If you imagine electricity generation, would microorganism be the first thing that comes to your mind? So how do microorganisms generate and produce electricity? What industries already implement electroactive microorganisms in their technologies? Are there some downsides to these microorganisms? These are just some of the questions you might ask when you first read the title of the seminar session.
Electroactive microorganisms are microbes that harvest their energy through extracellular electron transfer. By doing so, they can generate different types of energy resources, such as hydrogen, and remove contaminants. However, some of these electroactive microbes also cause irreversible damages to our infrastructures.
In the next few weeks, we will take on the journey of exploring the positive and negative sides of the electroactive microbes in a research-based learning format.
The goal of this Q-team is to help students to gain insights on applied microbiology and help them to design their own set of experimental simulation system. To achieve this, students will receive a variety of information from multiple disciplines of science including biology, chemistry, material science, physical science and corrosion science. By the end of the seminars, students will present their experimental design virtually in the form of a visual presentation (video, poster, PowerPoint presentation…etc)
Seminars will be held in English, German is not required
Student target group: Highly motivated interdisciplinary group of students in their Bachelor’s or Master’s. Preferably currently completing a scientific major.
