Output

Scientific output of the project

The research findings will be open access: once available, published papers and reports will be listed here. The list will be updated as the project progresses.

Software

Scientific publications

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)

Related scientific publications

Overview of existing publications from members of the consortium in the field of the project:

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. ReimersFilip J. R. Meysman (2025)

Closing the genome of unculturable cable bacteria using a combined metagenomic assembly of long and short sequencing reads

Anwar Hiralal, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Bent Smets, Jesper R. van Dijk, Filip J. R. Meysman (2024)

Comparative genomic analysis of nickel homeostasis in cable bacteria

Anwar Hiralal, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Sinje Neukirchen, Filip J. R. Meysman (2024)

Indications for a genetic basis for big bacteria and description of the giant cable bacterium Candidatus Electrothrix gigas sp. nov.

Jeanine S.Geelhoed , Casper A. Thorup, Jesper J. Bjerg, Lars Schreiber, Lars Peter Nielsen, Andreas Schramm, Filip J. R. Meysman, Ian P.G Marshall (2023)

Efficient long-range conduction in cable bacteria through nickel protein wires

Henricus T. S. Boschker, Perran L. M. Cook Filip J. R. Meysman et al (2021)

A highly conductive fibre network enables centimetre-scale electron transport in multicellular cable bacteria

Filip J. R. Meysman, Rob Cornelissen,  Stanislav Trashin et al (2019)

The cell envelope structure of cable bacteria

Rob Cornelissen, Andreas Bøggild, Raghavendran Thiruvallur Eachambadi et al (2018)

Impact on the career of young researchers

The following PhD projects have received (full or partial) funding from PRiNGLE:

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Georgia Polycarpou, University of Cyprus, defended on 4 April 2025

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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The Consortium

News         We are proud to present our multidisciplinary team in our European Union EIC project: Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium), TU Delft (The Netherlands), Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany), Vrije Universiteit...

Symposium “Where biology meets physics: conductive protein materials for next-generation electronics”

Date: Friday 04 april 2025 Venue: Grauwzusters convent, UAntwerpen Lange Sint-Annastraat 7, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium (close to Central railway station) Program 13:00 – 13.45 Registration, coffee. Part I: Symposium: The quest for highly conductive proteins 13:45 – 14.00...

Meet the PROTEONICS team

News 3,2,1💪liftoff!   We launched the EIC Pathfinder project PRINGLE coordinated by University of Antwerp. Our proteonics team aims for breakthroughs with highly conductive proteins of extraordinary cable bacteria for applications in next-gen bio-electronics....

PRiNGLE is a four-year international project to design a new class of protein materials with tuned electronic properties, investigate and develop integration of these materials into electronics.

This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe EIC PathFinder funding scheme with grant agreement No 101046719.

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