Microbial Predation Conference 2026
Monte Verità, Switzerland   July 27-31, 2026

Join us in lovely Ticino, Switzerland to discuss what microbial predation
looks like, how it originates and evolves, and how it shapes microbial
communities. Researchers studying diverse aspects of microbial predation
with different predator-prey systems will gather to promote conceptual
synthesis across systems and questions.

Conference website: https://microbialpredation.ethz.ch
Register for conference updates at
https://microbialpredation.ethz.ch/registration.html
Registration and program structure are expected to be available in
early March.

Invited speakers include:
Lutz Becks - University of Constance, Germany
Yen-Ping Hsueh - Max-Planck Institute for Biology, Tuebingen, Germany
Andrew Lovering - University of Birmingham, UK
David Queller - Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Renske van Raaphorst - University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Joan Strassmann - Washington University in St. Louis, USA

With the Conference on Microbial Predation 2026, we seek to bring
together microbial-predation researchers who rarely meet under a single
scientific umbrella, including molecular microbiologists, ecologists,
evolutionary biologists, theoreticians, and biocontrol researchers,
promoting integration across microbial systems and connection with
concepts largely associated with macroscopic predators. The conference
provides a forum where diverse perspectives can converge to build shared
conceptual frameworks, new interdisciplinary collaborations can be
initiated, and the global community of microbial-predation researchers
can more deeply interconnect.

We welcome researchers working with animals who want to think more about
microbial predation.

Major themes:
    Molecular mechanisms
    Behavior
    Ecology
    Evolution
    Social aspects of predation
    Applications

Scientific organizers:
Marie Vasse, CNRS - University of Bordeaux, France
Greg Velicer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

For administrative questions, please contact us at
microbialpredation2026@ethz.ch

gregory.velicer@env.ethz.ch

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