One of our post doc members, who is associated to the project MICROBAHIA and MICROBAHIA 2, as well as an active researcher, Dr. Miguel Lara, has been successful in obtaining financial support by the CEIMAR foundation.

Miguel Lara’s project is titled “Oxygen dynamics in phototrophic intertidal sediments. Stoichiometry of proton fluxes and effects of porewater drainage”. The main goal of his proposal is to clarify the influence of tidal state in the short term response of oxygen and pH gradients, both due to microphytobenthic activity and diffusive fluxes. For such objective, our laboratory benefits from a fully developed equipment of microsensors and an additional budget of 4000 €.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic disease (COVID-19), CEIMAR foundation extended the end date of the project along 2021.

More info can be found here:

https://www.researchgate.net/project/CEIMAR-Program-for-young-leading-researchers-2019