BIOSYSMO Press Release May 2025

MAY 2025 PRESS RELEASE MicrobeTech 2025 Marks a Successful Milestone in Microbial Innovation The MicrobeTech 2025 event, co-organised by the BIOSYSMO and BIOREM projects, has officially concluded with great success at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Held from 27 to 29 May 2025, the event brought together researchers, industry professionals, and students to explore cutting-edge advances in microbial-based solutions for environmental remediation. The three-day event featured a public workshop, a poster session, an intensive summer school and internal project meetings, with nearly 100 participants attending both in person and online. Attendees had the opportunity to engage with over 20 expert presenters, representing leading institutions and organisations across Europe. Topics ranged from microbial viability and phytoremediation to genome-scale modelling and field applications. Ljubljana, Slovenia | 27-29 May 2025 BIOSYSMO 1 Funded by the European Union under the GA no 101060211. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. www.biosysmo.eu COPYRIGHT © A highlight of the event was the poster session, which showcased more than 20 research posters from researchers and students. During this day the two poster award winners were announced. More information can be found below: PRESS RELEASE 2 Funded by the European Union under the GA no 101060211. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. www.biosysmo.eu COPYRIGHT © - Engineering Microbial Consortia to Boost Phytoremediation of Mixed Pollutants in Estuarine Ecosystems (Margarida Pereira, Joana P. Fernandes, Dmitrii Deev, Maja Zugan, Tomaž Rijavec, Aleš Lapanje, C. Marisa R. Almeida, Ana P. Mucha) - Optimising metal phytoremediation by Phragmites australis through PGPR-based microbial consortia and inoculation techniques (Alberto Soto-Cañas, Ana Arnaiz, Aqib Hassan Ali Khan, Elena Clavel-Millan, Andrea MartínPablo, Carlos Rad, Blanca Velasco-Arroyo, Rocío Barros and José Carlos Castilla-Alcántara) Overall, MicrobeTech 2025 provided a platform for sharing project results, exchanging knowledge, and building synergies between the BIOSYSMO, BIOREM , and other relevant projects including NYMPHE, MIBIREM, TRIBIOME, and MySoil, among others. With the aim of strengthening collaboration across disciplines, the event demonstrated the growing relevance of microbial technologies in addressing environmental challenges and promoting a circular bioeconomy. More details, including speaker information, can be found here: https://www.biosysmo.eu/event-speakers MAY 2025 BIOSYSMO PRESS RELEASE 3 Funded by the European Union under the GA no 101060211. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. www.biosysmo.eu COPYRIGHT © MAY 2025 BIOSYSMO We would like to extend our special thanks to JSI, IDENER, ICCRAM (University of Burgos) and EXELISIS, forming the scientific and organisational committee. BIOSYSMO and BIOREM partners also extend their gratitude to all attendees and speakers for making MicrobeTech 2025 a remarkable success.