Biofilms 11 will take place from 13-15 May 2025 in Cardiff, UK. The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC)) is pleased to be hosting the event alongside the Microbiology Society. Registration and abstract submission: biofilms.ac.uk/biofilms-11/ Hope to see you there!

🚨 Event alert! Interesting event organised by TU Delft : Water Smart Economy & Society Congress. Abstract submission is open until 15th of February. 📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands 🗓️ 25 to 28 of May 2025 ➡️ More info and registration: watermining.eu/event/water-mi…

Enhanced detection for antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater samples by CRISPR sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The role of flocs in nitrification in full-scale aerobic granular sludge processes sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to share our publication in Water Research! We analyzed 9 AGS WWTPs to uncover how aggregate size influences core microbial communities and functional group selection 📰doi.org/10.1016/j.watr… 👨‍🔬Dario R. Shaw Pascal Saikaly🇱🇧🇺🇦🇸🇦 Muhammad Ali Mark van Loosdrecht  #MarioPronk

💧TU Delft organises the International Water Association supported congress “Water Smart Economy & Society” on 25-28 May 2025 in the Rotterdam Harbour, The Netherlands. Featuring a Masterclass ‘Pathways to Circular Water Societies’ led by Mark van Loosdrecht . 🔗More info & register: edu.nl/jqcrw

We question catabolism-based labour division theories and propose that minimizing denitrification resource allocation enhances partial denitrifiers’ adaptability to oligotrophic, dynamic environments. Nina Roothans Michele Laureni Faculteit TNW / Faculty of Applied Sciences academic.oup.com/ismej/article/…

Grateful to co-authors A.Y.A. Mohamed, L. Gill, A. Criado Monleon (Trinity College Dublin), M. Pronk, Mark van Loosdrecht  (TU Delft), & Pascal Saikaly🇱🇧🇺🇦🇸🇦 (KAUST).

Genome-Resolved Metatranscriptomics Provide Insights on Immigration Influence in Structuring Microbial Community Assembly of a Full-Scale Aerobic Granular Sludge Plant | Environmental Science & Technology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Unlocking microbial secrets in wastewater treatment! 🧬✨ A new metatranscriptomic study reveals that microbial activity does not always match abundance. Ca. Accumulibacter PAOs thrive in granules, while nitrifiers in flocs. Mark van Loosdrecht  Pascal Saikaly🇱🇧🇺🇦🇸🇦 Read the full text

🔍New Research published! Our researchers have collaborated with TU Delft and KAUST on a study exploring microbial communities in wastewater treatment. Published in Environmental Science & Technology. Read more: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Microbial activity does not always match abundance. Ca. Accumulibacter PAOs thrive in granules, while nitrifiers in flocs, as shown in the latest article by Mark van Loosdrecht  Pascal Saikaly🇱🇧🇺🇦🇸🇦 Muhammad Ali. Read the full text of this #OpenAccess article: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

On developing methods to minimise N2O emissions from WWTP's: Selective enrichment of high-affinity clade II N2O-reducers in a mixed culture By Michele Laureni et al. from TU Delft academic.oup.com/ismecommun/art…

Next year March the IWA #Biofilm conference will be in Orange Beach, Alabama, USA. Abstract submission is open now! - deadline June 15, 2025 iwabiofilmreactors26.com

Microbes doing the heavy lifting? Yes, at #KAUST! Arab News highlights KAUST Prof. Pascal Saikaly🇱🇧🇺🇦🇸🇦's game-changing tech that turns wastewater into clean water, energy, and valuable resources like methane — all powered by microbes. #Sustainability arabnews.com/node/2597631/s…

Metaproteomic Profiling of the Secretome of a Granule‐forming Ca. Accumulibacter Enrichment - #PROTEOMICS #Nereda …iencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pm…

Muhammad Ali presenting Aerobic Granular Sludge systems #nereda as excellent process to study microbial ecology principles #mewe11 #trinitycollegedublin KAUST TU Delft

Pleased to share our publication in The ISME Journal, reporting a novel extracellular electron transfer mechanism combining multiple systems in one organism to respire minerals, including the Mtr, Omc, and Pcc pathways found in model electroactive organisms Geobacter and Shewanella.

Submit your abstracts, and come to the nutrient removal conference in Delft next year.