2025

Marine Acidobacteriota as halogenation reservoirs: Discovery of novel biosynthetic gene clusters

Conference Talk

Pavlo Hrab, Mitja Zdouc, Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh, Shinichi Sunagawa, Detmer Sipkema and Marnix Medema

European Conference on Marine Natural Products (ECMNP) 2025

Piran, Slovenia • September 28 - October 2, 2025

Presented our work towards the comprehensive analysis and description of Acidobacteriota, focusing on their biosynthetic potential, especially in marine environments

From deep sea to soil: hidden biosynthetic potential of Acidobacteriota

Invited Talk

Summer School for Natural Products research

Ukraine (online) • August 2025

I presented my PhD work regarding phylum Acidobacteriota, especially in context of natural products research

Global biosynthetic life of Acidobacteriota

Conference Talk

Hrab P., Schorn M., Zdouc M.M., Loureiro C., Medema M.H., Sipkema D.

Leiden University

Leiden, the Netherlands • June 19, 2025

Had a short talk about Acidobacteriota on 1 day Leiden Drug Discovery symposium

Hidden biosynthetic life of Acidobacteriota

Conference Talk

Hrab P., Zdouc M.M., Ruscheweyh H.J., Sunagawa S., Sipkema D., Medema M.H.

BioSB conference

Baarlo, the Netherlands • May 21, 2025

Presented our work regarding large-scale metagenomics analysis of Acidobacteriota

Global biosynthetic potential of Acidobacteriota

Conference Talk

Hrab P., Schorn M., Zdouc M.M., Loureiro C., Medema M.H., Sipkema D.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, the Netherlands • March 03, 2025

Presented work regarding global biosynthetic potential of Acidobacteriota across environments and lifestyles

2024

Acidobacteriota and their genes: shedding light onto undercultivated phylum

PhD Trip

Hrab P., Schorn M., Zdouc M.M., Loureiro C., Medema M.H., Sipkema D.

Kyoto University

Kyoto, Japan • October 24, 2024

Presented my work regarding deep-sea marine microbe cultivation during 2-week PhD trip in Japan.

Biosynthetic potential of sponge-associated Acidobacteriota

Conference Talk

Hrab P., Schorn M., Zdouc M.M., Loureiro C., Medema M.H., Sipkema D.

EPS Get2Gether

Lunteren, the Netherlands • May 27-28, 2024

Presented the focus of the work I do for the broader audience of plant scientists.

2023

Cultivation approaches targeting Acidobacteriota from Sponges: Unlocking the untapped potential of uncultured microbes

Conference Poster

Hrab P., Schorn M., Loureiro C., Medema M.H., Sipkema D.

BigBang…Microbes! Workshop on Cultivation of the Uncultivationables!

Cologne, Germany • September 28-29, 2023

Presented last findings on functional annotation of Acidobacteriota from deep-sea marine sponges

Marine sponge-associated Acidobacteriota: Promising sources of novel specialized metabolites

Conference Poster

Hrab P., Schorn M., Zdouc M.M., Loureiro C., Medema M.H., Sipkema D.

XVII MaNaPro International Symposium

Granada, Spain • September 3-8, 2023

Focused on natural product potential of sponge-associate Acidobacteriota

Constraint-based modeling: Introduction and advanced topics

Course

Wageningen Campus

Wageningen, the Netherlands • Winter 2023

Attended a 5 day course on constraint-based modelling

2022

Finding hints in Geodia barretti metagenomes for targeted bacteria isolation

Conference Poster

Hrab P., Loureiro C., Schorn M., Sipkema D., Medema M.H.

11th World Sponge Conference

Leiden, Netherlands • October 10-14, 2022

Presented findings from our functional description of deep-sea sponge Geodia barretti to shape the bacteria isolation experiments

Unraveling the Geodia barretti microbiome biosynthetic potential through the lens of cultivation

Conference Talk

Pavlo Hrab, Catarina Loureiro, Michelle Schorn, Detmer Sipkema, Marnix Medema

Natural Products (Meta) Genome Mining

Copenhagen, Denmark • May 30-31, 2022

Presented our findings and plans towards unravelling biosynthetic potential of deep-sea marine sponge Geodia barretti.

