Section 1: Medical Microbiology and Biochemistry 1. Recent developments in vaccines strategies against human viral pathogens 2. Endophytic microflora: The fountainhead of anti-cancer metabolites - A systematic Review 3. Next-generation probiotics in controlling obesity: A systematic review of experimental models 4. Role of microbial metabolites in influencing host immunity 5. The hidden risk of healthcare-associated hepatitis C virus infection: Scenarios, past, present, and future. 6. Recent trends in shortening the duration of pulmonary Tuberculosis therapy in adults and to minimize the potential of developing resistance
Section 2: Microbial Biotechnology 1. Recent trends in the exploration of the genetic reservoir of uncultured microbes for industrial applications 2. Emerging trends in Microbial fermentation technologies 3. Current status and future directions in producing microbial fibrinolytic enzymes for biomedical applications 4. Pharmaceutical significance and recent developments in utilizing Bacterial enzymes 5. Recent strategies for enhanced production of microbial bacteriocins and their industrial applications
Section 3: Soil and Agriculture Microbiology 1. Recent developments in diagnostics and detection of plant viral pathogens 2. Recent trends in employing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for the development of sustainable agriculture 3. Salt-affected soil remediation by Microorganisms: Future perspectives 4. Nanotechnology-based innovative technologies for high agricultural productivity: Opportunities, challenges, and future perspectives 5. Herbivore-associated microorganisms in modulation of plant responses induced by Aphids, mites and thrips: An overview
Section 4: Environmental Microbiology 1. Recent trends in functional characterization of bacterial enzymes responsible for organophosphorus compound degradation 2. Recent trends in the development of high-performance microbial cell factories for production of bio-based chemicals 3. Progress in the microbial-remediation strategies for pesticide and oil contaminated sites 4. Recent trends and future perspectives of fungal cellulases for environmental management 5. Metagenomics and future perspectives in discovering pollutant degrading enzymes from soil microbial communities
Section 5: Methods in Microbiology 1. Recent trends in the development of nanomaterials for optical sensing of various human pathogens. 2. Recent progress in the development of analytical methods for the analysis of microbial secondary metabolites 3. Recent trends in the utilization of LAMP for the diagnosis of viruses, bacteria, and allergens in food 4. Advances in mass spectrometry for microbial proteome analysis 5. Recent trends in using zebrafish as a model organism to assess probiotics influence on growth and development