Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · 18/05/2026@pintofscience.es ¡No os perdáis la charla del investigador Rafael Laso @gecko1990.bsky.social! 📆HOY a las 19h: 'Ser una arquea en un mundo bacterionormativo'. 📍La Botillería (Plaza de Oriente, 4) 101
Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezMetabarcoding and Metagenomics @mbmg.pensoft.net · 13/05/2026(1/2)🌿 A comprehensive #dataset of nearly 22,000 #microbial sequences was compiled from Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park improving understanding of how bacteria and archaea respond to human-driven landscape changes. ➡️ Check out the full #OA paper here: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.10.173083 254
Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezMicrobiomaHub-CSIC @microbiomacsic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026📑El grupo de investigación liderado por @gecko1990.bsky.social (@mncn-csic.bsky.social) ha publicado un estudio en la revista Metabarcoding and Metagenomics focalizado en la monitorización ambiental del Parque Nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel (Ciudad Real) mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1730... 🧵1/5mbmg.pensoft.netA 16S rRNA amplicon dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park, SpainWetland ecosystems are of particular environmental importance due to their role as biodiversity shelters. However, the intense anthropization of wetland landscapes have propelled a decline in water qu... 143
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Today I participated in the radio program "A golpe de bit" to explain our last publication on a methantrophic biofilm of the Gulf of Cadiz. It was a pleasure to talk about microorganisms at @radionacional.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social rneaudio.rtve.es/a/17054501rneaudio.rtve.esLa biopelícula microbiana que frena emisiones de metanoHan descubierto cómo una comunidad microbiana del golfo de Cádiz consume metano. Un ecosistema formado por solo siete microrganismos 010
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Happy to share the new publication of the lab! Alejandro did a fantastic job with the rest of collaborators to get a complete overview of the microbial communities of Las Tablas de Daimiel, a national park of Spain. 110
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 22/04/2026¡Nota de prensa del último paper del grupo! Gran trabajo de los estudiantes de Máster Pedro Romero y Cleopatra Collado. 😍 020
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 16/03/2026¡Nuevo episodio de Vis a vis con la ciencia! Fue un placer participar en el tercer episodio del primer podcast científico hecho por internos de Soto del Real donde hablamos del mundo de la microbiología. shorturl.at/ENp9j #visavisMNCN @mncn-csic.bsky.social 020
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 12/03/2026¿Te apetece aprender más de la resistencia antimicrobiana? ¿Quieres trabajar usando la bioinformática? Mi laboratorio ofrece un proyecto JAE Intro en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social para estudiar el resistoma de las aguas residuales Referencia: JAEINT26_EX_0200 Solicitud: sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...sede.csic.gob.esConvocatoria JAE INTRO 2026Tipo: Ayudas a la formación. Subtipo: JAE INTRO Categoría: Becas de Introducción a la Investigación. Número de ayudas: 240: 200 de la modalidad JAE INTRO ORGC y 40 de la modalidad JAE INTRO Momentum. Publicación: BDNS (892036) - BOE (11/03/2026) 011
Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezAntimicrobianos Hub CSIC @amrhubcsic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026✈️ @AMRHubCSIC concede una ayuda de movilidad 2025-2026 a Víctor López-Maroto (@MNCN_CSIC) en @ICRA e @IDAEA_CSIC. Impulsamos la colaboración científica frente a la #ResistenciaAntimicrobiana. #Ayudas #ConexionAMR 001
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 11/02/2026¿Eres estudiante y tienes curiosidad por la microbiología marina? ¿Quieres iniciarte en la investigación? Ofrezco una beca JAE INTRO ICU financiada por la @microbiomacsic.bsky.social de 700 euros/mes por 6 meses para estudiantes de grado/máster con nota media de 7 en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social 100
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Os esperamos en el XV congreso del grupo de microbiología del medio acuático 🦠💧 de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología. Se celebrará en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social en Madrid del 10 al 12 de junio de 2026. Toda la info en la web: www.xvmmamadrid.es 023
Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezPCI Genomics @genomics.peercommunityin.org · 03/02/2026📑 New @genomics.peercommunityin.org recommendation, by @gecko1990.bsky.social genomics.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec... On the work of Pierre Brézellec (2025) The identification of the replicative helicase loader gene dciA within the Helicobacter pylori genome... #OpenAccess #Bioinformaticsgenomics.peercommunityin.orgRecovered helicase loader *dciA* reshapes replication-initiation...At the onset of bacterial chromosome replication initiation, replicative helicases are loaded onto DNA, a process requiring helicase loaders. While organisms documented as lacking a helicase loader… 012
