The second edition of the International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes - BioRemid2019 - was hosted by the FEUP and took place at Biblioteca Almeida Garret in Porto during the 24^th and 25^th October 2019, with the support of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through LSRE-LCM, LEPABE and CERENA Research Units.

The objective of this meeting was successfully achieved, by bringing together scientists and industry professionals in a friendly environment to share the latest developments and innovations to face environmental problems. In particular, topics such as identification and monitoring of biohazards, strategies to remediate sites polluted with emerging and priority pollutants, consortium-based strategies, the impact of anthropogenic activities on the native microbial communities, new treatment technologies and waste recovery, were discussed.

This event counted with over 140 participants. Two plenary lectures, seven keynote lectures, 18 oral communications, 9 short oral communications and 93 posters were presented during BioRemid2019. The 3 best short oral communications presented by young researchers were awarded with three prizes sponsored by Spanish Society of Microbiology (Silver Sponsor), LIPOR and Adventech companies (Gold sponsors). In addition, BioRemid2019 hosted an open-to-the-public event, which could count on the expertise of Prof. Kenneth Timmis, who delivered a lecture about the Microbiology Literacy Initiative.

As part of the commitment of LSRE-LCM to support this kind of initiatives, several researchers were involved in the organization and support of this event.

More information about BioRemid2019:
http://conference.mercatura.pt/events/bioremid2019/

José Luís Figueiredo and Alírio E. Rodrigues are included in the Top 25%  of the 100.000 most cited scientists in the article A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field by Professor John P.A. Ioannidis from Stanford University, CA, USA (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384).

Professor José Luís Figueiredo ranked #16.868 and Professor Alírio E. Rodrigues #21.341. They are the first and second scientists from the University of Porto among the 24 scientists with Portuguese affiliations ranked in the Top 25%.

Scientists were ranked using a composite indicator that includes the total number of citations (excluding self-citations), the h-index, the hm-index (Schreiber) adjusted for co-authorships; and the number of citations to papers as single; single or first; or single, first, or last author (details in https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002548).