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The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Microbiology series
1–3 April 2025
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
Abstract Submission Deadline
20 January 2025
Abstract Acceptance Notification
3 March 2025

Registration Deadline
28 March 2025

Gut Microbiota, Foodborne Pathogens, Food Safety, Antimicrobial Agents, Infectious Diseases, Microbiome, Microbial Characterization, Bioprocess, Microbe Interactions
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Overview and detailed program are online!
ECM 2025 is still open for free registrations until 28th March!

- Conference Zoom links, will be made available via email 3 days previous to the conference

- Selected talks have received instructions for presentations via email.

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Registration remains open until 28 March 2025. Register for free HERE.
Please check your email for detailed information regarding poster gallery submission.
Submit the poster for accepted submission HERE.
If you have any inquiries, please contact us at: ecm2025@mdpi.com.

Welcome from the Chair

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology (ECM 2025). ECM 2025 will showcase the latest research on microorganisms, covering a diverse range of topics, including the following:

S1. Gut Microbiota and Health Disease;
S2. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety;
S3. Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance;
S4. Emerging Infectious Diseases;
S5. Microbiome and Soil Science;
S6. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess;
S7. Microbe–Plant Interactions.

Participation in ECM 2025 is free of charge for both authors and attendees. This conference provides an excellent platform for researchers to present their latest findings, engage in direct discussions, and participate in online Q&A sessions.
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. Upon acceptance, authors will be asked to contribute an extended abstract for the conference proceedings and a slide presentation of their work. Authors of the most outstanding contributions will be invited to submit a full manuscript for potential publication in Microorganisms.

I look forward to your participation in this exciting conference and encourage you to share your latest ideas and research in the field of microbiology.

Kind regards,
Dr. Nico Jehmlich
Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ GmbH, Leipzig, Germany.

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Program Overview

1st April 2025 2nd April 2025 3rd April 2025
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Event Chair
(08:50 CEST| 02:50 EDT| 14:50 CST)


Session 3.
Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance

Keynote and Invited Talks
Contributed Oral Presentations
(09:00 CEST| 03:00 EDT| 15:00 CST)


Session 5.
Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety

Keynote and Invited Talks
Contributed Oral Presentations
(09:00 CEST| 03:00 EDT| 15:00 CST)

Session 1. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess

Keynote and Invited Talks
Contributed Oral Presentations
(09:00 CEST| 03:00 EDT| 15:00 CST)
Break Break Break
Session 2. Gut Microbiota and Health Disease


Keynote and Invited Talks
Contributed Oral Presentations
(14:00 CEST| 08:00 EDT| 20:00 CST)
Session 4.Emerging Infectious Diseases and
Session 7.
Microbe-Plant Interactions

Keynote and Invited Talks
Contributed Oral Presentations
(14:00 CEST| 08:00 EDT| 20:00 CST)
Session 6. Microbiome and Soil Science



Keynote and Invited Talks
Contributed Oral Presentations
(14:00 CEST| 08:00 EDT| 20:00 CST)

*CEST - Central European Summer Time
EDT -
Eastern Daylight Time
CST -
China Standard Time

ECM 2025 Program - Day 1

S1. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess

Date: 1st April 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 8:50 (CEST, Basel) | 02:50 (EDT, New York) | 14:50 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CEST)
Speaker Title

08:50-09:00

Dr. Nico Jehmlich
Event Chair

Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-09:10 Prof. Dr. Laurent Dufossé and
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück

Session Chairs
Welcome by Session Chairs
09:10-09:30 Prof. Dr. Laurent Dufossé
Keynote Speaker
Biotechnological colorants from microorganisms: worldwide overview of private companies and start-ups
09:30-09:50 Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück
Keynote Speaker
Circularity in the food and cosmetic industry – Biocatalytic routes for generation
of high value cosmetic and food ingredients from industrial waste streams
09:50-10:05

