iFAST Session: Understanding the Biofilm Anode in Microbial Electrochemical Cells (MXCs)

International Forum on Advanced Environmental Sciences and Technology (iFAST)

The International Forum on Advanced Environmental Sciences and Technology (iFAST) aims to invite distinguished scientists  to highlight grand challenges, frontier questions, and opportunities in environmental science and technology as well as potential solutions to on-going environmental challenges. The seminars will focus on fundamental research and will primarily pertain to topics such as climate change, environmental protection, theoretical ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology, microbial ecology, geosciences, and environmental genomics.

Session 3 Assessing the past and future of microbial ecology: The foundation of the biosphere

This talk presents recent results that characterize the key phenomena occurring in the biofilm anode: (1) The unique properties of anode-respiring bacteria (ARB). (2) The Nernst-Monod expression to quantify the relationship between the rate of electron conduction and the electrical potential in the biofilm anode. (3) How the rate of electron transport can be controlled by slow H+ transport more than slow electron conduction for high-performance biofilm anodes. (4) The interactions of ARB with other microorganisms in the biofilm anode.

The iFAST seminars are free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive a webinar link. 

Registeration link: http://ieg4.rccc.ou.edu/seminar/register.cgi

(Originally from https://www.ou.edu/ieg/seminars)