{"id":723,"date":"2024-03-26T22:26:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T22:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/?page_id=723"},"modified":"2024-05-17T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:47:39","slug":"synterra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/projects\/synterra\/","title":{"rendered":"Synterra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p class=\"vf-lede\">Synthetic biology for ecological engineering of arid soil ecosystems.<\/p>\n<!--\/vf-lede-->\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Synterra_v1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Synterra_v1.png 512w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Synterra_v1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drylands cover 45% of Earth&#8217;s surface and host 38% of the global human population. These ecosystems are experiencing severe degradation due to global climate change. Synterra is focused on biological soil crusts (BSC), a complex ecosystem of microorganisms found in the top few centimetres of the soil. They are a crucial component of drylands contributing to species diversity, soil stability and carbon sequestration. Once critical aridity levels are crossed, abrupt changes in the ecosystem will occur, losing the soil functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project develops modelling tools and omics-based analysis to predict early warning signatures and quantitative indicators of ecosystem health. The specific climatic chambers allow us to develop a framework to design synthetic microbial inoculum strategies to boost the resilience and avoid desertification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ricard Sol\u00e9, UPF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernando Maestre, University of Alicante, KAUST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-u-margin__bottom--800\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project lead<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"895866c5\">\n      <!-- Generated by: 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