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.
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Success of the XV MMA congress
15.06.2026
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 celebrated at the Museum from the 10th to the 12th of June. This is a biannual meeting where aquatic microbiologists researching in Spain gathered to discuss the...
Participation in the MicroPath congress
15.06.2026
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.
2026 EOHA meeting
19.05.2026
Víctor has participated in the 2026 EOHA, the annual meeting of the European One Health Association (EOHA), which was celebrated in Madrid from the 18th to the 20th of May.
Pint of Science 2026
18.05.2026
Alejandro and Rafael have participated in a new edition of the Pint of Science, the initiative that brings scientists across the globe to the bars in order to explain their research to wider audiences.
Rafa has participated in two radio programs talking about the recent publication on a methanotrophic biofilm discovered in the Ginsburg mud volcano (Gulf of Cadiz). On May 5th, he participated in "A golpe de bit", a program specialised in science from the Radio Exterior, one of the channels of the Spanish Radio Nacional. On May 16th he...
Alejandro has authored a new manuscript, where the group describes the microbiomes of Las Tablas de Daimiel, a Spanish wetland with the category of national Park. It was published in Metabarcoding and Metagenomics.
New publication in ISME Communications
27.04.2026
We are happy to announce the last publication 📄 of the group on a methanotrophic biofilm inhabiting the Ginsburg mud volcano 🌋, at the Gulf of Cadiz, published in ISME Communications. . The manuscript presents the results of the Master thesis of Cleo and Pedro, who are the first authors of the publication. Besides, there is participation of...
Participation in the BCB Hub
21.04.2026
The team has participated in the CSIC BCB Hub, the network of bioinformatics of CSIC. The meeting took place in Madrid on 21-22 of April.
Rafa have participated in the third episode of the podcast "Vis a Vis con la Ciencia" 🎙️ This project is the collaboration among the National Museum of Natural Sciences, the NGO Solidarios and the inmates of the Ecos de Soto newsroom at the Soto del Real Penitentiary Center - Madrid V. In this episode, we talked...