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Scientific publications

Highly efficient bio-catalytic oxygen reduction coupled to long-range electron transport in cable bacteria

Dmitrii Pankratov, Anwar Hiralal, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Filip J.R. Meysman (2026)

Pullulan coating preserves high conductivity in cable bacteria wires

Anastasia Gerzhik, Dmitrii Pankratov, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Filip J. R. Meysman, Andreas Offenhäusser, Dirk Mayer (2026)

A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential

Anwar Hiralal, Philip Ley, Jasper R. van Dijk, Cheng Li, Dmitrii Pankratov, Jiji Alingapoyil Choyikutty, Galina Pankratova, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Diana Vasquez-Cardenas, Clare E. Reimers, Filip J. R. Meysman (2025)

Inactive “Ghost” cells do not affect motility and long-range electron transport in filamentous cable bacteria

Jesper R. van Dijk, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Nicole Geerlings, Jiji Alingapoyil Choyikutty, Henricus T. S. Boschker, Erik Verbruggen, Filip J. R. Meysman (2025)

On the diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of cable bacteria

Philip Ley, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Diana Vasquez-Cardenas, Filip J. R. Meysman (2024)

Cable bacteria colonise new sediment environments through water column dispersal

Jesper R. van Dijk, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Philip Ley, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Erik Verbruggen, Filip J. R. Meysman (2024)

A model analysis of centimeter-long electron transport in cable bacteria

Jasper R. van der Veen, Stephanie Valianti, Herre S. J. van der Zant, Yaroslav M. Blanter, Filip J. R. Meysman (2024)

The organo-metal-like nature of long-range conduction in cable bacteria

Dmitrii Pankratov, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Cheryl Karman, Anastasia Gerzhik, Gabriel Gomila, Stanislav Trashin, Henricus T.S. Boschker, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Dirk Mayer, Karolien De Wael, Filip J.R. Meysman (2024)

Multi-wavelength Raman microscopy of nickel-based electron transport in cable bacteria

Bent Smets, Henricus T. S. Boschker, Maxwell T. Wetherington, Gérald Lelong, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Lubos Polerecky, Gert Nuyts, Karolien De Wael, Filip J. R. Meysman (2024)

Temperature-dependent characterization of long-range conduction in conductive protein fibers of cable bacteria

Jasper R. van der Veen, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Albert Wieland, Matteo De Pellegrin, Rick Verweij, Yaroslav M. Blanter, Herre S. J. van der Zant, Filip J. R. Meysman (2024)

Automated scanning dielectric microscopy toolbox for operando nanoscale electrical characterization of electrolyte-gated organic transistors

Shubham Tanwar, Ruben Millan-Solsona, Sara Ruiz-Molina, Marta Mas-Torrent, Adrica Kyndiah, Gabriel Gomila (2024)

Nanoscale operando characterization of electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors reveals charge transport bottlenecks

Shubham Tanwar, Ruben Millan-Solsona, Sara Ruiz-Molina, Marta Mas-Torrent, Adrica Kyndiah, Gabriel Gomila (2023)

PhD theses

Long microbes enabling fast conduction: mapping diversity within the cable bacteria clade

Philip Ley, University of Antwerp, defended on 2 April 2026

The life cycle of cable bacteria

Jesper van Dijk, University of Antwerp, defended on 6 June 2025

Computational and theoretical studies of biomolecular charge transfer

Georgia Polycarpou, University of Cyprus, defended on 10 April 2025

Genomic characterization of cable bacteria and their capacity for long-range electron transport

Anwar Hiralal, University of Antwerp, defended on 25 November 2024

Shining light on the electrical network of cable bacteria

Bent Smets, University of Antwerp, defended on 4 July 2024

The charge transport mechanism in cable bacteria

Jasper R. van der Veen, TU Delft, defended on 2 May 2024

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Conductive nickel bisdithiolenes: natural versus synthetic structures

The second foresight PRiNGLE workshop 20 - 22 April 2026 Venue: University of Antwerp, Hof van Liere building, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp.

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: Prof. Filip Meysman...

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...

New press release on our research!

Metal scaffolds turn bacteria into live wires: Mud-dwelling cable bacteria construct metal organic frameworks to grow By Robert F. Service, in Science

PhD dissertation defence by Jesper van Dijk

Doctoral thesis title: "The life cycle of cable bacteria" Date and time: 6 June 2025 at 14:00 Venue: Campus Middelheim, A.143, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Supervisors: Prof. Filip Meysman, Dr. Jeanine Geelhoed and Prof. Erik Verbruggen

Annual PRiNGLE meeting 2025

5-6 May 2025 Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

PhD dessertation defence by Georgia Polycarpou

Doctoral thesis title: "Computational and theoretical studies of biomolecular charge transfer" Date and time: 10 April 2025 at 11:30 Venue: Room B228, Department of Physics, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Supervisors: Prof. Spiros S. Skourtis

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