Workshops focus on theoretical and practical aspects of growing and quantifying biofilms.
Laboratory techniques are demonstrated and explained by CBE researchers, then repeated by participants in a hands-on session. Workshops also cover the study of biofilms via respirometry, cryosectioning, microscopy, and other innovative techniques. Biofilm methods workshops provide information on growth, sampling, and analysis of biofilms in interactive sessions which can be tailored to specific attendee needs. The CBE Workshop Program was started as a training seminar for in-house staff and students in the specific techniques of biofilm growth, sampling, and analysis. The demand for this knowledge is not limited to CBE researchers, however, and we have since expanded our workshop series to provide instruction in hands-on laboratory techniques to both industrial researchers and other academic workers.