Having made the name of our university with its projects in the international arena, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faculty of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department faculty member Assoc. Dr. Faruk Selçuk added a new project to his international projects. "Ascomycetous Fungi of Diversity and biogeographical distribution of Turkey and Thailand ' The "Comparison of Two Protected Areas in" project was deemed worthy of support within the framework of the scientific and technological cooperative for the Memorandum of Understanding for the biodiversity areas between the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). With the project, which has a budget of approximately 600 thousand TL, it is aimed to compare the microfungus diversity and biogeographical distribution of the tree and shrub reserves in the Karabük - Yenice Forests in our country and the Doi Inthanon National Park in Thailand.

Selçuk: “Biodiversity is the Basis of Our Project”

Providing information about the project, Project Manager Assoc. Dr. Faruk Selcuk stated, "Diversity of Ascomycetous Fungi and Comparison of Biogeographical Distribution of the Two Protected Areas in Turkey and Thailand," project is an international project and it was very important to take part in this project for Kırşehir Ahi Evran University. Emphasizing that the approximate budget of the project supported by TÜBİTAK and NSTDA is 600 thousand TL, Selçuk continued his speech as follows: “Biodiversity is the basis of our project. In fact, this is a phenomenon that is genetically and ecologically unevenly distributed throughout the world. However, determining this phenomenon is very important in terms of using that resource more effectively. We will try to create this with this project. We will work on the identification of this diversity and the area we work in is Karabük - Yenice Forests. This forest constitutes one of Europe's one hundred hot spots. Yenice Forests is a place for which the term "forest sea" is used and these forests are a very important area for our work. Therefore, we will investigate the type, biological diversity, distribution and genetic variation of microfungi that thrive on trees and shrubs. Also, Thailand's Doi Inthanon National Park forests are a tropical forest, and in this project we will compare Yenice Forests with Doi Inthanon National Park Forests. "

Explaining that they will compare two forests in different climate zones, Assoc. Dr. Faruk Selçuk said that some common species could emerge with this research. Stating that they will follow the changes of common species to be found, Selçuk said, "We will research how did the characteristics of the species manifest themselves under human intervention or under different climatic zones and what are the morphological and anatomical features of the change according to this climate zone." Stating that they will prepare a checklist for both forests with this project, Assoc. Dr. Faruk Selçuk emphasized that this study will constitute a serious infrastructure for all future studies. "Among the species we identify, there will be species that show or are likely to show parasite and pathogenicity." Selçuk said and he also stated that the identification of these species is an important criterion in terms of determining some land situations that these species will cause in the future and taking precautions. Emphasizing that this project is very important in terms of being one of our university's international projects, Assoc. Dr. Faruk Selçuk also thanked the Rector of our University Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya.