Sep 29, 2025

Meet our new researchers!
María and Carolina. Most welcome!

María joined the Gas Treatment and Microalgae Research Group as a visiting PhD student. Her research focuses the development of mathematical models as tools to improve technology transfer in industrial-scale production of proteins.

Carolina joined the Gas Treatment and Microalgae Research Group as a visiting PhD student. Her thesis explores the different applications of microbial carotenoids in diverse areas



Sep 24, 2025

Our group members Ysis Lanzoni and Cristina Martínez presented at the XXV International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society, held in Morelia (México) from the 16th to the 19th of September.

Ysis contributed with the virtual presentation "Effect of organic loading rate perturbation on the fermentative hydrogen production of food waste in a two-stage lactate driven dark fermentation process."

Cristina contributed with the virtual presentation "Long-term hydrogen production performance during lactate-driven dark fermentation in a two-stage fermentation system."


Sep 12, 2025

Sep 11, 2025

New paper accepted at Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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Sep 8, 2025

Our group member María del Rosario Rodero attended the 21th congress of the European Society for Photobiology (ESP) Conference, held in Bari from the 24th to the 28th of August.

She was an invited speaker and contributed with her work titled ‘Harnessing purple non-sulfur bacteria for gas to protein bioconversion.’





Sep 7, 2025

Our group members Raúl Muñoz and Laura Vargas attended the I Ibero-American Congress on Algal Biotechnology, held in Antofagasta (Chile) from the 25th to the 28th of August.

Raúl, as a keynote speaker, presented "Biogas Purification to Biomethane in Microalgae and Bacteria Photobioreactors."


Laura contributed with her presentation "From Waste to Value: The Role of Olive-Mill Waste Biostimulants in Pigment Production from Microalgae Cultures Dedicated to Biogas Upgrading."


Aug 16, 2025

New paper accepted at Journal of Hazardous Materials
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Reducing carbon footprint in high H2S emissions: A synergistic microalgal-bacterial solution for sugarcane biorefineries


Jul 29, 2025

New paper accepted at Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Jul 25, 2025

Our group members Sara Cantera and Pedro García attended the FEMS MICRO Congress & Exhibition, held in Milan from the 14th to the 17th of July.

Sara served as session chair, and Pedro was a speaker in the session titled 'Upcycling with extremophiles: Biotechnological advances for a sustainable future'


Our group members Eva Marcos and Elisa Huang contributed with poster presentations.

Eva contributed with the poster 'Syngas Valorization into the Fine Chemical Hydroxyectoine by Hydrogenibacillus Schlegelii'

Elisa contributed with the poster 'Trasnforming Carbon Dioxide Emissions into High-Value Pharmaceuticals: A Further Step Towards Sustainable Biotechnology'