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Day 1
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
9:00 – 10:00 Registration of participants
10:00 – 10:15
Conference Opening
Conference Opening
Ibtissem Ben Fekih & Małgorzata Ruszkiewicz-Michalska
10:15 – 11:00
Redefining Entomopathogens: Taxonomy and Evolution in Clavicipitaceae and Cordycipitaceae
Redefining Entomopathogens: Taxonomy and Evolution in Clavicipitaceae and Cordycipitaceae
Jennifer Luangsa-ard
11:00 – 11:45
Arthropod–Fungal Associations in Biocontrol Contexts
Arthropod–Fungal Associations in Biocontrol Contexts
Ibtissem Ben Fekih
11:45 – 12:15 Coffee break
12:15 – 13:00
Fungal pathogens of bees and related associations
Fungal pathogens of bees and related associations
Annette Bruun Jensen
13:00 – 13:45
Laboulbeniales, outliers among the fungi
Laboulbeniales, outliers among the fungi
Danny Haelewaters
13:45 – 14:45 Lunch break
15:00 – 17:00 Travel to Spała (Field Station of the University of Łódź)
18:30 Get-together party (optional)
Day 2
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Thursday, 21 May 2026
9:00 – 9:45
Beyond Zombie Ants: Hidden Diversity and Lifestyle Transitions in Ophiocordyceps
Beyond Zombie Ants: Hidden Diversity and Lifestyle Transitions in Ophiocordyceps
João PM Araújo
9:45 – 10:30
Generalists or Specialists? Rethinking the Ecology of Aegeritella
Generalists or Specialists? Rethinking the Ecology of Aegeritella
Marta Wrzosek
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45
Entomophthoromycotina: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Infection Biology
Entomophthoromycotina: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Infection Biology
Ibtissem Ben Fekih
11:45 – 13:30 Elevator pitches and posters by participants (by choice)
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
15:00 – 18:00 Field work
19:00 Conference dinner (optional)
Day 3
Friday, 22 May 2026
Friday, 22 May 2026
9:00 – 9:45
Fungal pathogens of mites (Acari)
Fungal pathogens of mites (Acari)
Cezary Tkaczuk
9:45– 10:30
Preserving, Curating and the Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi
Preserving, Curating and the Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi
Lee Davies
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00– 13:30
Microscopy practical
Microscopy practical
Ibtissem Ben Fekih & Annette Bruun Jensen Practical Approaches to Entomophthorales and Bee-Pathogenic Onygenales
Jennifer Luangsa-ard Practical Identification of Scale Insect Pathogens: Slide Mounting and Characterization
Aimée Blondelle Introduction to Laboulbeniales
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30– 16:00
Microscopy practical cont.
Microscopy practical cont.
Ibtissem Ben Fekih & Annette Bruun Jensen Practical Approaches to Entomophthorales and Bee-Pathogenic Onygenales
Jennifer Luangsa-ard Practical Identification of Scale Insect Pathogens: Slide Mounting and Characterization
Aimée Blondelle Introduction to preparing permanent mounts of Laboulbeniales
16:00– 17:00
Roundtable discussion
Roundtable discussion
Moderators: Ibtissem Ben Fekih & Małgorzata Ruszkiewicz-Michalska
17:00 Closing of conference and invitation to the 4th AFA
Image source: “Grasshopper & Entomopathogenic fungus” by Andreas Kay, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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