14/5/2024 Alejandro has collaborated in the documentary movie "Acuanautas bajo el volcán", emitted at the Spanish National TV. The movie forecasts the results of Projecto Subatlántida, led by Dr. Javier Lario (UNED, Spain), which focused on the geology of the Túnel de la Atlántida in Lanzarote—The longest underwater lava tube known in the world.
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.
SENIOR RESEARCHER. Nothing came out of the experiment, here is the microbiome, I’m sure to find something...
SENIOR 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 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...
RESEARCHER Passionate about trophic networks... in the field, in lab, markets, restaurants, festivals...
TECHNOLOGIST. I am very happy to do a job that requires little or no physical efforts...
TECHNOLOGIST. Every morning I arrive and I know I must extract DNA. It’s the law of the MEG!
TECHNOLOGIST. Dives in the dark. Brings people together. Ponders how organisms mess with the carbon cycle.
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.
RESEARCH FELLOW. Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next? Whats next?
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. In Verbania in summer, winter in Milan... It is an hard life...
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. Playing with genome data (when I'm not breaking bones or getting locked up in the bathroom)
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. I've traded the tranquility of alpine lakes for the wild world of antimicrobial resistance
POST-GRADUATE FELLOW. Once passionate about terrestrial invertebrates, now moving to aquatic ones!
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. Not all heroes wear capes, some are Bioinformaticians (or Computational Biologists!)
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. I enjoy working with fauna from volcanic archipelagos, but caves are essentially islands, right? Right?
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW.My job? Exploring the invisible world of fungi, discovering their incredible diversity and unveiling their hidden superpowers!
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW.Passionate about fungal diversity and interactions… from aquatic fungi with other swimming microbes to Boletus edulis with Oryza sativa
POST-GRADUATE FELLOW. Came to Verbania to learn. Then I left. Then I came back. Then I left again. And now I am back again. They must really like me.
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW. Embrace the night, explore until you drop. You'll sleep when you're dead, with bats flying overhead.
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.
PhD STUDENT. Spanish refugee. Came for six months, let's see what happens... Came to become a doctor, let's see what happens too...
MASTER STUDENT. Here to study dark caves and small animals living there... but also to confirm the existence of fun!
MASTER STUDENT.She was looking for a thesis project abroad, but her search had to stop in Verbania
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT. Lover of my little pony, piercings, tattoos… and also insects, obviously!!!