2B-BLUE participates at the 1st International Summer School in Bioremediation of Aquatic Environments
Dr Iordanis Magiopoulos, postdoc researcher at the Institute of Oceanography, HCMR, participated in the 1st International Summer School in Bioremediation of Aquatic Environments, organized by the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, in Napoli, Italy, in October 2025. In this course, various methodologies on bioremediation were presented, focusing on the use of microalgae and fungi for the biodegradation and removal of multiple contaminants from wastewaters. Furthermore, a range of real-world bioremediation applications were presented as examples of good practices as well as practices that have strong potential to be used in the future.
During the course, Dr Magiopoulos presented the ongoing experiment in Chalastra, Greece, in the frame of the 2B-Blue project (funded by the INTERREG Euro-MED), in which holothurians were used as bioremediation agents of the sediment in a mussel-culturing area. In his talk, he presented results from previous lab and benthocosm experiments that proved the ability of holothurians to improve the aeration of the sediment and reduce the organic matter. Then, he presented the next step, the experimental field application that is currently going on in the frame of 2B-Blue project, emphasizing on the experimental design and presenting the initial results. Furthermore, the potential financial benefits to the mussel producers from diversifying their income through the cultivation of holothurians were discussed as financial sustainability is a major factor for the acceptance and realization of any remediation method.
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