Plant Biology Virtual 2020

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Dr. Valasia Iakovoglou is a graduate of Iowa State University, USA. She has more than 20-yrs of national/international research and teaching experience as an Ecophysiologist/Silviculture expert in seedling production and Restoration/Conservation of Ecosystems with emphasis on Biodiversity under the challenges of Climate Change. She has received numerous scholarships, awards and recognitions. She is an editor at five international journals and a reviewer in more than ten with one of them being the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She has numerous publications with more than ten books/book chapters and 50 peer-reviewed papers. She is active in many scientific societies such as the Mediterranean Experts of Climate and environmental Change (MedECC) and associations such as the “Association of Inter-Balkan Woman’s Cooperation Societies (AIWCS)” of UNESCO Center, where she serves as Board Member. Currently she is the Director of the Ecotourism Sector of the UNESCO chair Con-E-Ect and a visiting professor at the MSc program “Man and Water”.

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Dr. Poljuha graduated from molecular biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (Croatia), where she also holds a PhD degree in natural sciences in the field of biology. She has worked as a researcher at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, The Institute of Agriculture and Tourism Poreč, and The Materials Research Center METRIS Pula. She has participated in 25 national and international projects and has published over 50 scientific papers. She is the founder of two laboratories and a Biotechnical Department. Her research interests are focused on plant genetics and the application of molecular markers in the conservation of plant genetic resources. She is also involved with the popularization of science.

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Dr. hab. Anna Cedro, prof. US studied Geography at Szczecin University, Poland. In 2003 she finished PhD on climate change impact on tree-ring width of Scots Pine, Douglass Fir and native species of Oaks in the Western Pomerania. In 2012 she finished Habilitation on dendrochronology of yew in Poland and western Ukraine. Her current research interests are focused on dendroclimatology of the wild service tree and dendroecology of trees growing in wet habitats. Anna Cedro is Professor of geography at the Szczecin University, Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences (teaching Meteorology and Climatology) She is Director of Szczecin University Doctoral School. She has published more than 100 research articles.

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Dr. Mučaji studied Pharmacy at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia and graduated as MS in 1993. He received his PhD degree in Pharmacognosy in 1997 at the same institution. In 2004 he obtained the position of an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University and in 2013 position of Professor. He has published more than 60 research articles in SCI(E) journals with around 700 citations. His field of interest is Pharmacognosy, separation and identification of natural compounds, extracts standardization and evaluation of biological activity of natural compounds.

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Huang Wei Ling, born in Taiwan, raised and graduated in medicine in Brazil, specialist in infectious and parasitic diseases, General Practitioner and Parenteral and Enteral Medical Nutrition Therapist. Once in charge of the Hospital Infection Control Service of the City of Franca’s General Hospital, she was responsible for the control of all prescribed antimicrobial medication and received an award for the best paper presented at the Brazilian Hospital Infection Control Congress (1998). Since 1997, she works with the approach and treatment of all chronic diseases in a holistic way, with treatment guided through teachings of traditional Chinese medicine and Hippocrates.

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MSc. Hipolyana Simone de Oliveira Alves, studied Agronomy at the Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil (2008) and graduated Master in 2018 and Specialist in Rural Extension in 2016, at the same University. Today she teaches in the Agricultural Technician course at Palmares State Technical School, where she works as a Researcher. For UNITOLEDO in partnership with FGV is MBA in People Management and for Uninassau undergraduate in Pedagogy. She is an Agricultural Consultant at the Qualified Producers Cooperative and collaborates as a Reviewer at the Journal of Applied Life Science International.

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Dr. Carmen Jacinto-Hernandez studied human nutrition at the Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. She joined the Oilseeds Program. In 1984 she had a training on oilseeeds at the Grain Research Laboratories, Agriculture Canada. Later on studied to get her masters (1988) and PhD (2000) at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional in Mexico city.  She began working about dry beans quality. After she had postdoctoral fellowship in 2005, supervised by Drs. Teresa Millan y Juan Gil at the Genetics Laboratory, University of Cordoba, Spain.  She participates in the Bean Breeding Program of the Valle de México Experimental Station.

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Dr. Latsko studied Biology at the Petrozavodsk University, Karelian Republic Russian Federation and graduated as MS in 1979. She then joined the research group of Prof. Smykov at the Steep department of the Niktskiy Botanical Garden, Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences (UAAS). In 1993, she received a Ph.D. degree for studying the biological characteristics of new apple cultivars and hybrids at the same institution. For a long time she was engaged in peach breeding. She is a co-author of a number of peach and apple cultivars. Since 2012, she headed the department of steppe crop production. She has published more than 70 research articles in SCI (E) journals.

