DC1 ALESSANDRO CUZZERI OCTOBER 24 - MARCH 25 

Months 19-21 (October - December 2024): Participation in the Tawani 2025 Lake Untersee Expedition, Antarctica (Oct – Dec 2024). 

November 2024:  Tawani 2025 Lake Untersee Expedition, Antarctica. Sampling and preliminary sample preparation procedures. Biostatistical analyses for own paper (Intra-seasonal trends of cryoconite bacterial communities on an Alpine Glacier).

December 2024: Tawani 2025 Lake Untersee Expedition, Antarctica. Sampling and preliminary sample preparation procedures. Biostatistic analyses for own paper (Intra-seasonal trends of cryoconite bacterial communities on an Alpine Glacier).

Month 22 (January 2025): Data analysis planning for Antarctica samples in collaboration with Team Anesio and drafting of policy brief on “Geotextiles on Alpine glaciers: science-driven recommendations and good practices”.

February 2025)– Total-RNA pipeline setup for upcoming analyses on local HPC cluster. Biostatistical analyses and beginning of drafting of own paper (Intra-seasonal trends of cryoconite bacterial communities on an Alpine Glacier).

Month 24 (March 2025) – Drafting of deliverable “An estimation of the microbial biomass and activity originating from the atmosphere and deposited on glacier surfaces”. Sequencing and bioinformatics of samples from 2023 Antarctica expedition..