KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 6
Microbial Ecology Network–Nepal and Tribhuvan University organized the Second South Asian Symposium on Microbial Ecology, 2023 (SASME 2023), in Dhulikhel, on November 1-3.
This three day symposium was inaugurated by Minister for Education, Science and Technology Ashok Kumar Rai at Himalaya Drishya Hotel on 1st November, 2023. This symposium brought together nearly 200 senior, mid-, and early career Microbial ecologists from different countries of South Asia and beyond. Scientists and students representing eleven countries participated in the international symposium.
A total of 130 scientific research papers including seven plenary and 13 invited talks were presented in the symposium. During the symposium three capacity building workshops, women scientists' session and industry–academy panel discussion workshops were also organized. The key objective of the symposium included the promotion of early career researchers and young students building their research capacity and celebrate the achievements of under-represented researchers, including women scientists in the field.
SASME 2023, Dhulikhel Declaration
As of November 4, 2023
We, scientists and researchers of microbiology and biotechnology of South Asian countries and beyond, participating in-depth discussion in Second South Asian Symposium on Microbial Ecology in Dhulikhel of Nepal from November 1-3, 2023, declare hereby a common commitment.
- Realizing climate change as a high burden real-time problem and that South Asian countries and people are destined to suffer the most from it, the symposium focuses on studying role of microorganisms in global warming gases production as well as inhibition of it so as to decrease amount of the greenhouse gases in atmosphere.
- Considering the rise of antimicrobial resistance developed by microorganisms into an alarming level, the symposium motivates to work to reduce the trend and find alternative way to treat infections.
- Focusing on the diverse ecological microbiomes in South Asia, the Symposium motivates the urgent need of groundbreaking study using cutting-edge technologies to find out environmental microbiomes and microbiota in the region.
- Observing high possibility of useful metabolites and enzymes of diverse microbiota of South Asia, the Symposium realizes the need to utilize the metabolic capabilities of tremendous genetic pool of microbiomes for the benefit of human kind.
- Seeking the urgent need to sustain ecosystem, the symposium commits to focus on the research work to maintain sustainable human planet.
- Realizing the power of cooperation, Symposium paves way for research collaboration in future for the betterment of human health and sustainable earth.
