MEG News Archive

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1/7/2023 Many new PRIN Projects at the MEG! "Congratulations to Stefano, Andrea, Alejandro and Meme, 4 new Projects at the MEG.
21/6/2023 New article by Stefano in Science Advances! "Toward a cohesive understanding of ecological complexity” with colleagues from different institutions.
3/10/2022 New MEG article in L&O! "Oxygenation of a karst subterranean estuary during a tropical cyclone: mechanisms and implications for the carbon cycle" by David and friends is now online.
4/5/2022 New MEG article on MPs in the Journal of Hazardous Materials! "PET particles raise microbiological concerns for human health while tyre wear microplastic particles potentially affect ecosystem services in waters” by Gianluca, Belen, Raffaella and the MEG.
18/11/2021 New Research Project PRIN awarded by the MEG! "Identification and isolation of antibiotic resistance gene containing freshwater bacteria in an eco-evolutionary frame (IdeARG)” PI: Ester.
5/11/2021 New Research Project @CNR awarded by the MEG! "Novel Ecology-Based Solution to Optimize the Treatment of Urban Sewage Waters (ECOTREAT)” PI: Gianluca, team: Stefano, Andrea, Laura and Tomasa.
15/9/2021 New MEG article on bio-microplastic particles on Environmental Pollution: "Bioplastic accumulates antibiotic and metal resistance genes in coastal marine sediments” with our colleagues from the Texas AeM University-Corpus Christi.
15/6/2021 New MEG article on the colonization of microplastic particles in Water Research! "Contribution of microplastic particles to the spread of resistances and pathogenic bacteria in treated wastewaters”.
25/5/2021 New MEG contribution in Nature Climate Change:"Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas", by Stefano and coworkers.
13/5/2020 New MEG article by Stefano and our friend Filippo Bertoni in Nature Plants "Plant scientists’ research attention is skewed towards colourful, conspicuous and broadly distributed flowers"
9/2/2021 Two MSCFs awarded by the MEG! Big success of the MEG at the call MSCF2020, with two new fellows awarded: Dear Siva and David welcome on board with projects REDTEAR and DARKEST (gothic MEG!)
2/2/2021 New MEG article by Ester, Niko, and Diego in Molecular Ecology: "Freshwater zooplankton microbiome composition is highly flexible and strongly influenced by the environment"
25/1/2021 New article by Cris in Microbiome! "Microdiversity and phylogeographic diversification of bacterioplankton in pelagic freshwater systems revealed through long-read amplicon sequencing” with our friends from Czech Rep. and Japan.
1/11/2020 First MEG article by Raffaella, together with the group and our colleagues from Bulgaria! "Spatial distribution of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance genes in the Black Sea” on the Marine Pollution Bulletin.
1/10/2020 New MEG review in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering! "Impact of disinfection processes on bacterial community in urban wastewater: Should we rethink microbial assessment methods?” by Andrea, Gianluca, and our friends Celia and Luigi.
27/8/2020 New MEG contribution in Environment International:"A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants", by Gianluca and Andrea together with the NEREUS group.
25/8/2020 New MEG article in Biological reviews! "Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology” by Stefano, Ale, and a number of colleagues.
17/8/2020 New MEG article in Frontiers in Microbiology! "Genomic Comparison and Spatial Distribution of Different Synechococcus Phylotypes in the Black Sea” by Andrea, Ester, Cristiana, the MEG and our friends from Spain and Bulgaria.
22/7/2020 New MEG article in Water Research! "Combination of flow cytometry and molecular analysis to monitor the effect of UVC/H2O2 vs UVC/H2O2/Cu-IDS processes on pathogens and antibiotic resistant genes in secondary wastewater effluents” by Andrea, Ester, Diego, Gianluca and our friends from Uni Salerno.
18/7/2020 New MEG article and R script by Stefano in Methods in Ecology and Evolution "Functional diversity metrics using kernel density n‐dimensional hypervolumes"
13/5/2020 New MEG article by Stefano in Trends in Ecology and Evolution "On Deepest Caves, Extreme Habitats, and Ecological Superlatives"
20/4/2020 New MEG article in Communications Biology! "Human access impacts biodiversity of microscopic animals in sandy beaches" by Ale, Ester, Diego, et al.
4/4/2020 New MEG essay article in PLoS Biology! "Every fifth published metagenome is not available to science" by Ester, Andrea, Diego, Gianluca, et al.
14/3/2020 MEG labs closed According to national regulations on the lockdown our labs are closed, still we are all fine, working from home.
28/2/2019 New OA MEG article in the ISME Journal! The mesopelagic anoxic Black Sea as an unexpected habitat for Synechococcus challenges our understanding of global “deep red fluorescence” by Cristiana, Andrea, Ester, Roberto, Gianluca and several friends from different EU countries.
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1/7/2023 Many new PRIN Projects at the MEG! "Congratulations to Stefano, Andrea, Alejandro and Meme, 4 new Projects at the MEG.

