tunisia and their development

3- Eco-Innovation and its contribution to the Agri-food and environmental sectors

4- Complementarity University-Company : Opportunity and Success-Stories

5- RNA stability and Vaccination

6- Antiseptics and new peptides

7- Bioinformatics: Drugs and receptors (QSAR)

Confirmed speakers

George TSIAMIS, University of Patras, Greece

"Comparative Genomic Analysis of Fruit Fly associated bacteria: New Insights into Bacterial-host interactions"

Daniele DAFFONCHIO, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia

"Ecology of the thermal adaptation of marine microbial communities in time and space"

Donald A. COWAN, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, South Africa

"Structural and functional microbiomics of Namib Desert soils"

Craig FAULDS, Polytech’ Marseille, UMR1163 Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Fongiques (BBF), Aix-Marseille Université, INRAE-Polytech, France

"The Fungal Toolbox"

Slim TOUNSI, Laboratory of Biopesticides (LBPES), Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia, Tunisia

"Engineering of Bacillus thuringiensis and its cry genes"

Chedly ABDELLY, Laboratoire des Plantes Extrêmophiles, centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria, BP 901, Hammal Lif 2050, Tunisia; and Agence Nationale de la Promotion de la Recherche Scientifique (ANPR), Tunis, Tunisia

"Eco-innovation and its contribution to the agri-food and environmental sectors"

Abdellatif BOUDABOUS, LMBA, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

"Microorganisms, Research Horizons"

Raja MOKDAD-GARGOURI, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, Laboratory: Molecular Biotechnology of Eukaryotes, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

"Comparison of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) methods for microbial metagenomics analysis in Tunisian Colorectal Cancer patients and healthy controls"

Amor MOSBAH, LR Biotechnology and Bio-Geo Resources Valorization (LR11ES31)

Higher Institute for Biotechnology - University of Manouba, Tunisia

"Structural Bioinformatics: A Vital Pillar for Advancing Biotechnology"

Awad A. SHEHATA, Structural Biochemistry of Membranes, Bavarian NMR Center, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany

"Alternatives antimicrobials in poultry production: state of the art"

Thulani P. MAKHALANYANE, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028,  and Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

"The African Microbiome Project: Insights from geographically strategic marine ecosystems"

Sami BOUFI, Laboratoire LMSE (Sciences des Matériaux et Environnement), Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia

"Biobased Nanoparticles from Biomass: Morphology, Production, and applications in

advanced materials" 

Nihel KLOUCHE, Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology (LAMAABE), University of Tlemcen, Algeria

"Exploration of Microbial Diversity in the Thermal Spring 'Hammam Debagh' and Its Biotechnological Applications"

Félix Diego LOPEZ FIGUEROA , Instituto Andaluz de Biotecnología y Desarrollo Azul, Centro Experimental Grice Hutchinson, Université de Málaga, Spain

''Blue biotechnology: Cosmeceutical applications of marine algae and Cyanobacteria"

Iness JABRI, Laboratory of Materials, Molecules et Applications – IPEST -University of Carthage, Tunisia 

"Valorization of agri-food industry by-products though a circular economy to produce value-added products based on their bioactive compounds"

Tarek LARBI, LR Nanomaterials, nanotechnology and energy, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis EL Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

"Combined density functional theory (DFT) and experimental studies of some semiconducting materials"

Mohamed SOUSSI, LR 18 ES07: Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology LMBA, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia 

"On Earth as on Mars, the Truth' is in the Rock"

Ramzi LANDOLSI, BVBGR, ISBST, University of Manouba 

"Local-Global : antibiresistance dissemination in one health concept"

Samir MEDDEB, Universitaire

"Climate Change in Tunisia: Between Fatalism and Opportunity"

Ramona MARASCO, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), KSA

"Microbial competition and coexistence in the colonisation of the rhizosheath “mini-oasis” in desert plants"

Scientific Program :

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Scientific and Organisation Committee of the ASHO 1st Congress "Biodiversity, Food and Medicinal Valorisation" (BFMV):

·       Pr Abdellatif BOUDABOUS, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Thouraya BARHOUMI, ISSTE, Université de Carthage

·       Pr Moncef TEMANI, FST, Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Hanen SAIDI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Ines KAROUI JEBRI, ESIAT, Université de Carthage

·       Pr Monia EL BOUR, INSTM, Université de Carthage

·       Dr Ilhem RAJHI, FST, IPEST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Dr Fatma TOUIL, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Dr Fériel BEN NASR, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Dr Rym GUESMI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Dr Abir MAAZAOUI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Dr Ines CHNITI, ISSTE, Université de Carthage

·       Dr Samia SGHAIER, Collège 13 Août,Tunis

·       Pr Mohamed TAIEB BEN DHIA, FST, Université deTunis El Manar

·       Pr Chedly ABDELLY, Agence National de la Promotion de la Recherche Scientifique

·       Pr Manef ABDERABBA, IPEST, Université de Carthage

·       Pr Ameur CHERIF, ISBST, Université de la Manouba

·       Pr Mohamed SGHAIER ACHOURI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Imen OUZARI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Hager MAGHRAOUI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Mohamed SOUSSI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Ali ZAIDI, IPESTI, Université de Carthage

·       Pr Emna SELMANE, IPEIEM, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Madiha KHAMOUN, CERTE, Université de Carthage

·       Pr Med Faouzi BEN CHARRADA, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Ali RAYES, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

·       Pr Fadoua HAMZAOUI, FST, Université de Tunis El Manar

Registration fees:

• Student / Junior scientist - Full registration (Registration includes: Participation to the Conference, Conference documents, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, hotel accommodation for three nights in double room): 520 TND

• Researcher / Senior scientist - Full registration (Registration includes: Participation to the Conference, Conference documents, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, hotel accommodation for three nights in double room) : 570 TND

• Non-Tunisian scientist - Full registration (Registration includes: Participation to the Conference, Conference documents, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, hotel accommodation for three nights in double room) : 200 €

• Conference registration / One Day participation (Registration includes - Participation to the Conference (one day), Conference documents, coffee breaks, lunch): 150 TND

• Conference registration /full days participation (Registration includes - Participation to the Conference, Conference documents, coffee breaks, lunchs at 8, 9 and 10 December): 350 TND

• Master Student (M2, S3) - 50% Waiver on registration (Full registration, 260TND; 3 days without accommodation, 175TND; 1 day participation, 75TND)

• Accompanying person (Registration includes: hotel accommodation for three nights in double room, lunches, dinners) : 400 TND

• Single room supplement : 50 TND / night

• + Adhesion fees to the ASHO (30 TND for senior scientists and 10 TND for junior scientists) or/and ATEM society 2023 (20 TND for senior scientists and 15 TND for junior scientists)

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