Next Generation Nanochitosan

Part 1: Green synthesis and characterization of nanochitosan from aquatic organisms and animal products 1. Structural and biochemical properties of conventional and nano-chitosan 2. Nanochitosan derived from crustacean and its applications 3. Nanochitosan derived from snail and its applications 4. Nanochitosan derived from fish scale and its applications 5. Nanochitosan derived from fungal extracts of aquatic and animal source 6. Nanochitosan derived from animal products 7. Nanochitosan derived from marine insects 8. Nanochitosan derived from marine coelenterates 9. Nanochitosan derived from marine annelids 10. Nanochitosan derived from marine fungi 11. Nanochitosan derived from marine bacteria 12. Nanochitosan derived from marine endophytic microorganisms 13. Nanochitosan derived from marine Actinomycetes 14. Nanochitosan derived from marine endolichenic fungi Part 2: Application in animal husbandry 15. The role of nanochitosan for efficient delivery of nutrients and drugs (including hormones and vaccines) in cattle 16. Application of nanochitosan in poultry breeding 17. Application of nanochitosan in the pig and rabbit industry 18. Application of nanochitosan in the Snail rearing 19. Application of nanochitosan in the management of several zoonotic diseases 20. Application of nanochitosan as insect repellents in animal husbandry 21. Alternative to Antibiotic Feed Additive in Poultry 22. Application of nanochitosan for enhanced milk production 23. Application of nanochitosan as improved animal performance and reproduction effectiveness 24. Application of nanochitosan ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestibility 25. Application of nanochitosan in enzyme immobilization

Part 3: Application in aquaculture 26. Roles of nanochitosan and polymeric chitosan for the protection of farmed fish against disease-causing pathogens 27. Application of nanochitosan in fish genetics and prevent genetic diseases 28. Significant of nanochitosan in preservation and storage of fish 29. Utilization of nanochitosan in the sterilization of ponds and water treatment for aquaculture 30. Applications of nanochitosan in the detection and control of aquatic diseases 31. The potential of nanochitosan for improving the bioavailability of essential nutrient in fishes 32. Applications of nanochitosan in the treatment of effluents and pollutants exist in the fisheries pond 33. Application of nanochitosan in water filtration with high relevance in fishery pond 34. Relevance of nanochitosan for enhancement of fish growth as well as metabolism, swimming pattern, feeding and behaviour of fish 35. Nanochitosan for production of more effective fish feed for aquaculture 36. Application of nanochitosan in the control of biofouling in aquatic ponds 37. The role of nanochitosan in the prevention of eutrophication such as unwanted bacteria, algae and invertebrates (bedbugs and mussels) in aquaculture environments 38. Utilization of chitosan-based complexes for effective immunomodulators of fish and crustaceans 39. Nanochitosan for the production of juvenile in aquaculture

Part 4: Application of nanochitosan in the protection and package of aquatic and animal-based food 40. Application of nanochitosan and polymeric chitosan as antibacterial, antivirus and antifungal activities when incorporated into aquatic and animal-based food materials 41. Application of nanochitosan for the elimination of oxygen when incorporated into aquatic and animal-based food material 42. Utilization of nanochitosan for enzyme immobilization for aquatic and animal-based food packages 43. Significant of nanochitosan for improving bioavailability, stability and shelf life of sensitive ingredients in aquatic and animal-based foods 44. Application of nanochitosan in Tagging and nano barcoding of aquatic and animal meats 45. Application of nanochitosan in the preservation of fish, meat and oil 46. Nanotoxicology aspect of nanochitosan in meat industry

Dr Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji is presently a faculty member and lecturer at the Microbiology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Edo State University Uzairue (EDSU), Edo State, Nigeria. He was formally the Acting Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, the Head of department of Microbiology, Sub Dean for Faculty of Science and currently the Chairman Grant Committee and the Ag Dean for Faculty of Science, at EDSU. He is a Visiting Professor and the Executive Director for the Center of Biotechnology, Precious Cornerstone University, Ibadan, University. He has won several scientific awards and grants from renowned academic bodies like Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India, The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Italy, Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NPF) Netherlands, The Agency for International Development Cooperation; Israel, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK among many others. Dr Adetunji was ranked among the top 20th position among 500 prolific authors in Nigeria between 2019 till date by SciVal/SCOPUS. He was recently appointed as the President and Chairman Governing Council of the Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network Society. He was recently appointed as the Director for International Affiliation and Training Centre for Environmental and Public Health, Research and Development, Zaria. He is an editorial board member of many international journals and serves as a reviewer to many double-blind peer review journals like Elsevier etc. Dr Adetunji is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, and Nigerian Society for Microbiology, and he is presently the General/Executive Secretary of Nigerian Young Academy. He is the president and founder of the Nigerian Post-Harvest and Food Biotechnology Society. Daniel Ingo Hefft is an engineer working at the University of Birmingham within the Advanced Measurements for Industrial Application research group. He is a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, has a master’s degree from the University of Reading (UK) and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Germany). He is also a long serving member of the Association of German Food Technologists (GDL. e.V.) and founding member of a food engineering special interest group in the Institution of Agricultural Engineers. Daniel worked for leading, multinational food manufacturers, both in the UK and Germany. He has years of practical industry experience in process development, quality assurance and product development. His current projects focus on the application of passive acoustic emission sensing techniques to characterize complex fluids as well as developing a highly affordable technology to measure live rheology. Dr. Jaison Jeevanandam obtained his Ph.D. in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science from Curtin University, Malaysia. His Ph.D. project focused on the development of a novel nanomedicine for reversing insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetes. He has experience in nanoparticle synthesis, especially in green synthesis using plant extracts, characterization, cytotoxic analysis of nanoparticles, and in vitro analysis in diabetic models. His current research focuses on the application of bionanotechnology in the development of nanoformulations for drug delivery. Dr. Jaison has authored an edited book on ‘Research advances in dynamic light scattering’ for Nova Science Publishers, United States and contributed about 16 book chapters and 28 journal articles along with some conference papers. Dr. Danquah is a full Professor and the Director of Chemical Engineering Program at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, United States. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), Chartered Scientist (CSci) and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). Dr. Danquah’s research focuses on the utilization of bioprocess and biomolecular engineering principles to develop emerging biopharmaceuticals, biosensing and molecular separation systems; environmental bioremediation systems; and biofuels and bio-products. Dr. Danquah’s research findings are well published and cited with over 230 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, conference publications and technical reports. His research has also resulted in intellectual properties and patent applications, large-scale manufacturing plants, and commercialized products and formulations.