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SUMMARY:Plenary Lecture 5: Engineering microbial community architecture to
  set community metabolism - Smets\, B (Technical University of Denmark)
DTSTART:20141126T162000Z
DTEND:20141126T165500Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:The composition of a microbial community is a major indicator 
 of a communitys metabolic potential. However\, the spatial structure of th
 at community\, imposed or inherently present\, can dictate its extant acti
 vity. We are keen to explore how we can steer the spatial structure of ope
 n and synthetic microbial communities to select or stabilize a target comm
 unity metabolism from its constituent members. I will provide experimental
  and computational insights in our efforts to engineer spatially structure
 d communities to generate redox-stratified biofilms for autotrophic nitrog
 en removal. These communities can provide test grounds for ecological enqu
 iries and building blocks for technological applications.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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