Ongoing projects
Exploring the role of rhizobacterium Ensifer meliloti on cadmium speciation and cadmium accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The project explores the role of rhizobacteria, the extracellular polymeric substances and humic substances on the speciation and accumulation of Cd in rice. This project will help us understand how the presence of the rhizobacterium affect the Cd speciation in solution, and further Cd accumulation in rice.
- Funding: China scholarship council.
- UniGe Responsible : Prof. Vera Slaveykova
- Collaborators: Keji Wang
Oxidative stress as a mediator of bacterial resistance development towards antibiotics in the presence of sublethal levels of heavy metals

- Funding: China scholarship council.
- UniGe Responsible : Prof. Vera Slaveykova
- Collaborators: Dr. Wei Liu, Dr. Yan Xu
Towards better understanding of the adverse outcome pathways of silver nanoparticles in freshwater gastropods (NANOPATHS)

- Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation
- UniGe Responsible : Dr. Wei Liu
- PhD student : Ting Wang
- Partners: Prof. Vera Slaveykova, Dr. Mylène Docquier (Genomic platform iG3), Dr. Isabelle Worms, Dr. Emmanuel Castella.
Exploring the interaction of mercury species with different diatoms

- Funding: University of Geneva and Swiss National Science Foundation
- UniGe Responsible : Prof. Vera Slaveykova
- PhD student : M. João Santos
Green Breath Box : Insights into biogeochemical cycles, environment, and sustainability
- Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation - Programme AGORA
- UniGe Responsible : Prof. Vera Slaveykova
- Collaborators :Prof. Andreas Mueller, Dr Rémy Kopp et M. Philippe Jenni, Dr Giulia Cheloni,
Mme Elodie Moulin et Mme Sarah Fragnière - Contact: Prof. Vera Slaveykova - courriel
This project aims to obtain new insights into the role of phytoplankton in Hg cycling and abiotic and biotic transformations in freshwater environments.
- Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation - Agence Nationale de la Recherche France Lead Agency for cross border cooperation
- UniGe Responsible : Prof. Vera Slaveykova
- Collaborators : Mr. Thibaut Cossart and Dr. Isabelle Worms
- Partners : Dr. David Amouroux (French PI), Dr. Zoyne Pedrero, Dr. Emmanuel Tessier, Prof. Laurent Ouerdane, Prof. Thierry Pigot, CNRS-Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France
Interaction of nanoparticles with metalloproteins
- The project studies the interaction of nanoparticles (AgNPs and AuNPs) with metalloproteins by focusing on the formation of nanoparticles-protein corona (dynamic vs. static), the behaviour of the NPs and the related consequences for the protein in terms of conformation change and its biological function.
- Funding : University of Geneva
- UniGe Responsible : Prof. Vera Slaveykova
- Collaborators : Dr. Wei Liu and Dr. Isabelle Worms
- Funding : University of Geneva
- UniGe Responsibles : Prof. Vera Slaveykova, Dr John Pote and Honorary Prof. Walter Wildi