MIND Project Annual Meeting 2019 Announcement
27/11/2018
The MIND project has announced its 2019 Project Annual Meeting- the flyer is available here. Further details about the meeting are available on the dedicated event page. There will be a call for papers in January 2019.
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MIND Project Annual Meeting 2019 – Flyer2
Description: Flyer for MIND Project Annual Meeting 2019.
Last updated: November 27, 2018
MIND Deliverable D2.10 – Microbial mobility in saturated bentonites of different density
Description: MIND Deliverable 2.10, published 30 June 2018. Our study fulfilled two most important goals. First, we developed a reliable method for direct detection of bacterial presence (both viable and dead cells) in the bentonite, which has been missing. Our method is based on the extraction of bacteria from bentonite using density gradient centrifugation and their subsequent Live/Dead fluorescence staining. Although our method needs further optimization and testing of its general functionality on different bentonite types, we believe it will be very useful for future research of bacterial presence in various clay materials.
Last updated: July 30, 2019
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