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 13/01/2026New preprint out! We investigate combining geochemistry, lipidomics and metagenomics a deep-sea biofilm with a reduced microbial community and dominated by ANME-1b at the Ginsburg Mud Volcano. Find out more here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 000
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Glad to see this new opinion paper published. @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social and I write about the implications of the work from @delafuentelab.bsky.social on the use of deep-learning models to discover new antimicrobials in the archaeal proteome: from the ecology to the human health. 142
Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezAlejandro Rodríguez-Gijón @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I am really happy to share that I have been awarded by the Spanish national network “Conexión Microbioma” to support a new collaboration between our lab (@gecko1990.bsky.social) with @josepramoneda.bsky.social at the CEAB-CSIC (@ceabcsic.bsky.social). 161
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Coming back from the XIX REDEX celebrated in Huelva! It was a great time to present the research that we do in the lab from resistome in wastewater to natural microbial communities. We could also talk with colleagues and friends about future projects and even visit Rio Tinto! 010
Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezAlejandro Rodríguez-Gijón @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I am glad to share our newest preprint "A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park" preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php... via @preprints.arphahub.com with @gecko1990.bsky.social, @themlab.bsky.social, @vicloma1.bsky.social and Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo.preprints.arphahub.comA 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National ParkWetlands are ecosystems of environmental importance due to their role as biodiversity shelters. However, the intense anthropization of the landscape have propelled a decline in water quality and quant... 041
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Last week the lab participated at @same18-bcn.bsky.social, the Symposium of Aquatic Microbial Ecology in Barcelona. It was a great week full of scientific exchange! We presented our last results in different topics from anaerobic oxidation of methane to the resistome of aquatic habitats🦠🔬🌊 140
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Glad to share my research at the @same18-bcn.bsky.social 020
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Yesterday we participated in the #europeanresearchersnight at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social Children learnt about microbial diversity and how to use antibiotics, and we learnt about how big their curiosity is. A win-win situation 🦠🔬 120
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Happy to see this published showing the power of cultivation and lab work to shed light on key microorganisms for the methane cycle! 010
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Excited to highlight our News & Views on the article by Torres et al. from @delafuentelab.bsky.social team 🚀 Archaea could help to discover new antibiotics! Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDeep-mining the archaeal proteome for antibiotics - Nature MicrobiologyA deep-learning algorithm unravels a collection of archaeasins, peptides from the archaeal proteome with potential antimicrobial activity and implications for the development of next-generation antibiotics 153
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 23/07/2025New post talking about archaeal-bacterial syntrophy, methane and two inspiring scientists who chose cooperation over rivalry🦠🙌 110
Reposted by Rafael Laso PérezEmil Ruff @emilruff.bsky.social · 24/06/2025For ANME enthusiasts & for those who wonder how a methanogen turns into a methanotroph 👇New work by Orphanlab Identification of key steps in the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in Candidatus Methanovorans (ANME-3) archaea www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @caltech.edu @mblscience.bsky.socialscience.orgIdentification of key steps in the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in Candidatus Methanovorans (ANME-3) archaeaModification of core carbon and energy metabolism aided a recent evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in archaea. 03516
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 12/05/2025New paper alert! 🚨Finally, we publish the research on the nitrogen cycle of a unique Arctic dataset. We have over 13 metagenomes and 7 metatranscriptomes from March until July 2014 from the Dease Strait in the Canadian Arctic. They show how the microbial community changes from winter to summer. 100
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 07/05/2025El 20 de mayo estaré por La Botillería hablando de arqueas =) 000
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social · 10/04/2025¿Te interesan los microorganismos que habitan en los ríos? Ofrezco una #JAE_Intro para caracterizar la resistencia a antibióticos y diversidad procariota en las aguas del río Manzanares durante 7 meses en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social junto con @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social. DM para más informaciónmedia.tenor.coma man in a lab coat is sitting in front of a counterALT: a man in a lab coat is sitting in front of a counter 020