Dr. Ramesh Chatragadda
Invited Speaker

The Future of Bioentrepreneurship: Exploring the Potential of Microbes from Coastal and Deep-Sea Environments
Contributed Oral Presentations Session 1. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess
10:05-10:20

Alejandra de la Cruz Munguía
Selected Speaker

The bacterial microbiota of knees affected by Gonarthrosis

10:20-10:35

Catarina Miranda
Selected Speaker
Shifts in Aerobic Granular Sludge Bacteriome Driven by Seawater Intrusion in Wastewater
10:35-10:50

Péter Szabó
Selected Speaker

Spectral Efficacy: The Role of UV-C Light Frequency in Viral Inactivation and Disinfection
10:50-11:05 Antonio Peña-Fernández
Selected Speaker
Assessing the potential association between pigeons and the presence of Acanthamoeba spp. in the River Soar and public parks in Leicester, England
11:05-11:20 Lucia Fernandez Goya
Selected Speaker
Interplay of symbiotic bacteria in Wolbachia density modulation among Naupactini weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
11:20-11:35 Beatrice Farda
Selected Speaker
Exploring Cellulose Fibers as Support for a Microbial Inoculant Immobilization
11:35-14:00 Break Break

S2. Gut Microbiota and Health Disease

Date: 1st April 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CEST)
Speaker Title
14:00-14:10

Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
Session Chair

Welcome by Session Chair

14:10-14:30

Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
Keynote Speaker

Foods and probiotic colonization
14:30-14:50

Prof. Hesham Enshashi
Keynote Speaker

TBA
Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 2. Gut Microbiota and Health Disease
14:50-15:05 Joana Monteiro Marques
Selected Speaker
Dissemination of Enterococcus spp. across One Health Settings: Insights from fingerprinting analysis
15:05-15:20 Oumaima Anachad
Selected Speaker
Evaluation of Molecular Hydrogen in the Treatment of Intestinal Inflammation in a Murine Model
15:20-15:35 Natalia G. Bednarska
Selected Speaker
Microbial Signatures in High- and Low-Blood-Glucose Participants of the Generation 100 Study
15:35-15:50 Maria Getsina
Selected Speaker
Decreased levels of aromatic microbial metabolites as a reflection of microbiota dysfunction in cancer patients
15:50-16:05 Ekaterina Sorokina
Selected Speaker
Comparative analysis of gut microbiota metabolism in healthy and pathological conditions

ECM 2025 Program - Day 2

S3. Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance

Date: 2nd April 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CEST)
Speaker Title
09:00-09:10 Prof. Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro
Session Chair
Welcome by Session Chair
09:10-09:30 Prof. Dr. Benno H. Ter Kuile
Keynote Speaker
Development of antimicrobial resistance: Mechanisms, pathways and driving forces
Contributed Oral Presentations Session 3. Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance
09:30-09:45

Qinmao Zhou
Selected Speaker

Deciphering microbiome dynamics and antibiotic resistome profiles in anaerobic bioreactors treating swine wastewater containing different sulfonamides

09:45-10:00

Francesca Coppola
Selected Speaker
Antibiofilm activity of Rosaceae honeys against Acinetobacter baumannii and their prebiotic effect on Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
10:00-10:15

Elkadaoui Soukaina
Selected Speaker

Study of the antimicrobial activity of chitosan from insects against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria
10:15-10:30 Badr-Edine Sadoq
Selected Speaker
Targeting the Resistant F533L Mutant in PBP3 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Computational Approach Using ZnO and CuO Nanoparticles
10:30-10:45 Maciej Grzegorczyk
Selected Speaker
Staphylococcus aureus biofilm gene analysis: risks for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
10:45-11:00 Jin Ma
Selected Speaker
RecA Inhibitor Mitigates Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance
11:00-11:15 Mahmoud Naser Aldine
Selected Speaker
Botocidin: A novel bacteriocin produced by a nontoxic C. botulinum strain, HA5
11:15-14:00 Break Break

