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The EU-funded e.Biofilm project is building a group of excellence focused on engineering biofilms. DOI: 10.3030/101087568

For that, we will explore control mechanisms that are based on imaging and molecular characterization of the complex ecology.

15/10/2026

🔬📊 From Lab to Impact: e.Biofilm at VII CBEDS!

Our team was back at do Minho for the Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium, an inspiring event organized by and for PhD students.
Across the “Health” and “Food and Feed” poster panels, our early-stage researchers and PhD students showcased their latest work in biofilm science – ranging from novel therapeutic and antimicrobial strategies to advanced biofilm characterisation and emerging industrial applications. 🏭💊

Events like this are a fantastic platform to exchange peer feedback, discuss translational paths, and foster cross-institutional collaborations.

Proud of our team members Vânia Pinheiro, Catarina Sandiares, Gabriela Monteiro, Marta Gomes, Rui Macedo and Megan Braga for actively representing the project and sharing their work! 💡

Congratulations to the organizing committee and all the prize winners! 👏

09/10/2026

🧫🔬 e.Biofilm team at BiofilmsON’26!

Last week, our team was in Braga at Universidade do Minho for the 6th edition of BiofilmsON'26 – Practical Course & Symposium on Biofilms, exploring this year's theme: 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.

It was an intense week of scientific exchange, hands-on training, and strong project representation:

🎤 Our ERA Chair, Darla Goeres, was an invited speaker delivering an insightful talk entitled "Beyond the Bench: Turning research into impact".

💡 Hands-on Training & Flash Talks: our PhD students completed the full practical course – dividing into hands-on modules from ecological imaging to gene expression – and showcased their research during the symposium:

• Megan Braga – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵: 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘴

• Catarina Sandiares – 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯: 𝘗𝘕𝘈-𝘍𝘐𝘚𝘏 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴

Proud to see our researchers continuously expanding their skills and sharing knowledge! 🚀

A big thank you to the organizers for hosting such an immersive and collaborative event! 👏

02/10/2026

🇸🇮🔬 e.Biofilm team at the Biofilm RegulatoryToolBox COST Action!

From September 8–11, our team was at the Institut "Jožef Stefan" in Ljubljana for four intense days of learning and collaboration within the COST Action CA23152 (Biofilm RegulatoryToolBox).

Led by our project coordinator, Darla Goeres, who serves as Action Chair and was one of the Training School instructors, the event brought together international experts to advance experimental design, statistical validation, and standardization of biofilm methods. 📊🧪

The e.Biofilm project was also represented by Joana Vilas Boas and Vânia Pinheiro, who actively participated in both the hands-on Training School and the 4th Working Groups Meeting, discussing future roadmaps and collaborative ring trials. 🤝💡

A big thank you to the local organizers and the Gaseous Electronics Department (F6) JSI for hosting such a productive week!

30/09/2026

Machine learning is powerful, but it isn’t a magic wand for biofilm research. 🧫💻

We had the privilege of hosting Prof. Dr. Al Parker (Montana State University-Bozeman) for an insightful session on the real boundaries of AI in biofilm science: "Machine Learning can’t do everything in biofilm science".

Key takeaways from the discussion:

• 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁: algorithms are only as good as the experiments behind them – rigorous biological data generation remains critical;
• 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝘀. 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: highly flexible models often sacrifice the mechanistic clarity scientists need;
• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵" 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: sophisticated random forests don’t always beat simple regression - especially with limited biological data.

A huge thank you to Prof. Albert Parker for sharing his expertise and reminding us that sound scientific inquiry always precedes algorithm selection. Thanks to everyone who joined the discussion!

16/09/2026

🔗 Connecting Science, Industry and Society at ALiCE Connect 2026!

The e.Biofilm Project was proud to take part in this year’s ALiCE Connect, hosted at Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões. With a motto that aligns deeply with our mission, the day was a fantastic platform to share our journey and look ahead.

