The University of Bucharest and the Arab Society for Fungal Conservation announce “The Third International Conference on Medical, Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology. Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses: Friends or Foes?”, organized between 22–25 June 2026.
Titles and abstracts should be submitted before the 25th of May 2026. Both oral and poster presentations are welcome.
The event will take place in a hybrid format at the Platform of Research in Biology and Systemic Ecology within the Faculty of Biology of UB (Splaiul Independenței 91-95, Bucharest).
Organized by the Faculty of Biology of UB, the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB) and the Arab Society for Fungal Conservation (ASFC), in partnership with MIRRI-ERIC (Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium) and the National Institute for Chemical-Pharmaceutical Research and Development (ICCF) Bucharest, the conference provides an interdisciplinary forum to explore how advances in microbial research translate from academia into real-world applications.
The program of the event will feature international keynote speakers, interactive workshops, dynamic poster sessions and oral presentations, designed to foster networking, global collaboration, and the exchange of the latest developments in microbial sciences.
The conference welcomes national and international participants including leading academic scientists, professors, researchers and research scholars in microbiology, undergraduate and graduate students with relevant results in the fields.
A list of the keynote speakers is available here, while a detailed list of the main topics covered by the conference can be accessed here.
The working languages of the conference are English and Romanian.
Paper submission
Titles and abstracts should be submitted before 25th of May 2026. Both oral and poster presentations are welcome. For abstract preparation, please download the abstract template here.
Complete papers must be submitted by 10th June 2026. Full papers and abstracts presented at the Conference will be published in the Journal of Microbial Biosystems, the scientific journal of the Arab Society for Fungal Conservation (International Scientific Journal of Microbial Biology) indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, as well as archiveed in the CAB Abstracts/ Global Health Full-Text Repository-CABI, with maximum 10 pages including figures and tables. Authors will be asked to pay more fees if their papers are more than 10 pages. For full paper, please download the instructions from here and the paper template from here.
Both abstracts and complete papers must be send until the mentioned deadlines at events@icub.unibuc.ro.
Those interested in attending the event without an oral or poster presentation are kindly asked to register here.
Special workshop
The conference will also feature a special workshop on 25th of June 2026, dedicated to “The Microbiome Strategy: Navigating the Friend-Foe Duality in Medicine and Industry”, with the following programme:
10:00 – 11:15: Presentation 1: The Molecular Switch. Analyzing virulence factors and gene transfer that turn “Friends” into “Foes”.
11:15 – 12:15: Presentation 2: Bio-Industrial Allies. Case studies on using “Friends” (bacteria/yeast) for sustainable drug production and soil health.
12:15 – 12:45: Coffee & Networking Break. Specialized session for students to pitch questions to the professors/speakers.
12:45 – 14:00: Presentation 3: Digital Surveillance. A walkthrough of using online databases (NCBI) to detect emerging “Foe” sequences in public health.
Registration Fees
For the conference
| Category | Early Bird** | Regular | What’s Included? |
| Undergraduate Student * | $70 | $100 | Full access, materials, coffee breaks. |
| Researcher * | $160 | $210 | Above + official certificate for tenure/ranking. |
| With Abstract (Prof.) | $200 | $250 | Presentation slot & Book of Abstracts inclusion. |
| With Manuscript (Prof.) | $350 | $450 | Peer review & indexed publication fee. |
For the workshop
| Category | Price (USD) |
| Undergraduate Student | $20 |
| Researcher | $50 |
* For online participation the fee is 50% from the total. Students and researchers of the University of Bucharest benefit from a 25% discount on the participation fee.
** For early bird fee, pay until 10th of June 2026.
*** On site registration will cost the participants an additional fee of $20.
The registration fee should be transferred to:
Account holder: ASOCIAȚIA ALUMNI UNIVERSITĂȚII DIN BUCUREȘTI (București)
Address: București, B-dul Regina Elisabeta nr. 4-12, Sala M6
Tax Identification Number: 29223620
Bank: BRD Ag. Compozitorilor
SWIFT Code: BRDEROBU
IBAN Code: RO52BRDE410SV57544994100
Please send the proof of payment at events@icub.unibuc.ro.
Salient Features
The 3rd International Conference on Medical, Agriculture and Industrial Microbiology (ICMAIM 2026) will be characterized by:
- Perfect platform for Global Networking
- International renowned speakers
- Highly organized and structured scientific programs
- Interesting scientific deliberations and discussion
- Meet academia and industry visionaries to get inspired
- Expand your knowledge and find solutions to problems
- Knowledge, benchmarking and networking offered at one place
- Forge connections and for global networking
- Career guidance for early career researchers and students Poster Presentations and world class exhibitions
- Meet with vendors and suppliers from the specified areas.
Previous editions of the conference
The First International Conference on Fungal Conservation in the Middle East and North of Africa (ICFC 2016), 18-20 October 2016, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt (http://fungiofegypt.com/Conference/2016/).
The Second International Conference on Mycology in MENA (ICM-2018), 16-18 October 2018, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt (http://fungiofegypt.com/Conference/2018/
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