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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

Opening Lecture
Jack Gilbert (San Diego/US)

Defining pathogens from an ecological perspective
Tomislav Cernava (Southampton/UK)
Joanna Salles (Groningen/NL)

Anthropocene and biogeochemical cycles
Michael Schloter (Munich/DE)
Bettina Weber (Graz/AT)

Soil microbiome and One Health
Daniele Daffonchio (Jeddah/SA)
Marcel van der Heijden (Zurich/CH)
Eligio Malusa (Skierniewice/PL)
Kornelia Smalla (Braunschweig/DE)

The human microbiome in health and disease
Gregor Gorkiewicz (Graz/AT)
Itzhak Mizrahi (Beer-Sheva/IL)
Søren J. Sørensen (Copenhagen/DK)

Food-gut microbiome axis
Sofia Forslund (Berlin/DE)
Aki Sinkkonen (Helsinki/FI)
Gerado Toledo (Boston/US)
Paul Wilmes (Luxembourg/LU)

Microbiome management
Rodrigo Costa (Lisboa/PT)
Raquel Peixoto (Jeddah/SA) 
Angela Sessitsch (Vienna/AT)

Microbial production systems and artificial intelligence
Robert Kourist (Graz/AT)
Marina Höhne (Potsdam/DE)

Workshop Metagenomics
Ulisses Nunes da Rocha (Leipzig/DE)
Round Table
Christoph Tebbe (Braunschweig/DE)
Art presentation
Joanna Hoffmann (Poznan/PL)

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