ORIC University of Poonch Rawalakot

Seminar on:
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
Date: 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
Time: 𝟏𝟎.𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦
Venue: 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐑𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭
You are cordially invited to attend a seminar on "Frontiers of Knowledge: Research and Study Abroad Opportunities" organized by Office of Research innovation and Commercialization, UPR..

The seminar aims to provide a platform for students and faculty members to explore research and study abroad opportunities. Our esteemed speakers, Mr. Daud Alishah and Mr. Zohair Ali, will share their expertise and experiences on various aspects of research and study abroad.

Key Topics:

- Research opportunities abroad
- Study abroad programs and scholarships
- Career prospects after studying abroad
- Cultural adaptation and challenges

Who Should Attend:

- Students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies
- Faculty members and researchers
- Anyone interested in research and study abroad opportunities

We look forward to seeing you at the seminar!

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 (𝐘-𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐇𝐄𝐂-𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥)
The Managing Editor, Basharat Mehmood, invites scholars to submit original research and review articles, case studies, and other relevant manuscripts for publication in Planta Animalia, a Y-category research journal approved by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

The journal publishes high-quality manuscripts on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

- Animal and plant sciences
- Fisheries and wildlife management
- Agricultural economics and related fields

We welcome submissions from academics, researchers, and practitioners in the above-mentioned fields. All manuscripts will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure the quality and validity of the research.
Managing Editor, Basharat Mehmood.

𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭,
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 would like to extend heartfelt gratitude for taking the time to share your valuable insights and expertise with our students and faculty members during the webinar on "𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚." Your presentations were informative, engaging, and provided our participants with a clear understanding of the opportunities and procedures for pursuing higher education in China.

Thank you again for your contributions to the success of our webinar.

𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧
𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬:
𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐊𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐢𝐭 Master Scholar, NJMU, China
𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧 PhD Scholar NJMU, China
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𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐃: 857 2415 1162
𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞: 12345
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 7th December 2024 (𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲)
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 5.30 PM (Pakistani Time)
𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐉𝐊

𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
Computational drug screening and synthetic lethality drug repurposing to identify novel therapeutic options for prostate cancer.
𝐍𝐨 𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐒 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝.
𝐍𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐞.
𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎 𝐋𝐚𝐜.
This is a 3-year PhD position, that is part of a European Doctoral Network (DN) program entitled “Prostate cancer omics mediated intervention (PROMOTE)” involving 13 research centers from 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧.
The PhD position is hosted at Delta 4 GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Start is January 2025.

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞
𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Last Date of Application Submission: 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧
𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: Farah Kafauit Master Scholar, NJMU, China
Mazhar Sultan PhD Scholar NJMU, China
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 7th December 2024
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 5.30 PM (Pakistani Time)
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐬: Through Zoom
𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐃: 857 2415 1162
𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞: 12345
𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐉𝐊

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐟 𝐔𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧
𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 would like to express sincere gratitude for sparing your valuable time to deliver an informative and engaging webinar on "𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲" Your insights and expertise were truly enlightening, and we appreciate your efforts in sharing your knowledge with our faculty members and students.

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟔:𝟎𝟎-𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (Pakistani Time)
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𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐃 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐔 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐌𝐈𝐑: 𝐔𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒
Mushrooms, the fleshy, fruiting, spore-bearing bodies of fungi, are prized for their unique flavor and texture. Comprising a stipe, pileus, and lamellae, mushrooms exhibit diverse morphological varieties. These organisms are found worldwide, with wild edible species being collected and consumed for thousands of years.

Located in the foothills of the southern Karakorum Range, Azad Jammu and Kashmir boasts a sub-tropical highland climate, supporting thick forests, rivers, and streams. The region's topography, elevation, and soil pH create an ideal environment for macro-fungal growth.

Wild edible mushrooms are crucial for human trade, diet, and medicine. With approximately 140,000 species, they offer better sources of digestible proteins, carbohydrates, and essential amino acids than cultivated mushrooms. The Kashmir region is rich in unexplored macro-fungal wealth, with 56 reported species in Pakistan, 44 of which are from Kashmir.

Technology has enabled cultivation of some wild species, but many remain uncultivable, found only in specific habitats. Absolute care is necessary during collection, as some species are deadly poisonous.

Edible mushrooms, particularly Agaricales, hold medicinal importance due to their richness in calcium, folic acid, zinc, vitamins, protein, fiber, and iron. They reduce cholesterol levels and exhibit anti-cancer properties. Pleurotaceae and Agaricaceae family mushrooms are naturally gluten-free, rich in vitamins D and B, protein, and carbohydrates.

The cooler climate of AJK, with short summers, favors macro-fungal growth. February to October is the ideal season for wild mushroom growth in Poonch district. However, non-conservation practices have led to a decrease in wild mushroom populations.

TAPPING THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF AJK'S MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS

In the picturesque valleys of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a treasure trove of medicinal mushrooms has long been a source of livelihood for local communities. The region is particularly renowned for its prized Morel (Morchella spp) mushrooms, locally known as "Guchi," which are highly sought after for their unique flavor and medicinal properties.

These rare and expensive mushrooms not only generate significant revenue for the state but also provide a vital source of income for many families in the region. However, the full economic potential of this valuable resource remains untapped.

To harness the economic benefits of AJK's medicinal mushrooms, experts and researchers can collaborate to cultivate these species, establish processing facilities, and export the products. This can be achieved by:

- Developing sustainable cultivation methods
- Establishing specialized research centers to study the medicinal properties of AJK's unique mushroom species
- Providing training and support to local communities to enhance their mushroom collection and cultivation skills
- Developing value-added products, such as mushroom-based medicines, cosmetics, and food products, to increase export earnings

By embracing innovative solutions and collaborating with experts, we can unlock the vast economic potential of AJK's medicinal mushrooms, drive growth, and improve the well-being of our communities.

CONCLUSION

The wild edible mushrooms of Azad Jammu and Kashmir are a hidden treasure waiting to be unleashed. With the right approach, we can tap into the economic potential of these valuable resources, create new opportunities for local communities, and contribute to the growth and development of our region.

Basharat Mahmood
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Poonch Rawalakot