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.
RESEARCH DIRECTOR. Travels, collects friends to travel with, gets invitations for talks to travel... and then he travels.
SENIOR RESEARCHER. Organizes social events, fights against bureaucracy, plays with microbes in bottles.
RESEARCHER. So far nothing came out of the experiment, here is the microbiome, I’m sure you’ll find something...
RESEARCHER. Always under extreme self imposed stress. Needs holidays but the world is lockdown...
RESEARCHER. In Vino Veritas in Whisky Vomitas, In Vino Veritas in Whisky Vomitas (nah, it is just a song!)
RESEARCHER. Keeps Ale and Diego calm, tries to convince all of us that spiders are in fact very big microorganisms
RESEARCHER. Former neuroscientist, unsure on what he is doing at MEG: do bacteria have brain?
RESEARCHER. Dark MEG-mber. There are a fungus, a bat, and a crayfish.. no it’s not a joke, it’s my expertise...
ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER. Takes care of Roberto's diet, scares students, used to love microscopy... till she met a cytometer.
ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER. Spreads knowledge, speaks Latin, knows limnology... fights to escape diets.
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. Every morning I arrive and I know I must extract DNA. It’s the law of the MEG!
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. Dives in the dark. Brings people together. Ponders how organisms mess with the carbon cycle.
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. The microbiome is a mystery in the environment. I think I am disturbing it!!!
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. Passionate about trophic networks... in the field, in lab, markets, restaurants, festivals...
RESEARCH FELLOW. Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next?
PhD STUDENT. I study invisible things in totally dark places.. I have a great imagination!
PhD STUDENT. If trees gave off Wifi signals, we would plant so many trees and we'd probably save the planet too.
MASTER STUDENT. Here to study dark caves and small animals living there... but also to confirm the existence of fun!
MASTER STUDENT. The whole sentence is still missing, will it come? Nobody knows it... Ask Ale!?!
MASTER STUDENT. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT. If you need anything from our labs ask her, she is the only one knowing where things are...