e.biofilm โ€” Group of Excellence on Engineered Biofilms

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FCT PhD students

๐ŸŽ‰ We are pleased to announce that our students, Vรขnia Pinheiro and Arefeh Mazarei, have been awarded FCT scholarships! ๐Ÿ‘ We congratulate Vรขnia and Arefeh on this important achievement and…
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๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐“-๐ž๐๐ข๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐š๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐๐จ

๐Ÿ“ข Temos o prazer de anunciar que projeto ST-eBiofilm foi aprovado, com financiamento pelo programa NORTE 2030. Esta notรญcia marca um avanรงo na investigaรงรฃo sobre biofilmes.๐ŸŽฏ Com foco em anรกlise…
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๐Ÿ“Œ Seminar Highlights

โ™ป๏ธ Re-Use of Biosolids: Benefits and Concerns ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Last Tuesday, Prof. Alba Torrents from Maryland University shared her knowledge on understanding the potential risks and behavior of emerging toxic chemicals…
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๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—— ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น!

As part of the e.Biofilm, Sofia Cruz is developing innovative methods to characterize the matrix of industrially relevant biofilms. This successful defense marks a major milestone in her doctoral journey…
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๐ŸŽค๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€?

We were thrilled to watch PhD students from Portugal (e.Biofilm and BEL – FEUP) and Australia (ARC Training Centre for Biofilm Research & Innovation) presenting their complex research in just…
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๐ŸŽ“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ!ย ๐ŸŒ

Last week was a big one for the e.Biofilm team, with exciting contributions on two continents! ๐Ÿ”ฌ Arefeh Mazarei, presented at MADE AI, Portugal:๐Ÿ“Œ “๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ท๐˜ด.…
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๐Ÿ“Š ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ

Biofilm Statistics: Getting back to the basics Last week, we had the priviledge of once again hosting ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซย from CBE, MSU.๐Ÿงซ Prof. Parker shared invaluable insights on managing microbiological…
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ

The contrarian Pseudomonas aeruginosa reverse diauxie metabolism: Implications for consortia interactions and antibiotic sensitivity Last week, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง from Montana State University shared his fascinating insights on the contrarian…
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๐Ÿš€ We were at BIOFILMS11!

๐Ÿงซ The e.Biofilm team was thrilled to have connected with fellow researchers and innovators. We were especially proud of our students, who presented posters featuring their latest researchโ€”highlighting innovative approaches…
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