Current Projects

Ongoing research projects at EMM

MIMOSA: Unlocking Marine Microbial Seedbank Dynamics. PID2025-176369NB-I00

Start: 2026 End: 2029

Maria Montserrat Sala, M Farré, M Llorca, I González

ONE-BLUE. Integrated approach to assess the levels and impact of cONtaminants of Emerging concern on BLUE health and biodiversity modulated by climate change drivers. HORIZON-CL6-2023-Zeropollution-01-2

Start: 2024 End: 2027

Maria Montserrat Sala, Montserrat Solé

MED-BIO. Assessing the impact of organic contaminants of emerging concern on key marine organisms. MICIU PID2024-160452OB-C22

Start: 2025 End: 2029

Ramon Massana

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)

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

Francisco M. Cornejo-Castillo

Jan 1, 2024

COordination Mechanisms in the Marine Unicellular Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium UCYN-A and its Algal Symbiotic partner (COMMUNAS)

Start: 2024 End: 2027

Clara Ruiz-González

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)

Start: 2023 End: 2026