Explore microbial predation: how it originates, evolves, and shapes microbial communities.

Join researchers to discuss microbial predation across systems and scales. The conference brings together molecular microbiologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, theoreticians, and biocontrol researchers to promote conceptual synthesis and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Who might find it interesting:
• Researchers studying microbial predation in any system
• Researchers working on animal predation who want to explore microbial predation
• Anyone interested in building shared frameworks and collaborations across predation systems

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

Invited speakers:
Lutz Becks – University of Constance, Germany
Antonis Chatzinotas – Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, 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
Joan Strassmann – Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Renske van Raaphorst – University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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

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