S4. Emerging Infectious Diseases
and
S7. Microbe-Plant Interactions

Date: 2nd April 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CEST)
Speaker Title
14:00-14:10

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hijri
Session Chair

Welcome by Session Chair

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations

Session 4. Emerging Infectious Diseases
14:10-14:25

Daniel Hanna
Selected Speaker

Rapid Benchtop Purification of SARS-CoV-2 for Immunological Studies: Minimizing Cytotoxic Effects on Monocytes
14:25-14:40 Gabriela Pereira Macelaro
Selected Speaker
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Visceral Leishmaniasis Reporting in Brazil: A Retrospective Analysis of Epidemiological Trends
14:40-14:55 Ikram Joubair
Selected Speaker
Design and Pilot Scale Production of an Alternative Non-Live Attenuated BTV Vaccine in Yeast
14:55-15:10 Susanne Reichinnek
Selected Speaker
ULTImate Y2H: A Powerful Platform to decipher Host–Pathogen Protein Interactions and Biological Pathways
15:10-15:25 Khadija Muhammad Kawu
Selected Speaker
Detection and Antifungal Susceptibility of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Otomycosis in a Tertiary Health Center in Kano, Nigeria.
15:25-15:40 Isabela Vilas Boas
Selected Speaker
Gestational toxoplasmosis: An analysis of cases over the last 5 years in Brazil according to clinical evolution
Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 7. Microbe-Plant Interactions
15:40-15:55 Dr. Ahmed Elbakush
Invited Speaker
Maple Compounds Prevent Biofilm Formation
in the Foodborne Pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes
15:55-16:10 Mian Muhammad Ahmed
Selected Speaker
Harnessing Antioxidant-Producing Rhizobacteria to Boost Loquat Oxidative Stress Defense Under Adverse Environmental Conditions
16:10-16:25 Clarisse Brígido
Selected Speaker
Proteomic Insights into Bacterial Endophyte Responses to Chickpea Root Exudates Highlight the Role of GacS
16:25-16:40 Roukaya Ben Gaied
Selected Speaker
Treasures of Tunisian Wild Legumes: Diversity of Root Nodule Endophytes
16:40-16:55 Steven Orito
Selected Speaker
Impact of Co-Inoculating Bradyrhizobium japonicum with Bacillus subtilis or Priestia megaterium on Nitrate Inhibition of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Soybean
16:55-17:10 Rajani Pijakala
Selected Speaker
Biocontrol of plant pathogenic fungi by endophytic Trichoderma harzianum through production of volatile organic compounds

ECM 2025 Program - Day 3

S5. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety

Date: 3rd April 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CEST)
Speaker Title
09:00-09:10 Prof. Dr. Ute Römling
Session Chair
Welcome by Session Chair
09:10-09:30 Dr. Edward Fox
Keynote Speaker
Aeromonas species - a potential emerging food safety concern?
09:30-09:50 Dr. Spiros Paramithiotis
Keynote Speaker
Integration of next generation sequencing in food safety, are we there yet?
09:50-10:10 Dr. Manita Guragain
Keynote Speaker
Non-diarrheagenic pathotypic E. coli in food
10:10-10:30

Prof. Dr. Mark Gomelsky
Keynote Speaker

Antibiofilm compounds protecting fresh produce from Listeria

Contributed Oral Presentations Session 5. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety
10:30-10:45

Joana Martins
Selected Speaker

Natural Extracts as Antimicrobial Agents: A Comparative Study of Castanea sativa, Hibiscus sabdariffa L., and Punica granatum L.
10:45-11:00 Boluwatife Esther Ajayi
Selected Speaker
Evaluation of Lactose-Sulfite-Phenol Red-Rifampicin (LSPR) Agar for the Co-Enumeration of Salmonella enterica and Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli in sausage batter
11:00-11:15 Joana Paiva
Selected Speaker
Microbiological assessment and acceptability of minced meat from hypermarkets: pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms
11:15-11:30 Antonio Peña-Fernández
Selected Speaker
Strategies for the decontamination of Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri in different water systems in Bombali and Tonkolili districts (Sierra Leone): lessons from the UK Recovery Handbook for Biological Incidents
11:30-11:45 Raúl Emilio Iza
Selected Speaker
Listeria monocytogenes isolated from fresh pork meat commercialised in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
11:45-14:00 Break Break

