Rafael Laso Pérez
Ramón y Cajal fellow at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC, Spain)
I am an environmental microbiologist with a great interest on using bioinformatic approaches to study microbial communities. My research has focused on archaeal metabolism, environmental metagenomics and cultivation of novel microorganisms. Currently, I use next-generation sequencing technologies to link microbial function in different environments: from urban wastewaters to the polar regions.
New publication
- June 2026
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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. 🙌
Participation at the ISME20 conference - August 2026
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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.
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