PhD dissertation defence by Philip Ley

Doctoral thesis title: “Long microbes enabling fast conduction: mapping diversity within the cable bacteria clade” Date and time: 2 April 2026 at 17:00 Venue: UCSIA – Manresazaal, Koningstraat 2, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Supervisors:...

New publication!

Pullulan coating preserves high conductivity in cable bacteria wires by Anastasia Gerzhik, Dmitrii Pankratov, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Filip J. R. Meysman, Andreas Offenhäusser, and Dirk Mayer Our findings provide an important step toward further technological...

Open positions in cable bacteria research!

The Geobiology Research Group (University of Antwerp) is expanding and looking for new team members:Three Postdoctoral fellows to work on the following research projects: High resolution microscopy and immunolabeling of conductive structures in multicellular...

New paper published!

Highly efficient bio-catalytic oxygen reduction coupled to long-range electron transport in cable bacteria by Dmitrii Pankratov, Anwar Hiralal, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Filip J.R. Meysman We are excited to share our newly published work in...

Science Day – Antwerp Festival

Do you want to experience how cable bacteria research can shape the future of electronics? Join us on the Day of Science to discover how these unique microorganisms conduct electricity and what that means for sustainable technologies of tomorrow. Our research team...