S6. Microbiome and Soil Science

Date: 3rd April 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CEST)
Speaker Title
14:00-14:10

Dr. Nico Jehmlich
Session Chair

Welcome by Session Chair

14:10-14:30

TBA
Keynote Speaker

TBA
14:30-14:50

TBA
Keynote Speaker

TBA
14:50-15:05 Dr. Debjyoti Ghosh
Invited Speaker
Cover crop monocultures and mixtures enhance bacterial abundance and functionality in the maize root zone
Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 6. Microbiome and Soil Science
15:05-15:20 Laura Sala-Comorera
Selected Speaker
Phage-based biocontrol of nitrification in agricultural soil
15:20-15:35 Éva Abod
Selected Speaker
Analysis of Soil Biological Activity in the Surroundings of Sfântu Gheorghe in Covasna
15:35-15:50 Romain Kouakou Fossou
Selected Speaker
Comparative evaluation of 16S rRNA and housekeeping gene-specific primer pairs for rhizobia and agrobacteria community metagenomics
15:50-16:05 Maria Andrea Reyes Reyes
Selected Speaker
The microbial and physicochemical interactions of soils in the degradation of buried polyethylene pipes in Colombia
16:05-16:20 Savanah Senn
Selected Speaker
Preliminary data on biodiversity effects of replacing plastic row covers with legume and non-leguminous covers in organic artichoke cropping

Event Chair

Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ GmbH, Leipzig, Germany.

Introduction
Bio
Dr. Nico Jehmlich is a distinguished researcher in the field of proteomics and environmental microbiology. He specializes in the application of mass spectrometry for microbial community analysis, contributing significantly to our understanding of microbial interactions and functions within various ecosystems. Dr. Jehmlich's work often focuses on the metabolic processes and biochemical pathways of microorganisms, leveraging advanced proteomic techniques to explore environmental samples. His research is pivotal in addressing ecological and environmental challenges, with numerous publications highlighting his expertise in microbial ecology, mass spectrometry, and proteomics.

Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Laurent Dufossé

Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean, France.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück

Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Garching bei München, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas

Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece.

Prof. Dr. David Rodriguez-Lazaro

Microbiology Division, Faculty of Sciences, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hijri

Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.

Prof. Dr. Ute Römling

Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Event Committee

Department of Chemical Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Research and Advanced Training, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

Institute of Digestive Health Research, IRSD, Toulouse, France

ReGenera R&D International for Aging Intervention and San Babila, Clinic, Vitality Therapeutics, Milano, Italy

College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Microbiology and Food Biocatalysis Group, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Science Research, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

GST Micro LLC, North, USA

Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Microbiology & Immunology Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA

Regenerative Agri-Science Canada, Applied Research Centre for Plant and Soil Health, R3T 5L2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Contract Professor in Infectious & Tropical Diseases, Department of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences, Università della Calabria, Rende (Cosenza), Italy,
"Annunziata" HUB Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy

Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Institute of Food Sciences, Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Keynote Speakers

Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Reunion Island, Reunion, France.

Introduction
Talk
(S1. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess) Biotechnological colorants from microorganisms: worldwide overview of private companies and start-ups
Bio
Prof. Laurent Dufossé is currently working as a Professor at the Reunion Island University, France. He obtained a Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Burgundy, Dijon (1993). He served as a Lecturer at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Quimper (1995–2006). He is involved in the field of Biotechnology of Food Ingredients for more than 30 years. His main research focused on the microbial production of pigments. This activity started 23 years ago and studies were and are mainly devoted to aryl carotenoids, such as isorenieratene, C50 carotenoids, anthraquinones, and azaphilones.

