Workshop: International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) 2016 Conference, Stanford University

1712411 spormann国际微生物电化学与技术学会（ISMET）成立于2011年，是一个新的国际伞形组织（私人非营利组织），其目标是将微生物电化学及其衍生技术领域的研究人员，工程师和科学家联系起来。本次会议于2016年10月5日至7日在斯坦福大学举行，旨在将跨学科研究小组联系在一起，讨论微生物电化学和技术的最新进展。这项技术是许多正在研究的与食物-能源-水关系相关的技术之一。北美-国际微生物电化学与技术学会会议涵盖的主题是基础研究和应用研究相结合，涵盖的主题是基础研究领域：1。微生物电化学的新途径，2。细胞外电子转移基础，3。3 .优化微生物电化学系统的合成生物学方法；混合培养系统的微生物生态学。在应用研究领域，研究的主题是：1。2.废水处理和其他生物修复/生物能源/生物传感应用；2 .材料：微生物电化学用电极和膜及其技术；面向应用和可扩展的设计；建模和优化。ISMET推动每隔一年举行一次的国际和大陆会议。然而，ISMET不组织这些会议；年会由东道国一级组织。来自不同领域的研究人员之间的互动创造了一个独特的环境，以促进思想和未来的合作。与此同时，这些想法可能会导致影响未来水能关系基础设施的新技术。会议还举办了研讨会，向新研究人员传授分子生物学和数学建模等技术。通过这些讲习班，PI希望培养学生成为我们领域的领导者。这次会议也为来自全球不同背景的研究人员的思维过程提供了一个跳板，使微生物电化学技术取得成功。

1712411SpormannThe International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) was formed in 2011 as a new international umbrella organization (private nonprofit) with the goal to link researchers, engineers, and scientists in the area of microbial electrochemistry and their derived technologies. This conference, was held at Stanford University on October 5-7, 2016 with the objective of linking together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to discuss recent advancements in microbial electrochemistry and technologies. This technology is one of many that is being investigated related to the food-energy-water nexus.The topics that were covered at the North American-International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology conference was to integrate both fundamental and applied research, and cover topics were in the area of fundamental research: 1. Novel microbial pathways in microbial electrochemistry, 2. Fundamentals of extracellular electron transfer, 3. Synthetic biology approaches to optimize microbial electrochemical systems, and, 4. Microbial ecology of mixed culture systems. In the area of applied research the topics were: 1. Wastewater treatment and other bioremediation/bioenergy/biosensing applications, 2. Materials: electrodes and membranes for microbial electrochemistry and technologies, 3. Design towards applications and scale-up, and, 4. Modeling and optimization. The ISMET promotes the International and Continental meetings occurring every other year on alternating years. However, ISMET does not organize these meetings; the annual meetings are organized at the host level. The interaction among researchers from different fields created a unique environment to foster ideas and future collaborations. At the same time, these ideas could lead to novel technologies that can impact the future infrastructure at the water-energy nexus. The conference also had workshops to educate new researchers in techniques such as molecular biology and mathematical modeling. Through these workshops, the PI expected to train students that will become leaders in our field. The conference also serves to be a springboard for forging the thought processes of researchers from various backgrounds across the globe to enable the success of microbial electrochemical technologies.