CEDRIC partner, Prof. Chris Rinke will be presenting an international seminar at ICGEB Trieste, on Tuesday, 1 October at 12:00 midday. Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the University of Innsbruck, his research focuses on the biodiversity, phylogeny, taxonomy, and ecology of microorganisms, particularly those that cannot be cultivated.
His talk will focus on the large amount of plastic waste produced globally, and the associated environmental impacts and health risks that have triggered a renewed push for sustainable plastic recycling solutions. (Poster of the event)
This includes research on microbial driven plastic degradation, which is generating new targets for protein engineering that has put biorecycling on the map as a future plastic-waste management strategy. He puts forward the superworm (Zophobas morio) and its gut microbiome as a promising microbial plastic degradation model system.
Current efforts of his group are to acquire a better understanding of microbial pathways involved in plastic degradation through multiomics approaches targeting superworm gut bacteria.
To join the event, contact: seminars@icgeb.org