Werner Siemens Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology, School of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Introduction
Talk
(S1. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess) Circularity in the food and cosmetic industry – Biocatalytic routes for generation of high value cosmetic and food ingredients from industrial waste streams
Bio
Professor Brück studied Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at Keele University, UK, conducted his PhD studies in Biochemistry at Imperial College and the University of Greenwich. His academic career branched out to marine natural product biochemistry at the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, USA). In 2006, Professor Brück joined Süd-Chemie AG, where he held various research and high level managerial positions. Since 2011, he is Professor in the field of synthetic biotechnology and sustainability at the TUM. Professor Brück‘s (b. 1972) research focuses on sustainable production of specialty and platform chemicals from biomass residues. Core competencies are microbial cultivation, design of artifical metabolic pathways, synthetic- and systems biology as well as bioprocess development using E. coli, yeast and microalgae production platforms. Professor Brück manages the globally unique TUM-AlgaeTec Center that enables algae cultivation using sophiticated climate simulations.

Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece.

Introduction
Talk
(S2. Gut Microbiota and Health Disease) Foods and probiotic colonization
Bio
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas is a Senior Full Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, University of the Peloponnese, Greece. He has a Bachelor's Degree (Honours) in Microbiology and Biochemistry (1992), a Ph.D. in Food Biotechnology, and an MBA in Food from Reading University, UK (1998). Since 2005, he has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Kalamata, Greece, specializing in issues of food technology, food processing, and food quality and safety. In 2012, he was elected an Associate Professor. He has been a member of the editorial board of IJFST since 2007. His main research interests lie in diffusion, solid-state fermentation, bakery and confectionery, emulsion, acrylamide detection, olive oil technology, citrus fruit technology, waste management, and the production of bioethanol from waste material (potato peel waste, sorghum, and maize).

Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Introduction
Talk
(S2. Gut Microbiota and Health Disease)
Bio
Prof. Hesham Ali El Enshasy is Director of Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), one of the high center of excellence (HICoE) in Malayisa, and professor in bioprocess engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University Technology Malaysia (UTM). He is also the current co-chair for Food, Pharmaceutical& Bio-Engineering Division, Division 15A, American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE). Prof. El Enshasy has five technology patents/trade secrets and more than 200 publications in peer reviewed international journals, book Chapters, and books. Prof. El Enshasy and is the current series editor for Industrial Biotechnology (CRC Press, USA). He was also invited as keynote, plenary, and guest speaker in more than 70 international conferences in field of industrial biotechnology.

Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Introduction
Talk
(S3. Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance) Development of antimicrobial resistance: Mechanisms, pathways and driving forces
Bio
Benno H Ter Kuile currently works at the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, University of Amsterdam. Benno does research in Food Science and Microbiology, focusing on antimicrobial resistance in the food chain. Their most recent publication is 'Genome rearrangements in Escherichia coli during de novo acquisition of resistance to a single antibiotic or two antibiotics successively'. Since 2001, Ter Kuile has worked as a scientific officer at the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. He has been a visiting researcher and visiting lecturer at the UvA’s Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) since 2007. Prior to this, he was, among other things, a researcher at Leiden University and an assistant professor at The Rockefeller University in New York.

Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.

Introduction
Talk
(S5. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety) Aeromonas species - a potential emerging food safety concern?
Bio
Ed received a Newman Fellowship at University College Dublin’s Centre for Food Safety where his researched examined the role of microbial communities in influencing the colonisation of pathogenic bacteria in food processing environments. Ed worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the Australian government’s national scientific research agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), where his research focused on molecular ecology of foodborne pathogens through food chains, microbial genomics, and novel biocontrol approaches for pathogen control.

Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Introduction
Talk
(S5. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety) The title would be 'Integration of next generation sequencing in food safety, are we there yet?
Bio
Spiros Paramithiotis received his PhD degree in Food Microbiology from the Agricultural University of Athens, in 2002. In 2003, he joined the Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene where he works today. His research interests lie mainly in the field of food fermentation, with particular emphasis on microbial taxonomy, metabolism, physiology, symbiotic patterns and the underlying molecular mechanisms. He has co-authored more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings and has received more than 1000 citations.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, USA.

