We are happy to announce a new preprint on a methanotrophic biofilm from the Ginsburg Mud Volcano (Gulf of Cadiz). The preprint was based on the Master theses research from Cleopatra and Pedro during their time at the Museum. It investigate the microbial community of this deep-sea biofilm using geochemistry, lipidomics and metagenomics. We...
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Alejandro and Rafa have authored an opinion paper on the role of artificial intelligence to produce new antibiotics using the archaeal proteome.
New articles on marine microbial communities
07.11.2025
In the last week, two articles on marine microbial communities, where Rafa is a coauthor, have been published. Both use next-generation sequencing methods to explore the taxonomy, ecology and metabolism of marine microbiomes in different latitudes: from the tropics to the poles.
XIX REDEX at Huelva
17.10.2025
From the 14th to the 17th of October we have been part of the XIX REDEX, the 19th meeting of the Spanish Network of Extremophiles that took place at Huelva. The lab had two oral presentations given by Víctor and Alejandro and one poster explained by Rafa. We could present our newest results on the ARGOS project, on the resistome...
Participation at the SAME18
03.10.2025
The lab has participated in the last Sympsium of Aquatic Microbial Ecology (SAME18) held in Barcelona from the 28th of September until the 3rd of October 💧
2025 European Researcher's Night
26.09.2025
Alejandro, Víctor and Rafa have participated with more people from the department at the 2025 European Researcher's Night celebrates at hundred of institution accross Europe.
New outreach articles
23.09.2025
In the last weeks, Rafa has published two outreach articles in different Nature journals. Both pieces are a must read for archaea enthusiast!
Claudia starts her internship
18.08.2025
Claudia Baeyens González started today her three-months internship with Alejandro. She studies a Bachelor in Biology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She is particularly fascinated by microbial ecology, metagenomics, and evolutionary biology. Therefore, she came to the group to learn more about bioinformatics and metagenomics. Her focus will...
XXX SEM Congress
19.06.2025
Alejandro and Rafa participated with members of the MLab in the XXX Congress of the Spanish Society of Microbiology (SEM) celebrated in Jaen from the 16th to the 19th of June. Over 300 microbiologists took part in this event with several activities and scientific meetings.
Group day at Parque Regional del Sureste
13.06.2025
Last Friday, the lab members went to the Parque Regional del Sureste for a hike. We went with the members of the MLab, our sibling lab lead by Mireia Mestre.It was a great opportunity to spend time together, create new memories and talk about life, and of course microbiology. The day was hot, but the hike was great, a circular...