Programme
- Keynotes: 30 minutes + 10 minutes discussion
- Young Scientists Special Session: 25 minutes + 5 minutes discussion
- Talk: 15 minutes + 5 minutes discussion
Format
- Full HD 16:9
- 4:3 is also possible
Speaker’s Desk including PC, microphone. Please bring your presentation on a USB stick or download it from an online provider.
Format
- A0 portrait format.
Conference language is English.
Monday, 9th May
12:00 | Registration opens |
12:50 |
Welcome: Katja Bühler (UFZ, DE) & Markus Weitere (UFZ, DE) |
Biofilm ecology and ecotoxicology ISession chairs: Mechthild Schmitt & Ahmed Tlili |
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13:00 |
Keynote: Anna Maria Romani Cornet (University of Girona, ES) Title: Biofilm ecology: structure, dynamics, actors and factors in a stress world. |
13:40 |
Christine Anlanger (UFZ, DE) Title: Hydraulic control of biofilm diversity and function in streams. |
14:00 |
Dorothee L. Kurz (ETHZ, CH) Title: Mechanisms driving intermittency in preferential flow paths in porous media biofilms. |
14:20 |
Nuria Perujo (UFZ, DE) Title: The role of biofilms for phosphorus removal in fluvial ecosystems: concentration- and time-dependent processes. |
14:40 |
Sergio Tomas-Martinez (Delft University of Technology, NL) Title: Stable isotope labelling to track the metabolic turnover of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis. |
15:00 | Coffee break and poster session 1 |
Biofilm ecology and ecotoxicology IISession chairs: Anna Maria Romani Cornet & Markus Weitere |
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16:00 |
Keynote: Dr. Ahmed Tlili (Eawag, CH) Title: How important are aquatic biofilms to assess ecotoxicological effects? |
16:40 |
Louis Carles (Eawag, CH) Title: Impact of wastewater microorganisms on the microbial communities of stream biofilms and their sensitivity to micropollutants. |
17:00 |
Francesca Di Pippo (IRSA-CNR, IT) Title: Microplastic-associated biofilms in lentic ecosystems: biodiversity, structure and possible implication for freshwater ecosystems. |
17:20 |
Henriette Lyng Røder (University of Copenhagen, DK) Title: Selection for – and impact of – evolved genotypic variants in multispecies biofilms. |
17:40 |
Marta Rudzite (Imperial College London, GB) Title: How Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses Type VI Secretion system to shape the structure of polymicrobial communities. |
18:00 | Welcome reception at KUBUS foyer |
Tuesday, 10th May
Biofilm application ISession chairs: Ingmar Riedel - Kruse & Katja Bühler |
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09:00 |
Keynote: Haluk Beyenal (Washington State University, US) Title: Electrochemically active biofilms. |
09:40 |
Lucian Staicu (University of Warsaw, PL) Title: Industrial microbial mat-sourced Shewanella strain: versatile polymetallic and anaerobic respirer. |
10:00 |
Andreas Netsch (DVGW / KIT, DE) Title: On-line monitoring of biofilm accumulation on graphite-polypropylene electrodes applicable in bioelectrochemical systems using a heat transfer sensor. |
10:20 |
Benjamin Korth (UFZ, DE) Title: Metal disco: Perfect partnership opportunities for electroactive biofilms? |
10:40 | Coffee break |
Biofilm application IISession chairs: Dorina Strieth & Mark van Loosdrecht |
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11:00 |
Keynote: Johannes Gescher (TU Hamburg, DE) Title: Productive biofilms on electrode surfaces. |
11:40 |
Yagut Allahverdiyeva (University of Turku, FI) Title: Towards efficient chemicals production with microalgal artificial biofilms. |
12:00 |
Jonas Kollmen (TU Kaiserslautern, DE) Title: Influence of phototrophic biofilms on plant growth promoting properties of soil. |
12:20 |
Johannes Eberhard Reiner (KIT, DE) Title: Scalable biofilm reactors as key component of a reaction cascade for the production of 2,3‑butanediol from food waste. |
12:40 | Lunch break & poster session 2 |
Biofilm application IIISession chairs: Haluk Beyenal & Jan Kreft |
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14:00 |
Keynote: Mark van Loosdrecht (Delft University of Technology, NL) Title: Engineering biofilm morphology and development of the Nereda technology for wastewater treatment. |
14:40 |
Keke Xiao (KIT, DE) Title: Changes of ANAMMOX biofilm under stepwise increased ciprofloxacin stress. |
15:00 |
Skander Hathroubi (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE) Title: Optimizing productivity and quality of bacterial cellulose by applying intermittent harvests. |
