Throughout her academic career, combining microbiology and biotechnology, Ghina al-Hajj Chehade wanted to place scientific research at the service of the environment and society. (Credit: Joseph Chamoun)
Among Lebanon’s natural sites, the Anfeh salt marshes have proven to be one of the most conducive environments for the development of extremophilic bacteria — marine microorganisms capable of surviving in harsh conditions, especially in very salty environments. And these are precisely the bacteria Ghina al-Hajj Chehade is working on for her doctoral thesis, which she is conducting jointly between Saint Joseph University (USJ) and the School of Industrial Biology (EBI) in France since December 2023, with support from the 3R Lebanon program of AUF and CNRS-L. This thesis, entitled Exploration of the Capacity of Extremophilic Microorganisms from Lebanese Natural Sites for the Sustainable Production of Bio-based and Biodegradable Plastics, aims to turn a natural resource into a concrete solution to the environmental crisis."This project...
Among Lebanon’s natural sites, the Anfeh salt marshes have proven to be one of the most conducive environments for the development of extremophilic bacteria — marine microorganisms capable of surviving in harsh conditions, especially in very salty environments. And these are precisely the bacteria Ghina al-Hajj Chehade is working on for her doctoral thesis, which she is conducting jointly between Saint Joseph University (USJ) and the School of Industrial Biology (EBI) in France since December 2023, with support from the 3R Lebanon program of AUF and CNRS-L. This thesis, entitled Exploration of the Capacity of Extremophilic Microorganisms from Lebanese Natural Sites for the Sustainable Production of Bio-based and Biodegradable Plastics, aims to turn a natural resource into a concrete solution to the environmental crisis."This...
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