The group has participated and organized in the XV scientific meeting of the group of "Microbiology of the Aquatic Medium"💧🦠 (MMA, in Spanish) of the Sociedad Española de Microbiología. This is a biannual meeting where aquatic microbiologists researching in Spain gathered to discuss the most recent advances in the field. 🔬🤝

Rafa led the meeting with his colleague Mireia Mestre. Alejandro and Víctor participated as volunteers as well as presenters in two different sessions. 

The congress was a success with the participation of almost 100 people covering very different topics: from wastewater resistome to environmental marine microbiology. 🙌

Alejandro and Víctor have participated in the MicroPaths congress organized by the Conexión "Microbioma" from CSIC. This first edition was a meeting opportunity for early-career researchers from the microbiology field.

Víctor presented a poster on the ARGOS project, while Alejandro had an oral communication of the microbial community of the Ría de Vigo. 💧🦠

It was a great opportunity to connect with other fellows from the same field!

A new publication from The M Lab, where Rafa has participated, is out. It was published in BMC Biology and described the different microbial communities present in different water masses in Antarctica💧🦠

It illustrates how the group is working with other fellows from the Museum showing that science is a collaborating enterprise. 🙌

Alejandro and Víctor have participated in the ISME20 conference 🗣️​, the biannual meeting of the International Society of Microbial Ecology (ISME), which was celebrated in Auckland, New Zealand, from the 16th to the 21st of August. 🔬🤝🦠

They presented the preliminary results of ARGOS and different analysis of the microbial communities of the Ría de Vigo.  It was a great time to network with other colleagues and show the research that the groups does to the global community.