Halophiles México 2025

THE MEXICAN EXTREMOPHILE NETWORK
IS PLEASED TO INVITE THE

14th Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms

November 23 to 26, 2025

Important deadlines for Halophiles MEX-2025

Early Registration Deadline:
September 30, 2025

Late Registration Deadline:
November 15, 2025

Abstract Submission Deadline
(Oral Presentations):
August 15, 2025

Notification of Acceptance
for Oral Presentations:
September 15, 2025

Abstract Submission Deadline
(Poster Presentations):
September 30, 2025

Final Program Release:
October 15, 2025

Note: This timeline ensures sufficient preparation for participants and organizers while accommodating a rigorous review process for oral presentations

Registration

Students:

280 USD early payment.
Deadline September 30, 2025

370 USD late payment.
Deadline November 15, 2025

Researchers:

370 USD early payment.
Deadline September 30, 2025

450 USD late payment.
Deadline November 15, 2025

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Highlighted Topics for 14th Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms.

01 Diversity and taxonomy of halophiles

Systematics and classification of halophilic microorganisms
(Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, Protists, and Viruses)
Novel species discoveries in hypersaline ecosystems
Evolutionary adaptations to high salinity

02 Halophiles and climate change

Impact of climate change on hypersaline ecosystems
Adaptation and resilience of halophiles to environmental stressors
Role of halophiles in carbon and nitrogen cycles under changing conditions

03 Genetics and molecular biology of halophiles

Genomic and transcriptomic insights into halophilic life
Regulatory networks controlling salt tolerance and metabolism
Horizontal gene transfer and genome plasticity in extreme
environments

04 Osmoadaptation and signal transduction

Mechanisms of osmotic stress response in halophiles
Role of compatible solutes and membrane transporters
Signaling pathways involved in halophilic adaptation

05 Microbial ecology of hypersaline environments

Community interactions and microbial networks in high-salinity habitats
Biogeochemical roles of halophiles in natural and artificial salt systems
Metabolic versatility and ecological functions

06 Halophilic viruses and their ecological roles

Diversity and impact of viruses in hypersaline ecosystems
Virus-host interactions in extreme environments
Applications of halophilic viruses in biotechnology

07 Bioprocesses and emerging biotechnologies with halophiles

Industrial applications of halophilic enzymes and metabolites
Bioremediation of saline and polluted environments
Extremophiles in sustainable bioenergy and material production.

08 Halophilic microorganisms in space and extreme analogues

Potential of halophiles as models for astrobiology
Hypersaline environments as analogues for extraterrestrial life
Survival mechanisms of halophiles under extreme conditions

09 Applied omics and synthetic biology in halophiles

Metabolomics, proteomics, and lipidomics approaches
Engineering halophiles for synthetic biology applications
Functional metagenomics in hypersaline environments

10 Halophiles in food, agriculture, and human health

Halophilic microbes in fermented foods and probiotics
Agricultural applications of halophiles in soil salinity management
Potential medical and pharmaceutical applications of halophilic compounds

11 Science Dissemination

Keynote Lectures

Speakers Invited

JENNY BLAMEY
Fundacion Cientifica y Cultural Biociencia, Chile

NINA GUNDE CIMERMAN
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

AHARON OREN
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel

ANTONIO VENTOSA
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

RUSS H. VREELAND
ESM Company, USA

LUIS ANDRÉS YARZÁBAL.
Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Ecuador.

JOSEFA ANTÓN
Universidad de Alicante, Spain.

BONNIE K. BAXTER
Westminster University Salt Lake City, USA

RAFAEL RUIZ DE LA HABA
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

CRISTINA SÁNCHEZ PORRO
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

PAULINA CORRAL VILLA
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Peggy Elizabeth Álvarez Gutiérrez.
Tecnológico Nacional de México campus Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Ramón A. Batista García
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
Rosa María Camacho Ruiz
Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C.
María Asunción Lago Lestón
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California.
Claudia López Sánchez
Tecnológico Nacional de México campus Oaxaca
Yordanis Perez Llano
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
Ninfa Ramírez Durán
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
María del Rayo Sánchez Carbente
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
Hortencia Silva Jiménez
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Mohammad A. Amoozegar
University of Tehran Theran, Iran
Josefa Antón
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Bonnie K. Baxter
Westminster University Salt Lake City, USA
Sara Cuadros
Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile
Joselyne DiRuggiero
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA
Nina Gunde Cimerman
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rosa M. Martinez
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Terry McGenity
University of Essex, UK
Aharon Oren
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
Ramón Rosselló-Mora
CSIC-UIB – Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA)
IMEDEA Sporlas, Spain.
Jorg Soppa
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Antonio Ventosa
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Russ H. Vreeland
ESM Company, USA
Michail Yakimov
Italian National Research Council

Program for Halophiles MEX-2025

DAY 1: Opening Day

DAY 2: Scientific Sessions Begin

DAY 3: Scientific Sessions Continue

DAY 4: Final Day

DAY 1: Opening Day

		Afternoon
	15:30 17:00	Registration
	17:00 17:15	Welcome Address by the Organizing Committee
	17:15 18:15	OPENING LECTURE: Halophilic fungi revisited: Biodiversity and adaptation across the salt spectrum SPEAKER: Nina Gunde-Cimerman. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
	18:15 19:15	KEYNOTE LECTURE: On Earth everyone has a job: What do our wonderful halophiles really do in that salt brine SPEAKER: Russ H. Vreeland. ESM Company, USA.
	19:30	Welcome Cocktail