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Tetsumori Yamashima MD, PhD is a consultant neurosurgeon specialized in neuroscience. In 1975, he graduated from Kanazawa University Faculty of Medicine. In 1979, he completed his research diploma in the Kanazawa University Graduate School Medical Research Course (Doctor of Medicine). He then studied abroad in Germany and Sweden, including neuropathology and brain science. He became Chief of Medical Staff at Kanazawa University Hospital, Associate Professor of Kanazawa University Medical Faculty, and Director of Restorative Neurosurgery at Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science. At present, he is CEO of the Arimatsu Medical and Dental Clinic in Kanazawa city, works at this clinic (Tuesday to Saturday), and at Minami-gaoka Hospital (consultant neurosurgeon: Monday mornings). At Kanazawa University Hospital (part-time lecturer: Monday afternoons), he heads a special “higher brain dysfunction” outpatient clinic. He is acknowledged for using the RBANS (Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status), MRI and PET scans for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, even a few years before dementia appears, allowing preventive treatment to be carried out. In 1998, he proposed the “calpain-cathepsin hypothesis” as a mechanism of neuronal cell death. He also discovered that the causative agent responsible for Alzheimer’s disease is not amyloid β, but hydroxynonenal derived from “cooking oil”. He is the author of 200 published scientific papers in English, and 75 papers and 15 books in Japanese.

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Agnieszka Trela is a Ph.D. student in the field of Biophysics at Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland. She received her master’s degree in Medical Physics at the same university. Her graduate thesis was on the use of functional food and antioxidants in health prevention. Her current research focuses on the characteristics of novel antioxidants derived from natural sources.

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Cemil Koyunoglu was born in Malatya in 1980. And his family moved from Malatya to Antalya when he finished his 1st preliminary school. He finished his followed classes in Antalya and he graduated Chemical Engineering in Malatya, Inonu University. He was one of the main people who established Inonu-Pal accredited fuel-oil laboratory with his willingness after his bachelor's degree graduation. Then, he graduated with his Master’s. degree position at the same department during his proficiency testing connection between SGS Netherland and Inonu-Pal. After the fuel-oil laboratory was first accepted as an accredited laboratory. He was accepted as a research assistant in Yalova University Energy System Engineering Department.

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Dr. Bahadir Torun studied Biology at Ege University, Turkey, and graduated in 2010. He then completed his master's degree in 2013 at Anadolu University, Eskisehir. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2018 at Aydın Adnan Menderes University. He studied at the University of Science and Technology in Poland for six months. After two years of experience in the private sector, he returned to research, He has published 17 research articles in SCI(E) and other indexed  journals.

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Mrs. Monika Seth has done her post-graduation in Food & Nutrition from Kurukshetra University, India.  She has 22 year’s experience in weight loss management and therapeutic diets.  Was Head of Department – Diet and Nutrition at Al Raffah hospital, Muscat for 8 years (Feb’ 2011 to Mar’ 2019) with exposure in clinical / therapeutic diets, bariatric & ESG diets, food management & weight loss programs. She has co-authored a book titled “secrets of healthy & disease free living” and conducted many workshops on health related subject. Had a regular column titled “Food Facts” in Thursday Magazine of “Times of Oman” from 2001 – 15 and currently writes for ‘FACES’ magazine.

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Prof. B N Hazarika, PhD  presently working as Dean, College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. Prof. B N Hazarika guided a number of PG & Ph D students, handled   several   externally funded research projects and organized 90 trainings. He has published 80 research papers, published 20 books, 25 conference papers and book chapter, 11 practical manual, 25 Bulletins, edited 13 souvenir and 245 popular articles. He contributed significantly in collection, morphological and molecular characterization of diverse genotype of various fruit crops, standardized  good agricultural practices  for some major fruit crops; introduced new fruit crops in the region.

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Engineering pathogen resistance in plants through CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing

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Dr. Seba Harphoush studied Health sciences and specialized in Human Nutrition at Al-Baath University, Syria Arab Republic, where she was assigned as an assistance teacher. She then joined the research group of Pro. Guowei Le at Nutrition and Functional Food department at Jiangnan University, China. She received her MS in 2019 at the same institution. Currently, she is doing her PhD in Nutrition and Food Hygiene under the supervision of Prof. Li Zhong at Nanjing Medical University, China. She published several research articles in SCI(E) journals