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Scientific programme

Thank you for your interest in 17th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology from 01–04 July 2025 in Graz, Austria.
In Winter 2024/2025 we will make the preliminary program available here.

Main topics

  • Defining pathogens from an ecological perspective
  • Anthropocene and biogeochemical cycles
  • Soil microbiome and One Health
  • The human microbiome in health and disease
  • Food-gut microbiome axis
  • Microbiome engineering for sustainable agriculture
  • Microbial production systems and artificial intelligence

Speakers

  • Tomislav Cernava (Southhamptop/UK)
  • Rodrigo Costa (Lisboa/PT)
  • Daniele Daffoncio (Dschidda/SA)
  • Sofia Forslund (Berlin/DE)
  • Jack Gilbert (San Diego/US)
  • Gregor Gorkiewicz (Graz/AT)
  • Marcel van der Heijden (Zurich/CH)
  • Joanna Hoffmann (Poznan/PL)
  • Marina Höhne (Potsdam/DE)
  • Robert Kourist (Graz/AT)
  • Elihio Malusa (Skierniewice/PL)
  • Itzhak Mizrahi (Beer-Sheva/IL)
  • Raquel Peixoto (Dschidda/SA) 
  • Ulisses Nunes da Rocha (Leipzig/DE)
  • Joanna Salles (Groningen/NL)
  • Michael Schloter (Munich/DE)
  • Angela Sesstisch (Vienna/AT)
  • Aki Sinkkinen (Helsinki/FI)
  • Kornelia Smalle (Quedlinburg/DE)
  • Søren J. Sørensen (Copenhagen/DK)
  • Christoph Tebbe (Braunschweig/DE)
  • Gerado Toledo (Boston/US)
  • Bettina Weber (Graz/AT)
  • Paul Wilmes (Luxembourg/LU)