DAY 2: Scientific Sessions Begin

	Morning		Afternoon
09:00 10:00	KEYNOTE LECTURE: The halophiles´Confusion to Microbiology. SPEAKER: Aharon Oren. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.		Science Dissemination: (Session 2)
10:00 10:30	Coffee Break	14:00 14:30	KEYNOTE LECTURE: Bridging extreme microbiology and art for scientific outreach SPEAKER: Luis Andrés Yarzábal. Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador.
	Oral Presentations (Session 1)	14:30 14:40	Integrating Art and Science: The REMEX Approach to Outreach in Extreme Microbiology SPEAKER: Rosa María Camacho Ruiz. Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco, Mexico.
10:30 11:00	Great Salt Lake microbialite recovery from desiccation SPEAKER: Bonnie K. Baxter. Westminster University Salt Lake City, USA.	14:40 15:00	Funky Sci-Xtreme literature, music and dance SPEAKER: María del Rayo Sánchez Carbente. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México.
11:00 11:30	Inter- and intraspecific diversity patterns reveal allopatric speciation and higher connectivity in globally coastal vs. inland hypersaline environments SPEAKER: Tomeu Viver. IMEDEA, Spain.	15:00 15:20	Graphic arts and photography for scientific outreach in the context of extreme microbiology SPEAKER: María Asunción Lago Lestón. Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California, México.
11:30 11:45	Mineral microbiomes entombed in Great Salt Lake Gypsum: Considerations for Mars evaporites SPEAKER: Paulina Martinez-Koury. Westminster University Salt Lake City, USA.	15:20 16:00	Joint Open Meeting of the ICSP Subcommittees on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae and Halobacteria SPEAKER: Antonio Ventosa. Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
11:45 12:00	Strain-level variation alters host-parasite interaction dynamics in the Halorubrum lacusprofundi – Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeum antarcticus system SPEAKER: Joshua Hamm. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands		Poster presentations (Session 3)
12:00 12:15	Ecological and Genomic Perspectives on Halophilic Microbial Communities from a Mexican Hypersaline Lagoon SPEAKER: Luis Mario Hernández-Soto. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Mexico.	16:00 17:00	Posters Flash Talks (3-minute presentations each)
12:15 12:30	Group photo	17:00 19:00	Poster Session (Coffee available during the session)
12:30 14:00	Lunch

DAY 3: Scientific Sessions Continue

	Morning		Afternoon
09:00 09:45	KEYNOTE LECTURE: Biotechnological Potential of Halophilic Archaea for the Production and Characterization of Bacterioruberin and Inulin SPEAKER: Rosa María Camacho Ruíz. Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco, Mexico.	14:00	Free afternoon (Optional cultural/touristic activities available)
09:45 10:30	KEYNOTE LECTURE: Expanding the nanohalovirosphere SPEAKER: Josefa Antón. Universidad de Alicante, Spain.	19:00	Congress dinner
10:30 11:00	Coffee Break
	Oral presentations (Session 4)
11:00 11:30	Colonizing gypsum: from salterns to Alpine outcrops and beyond: Raman spectroscopy as a tool for search of Life on Mars? SPEAKER: Jan Jehlicka. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
11:30 12:00	Towards objective genus boundaries in the families Halomonadaceae and Oceanospirillaceae: Insights from network analysis SPEAKER: Rafael Ruiz de la Haba. Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
12:00 12:15	CBASS Antiviral Defense in Archaea: A Non-Abortive Strategy Against Chronic Viral Infections SPEAKER: Deepak Kumar Choudhary. Tel Aviv University, Israel.
12:15 12:30	Diversity, phylogeny and ecology of halophilic microalgae (Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta) in geographically distant hypersaline habitats SPEAKER: Elena Selivanova. Institute for Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
12:30 14:00	Lunch

DAY 4: Final Day

	Morning
09:00 10:00	KEYNOTE LECTURE: Polysaccharidolytic haloarchaea and new insights into their interactions with ectosymbiotic nanohaloarchaea. SPEAKER: Michail Yakimov. Istituto di Scienze Polari. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy.
10:00 10:30	Coffee Break
	Oral Presentations (Session 4)
10:30 11:00	Hidden Resilience: Genomic Diversity in the Microbial Life of Hypersaline Odiel Soils. SPEAKER: Cristina Sánchez-Porro. Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
11:00 11:30	HaloProspecting: multigenomic and functional strategies for bioactive compound Discovery. SPEAKER: Paulina Corral Villa. Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
11:30 11:45	The Global Hyperhalophilic Virosphere: Infection Patterns and Dispersal Pathways SPEAKER: Fernando Santos. Universidad de Alicante, Spain.
11:45 12:00	Exploring virus-host interaction networks at a global scale: the case of Salinibacter spp. and its viruses SPEAKER: Miriam Carrillo. Universidad de Alicante, Spain
12:00 12:15	Taxonomic and functional profiling of the halite microbiota in of the driest places on Earth, Yungay, Chile SPEAKER: Gabriela Rivera Cruz. Universidad Privada Boliviana, Bolivia.
12:15 13:00	CLOSING LECTURE: Impact of metagenomics and culturomics on the study of halophilic microorganisms. SPEAKER: Antonio Ventosa. Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

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