Scientific Forum on Medicinal Mushrooms

Different symposia dedicated to:

S1: Biodiversity and Ethnomycology of Medicinal Mushrooms (Conservation, Taxonomy, Ecological Distribution, Historical and Sociological Impact);

1)      Dr. Ian R. Hall (New Zealand): 1000+ mycorrhizal mushrooms - an untapped source of bioactive compounds?

2)      Prof. Franc Pohleven (Slovenia): Why have the saprophytic fungi the best medicinal properties?

3)      Prof. Yijian Yao (China): Research progress of fungal resources in China

4)      Prof. Keto E. Mshigeni (Tanzania): Ethnomycological notes and records on Termitomyces titanicus: an unsung African edible mushroom deserving attention

5)      Dr. John Holliday (USA): Cordyceps of the Tingo Maria Valley in Peru

6)      Prof. Jichuan Kang (China): New taxa of Cordyceps sensu lato in the era of omics and their bioactive compounds

7)      Prof. Qi Wang (China): Medicinal fungal resources in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China and its conservation system of “One district, one herbarium and five banks”

8)      Prof. Tae-Hoo Yi (Korea): The genetic and biochemical approaches on taxonomy in genus Pleurotus

9)      Dr. Angela Amazonas (Brazil): Linking the ethnomycological knowledge of Brazilian Indigenous peoples to science: a path to the promotion of health and sustainable livelihoods and development

10)   Prof. Haiying Bao (China): Medicinal mushroom resources of China

11)   Prof. Xiaoke Xing (China): Armillaria spp. associated with Polyporus umbellatus

12)   Dr. Pu Liu (China): The potential sources of bioactive compounds - Myxomycetes

13)   Dr. Yanchun Li (China): Diversity and taxonomy of medicinal fungi in southwestern China

S2: Genetics and Breeding of Medicinal Mushrooms (including Molecular Biology);

1)      Dr. Mark P. Wach (USA): The development and commercialization of two medicinally important fungi

2)      Dr. Woo Sik Jo (Korea): Studies on mycological characteristics and composition analysis

3)      Prof. Mingwen Zhao (China): Shedding light on the mechanisms underlying the environmental regulation of secondary metabolite ganoderic acid in Ganoderma lucidum using physiological and genetic methods

4)      Prof. Caihong Dong (China): Photoreaction and photosensory mechanisms of Cordyceps militaris

5)      Prof. Qing Huang (China): Recent progress on the studies of low-temperature plasma mutagenesis of Ganoderma lingzhi and screening of mutated strains through vibrational spectroscopy

6)      Dr. Xiao Li (China): Research progress on Auricularia delicata

7)      Dr. Chuanhong Tang (China): A novel strain breeding of Ganoderma lucidum UV119 with high basidiospore yield and strong resistant ability to undesired microorganisms and mining and validation of the genes related to G. lucidum basidiospore production

8)      Dr. Xiwen Li (China): Identification of medicinal fungi based on DNA barcoding

9)      Dr. Yongping Fu (China): Independent evolution and extreme environments adaptation of Tibetan wild Agaricus bisporus

10)   Prof. Shujing Sun (China): Application and establishment of Tremella fuciformis breeding system

11)   Prof. Xiaohui Yuan (China): An integrated platform for molecular breeding

S3: Cultivation and Fermentation of Medicinal Mushrooms;

1)      Prof. Chin-Chu Chen (Chinese Taipei): Neuron protection of erinacine A-enriched mycelium from Hericium erinaceus

2)      Dr. Georgios Koutrotsios (Greece): Olive mill and winery by-products support the production of Pleurotus citrinopileatus mushrooms with enhanced nutritional and functional properties

3)      Prof. Chee-Jen Chen (Chinese Taipei): Cultivation and fermentation of medicinal mushroom, Niu-Chang-Zhi, Taiwanofungus camphoratus

4)      Prof. Fanghe Tan (China): Research progress in artificial cultivation of Morchella esculenta in China

5)      Prof. Zhirong Liang (China): Inonotus hispidus growing on jujube trees: ecological observation and artificial cultivation

6)      Prof. Chengzan Zhong (China): Fermentation technology and industrialization of Paecilomyces hepiali Chen & Dai

7)      Dr. Xiaofei Tian (China): Status and prospect on Shiraia bambusicola Henn. (Ascomycota) - a medicinal fungus in East Asia

8)      Mr. Chengji Xu (China): New mode of cultivation and fermentation of edible & medicinal fungi

S4   Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Medicinal Mushrooms' Active Compounds

1)      Prof. Chengshu Wang (China): Genetics and chemical biology of the medicinal Cordyceps fungi

2)      Prof. Ping Zhu (China): Characterization of a specific β-xylosidase from Lentinula edodes and utilasation of the enzyme in the production of taxol from 7-β-xylosyl-10-deacetyltaxol

3)      Prof. Xiao-tong Yang (China): Preventive effects of a new Trametes versicolor polysaccharopeptide (NuPSP) against colitis-associated colorectal cancer in mice

4)      Prof. Hua Fan (Germany): Antineoplastic effects of Ganoderma lucidum

5)      Prof. Hongwei Liu (China): Secondary metabolites from mushrooms: chemistry, bioactivity, and biosynthesis

