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Conference Schedule

Unless noted otherwise, the sessions will be held in the Berg Auditorium, which is located in the Life Sciences Building on the Shortlidge Road Plaza.

Tuesday, May 27: Preconference meetings and opening session

1:00 p.m.	On-site registration opens in the Life Sciences Building (lobby area)
12:30-2:30	Preconference laboratory workshop on MFC designs and electrochemical measurements (registration limited to 20 people)
3:00	Session 1: Opening session and plenary talks
3:00-3:15	Welcome and opening remarks
3:15-3:40	Bruce Logan Energy sustainability of the water infrastructure
3:40-4:05	Ken Nealson Shewanella
4:05-4:30	Bruce Rittmann Understanding the biofilm anode in MFCs
4:30-4:55	Willy Verstraete Potentials and limiting factors of bio-electrochemical systems
4:55-5:20	Jurg Keller Experiences from MFC pilot plant operation: How to get the technology market-ready
5:30-7:30	Poster session I and reception at the Life Sciences Building

Wednesday, May 28

Breakfast on your own
8:00 a.m.-noon	Plenary presentations, invited and contributed
8:00-8:25 a.m.	Derek Lovley Adaptive evolution and systems biology approaches to elucidating electron transfer mechanisms and optimizing power output of microbial fuel cells
8:25-10:00 (15 minutes each)	Session 2: Studies of Shewanella and Geobacter Moderator: TBA
	Cao, Zhang, Fan, Liang, and Huang Electricity generation and biofilm formation by Geobacter sulfurreducens stimulated by a pairing microorganism in a microbial fuel cell
	Esteve-Núñez, Busalmen, Rogero, Fernández, and Feliu Combined electrochemical and topographic characterization of Geobacter sulfurreducens cell surface under electrogenic conditions
	Cheung, Bretschger, and Nealson The effect of carbon metabolism on the efficiency of microbial fuel cells operating with different Shewanella spp. as the anode catalysts
	Nakamura, Kai, and Hashimoto Self-constructed shewanella/semiconductor electrical networks
	Newton, Nakamura, Watanabe, and Hashimoto Shewanella loihica PV-4 outperforms S. oneidensis MR-1 in an MFC using mechanisms of direct electron transfer and adaptability
	Hsu, Bretschger, Pirbazari, and Nealson Employing shewanella oneidensis MR1 as a cathodic biocatalyst
10:00-10:15	Break, with refreshments
10:15 a.m.-noon (15 minutes each)	Session 3: Novel Isolates and Isolation Strategies Moderator: TBA
	Biffinger, Ribbens, Finkel, Nealson, and Ringeisen High throughput screening array for electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) using voltage detection
	Zuo, Xing, Regan, and Logan An exoelectrogenic bacterium ochrobactrum anthropi YZ-1 isolated using a U-tube microbial fuel cell
	Xing, Zuo, Cheng, Regan, and Logan High power generation by a photosynthetic bacterium in single chamber air-cathode MFCs
	Malki, De Lacey, Rodríguez, Amils, and Fernandez A microbial electrode for fuel cells that beats oxygen
	Watanabe A long-tailed bacterium occurring in cellulose-fed MFC reactors and rice paddy-field MFC
	Wang Isolation and role of fermentative bacterium, bacteroides sp. W7, in a microbial electrochemical assisted hydrogen production reactor
noon	Lunch provided
1:00-5:20 p.m.	Plenary presentations, invited and contributed
1:00-1:25	Yuri Gorby Nanowires
1:30-3:00 (15 minutes each)	Session 4: Anode Communities Moderator: TBA
	Monier, Niard, and Vogel Metagenomic approaches to understanding MFC community structure and function
	Wang, Ren, Cheng, Logan, Wu, He, Tiedje, and Zho From waste to H2: GeoChip-based analysis of microbial community structure and functions in bio-electrochemically assisted microbial reactor
	Katuri, Scott, Curtis, Picioreanu, and Head Microbes meet with resistance; the effect of external load on anode communities and MFC performance
	Speers, Kim, and Reguera Novel bioprocessing technologies based on microbial consortia
	Lee and Rittmann Is Geobacteraceae the universal family of anode-respiring bacteria in the biofilm-anode of microbial electrolytic cells?
	Chang Microbial fuel cell: A novel approach to convert synthesis gas to electricity
3:00-3:15	Break, with refreshments
3:15-5:20 (15 minutes each)	Session 5: Electrochemical constraints Moderator: TBA
	Schröder Approaches and challenges in studying the electron transfer in microbial fuel cells
	Fan, Hu, Sharbrough, and Liu Quantification of the internal resistance distribution of microbial fuel cells and proton transfer mechanisms
	Hamelers and Buisman Low conductivity and alkalinity as major design challenges in MFC and MEC systems
	Huang, Fan, Cao, and Liang Effects of electrode potentials on the electricity generation in microbial fuel cells
	Aelterman, Versichele, Freguia Keller, Boon, Rabaey, and Verstraete Improving the anodic biocatalysis in microbial fuel cells
	Ramasamy, Redcloud-Owen, Ren, Mench, and Regan Effect of biofilm properties on the electrochemical performance of microbial fuel cells
	Manohar, Bretschger, Nealson, Harrington, and Mansfeld An experimental and theoretical study of the dependence of the internal resistance of a microbial fuel on cell voltage
6:00-7:30	Poster session II and reception at The Nittany Lion Inn
7:30-9:00	Dinner at The Nittany Lion Inn

