Microbial Metal Interactions

Research group in Microbiology (University of Granada). DGR microbiology. Bioremediation. Microbe-metal interactions.

[Microbial Metal Interactions @microlab103]

Hello, scientific community! Welcome to our research group BIO103 led by Dr Mohamed L. Merroun (University of Granada). We are updating our scientific activities. Stay tuned! :)

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A new PhD joins the team! 👨🏻‍🎓🎉 Congratulations to Guillermo Lazúen on successfully defending his doctoral thesis focused on deciphering the physiological and molecular mechanisms of selenium resistance in Stenotrophomonas bentonitica BII-R7 🦠⚗️Good luck with your new projects!

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Our PhD student Guillermo Lazúen last photo as part of the lab, but not the group 😊 Grateful for all the learning and great people, the PhD final journey continues 💪📚

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📢 New article published in Corrosion Science!

The study evaluates how gamma radiation and sulfate-reducing bacteria influence copper corrosion under conditions relevant to deep geological disposal of nuclear waste.

Developed within the EURAD-1 & @EJP_EURAD-2 projects 🇪🇺

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From Oct 14–16, the @CanalUGR will welcome experts from across the world for the 1st #InCoManD annual meeting. Hosted by Prof. Merroun’s group, participants will exchange the latest progress within the @EJP_EURAD project.

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Teilo Crow & Bryn Goss, internship students from Swansea University:

“We’re truly grateful for our placement in Granada! It was a great opportunity to explore microbiology, develop lab skills, and grow personally and professionally. Thanks to Prof. Merroun and the whole team!”

[Modesto T Lopez-Lopez @MTLopezLopez]

We recently published an interesting paper on chirality and chiral instabilities in ferrogels. Check it out here: https://t.co/rvi0Qsjg2e

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At the #FEMS2025 Congress in Milan🇮🇹, @crispopri presented innovative findings on the microbiology of deep geological repositories for nuclear waste☢️, highlighting microbial behavior in long-term storage environments.

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This week, @maarmh and Lidia are attending the #Goldschmidt2025 Conference in Prague! They’re presenting exciting new research on the microbiology of deep geological nuclear waste repositories, shedding light on how microbes behave in extreme, long-term storage environments. 🦠☢️

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Trung Le Duc from Liberec - PhD exchange student:"Grateful for a 3-month stay at @CanalUGR under Prof. Mohamed L. Merroun's supervision. I worked on microbial interactions with concrete and heavy metal bioremediation. Thanks to the @SURRI_2023 project and the whole research team"

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Congrats to our PhD student @lidiator37 for winning 3rd prize for Best Oral Presentation at the XXX Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology (@SEMicrobiologia)! 🎉
Her talk focused on the role of fungi in metal corrosion of containers in Deep Geological Repositories

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Last week, two of our PhD students (@lidiator37 and @esther_peula) participated in the XXX Congress of Spanish Society for Microbiology (@SEMicrobiologia) in Jaén.
It was a great chance to learn, share their work and connect with researchers from across the field! 🔬🧫

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Here is the link! https://t.co/a9Y3chwuYc

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Excited to share our new paper published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials! ☢️
We studied gamma radiation effects on FEBEX bentonite microbiology: key for nuclear waste safety 🦠

Part of the @EJP_EURAD project and in collaboration with @FFision @CIEMAT_OPI

[MicroBent @MicroBent]

Because science divulgation is so much fun!
Discover bentonites, the heroes of radioactive waste repositories https://t.co/wwqaLdnr4w vía @embl

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🚀 Day 2 of AI in Science course is kicking off!

Organized by the ECR Council (Kim Sennhenn, Francesca Tugnoli, Antonio Newman) within @RadoNormEU, in collaboration with @CanalUGR (Prof. Mohamed Merroun).

Thanks to the AI Granada Foundation for connecting us with top experts!

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🔬 Big progress in our lab! Our PhD student, Lidia Generelo, has completed a short stay at @FFision to set up an experiment. This is part of #InCoManD WP @EJP_EURAD, an European project on the DGR of radioactive waste—one step closer to safer long-term storage!💡

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📢 New paper published!🎉
We explored the long-term effect of bentonite compaction on bacterial viability. Our findings reveal how microbial communities can remain active for years 🔬🦠
Check it out! 👀https://t.co/0gsCSik0MK…

#bentonite #DGR #microbiology

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This work has been possible thanks to the collaboration of the group of @MTLopezLopez. We thank them for their valuable cooperation.

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We are thrilled to share our latest publication titled: "Mechanically stable bacterial cells encapsulated in Na-alginate hydrogel for effective removal of toxic Se(IV) and its recovery as Se(0) nanostructures".
Available on open acces at: https://t.co/64mhD8i0v7

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🚀 New Paper Alert 🚀
The final PhD chapter of our college @BioMMartinez has been published 🎉

Check the Research Article here 👉🏼 https://t.co/kT5eCq5w55

#NewPublicatiom #Microbiology #NuclearWaste