Integrated multi-omic analyses of microbial communities

Course

University of Luxembourg

Luxembourg • Spring 2022

Attended a 5 day course on multi-omic analysis.

2020

rRNADif: tool for intragenomic 16S rRNA variability assessment and a comprehensive database of Bacteria’s 16S rRNAs

Conference Poster

Pavlo Hrab, Bohdan Ostash

COMBINE 2020 symposium

Sydney, Australia (online) • November 23, 2020

Presented our solution towards assessment of within-genome heterogeneity of 16S rRNAs

Biohack Europe. (Elixir Biohackaton Europe)

Hackathon

Online

Paris, France • November 9-13, 2020

Contributed to open science projects and tools during a hackathon.

BGCViz: a shiny app for different BGC annotations visualization

Conference Poster

Pavlo Hrab, Bohdan Ostash

4th Latin American Student Council Symposium

Mexico, Mexico (online) • October 23, 2020

Presented our solution towards unifying different genome mining approaches and results within single genome annotation

Сambridge bioinformatics hackaton

Hackathon

Online

Cambridge, England (online) • September 21-23, 2020

Contributed to open science projects and tools during a weekend hackathon. Focus on making research tools more accessible and reproducible.

Illuminating the heterogeneity of 16S rRNA genes within genus Streptomyces

Conference Poster

Pavlo Hrab, Bohdan Ostash

6th European Student Council Symposium 2020

Barcelona, Spain (online) • September 6, 2020

Presented findings about discrepancies of 16S rRNA genes in Streptomyces genus within single genomes

Genome of landomycin producer Streptomyces cyanogenus S136

Conference Talk

Pavlo Hrab, Bohdan Ostash

YOUTH AND PROGRESS OF BIOLOGY.

Lviv, Ukraine • April 27-29, 2020

Presented findings from our bioinformatics analysis and genome description of Streptomyces cyanogenus S136. Was awarded 1st place.

Data Engineering and Security winter school (DES 2020)

Workshop

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Lviv, Ukraine • January 20-31, 2020

We learned how to tackle real-world data science problems. Lead the team, coordinating multiple tasks towards project completion. Scored within top 3 of all the projects

2019

Analysis of chaplin and rodlin genes in genus Streptomyces

Conference Poster

Pavlo Hrab, Oleksandr Yushchuk, Bohdan Ostash

XVII International Conference of Students and Young Scientists "Shevchenkivska Vesna: Bioscience Advances"

Kyiv, Ukraine • April 23-25, 2019

Presented findings about morphogenic proteins in Streptomycetaceae and their phylogenetic spread in the family

4th Advanced in silico Drug design workshop/hackaton

Workshop

Palacky University Olomouc

Olomouc, Czech Republic • January 21-25, 2019

Attended a hands-on workshop on bioinformatics analyses available for in silico molecule discovery

2018

Genes for morphogenetic proteins of chaplin and rodlin families in landomycin producer Streptomyces cyanogenus S136

Conference Poster

Pavlo Hrab, Oleksandr Yushchuk, Iryna Ostash, Bohdan Ostash

Youth scientists towards the challenges of modern technology

Lviv, Ukraine • November 24-28 2018

Presented findings about morphogenic proteins in Streptomycetaceae and our road towards their functional characterization via genetic engineering

AIESEC Leadership Development Experience through a Global Volunteer opportunity tackling the Sustainable Development Goal Reduced Inequalities.

Volunteering

AIESEC Global Volunteer Program

Kielce, Poland • July-August 2018

Participated in AIESEC's leadership development program focusing on SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) through volunteer work and community engagement in Poland.