Rafael Laso Pérez
Biography
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I am an environmental microbiologist with a great interest on using bioinformatic approaches to study microbial metabolism and evolution. My research has focused on archaeal metabolism, environmental metagenomics and cultivation of novel microorganisms. Currently, I use next-generation sequencing technologies to link microbial function in different environments: from urban wastewaters to the polar regions. |
Profile
| Institution | MNCN |
| Position | Ramón y Cajal researcher |
| Home page | https://rafaellasoperez.webnode.es/ |
| Contact email | rafael.laso@mncn.csic.es |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6912-7865 |
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Research topics
OmicsComputational MethodsTranscriptomicsRNA Sequencing (RNA-seq)Bioinformatics Software and ToolsApplications of Computational BiologyGenomicsGenome SequencingGenome AssemblyComputational models and simulationsMetabolic modellingGenomic Annotation
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Molecular evolutionSequence analysisPhylogenetic AnalysisMappingMicrobial communitiesMetagenomicsAmplicon SequencingMetatranscriptomics
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Publications 22 entries
- Anaerobic oxidation of methane supports a minimal microbial community in a subsurface biofilm at Ginsburg mud volcano Article · Jan 2026
- Picoplankton nitrogen guilds in the tropical and subtropical oceans: From the surface to the deep Article · 5 Nov 2025
- Deep-mining the archaeal proteome for antibiotics Article · 23 Sep 2025
- Atomic resolution structures of the methane-activating enzyme in anaerobic methanotrophy reveal extensive post-translational modifications Article · 5 Sep 2025
- Anaerobic oxidation of methane: it takes two to tango Article · 22 Jul 2025
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- Identification of key steps in the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in Candidatus Methanovorans (ANME-3) archaea Article · 20 Jun 2025
- Nitrogen cycling during an Arctic bloom: from chemolithotrophy to nitrogen assimilation Article · 11 Jun 2025
- De cómo los dioses nórdicos (o un tipo de arqueas) dieron origen a los eucariotas (incluido tú) Article · 10 Oct 2024
- Convergence and horizontal gene transfer drive the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in archaea Preprint · 24 May 2024
- Non-syntrophic Methanogenic Hydrocarbon Degradation by an Archaeal Species Article · 18 Oct 2023
- A 2-million-year-old microbial and viral communities from the Kap Kobenhavn Formation in North Greenland Preprint · 10 Jun 2023
- Candidatus Alkanophaga archaea from Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent sediment oxidize petroleum alkanes Article · 1 Jun 2023
- A hydrogenotrophic Sulfurimonas is globally abundant in deep-sea oxygen-saturated hydrothermal plumes Article · 9 Mar 2023
- Evolutionary diversification of methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea and their expansive virome Article · 19 Jan 2023
- Physiological adaptation of sulfate reducing bacteria in syntrophic partnership with anaerobic methanotrophic archaea Preprint · 23 Nov 2022
- Anaerobic Degradation of Alkanes by Marine Archaea Article · 8 Sep 2022
- Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea Preprint · 26 Sep 2021
- “ Candidatus Ethanoperedens,” a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane Article · 28 Apr 2020
- Diversity and metabolism of Woeseiales bacteria, global members of marine sediment communities Article · 27 Jan 2020
- Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by “Candidatus Methanoliparia” in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico Article · 27 Aug 2019
- Establishing anaerobic hydrocarbon-degrading enrichment cultures of microorganisms under strictly anoxic conditions Article · 17 May 2018
- Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation Article · 17 Oct 2016