Antón Váquez-Arias spent September to December 2023 in Kochi (Japan) at the Marine Core Research Institute (Kochi Univertsity) – Kochi Institute for Core Research JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine – Erth Science and Technology), in the NanoSIMS laboratory of Prof. Motoo Ito and under the supervision of Yosuke Yamada. This allowed us to study the localisation of elements within cells and their changes during charging and discharging processes in marine algae using Espectrometría nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS). For this purpose, a cross-transplantation experiment of the species Fucus vesiculosus (Ochrophyta) was performed. The transplants were prepared for NanoSIMS analysis by cryofixation and the results are ready, a new publication will follow soon!
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Led by Antón Vázquez-Arias, we collected F.vesiculosus for transplants at 22 locations in Galicia, using automatic samplers. Preliminary results will soon reveal the relationship between PTEs in algae and water.