21/6/2023 New article by Stefano in Science Advances! "Toward a cohesive understanding of ecological complexity” with colleagues from different institutions.

3/10/2022 New MEG article in L&O! "Oxygenation of a karst subterranean estuary during a tropical cyclone: mechanisms and implications for the carbon cycle" by David and friends is now online.

4/5/2022 New MEG article on MPs in the Journal of Hazardous Materials! "PET particles raise microbiological concerns for human health while tyre wear microplastic particles potentially affect ecosystem services in waters” by Gianluca, Belen, Raffaella and the MEG.

18/11/2021 New Research Project PRIN awarded by the MEG! "Identification and isolation of antibiotic resistance gene containing freshwater bacteria in an eco-evolutionary frame (IdeARG)” PI: Ester.

5/11/2021 New Research Project @CNR awarded by the MEG! "Novel Ecology-Based Solution to Optimize the Treatment of Urban Sewage Waters (ECOTREAT)” PI: Gianluca, team: Stefano, Andrea, Laura and Tomasa.

15/9/2021 New MEG article on bio-microplastic particles on Environmental Pollution: "Bioplastic accumulates antibiotic and metal resistance genes in coastal marine sediments” with our colleagues from the Texas AeM University-Corpus Christi.

15/6/2021 New MEG article on the colonization of microplastic particles in Water Research! "Contribution of microplastic particles to the spread of resistances and pathogenic bacteria in treated wastewaters”.

25/5/2021 New MEG contribution in Nature Climate Change:"Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in climate change agendas", by Stefano and coworkers.

13/5/2020 New MEG article by Stefano and our friend Filippo Bertoni in Nature Plants "Plant scientists’ research attention is skewed towards colourful, conspicuous and broadly distributed flowers"

9/2/2021 Two MSCFs awarded by the MEG! Big success of the MEG at the call MSCF2020, with two new fellows awarded: Dear Siva and David welcome on board with projects REDTEAR and DARKEST (gothic MEG!)

2/2/2021 New MEG article by Ester, Niko, and Diego in Molecular Ecology: "Freshwater zooplankton microbiome composition is highly flexible and strongly influenced by the environment"

25/1/2021 New article by Cris in Microbiome! "Microdiversity and phylogeographic diversification of bacterioplankton in pelagic freshwater systems revealed through long-read amplicon sequencing” with our friends from Czech Rep. and Japan.

1/11/2020 First MEG article by Raffaella, together with the group and our colleagues from Bulgaria! "Spatial distribution of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance genes in the Black Sea” on the Marine Pollution Bulletin.

1/10/2020 New MEG review in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering! "Impact of disinfection processes on bacterial community in urban wastewater: Should we rethink microbial assessment methods?” by Andrea, Gianluca, and our friends Celia and Luigi.

27/8/2020 New MEG contribution in Environment International:"A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants", by Gianluca and Andrea together with the NEREUS group.

25/8/2020 New MEG article in Biological reviews! "Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology” by Stefano, Ale, and a number of colleagues.

17/8/2020 New MEG article in Frontiers in Microbiology! "Genomic Comparison and Spatial Distribution of Different Synechococcus Phylotypes in the Black Sea” by Andrea, Ester, Cristiana, the MEG and our friends from Spain and Bulgaria.

18/7/2020 New MEG article and R script by Stefano in Methods in Ecology and Evolution "Functional diversity metrics using kernel density n‐dimensional hypervolumes"

13/5/2020 New MEG article by Stefano in Trends in Ecology and Evolution "On Deepest Caves, Extreme Habitats, and Ecological Superlatives"

20/4/2020 New MEG article in Communications Biology! "Human access impacts biodiversity of microscopic animals in sandy beaches" by Ale, Ester, Diego, et al.

4/4/2020 New MEG essay article in PLoS Biology! "Every fifth published metagenome is not available to science" by Ester, Andrea, Diego, Gianluca, et al.

14/3/2020 MEG labs closed According to national regulations on the lockdown our labs are closed, still we are all fine, working from home.

28/2/2019 New OA MEG article in the ISME Journal! The mesopelagic anoxic Black Sea as an unexpected habitat for Synechococcus challenges our understanding of global “deep red fluorescence” by Cristiana, Andrea, Ester, Roberto, Gianluca and several friends from different EU countries.

Follow the MEG on Twitter The MEG is twitting @meg_verbania, follow us and keep updated on the latest news from the MEG!

MEG Scholar page online Keep informed on our group published articles by clicking here or following us on Scholar!