15:20 |
Timothy Overton (University of Birmingham, UK) Title: Polymer-Induced Biofilms for Biocatalysis. |
15:40 |
Yan Gao (University of Paris-Saclay, FR) Title: The impact of light regimes on Chlorella vulgaris biofilm structural dynamics and physiology. |
16:00 | Coffee break |
Tools & modellingSession chairs: Hannah Jeckel & Harald Horn |
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16:20 |
Keynote: Michael Wagner (KIT, DE) Title: Biofilm imaging and its changes within the last decades. |
17:00 |
Giorgio Pratofiorito (KIT, DE) Title: Differentiating biofilm growth on spacer and membrane in flat sheet membrane units with optical coherence tomography. |
17:20 |
Clara Toulouze (Toulouse Institute of Fluid Mechanics, FR) Title: Gold optimized nanohybride for a selective labeling and imaging in micro tomography of biofilm grown in porous media. |
17:40 |
Sudarsan Mugunthan (Nanyang Technological University, SG) Title: Single molecule FISH – Novel tool for identifying extracellular RNA distribution in biofilms. |
18:00 | Closing day 2 |
Wednesday, 11th May
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Tools & modelling continued...Session chairs: Johannes Gescher & Benjamin Korth |
09:00 |
Keynote: Jan Kreft (University of Birmingham, GB) Title: Mathematical modelling of biofilms: what have we learnt? |
09:40 |
Mario Plattes (LIST, LU) Title: Zero-dimensional modelling and bacterial characterization of an aerobic granular sludge reactor. |
10:00 |
Dorina Strieth (TU Kaiserslautern, DE) Title: Comprehensive characterization of phototrophic biofilms. |
10:20 |
Hannah Jeckel (Philipps-University Marburg, DE) Title: Multispecies phase diagram reveals biophysical principles of bacterial biofilm. |
10:40 | Coffee break |
11:00 |
Alexandra Jackson (Southampton University, GB) Title: An elastomeric model biofilm system for assessing the effect of physico-mechanical properties of marine biofilms on drag. |
11:20 |
Andrea Teuber (University of Ulm, DE) Title: A novel bacterial sensing platform: Diamond thin-film waveguides based on quantum cascade laser mid-infrared spectroscopy. |
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Young Scientists Special SessionSession chairs: Katja Bühler & Markus Weitere |
11:40 |
Introduction |
11:45 |
Erika Muratov (DLR, DE) Title: Next generation of decontamination technologies: challenging Bacillus subtilis biofilms with cold plasmas. |
12:15 |
Rui Du (KIT, DE) Title: Novel integration of partial denitrification and anammox in biofilm systems for nitrogen removal: Proof of concept from high-strength to low-strength waste water. |
12:45 |
Ruben Gerrits (BAM, DE) Title: Fungal biofilms are supported by extracellular polymeric substances and protective pigments in their substrate attachment and desiccation tolerance. |
13:15 | Lunch break & poster session 3 |
14:10 |
Olga Lamprecht (Eawag, CH) Title: Bottom-up establishment and application of synthetic periphyton community. |
14:40 |
Bumkyu Kim (University of Notre Dame, US) Title: Genetically engineered culture with reduced EPS production results in improved performance for biofilm reactors. |
15:10 | Coffee break |
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Emerging technologiesSession chairs: Erika Muratov & Andreas Schmid |
15:40 |
Keynote: Ingmar Riedel Kruse (University of Arizona, US) Title: Engineering bacterial multicellularity with synthetic adhesins for green applications. |
16:20 |
Moshe Herzberg (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IL) Title: Linking adhesion of EPS with the temporal gene expression of microbial biofilms developed in wastewater on RO membranes: Meta-transcriptomic analysis combined with a QCM-D study. |
16:40 |
Lan Li Wong (Nanyang Technological University, SG) Title: Are surface (S-) layer proteins public good biofilm matrix exopolymers? |
17:00 |
Mahir Bozan (UFZ, DE) Title: Dual-species cyanobacterial biofilms for technical application. |
17:20 |
Praveen Singh (RWTH, DE) Title: Vibrio cholerae biofilm dispersal regulator causes cell release from matrix through type IV pilus retraction. |
17:40 |
Eva M.Voglauer (FFoQSI GmbH, AU) Title: Water hose biofilms in the meat processing environment harbor complex microbial communities. |
18:00 |
Transfer to conference dinner & closing Dinner at Ratskeller Adress: Lotterstr. 1, 04109 Leipzig Google Maps |