Free Event: Willy Verstraete: Engineering Microbial Biotech for Environmental Sustainability
Thu 02 Mar
|Council Room, Strand Campus, KCL
Keynote Speaker: Prof Willy Verstraete from Ghent University


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02 Mar 2023, 16:00 – 03 Mar 2023, 19:30
Council Room, Strand Campus, KCL, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
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Over the past decades , knowledge has been gained about basic principles in microbial ecology and how to implement them in environmental biotech in order to engineer towards environmental efficiency. Yet , the divide between spontaneous mixed culture systems and precision designed fermentations remains prominent . Moreover , it is necessary to critically examine the overall value of nitrification/denitrification in soils and waters , of activated sludge systems in water treatment and of rumen fermentation in the food supply chain.
The issues of microbial soil carbon storage , nitrogen and biodiversity , new agro-systems with low pesticide and Haber Bosch nitrogen inputs , resource recovery in waste treatment , microbial protein production , biomethane , and finally environmental hygiene versus activated immunology are addressed and discussed in the context of the Sustainable…
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30 minutesArrival
2 hoursOpen Seminar & Panel Discussion
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