The Marine Symbiomes Group joined the TMHM Symposium 2025 at the Botanic Garden of Padova, organized by the University of Padova. The event fostered dialogue on new frameworks and technologies for studying marine host–microbe symbioses, with a focus on how climate change affects these vital ecosystems.

Check out the latest update on an in situ experiment launched near Napoli as part of the PRIN ENGAGE project. The experiment aims to test Posidonia oceanica resilience to coastal eutrophication when in partnership with a sponge and its microbiome!

Dr. Elena Quintanilla wins a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to conduct marine symbiosis research in our group, while Dr. Alice Blanckaert moves to the Centre Scientifique de Monaco for her next postdoc. Read about their exciting career milestones in marine research!

Check out the latest news about an experiment that was conducted at the Aquarium of Livorno, within the frame of the PRIN ENGAGE project, to test the resistance of a tripartite association between marine plants, bivalves and bacteria to global warming!

We invite applications in the frame of the ENGAGE project, for a postdoctoral researcher to work with Dr Laura Carugati (UNICA) on meiofaunal ecology and positive species interactions.

We invite applications for a PhD student to work with Dr Ulisse Cardini and Prof Fabio Bulleri on “Nested microbial interactions in seagrass ecosystems”.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher to work with Dr Ulisse Cardini on “Positive species interactions and microbial ecology of seagrasses”.

Hey there, everyone! We're excited to share that the ENGAGE kickoff meeting recently took place at the CIBM in Livorno.

Read about our fieldwork experiments at Schiacchetiello, where we aimed to disentangle an intimate seagrass-sponge relationship.