The SIMB meeting will feature a Bioelectrosynthesis session, convened by Dr. Enrico Marsili from Dublin City University, Ireland. The invited speakers will present their latest findings in electrochemically active biofilms, bioelectrosynthesis of organic chemicals from low-cost substrates, and metabolic engineering of bioelectrosynthetic microorganisms. Dr. Esteve-Núñez will talk about one of the main challenges in bioelectrosynthesis that is the capacity of bacteria for accepting electrons from a conductive material.

The Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) is a US-based professional society that promotes industrial research and cross-cutting communications between various applied disciplines and the corresponding industries. Selected poster and oral presentations will be published in a special issue of Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.