Current Projects

Ongoing research projects at EMM

Ramon Massana
BYGENEX
BYGENEX

Unveiling oceanic bacterivory through gene expression. Start: 2025 End: 2030

Silvia G. Acinas, Pablo Sánchez
Biogeography and Adaptation Mechanisms in Prokaryotes Across Polar Biomes (POLAROMICS)
Biogeography and Adaptation Mechanisms in Prokaryotes Across Polar Biomes (POLAROMICS)

Understanding the mechanisms governing the dispersion, ecological connectivity, diversification processes, and survival strategies for the adaptation of polar microbes. Start: 2024 End: 2028

Fran Cornejo-Castillo
Jan 1, 2024
COordination Mechanisms in the Marine Unicellular Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium UCYN-A and its Algal Symbiotic partner (COMMUNAS)
COordination Mechanisms in the Marine Unicellular Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium UCYN-A and its Algal Symbiotic partner (COMMUNAS)

Start: 2024 End: 2027

Ramon Massana, Dolors Vaqué
EPIC
EPIC

Ecological characterization of Picozoa, an abundant and enigmatic protistan group. Start: 2023 End: 2026

Clara Ruiz-González
Prokaryotic MINIaturization and the hidden micrObial diversity: ecology and dispersal of ultra-small cells along the terrestrial-Marine continuum (MINIOM)
Prokaryotic MINIaturization and the hidden micrObial diversity: ecology and dispersal of ultra-small cells along the terrestrial-Marine continuum (MINIOM)

Start: 2023 End: 2026

Clara Ruiz-González
Patchiness and small-scale variability in the microbial dimension of submarine groundwater discharge (PATCHI)
Patchiness and small-scale variability in the microbial dimension of submarine groundwater discharge (PATCHI)

Start: 2023 End: 2026

Marta Sebastián
CROSS-POINT - The ecological role of the growth arrest response in marine bacteria. PID2022-143213NB-I00
CROSS-POINT - The ecological role of the growth arrest response in marine bacteria. PID2022-143213NB-I00

Start: 2023 End: 2026

Josep M. Gasol
Jan 1, 2022
Micolor - Microbial colonization of ocean particles, from mechanistic understanding to global patterns

Start: 2022 End: 2025