Our coordinator, Nuno Filipe Azevedo, was one of the featured speakers in the Collaborative Research sessions, showcasing the project’s main achievements and future developments. 🎤🔬

Beyond the science, it was a wonderful day to reconnect with colleagues, exchange ideas, and celebrate as a community at the closing dinner! 🥂✨

A big thank you to the organizing committee and volunteers for putting together such an engaging event.

14/09/2026

🚀 Exciting Opportunity Available!

🏛️ Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
📌 Project: ST-e.Biofilm - Development of spatial transcriptomics for the characterization of engineered biofilms
🧪 Scientific Area: Bioengineering, Biological Engineering or related areas.

🔗 More Info:
🏛 FEUP: https://lnkd.in/eBxg-MjC
🌍 Euraxess: https://lnkd.in/eRtvKSyi

🗓️ Apply via https://app.apply.up.pt (Ref.: BOLS-FEUP-26-34) until 24-09-2026 (23h59 GMT)!
📤 Share with anyone who might be interested!

05/08/2026

We’re pleased to welcome back Vânia Pinheiro! 🇵🇹🇺🇸

Our PhD student, Vânia Pinheiro, has returned to Portugal after an impactful 3-month research stay in the USA, where she carried out part of her doctoral work at the Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE), Montana State University, under the supervision of our project coordinator Darla Goeres and Professor Ross Carlson.

During this period, Vânia expanded the study of the 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘰 chronic wound model she previously developed at FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, taking it to the CBE to evaluate how 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 and 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 adapt to chemical stress and environmental changes.This was also a great opportunity to showcase her PhD work, by presenting a research poster at the Montana Biofilm Meeting (MBM) 2026. 🔬📄

It's great to have you back, Vânia! We can’t wait to see the next steps of your PhD journey! 🚀🎓

24/07/2026

They say good things come in threes! 🎓✨

To wrap up an incredible week for the e.Biofilm Project, our MSc student, Ana Catarina Santos, has successfully defended her Master's thesis entitled: "Regulation of 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 RpoS and Las Quorum-sensing genes in response to 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴: a Gene-PNA-FISH study of interkingdom biofilms", at ICBAS - de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar.

Catarina showed outstanding commitment throughout her research, supervised by Laura Cerqueira.

A special thanks to Dr. Cláudia Monteiro for the enriching discussion and thoughtful feedback provided during the session.

Congratulations, Catarina! 🎉 We couldn't be prouder of your achievement and wish you a future filled with great success!

23/07/2026

The good news keep coming at e.Biofilm Project! 🎉

Our MSc student, Rita Maurício, has successfully defended her Master's thesis entitled: "Study of the role of flagella motility flaA gene on biofilm formation of 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 using mRNA PNA-FISH", at FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.

Throughout her journey, Rita demonstrated incredible dedication, working under the supervision of Laura Cerqueira.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Gonçalo Almeida for the valuable insights and constructive discussion during the defense.

Congratulations, Rita! 🎓✨ We are extremely proud of your hard work and achievements, and we wish you the greatest success in this new chapter!

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19/07/2026

e.Biofilm Project showcased at Montana State University 🇺🇸

The annual Montana Biofilm Meeting has wrapped up, and we are proud to share our presence at the Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE).

Special highlight our PhD student, Vânia Pinheiro, who is currently in Montana as part of her PhD. She successfully presented our latest scientific poster:
📄 "Quantitative Analysis of Spatial Organization in a Dual-Species Chronic Wound Biofilm Model"
✍🏻 Vânia Pinheiro, Francisco Pereira, Joana Vilas Boas, Al Parker, Marta Tedim, Ross Carlson, Andreia Azevedo, Darla Goeres.

This collaboration is built on deep roots: our project coordinator, Darla Goeres, has been a core member of the CBE and part of this event's organization for many years, making these international synergies even stronger.

Thank you to the CBE community for welcoming our research and driving the future of biofilm science! 🚀

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