Novel anaerobes

14/11/2017

Here are some photos of the Novel Anaerobes 2017 Symposium. It was an absolutely amazing scientific meeting. A big thank you to all the speakers and attendants for your presence and insightful discussions. Everyone contributed to the success of this event. We also want to thank our sponsors for there kind contributions.

09/11/2017

The Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017 is so close! We can´t wait to have you in Braga.
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08/11/2017

Last but not least, Ana Júlia Cavaleiro from University of Minho, Portugal, is the Chair of the organizing committee of the Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017.

Ana Júlia Cavaleiro is an invited assistant researcher at the Centre for Biological Engineering of the University of Minho. She is an expert in anaerobic microbial communities for biodegradation of lipids coupled to the production of biogas and other valuable compounds, and in anaerobic biodegradation of hydrocarbons contaminated environments. Her work on this last topic was awarded by NASA in 2014. In the last four years she has been working within project “Novel anaerobes for a biobased economy”.

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Official Page of the University of Minho Biological Engineering Center

07/11/2017

Of the few remaining speakers to present, we introduce Diana Sousa from Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Diana Z. Sousa is an Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands and an academic collaborator at the Centre of Biological Engineering from the University of Minho. She obtained her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Minho, Portugal, 2007 where she researched the ecophysiology of anaerobic communities degrading long chain fatty acids. Her main research interests are the physiology and functional genomics of anaerobic microorganisms, with a special emphasis on the conversion of C1 compounds and the development of synthetic anaerobic microbial networks for the production of chemical building blocks.

https://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/DZ-Diana-Machado-de-Sousa-PhD-MSc.htm

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04/11/2017

After a week without updates, an addition to the program is presented: Andreia Salvador from Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal.

Andreia Salvador is an Invited Assistant Researcher at the Centre of Biological Engineering from University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. She works in the taxonomic and functional analyses of anaerobic microbial communities. She is particularly interested on the interactions between different microbial species, and between microorganisms and the environment. Andreia will speak to us about how “Carbon materials improve the activity of methanogenic cultures”.

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Official Page of the University of Minho Biological Engineering Center

27/10/2017

Professor Alette Langenhoff from Wageningen University, The Netherlands will also be present at Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017.

Alette Langenhoff is associate professor at the department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands. She is a specialist on biodegradation of (micro)pollutants in water, sediments and soil. Currently, her work focusses on novel technologies for the (biological) removal of organic micro-pollutants in water, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides and industrial chemicals. She is also a visiting scientist at the University of Minho since 2013.

https://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/Alette-Langenhoff-1.htm

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23/10/2017

This week starts with the presentation of Professor Marta Carballa from Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Marta Carballa is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Her research activities have been focused primarily on the anaerobic treatment of wastewaters and solid wastes, focusing not only on the technical aspects, but also on the microbial community structure, and on the identification and quantification of the removal mechanisms of micropollutants in biological wastewater and sludge treatment processes. It has included the enrollment in 6 European projects, 11 national projects, 8 regional projects and 9 research contracts with relevant Spanish/Galician companies in the field.

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17/10/2017

The first plenary session of Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017 will be held by professor Harold Drake from the University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Professor Harold Drake is chair of the Department of Ecological Microbiology in the University of Bayreuth (Germany). He is an expert in the eco-physiology of anaerobic microorganisms in soils, namely on the functional characterization of anaerobic microbial communities that mediate the emission of greenhouse gases. Currently his work is also focused on the study of trophic links between soil fauna (e.g. earthworm) and associated gut microbiota. Professor Drake is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

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Harold L. Drake

12/10/2017

This week two main speakers of Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017 are presented.
Inês Cardoso Pereira from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

Inês Cardoso Pereira is the head of the Bacterial Energy Metabolism Group at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. She is also Vice-Director at ITQB NOVA. Her research is focused on the study of metabolic pathways for energy production in anaerobic microorganisms, and on the exploitation of their biotechnological applications. One of the main research lines is dedicated to the bioenergetic processes that enable a large group of bacteria to respire sulfur compounds.

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10/10/2017

Fons Stams is the head of the ERC project “Novel Anaerobes for a Biobased Economy” and one of the Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017 hosts.
Fons Stams is Professor of Microbiology at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), The Netherlands, and visiting Professor at the Centre of Biological Engineering from the University of Minho (UM), Portugal. He is an expert in the microbiology, physiology, molecular ecology and biochemistry of anaerobic communities. He has made major contributions for understanding anaerobic microorganisms and their functions in natural and man-made environments. In 2012 he was awarded with an ERC Advanced Grant, for his project “Novel anaerobes for a biobased economy”, a joint project between WUR and UM.
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04/10/2017

The second speaker to be presented for Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017 is Professor Caroline Plugge, from Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands

Caroline Plugge is Associate Professor of Microbiology at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), and Senior Advisor at Wetsus, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology (Leeuwarden). She has a large research experience with microbial physiology and ecology, anaerobic microorganisms, microbial and syntrophic interactions in anaerobic ecosystems. She published 151 papers in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters, and was involved as principal investigator or team member in several national and international projects. This year Caroline Plugge was part of the organization committee of the 3rd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-3) that was held in the Wageningen University.
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26/09/2017

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