Space Microbes Lab
We study microorganisms in space conditions, to advance knowledge in Astrobiology and Space Exploration.
Our research explores how microbial extremophiles can inform the potential for Exoplanet Habitability, and how they can help humanity develop Sustainable Space Habitats.
We challenge the limits of life (as we know it) by investigating how microorganisms – bacteria, archaea, yeast and filamentous fungi – survive and adapt to extreme conditions on Earth, the Moon, Mars and in planets beyond our solar system (exoplanets).
Our Team
Catarina Santos
Bachelor Student
Biochemistry
FCUP
Gabriel Alves
Bachelor Student
Biochemistry
FCUP
Joana Mendes
Bachelor Student
Physics-Biology
FCUP
Past Students
Leonor Silva
Bachelor internship
FCUP
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Collaborators
Nuno Santos
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
IA-CAUP
Catarina Magalhães
Microbiome Ecology and Biogeochemistry
CIIMAR – FCUP
Stella Koch
Fungi in Aerospace
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Rosa Santomartino
Space Microbiology
Space Waste Recycling
Cornell University, USA
Katharina Siems
Space Microbiology
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Hector Palomeque
Astrobiology
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
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Space Microbes Lab 