Introduction
Talk
(S5. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety)Non-diarrheagenic pathotypic E. coli in food

Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA.

Introduction
Talk
(S5. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety) Antibiofilm compounds protecting fresh produce from Listeria
Bio
Mark Gomelsky is a Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Wyoming. He earned his Ph.D. degree (1991) in Biological Sciences from Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms (Moscow, Russia) and received post-doctoral training at Institut Pasteur in Paris and University of Texas Medical School in Houston. Since establishing his laboratory at the University of Wyoming (1999), Dr. Gomelsky has focused primarily on bacterial signal transduction and photoreception. His laboratory has been among pioneers in the field of c-di-GMP-dependent signaling in bacteria, which turned out to play important roles in biofilm formation and virulence. Some of the foundational studies on c-di-GMP enzymology and sensing were recognized among the most influential papers published in the Journal of Bacteriology in the past century. Dr. Gomelsky’s long-standing interest in bacterial photoreception has resulted in the discovery and characterization of a novel class of photoreceptors, and in engineering of photoactivated enzymes for optogenetic applications. He has been elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of > 90 research papers, reviews and opinion articles.

Invited Speakers

National Institute of Oceanography, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dona Paula, India

Introduction
Talk
(S1. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess)
Bio
My current research is aimed to address the biological traits (fluorescence, luminescence, iredisence, pigments) occurence in polar zooplankton and other mucro and macroorganisms. This will help me to gain insights on their ecological functions and role in biogeochemistry. Expertises: Benthos, Biology, Geomicrobiology, Microbiology, Oceanography, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton

Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ GmbH, Leipzig, Germany

Introduction
Talk
(S6. Microbiome and Soil Science) Cover crop monocultures and mixtures enhance bacterial abundance and functionality in the maize root zone
Bio
My research domain is looking at the soil microbial dynamic functionalities in the rhizosphere of cash crop and cover crop root channels. Specifically, I am focussing on the bacterial and fungal communities and their roles in the re-used cover crop root channels. Current focus is targeted towards the functional dynamics in soil systems under the implications of environmental antimicrobial resistance genes. Techniques mainly used: metabarcoding, metaproteomics

Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA.

Introduction
Talk
(S7. Microbe-Plant Interactions) Maple Compounds Prevent Biofilm Formation in the Foodborne Pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes.

Registration


The registration for ECM 2025 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.

If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.

Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 28 March 2025.

Instructions for Authors

Procedure for Submission
ECM 2025 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.

Important Deadline
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 3 December 2024 20 January 2025.
2. Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 6 January 2025 21 February 2025 You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.

1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2. All accepted abstracts will be published as one dedicated volume in Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal (ISSN: 2673-9976) after quality check. If you wish to publish a full-length proceedings paper, please refer to the “Publication Opportunities” Section.
3. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
4. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
5. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.

Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
Oral Presentation and Slides Submission
- The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.

- Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster Gallery
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
- You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded HERE.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
Potential Conflicts of Interest

It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.

Copyright

MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.

Publication Opportunities

1. Microorganisms Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607, Impact Factor 4.1), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.

2. Proceeding Paper Publication
You are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9976) after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the ECM 2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.

Proceedings submission deadline: 3 June 2025.


Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:

Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Acknowledgements;
References.

ECM 2025-proceeding template

Event Awards

To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.

The Awards
Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards

Number of Awards Available: 6

The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.

There will be 6 winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive an award of CHF 200, along with an offer to publish an extended paper, in the Special Issue of Microorganisms.

Sponsors and Partners

For information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please click here.

Organizers


Media Partners

Conference Secretariat

Ms. Athena Wang
Mr. Spatar Ionut
Email: ecm2025@mdpi.com

For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
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