[bio-Urban Design Research Cluster]

[MS]   Molecular scale



[ENV] Environment

Microorganisms are created by chemical reaction in the soil together with the gypsum and salt layers. They colonize inside cracks in the gypsum and halite crust and after been trapped in them the right conditions occur for them to survive. That investigation has been done in order for us to understand the conditions and the location that we can observe  livable microclimates in the dessert but also to continue our investigation in terms of potential activity and use of those areas for future production or collection. 

 

[TECH] Technological 

The project BIODESERT aims to strengthen a molecular microbial ecology research platform already existing in Tunisia, which actively performs collaborative research for the development of straightforward strategies of Microbial Resource Management for agriculture in arid environments The idea behind BIODESERT is to create the conditions, in term of advanced research equipments and up-to-date know how, for developing research in the field of microbial applied biotechnology from the extremophiles living in the arid and desert environments characterizing Tunisia and North Africa.

 

 

[SOC] Socio-political