ZURICH 5th International Conference on Bioscience & Environmental Engineering: ZBE2-27

Call for papers/Topics

All Abstracts, Reviews, short articles, Full articles, Posters are welcomed related with any of the following research fields:

Core Biological & Life Sciences

  • Molecular & Structural Biology: Gene expression, protein engineering, nucleic acid mechanics, and enzymatic kinetics.

  • Microbiology & Microbial Ecology: Bacterial metabolism, viral dynamics, microbial community interactions, and extremity-adapted extremophiles.

  • Biochemistry & Cellular Dynamics: Cell signaling pathways, metabolic regulation, biological transport phenomena, and bioenergetics.

  • Ecology & Ecosystem Dynamics: Trophic networks, biodiversity preservation, ecological succession, and biogeochemical cycling (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus).

Core Engineering & Physical Foundations

  • Transport Phenomena: Fluid mechanics, mass transfer, heat transfer, and molecular diffusion across biological and environmental interfaces.

  • Thermodynamics & Reaction Kinetics: Chemical equilibrium, biological kinetics, bioreactor process thermodynamics, and catalytic dynamics.

  • Environmental Chemistry: Aquatic chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, soil physical chemistry, and pollutant transformation pathways.

  • Data Science & Systems Engineering: Environmental modeling, bio-process optimization, GIS spatial analysis, and bio-informatics.

Bioprocess Engineering & Biotechnology

  • Fermentation & Cell Culture Engineering: Upstream bioreactor design, scale-up dynamics, nutrient delivery systems, and mammalian or microbial cell culture optimization.

  • Downstream Processing: Separation techniques, protein purification, membrane filtration, bioseparations, and bio-product crystallization.

  • Industrial Synthetic Biology: Metabolic pathway re-engineering, cell-free system engineering, and synthetic microbial factories for high-value biological compounds.

  • Enzyme Technology & Catalysis: Immobilized enzyme reactors, biotransformations, biocatalyst stability, and enzyme discovery.

Environmental Pollution Control & Remediation

  • Water & Wastewater Treatment: Activated sludge systems, membrane bioreactors, biological nutrient removal, anaerobic digestion, and advanced oxidation processes.

  • Soil & Subsurface Remediation: In-situ and ex-situ bioremediation, phytoremediation, soil washing, electrokinetic remediation, and bio-augmentation.

  • Air Quality & Waste Gas Engineering: Biofiltration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), scrubbers, industrial particulate management, and odour mitigation technologies.

  • Hazardous & Emerging Contaminant Control: Degradation of microplastics, forever chemicals (PFAS), pharmaceuticals, heavy metal immobilization, and ecotoxicology.

Sustainable Bioeconomy & Circular Resources

  • Waste-to-Energy & Waste-to-X Systems: Biogas generation, bio-hydrogen production, bio-refineries, and high-value resource extraction from municipal/industrial organic waste.

  • Bio-based Materials & Biopolymers: Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), polylactic acid (PLA) production, bio-composites, fungal mycelium materials, and biological adhesives.

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Circularity: Material flow analysis, environmental impact quantification, cradle-to-cradle bio-design, and carbon footprint mitigation.

Agricultural, Food & Agro-Environmental Systems

  • Precision Agriculture & Digital Agronomy: Remote sensing for crop health, bio-sensors for soil nutrient monitoring, and smart irrigation management.

  • Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems: Soil microbiome health, biological pest control, bio-fertilizers, bio-char soil amendments, and resilient cropping systems.

  • Food & Agricultural Biotechnology: Plant genetic engineering for drought/pest resistance, cellular agriculture (cultivated meat), and bio-preservation processes.

Eco-Hydrology & Environmental Systems Engineering

  • Constructed Wetlands & Nature-Based Solutions: Ecological engineering for stormwater treatment, urban bio-swales, coastal ecosystem restoration, and erosion bio-control.

  • Microbial Fuel Cells & Bio-Electrochemical Systems: Electricity generation from organic waste, bio-electrochemical wastewater treatment, and microbial electrosynthesis.

  • Climate Change Mitigation & Carbon Capture: Biological carbon sequestration, ocean alkalinization engineering, microalgae carbon capture systems, and soil carbon farming.