Carlos Barata Martí
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carlos.barata@idaea.csic.es
ORCID:
0000-0002-3360-0729
Research group: Environmental Toxicology
Service: Environmental Toxicogenomics Service
Dr. Carlos Barata (h-index = 38, 179 publications, 4578 citations) is a senior ecotoxicologist that works at IDAEA since 2007. His main scientific activities are in the field of water quality and in the development of cost-effective toxicity tests and study of biological responses to toxic stressors.
COPEPOBIOME
Effect of pollution on marine environmental DNA and copepod-associated microbiome
The aim of this project is to study the effects of environmental relevant concentrations of pollutants on marine environmental DNA (eDNA) and copepod-associated microbiome composition across a longitudinal and latitudinal oceanic transect.The field work will be performed taking advantage of the trans-oceanic surveillance project to study the concentrations, dynamics and effects of contaminants present in the upper ocean (atmosphere-surface water and plankton).
Start Date: 01/06/2020 – End Date: 31/05/2021
Project Leader: Carlos Barata Martí , Maria Vila Costa , Claudia Sanz Lanzas
Funding: National Project
NeuroAquaTox
Development of methodologies for chemical risk assessment in aquatic ecosystems using zebrafish and Daphnia magna
The main objective of the project is to develop medium- and high-throughput toxicity tests for identifying neuroactive compounds in zebrafish and Daphnia magna using imaging technologies and then, assessing the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the observed effect by using -omic technologies. Different groups of environmental pollutants targeting specifically (1) the nervous system development or maintenance and (2) the neuroendocrine system will be selected in this project.
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (CTM2017-83242-R)