PROGRAMME
08.30-10:00 - Registration
and Welcome coffee
10:00-10:20 - Patrizia Albertano (University of Rome “Tor
Vergata”)
Opening and welcome from the
University authorities
10:20-10:40 - Stefano
Cataudella (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)
Aquatic environment and
sustainable development
10:40-11:00 - Giuseppe Palleschi and Danila Moscone
(University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)
Biosensors for environmental
monitoring
11:00-11:30 - Jan
Rijstenbil (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Introduction to the PHOBIA EU
Project
11:30-12:00 - Barbara
Zippel (UFZ - Inland Water Research, Magdeburg)
Operation of the experimental
incubator “PBI” versus the kind of biofilms obtained: possibilities for improvement
and up-scaling for practical use
12:00-12:30 - Patrizia Albertano (University of
Rome “Tor Vergata”) and Gerard Muyzer (Delft, University of Technology)
Biological components and biofilm matrix: biotechnological and
environmental applications
13:00-14:30 - Lunch
14:30-15.00 - Michael Kühl
(University of Copenhagen) and Thomas Neu (UFZ - Inland Water Research,
Magdeburg)
Advanced approach to biofilm
analysis: probes/sensors for biogeochemistry, imaging tools
and quantification of biofilm structure by using the PHLIP software
15:00-15:30 - Mark van
Loosdrecht and Cristian Picioreanu (Delft, University of Technology)
Major processes in
phototrophic biofilms explained with the mechanistic model
15:30-16:00 - Jonas
Almeida (ITQB - Biomathematics, Oeiras)
Use of artificial neural
networks for prediction of biofilm growth
16:00-16:30 - Anne Fortuin
(WaterschapZeeuwse Eilanden) and Jan Rijstenbil (Netherlands Institute of
Ecology)
Phototrophic biofilm
exploitation: wastewater treatment, helophyte filters and use as biomass in
aquaculture; antifouling
16:30-17:00 - Jan
Rijstenbil (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Efficient use of phototrophic
biofilms in practice: how, where and what for?
17:00-17:30 - General
discussion and future perspectives
17:30-18:00 - Concluding remarks