The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology
Thank you for attending ECM 2025!
On behalf of the conference organizing committee of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology (ECM 2025), we would like to express our appreciation to all of the participants for their contributions. From all accounts, the event was a success.
The ECM 2025 Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards have been announced in the Award Winners Announcement section!
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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.
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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Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineJan 20, 2025
- Abstract acceptance notificationMar 03, 2025
- Registration end dateMar 28, 2025
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Laurent Dufossé
Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Reunion Island, Reunion, France.;
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.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück
Werner Siemens Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology, School of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany.;
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.
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece.;
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).
Prof. Dr. Hesham El Enshasy
Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Director of Innovation Centre in Agritechnology for Advanced Bioprocessing, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia.;
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.
Prof. Dr. Benno H. Ter Kuile
Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;
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.
Dr. Edward Fox
Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.;
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.
Dr. Spiros Paramithiotis
Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.;
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.
Dr. Manita Guragain
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, USA.;
Prof. Dr. Mark Gomelsky
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA.;
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.
- S1. Microbial Characterization and Bioprocess
- S2. Gut Microbiota and Health Disease
- S3. Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance
- S4. Emerging Infectious Diseases
- S5. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety
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On behalf of the Event Chair and Organizing Committee of ECM 2025, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Best Oral Presentation Awards have been awarded to:
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ID |
Title |
Presenter |
| sciforum-115003 | Shifts in Aerobic Granular Sludge Bacteriome Driven by Seawater Intrusion in Wastewater |
Catarina Miranda |
| sciforum-114450 | Decreased levels of aromatic microbial metabolites as a reflection of microbiota dysfunction in cancer patients | Maria Getsina |
| sciforum-114939 | Microbial Signatures in High- and Low-Blood-Glucose Participants of the Generation 100 Study | Natalia G. Bednarska |
The Best Poster Awards have been awarded to:
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ID |
Title |
Authors |
| sciforum-115135 | Development of new tools for sustainable management olive trees crop | Clara Izquierdo Jimenez |
| sciforum-110652 | Development of a Novel Multicomponent Vaccine to Address the Burden of Otitis Media in High-Risk Populations | Ayesha Zahid |
| sciforum-115647 | ULTImate Y2H: A Powerful Platform to decipher Host–Pathogen Protein Interactions and Biological Pathways | Susanne Reichinnek |