Thursday, May 29

Breakfast on your own
8:00 a.m.-noon	Plenary presentations, invited and contributed
8:00-8:25 a.m.	Jay Regan Community interactions with complex electron donors
8:25-10:00 (15 minutes each)	Session 6: Using sediments, cellulose and complex substrates Moderator: TBA
	Tender and Lowy Latest results in Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell Research and Development
	Reimers, Nielsen, Girguis, and White New developments in ocean microbial fuel cells
	Girguis, White, and Reimers Power production by sediment-hosted microbial fuel cells: The influence of substrate availability and microbial ecology
	Christy, Rismani-Yazd, Carver, Yu, and Tuovinen Cellulose conversion to electricity in microbial fuel cells: Challenges and constraints
	Feng, Wang, Wang, and Li Electricity generation from corn stover using air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell
	Cheng, Xing, Zuo, Logan Electricity generation from cellulose in a single-chamber air cathode microbial fuel cell
10:00-10:15	Break, with refreshments
10:15 a.m.-noon (15 minutes each)	Session 7: Wastewater Treatment Considerations Moderator: TBA
	Angenent Electric power generation from municipal, food, and animal wastewaters using microbial fuel cells
	Ahn and Logan Low solids production using microbial fuel cells for power generation and domestic wastewater treatment
	Rozendal, Hamelers, Buisman, Rabaey, and Keller Bioelectrochemical systems for wastewater treatment: Not so elementary
	Lorenzo, Velasquez-Orta, Christgen, Scott, and Curtis Performance of the anode compartment when treating complex wastewaters
	Kim Alternative electron acceptors in microbial fuel cells
	Shea and Nerenberg Microbial fuel cells for total nitrogen removal
	Virdis, Rabaey, and Keller Combined carbon and nitrogen removal opens new perspectives on wastewater treatment with microbial fuel cells
noon	Lunch provided
1:00-5:20 p.m.	Plenary presentations, invited and contributed
1:00-1:25	Korneel Rabaey Biocathodes as the new opportunity for bio-electrochemical systems
1:25-3:00 (15 minutes each)	Session 8: Microbial Electrolysis Cells and Modeling Moderator: TBA
	Tartakovsky, Manuel, Neburchilov, Wang, and Guiot Hydrogen production in a continuous flow microbial fuel cell with a gas-phase cathode
	Call and Logan Novel single chamber microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) for high efficiency hydrogen gas production
	Hu, Fan, and Liu Microbial electrohydrogenesis using single-chamber membrane-free cells
	Sleutels, Lodder, Hamelers, and Buisman Analyses of resistance in microbial electrolysis cells: Improvement of cell design
	Canosa, Reale, Panero, Aulenta, and Majone Bio-electrochemically assisted reductive dechlorination of TCE: Novel biotechnological approach to sustainable groundwater remediation
	Hamelers, Ter Heijne, Rozendal, and Buisman Analysis of bio-anode kinetics using a minimal model
3:00	Break, with refreshments
3:15-5:20 (15 minutes each)	Session 9: Modeling and Novel Designs Moderator: TBA
	Oh and Sloan Theoretical modelling of anodic microbial fuel cell
	Torres, Kato Marcus, and Rittmann Experimental demonstration of the nernst-monod equation for the biofilm anode of microbial fuel cells
	Kim, Premier, Michie, Hawkes, Dinsdale, and Guwy Power generation by a novel tubular MFC employing a membrane electrode assembly cathode
	Ringeisen, Biffinger, Ray, and Little Miniature microbial fuel cells for aerobic applications
	Schaetzle, Pellissier, Barrière, Poriel, and Rault-Berthelot Functionalization of electrode surfaces for more efficient microbial fuel cells
	Shea and Nerenberg Air-cathode microbial fuel cells with layered-electrode assemblies
	Shimoyama and Watanabe Electricity generation from model organic waste in a cassette-electrode microbial fuel cell
	Zhao, You, Jiang, Zhang, and Ren Performance enhancement of microbial fuel cell for scalable applications
6:30	Closing gala dinner at The Nittany Lion Inn

 

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