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Abraham Esteve, coordinator of the project iMETland, received the second prize for Best European Project during the ceremony of the 11th Madri+d Awards held on Wednesday at the Casa de America in Madrid. The jury valued "very positively" both technological innovation proposed and membership of principal investigator to an emerging group.

For the fifth consecutive year Bioelectrogenesis joins the European Researchers’ Night in Madrid to bring their research to the public.

Hand in hand with IMDEA Water, attendees will discover how biotechnology and microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) can be applied to wastewater treatment and will deepen the water-energy nexus. The event will be held next 26 September at the Royal Botanic Garden in Alcalá de Henares.

Bioelectrogenesis group is hosting EU-SIMET 2014, the 2nd European Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology, to be held from 3 to 5 September at University of Alcalá. Organised in collaboration with the ISMET the meeting will bring together 200 experts from institutions and universities from 20 countries that will present their latest work in the field of microbial electrochemical technologies. Moreover, attendees can exchange experiences and discuss the challenges of this new field of research.

Through more than 130 communications, internationally renowned scientists, young researchers and professionals will show applications of MET in the bioremediation of wastewater, soil or sediment, electrosynthesis or power generation. These techniques are based on microbial electrogenesis or ability of certain microorganisms to "communicate" through electric currents with materials that conduct electricity.

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