From my first icy steps in Antarctica (2006/2007) to unlocking the secrets of extremophiles in the KAUST lab—what a ride it’s been! Each discovery brings us closer to understanding life at the edge.

Rhinocladiella similis: A Model Eukaryotic Organism for Astrobiological Studies on Microbial Interactions with Martian Soil Analogs | JACS Au pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Happy to be part of this great project and paper: The Coral Probiotics Village: An Underwater Laboratory to Tackle the Coral Reefs Crisis - Garcias‐Bonet - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Survival strategies of Rhinocladiella similis in perchlorate-rich Mars like environments nature.com/articles/s4152…

Excited to speak at the World Extreme Medicine Conference 2025 in Edinburgh! I'll be sharing stories and science from my talk: “Extreme Microbes, Extreme Insights: How Life Thrives Where Nothing Should” Join us! worldextrememedicine.com/world-extreme-…

From last year, but I forgot to share : Microbiota recovery in a chronosquences of impoverished Cerrado soils ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What a month for our lab! Junia & Diego – oral presentations at ISME Latin America; Junia also won the Early Career Award Lila – oral presentation at FEMS, Italy; Moneera – Outstanding Student Award at KAUST; Farah – Best Poster Award at ISMOS-10, Nashville 💙 #KAUST

Know my lab at #KAUST : The Microbial EcoGenomics and Biotechnology Lab (MEGBLab) the-microbiologist.com/careers/the-mi…

Program for #GloMiNe2025 "Preservation of microbial diversity” by Microbiota Vault and #MVIF is OUT: cassyni.com/s/mvif-glomine… 1/3

✨Atlantic Session speakers ✨ Gloria Dominguez-Bello Youzheng Teo & Anton Lavrinienko Manuel Fankhauser Beat Frey Alejandro Reyes Daniel Figeys Alexandre Soares Rosado Raquel Peixoto Bonface Gichuki Curtis Huttenhower (hutlab) Luis Pedro Coelho 2/3

Última chamada! O maior encontro de microbiologia da América Latina está chegando! 📍 33º CBM + 1º FoodMicro Latino | 25 a 28 de outubro | Aracaju-SE As inscrições estão na reta final — ainda dá tempo de garantir sua vaga. Nos vemos lá!

Last call! The largest microbiology meeting in Latin America is coming! 33rd Brazilian Microbiology Congress + 1st FoodMicro Latino | October 25-28, Aracaju-SE Registration is in the final stretch, there's still time to secure your spot. See you there!

I’m honored to deliver the opening lecture at the largest microbiology event in Latin America! 33rd Brazilian Congress of Microbiology + 1st FoodMicro Latino -October 25–28 | Aracaju-SE (audio in 🇧🇷Portuguese) #33CBM #Microbiologia KAUST BESE

Look at this great line up of speakers and timely topics!🤩 #GloMiNe2025 See you online in a few weeks!

Super fungi survive extreme Mars-like environments A black fungus that can tolerate extreme salinity and intense radiation in a Mars-like environment provides insights into planet habitability and beyond. discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/259…

🎨 Get ready to unleash your inner artist! #MicrobeArt2025 is back, and it's time to create a masterpiece inspired by the microscopic world. The deadline to enter is 📅 10 September. internationalmicroorganismday.org/microbe-art-co… #InternationalMicroorganismDay

Check out our latest featured research: Super fungi survive extreme Mars-like environments 📰Featured in KAUST Discovery: discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/259… 🧪Published in npj Microgravity: nature.com/articles/s4152… Alexandre Soares Rosado Júnia Schultz | PhD Microbial EcoGenomics & Biotechnology Laboratory #Bioscience

Some pic in my new journey 🌱🧫 Embrapa CNPq

I'll be presenting From Deserts to Coral Reefs: Preserving Microbial Diversity for One Health in the Arabian Peninsula at GloMiNe "Preservation of microbial diversity” by Microbiota Vault and MVIF on 09 Sep cassyni.com/events/9F3eyGU…