Chemosynthetic ecosystems
-Gas seep ecology
-Chemosynthetic symbioses
-Functionality and the sphere of influence of hydrocarbon seepage
in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Microbial biomonitoring
-Establishing a baseline of microbial diversity in water column and sediments.
-Monitoring microbial populations using molecular tools
-4D assessment of microbial indices
-Identifying indicator species in a rapidly-changing region
Carbon fixation
-Ecophysiology of microbes that fix carbon via more than one pathway.
-Identifying novel pathways of carbon fixation in extreme environemts.
Marine pollution
-Microbial response to petroleum pollution: crude oil, tar and gas condensate.
-Metabolism of petroleum-degrading organisms.
-Other projects include the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in marine environment.
We employ:
Oceanographic sampling
Marine robotics
Microsensors
Molecular biology
Bioinformatics