6)      Prof. Naohito Ohno (Japan): Role of β-glucan in innate and acquired immunity

7)      Prof. Peter C. K. Cheung (Hong Kong, China): Anti-angiogenic and antioxidant activities of mushroom phenolic compounds

8)      Prof. Kuniyoshi Shimizu (Japan): The importance of triterpenoids for efficient utilization of multi-medicinal mushroom, Ganoderma lingzhi-Analysis of metabolites during developmental stages

9)      Prof. Borut Strukelj (Slovenia): Anti-diabetic effects of medicinal mushrooms: huge potential for novel medicines

10)   Prof. Xueqian Wu (China): Studies on biosynthesis regulation and anti-inflammatory mechanism of Ganoderma sterols

11)   Prof. Yan Yang (China): Structural properties and in vitro immune activities of polysaccharides from Hericium erinaceus mycelia and fruiting bodies cultivated by ARTP mutagenesis strains

12)   Prof. Jian-yong Wu (China): Prebiotic and anti-inflammatory activities of exopolysaccharide from Cordyceps sinensis Cs-HK1 mycelial fermentation

13)   Prof. Changtian Li (China): Effect of Armillaria mellea fermentation broth on sleep-deprived mice

14)   Prof. Yiqiu Chai (China): The function of HEA extracted from Isaria cicadae

15)   Dr. Su Bu (China): Effect of polysaccharides from Ganoderma lucidum on lipid metabolism in human adipocytes

16)   Dr. Shujie Cheng (China): Regulators of nuclear receptor activity from culinary-medicinal mushrooms: the beginning of a wonderland

17)   Mr. Xiangwei Qi (China): Study on the anti-tumor activity of triterpenoids and sterols extracted from Ganoderma lucidum by high-pressure supercritical CO₂ extraction

S5   Medicinal Mushrooms in Veterinary and Agriculture

1)      Prof. Omon S. Isikhuemhen (USA/Nigeria): Medicinal mushrooms in animal production

2)      Prof. Hui Song (China): The studies of effects of mushroom as feed additive to chicken production performance

S6   Medicinal Mushrooms in Clinical Practice

1)      Prof. Taihui Li (China): A review of the preliminary studies on the medicinal effects of Cordyceps guangdongensis (≡Tolypocladium guangdongense)

2)      Prof. Chee-Jen Chen (Chinese Taipei): Animal trial on hypocholesterolemic effect and obese Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) women through a randomized double blind Placebo-controlled clinical trial treated with Auricularia polytricha formula

3)      Dr. Zhiyong Wu (China): The immunomodulation and quality of life improvement of Ganoderma lucidum spore powder on cancer patients

4)      Prof. Hikmet Hakan Aydin (Turkey): Turkey experience on usage of medicinal mushrooms in clinical practice

S7   Nutritional and Medicinal Values of Mushroom Products

1)      Prof. Vikineswary Sabaratnan (Malaysia): Mushrooms in our diets: challenges in delivery

2)      Prof. Hui-Chen Lo (Chinese Taipei): Therapeutic potentials and mechanisms of medicinal mushrooms in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

3)      Prof. Raj D. Rai (India): Medicinal mushroom Ganoderma – fate of adoption in land of Ayurveda – India

4)      Prof. Miomir Niksic (Serbia): Mushrooms-again shift from pharmaceutical to food supplements

5)      Dr. Stephen Lodder (USA): Commercial scale production of mushrooms and powder enriched in Vitamin D2

6)      Prof. Haiying Bao (China): Study on traditional Chinese mycomedicine---Sanghuang

7)      Prof. Barry V. McCleary (Ireland): Measurement of β-glucan in mushroom products

8)      Prof. Yang-Chang Wu (Chinese Taipei): Recent research and development of Antrodia cinnamomea

9)      Prof. Sheng-hou Wang (China): Study on components and health value of functional Cordyceps militaris in Liaoning Province

10)   Dr. Chon Seng TAN (Malaysia): An expedition from obscurity to eminence: The gem of Malaysia, Tiger Milk Mushroom

S8   Industrialization of Medicinal Mushrooms Products (including Management, Marketing, Laws and Regulations, Standardization)

1)      Prof. Zengzhi Li (China): Review & prospects for research & industrialization of Cordycipitoid fungi in China

2)      Prof. Shunxing Guo (China): Discussions on the admittance criterion of medicinal mushrooms as raw materials in food, functional food and pharmaceutical in China

3)      Dr. Carmenza Jaramillo (Colombia): Bioremediation with Macromycetes of products produced with asbestos and residues of asbestos cement

4)      Prof. Giuseppe Venturella (Italy): Science-to-business (S2B) marketing for a new mycotherapy in Italy

5)      Dr. Won-Sik Kong (Korea): Research review for medicinal mushroom in Korea

6)      Prof. Shenghua Wu (Chinese Taipei): Initiating a centennial industry for the medicinal Sanghuang mushroom (Sanghuangporus sanghuang)

7)      Prof. Richou Han (China): Research and commercialization of the Chinese Cordyceps Ophiocordyceps sinensis

8)      Prof. Chunru Li (China): New progress in research and application of vegetable Cicada (Ascomycetes)

*Notice: The speeches listed above are 30 minute presentations.