• Functional insight into sea weed holobionts: implications for sea weed aquaculture in achanging environment” “dinámica funcional dentro del holobionte macroalgal: implicancias para la acuicultura de macroalgas en un ambiente cambiante”. FOVI240138. 2024. 2024-2026. Colaborador.
• Nucleo Milenio MASH “Marine Agronomy of Seaweed Holobiont» (Continuidad). NÚCLEOS MILENIO. 2024. 2024-2027. Investigador adjunto.
• ACUIALGAS – Estado y perspectivas del cultivo de macroalgas en America Latina    FAO. 2023. 2023-2024. Investigador principal
• HADES: Host-pAthogen Dynamics and Ecology in Seaweeds, using Maullinia gall disease of wild «cochayuyo. Fondecyt  Iniciacion N°11230059. 2023. 2023-2026. Investigador principal.
• Nucleo Milenio MASH “Marine Agronomy of Seaweed Holobiont. NÚCLEOS MILENIO. 2021. 2022-2024. Investigador adjunto.
• BASILISK – Characterization and bioBAnking of economically-relevant pestS and pathogens of pelillo (Agarophyton chilensis), for biosecurIty riSK management tool development    Safe Seaweed Coalition. 2022. 2022-2024. Investigador principal
• TROY: Tracking key eukaryote pathobiome members in AntaRctic coastal communities, with emphasis on OomYcete parasites. INACh RT_42_20. 2021. 2021-2024. Investigador principal.
• algaBLISTER: A coLlaborative network for traininG and cApacity Building in aLgal dIseases in LaTin AmERica. GlobalseaweedSTAR fund . 2020. 2020-2022. Investigador principal
• ‘BIOPHYCOL – Building scientific and technical capacities in phycology in Colombia». GlobalseaweedSTAR fund . 2021. 2021-2022. Co-investigador.

Guía tesis de magíster:

• Sandra Saavedra. 2024. Modelamiento del sistema de cultivo de macroalgas en chile: chicorea de mar (Chondracanthus chamissoi), como caso de estudio. Magíster en Medio Ambiente y Bioseguridad en acuicultura. Universidad Austral de Chile.

Publicaciones Indexadas en WoS:

• Michaela Hittorf, Andrea Garvetto, Marianne Magauer, Martin Kirchmair, Willibald Salvenmoser, Pedro Murua, Sigrid Neuhauser    Pedro Murua 2024. Local endoreduplication of the host is a conserved process during Phytomyxeahost interaction. Frontiers in Microbiology. En revision. 1664-302X.
• Claire M. M. Gachon, Dieter G. Müller, Martina Strittmatter, Pedro Murúa, Max  Beckmann, Amerssa Tsirigoti, Stephan Wawra, Christos Katsaros, Pieter van West, Frithjof C. Küpper          Claire M. M. Gachon. 2024. Hypersensitive cell death is a conserved innate disease resistance mechanism of brown algae against the oomycete Eurychasma dicksonii. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. En revision. 0028-646X.
• Fernández P, Amsler Ch.D, Hurd CL, Díaz PA, Gaitán-Espitía JD, Macaya EC, Schmider-Martínez, A, Garrido I, Murúa P, Buschmann A. Fernández P. 2024. Diverse inorganic carbon uptake strategies in Antarctic seaweeds: Revealing species-specific responses and implications for Ocean Acidification. Sci Total Env. Publicado. 1879-1026.
• Murúa, P; Muñoz, L; Badis, Y; van West, P; Gachon, CMM. Murúa P. 2024. Prevalence and seasonal variation of Olpidiopsis porphyrae (Oomycota) infecting red algal Bangiales from the Southern Pacific. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY. Publicado. 0967-0262.
• Vigil, BE; Ascue, F; Ayala, RY; Murúa, P; Calderon, MS; Bustamante, DE Bustamante, DE. 2024. Functional prediction based on 16S rRNA metagenome data from bacterial microbiota associated with macroalgae from the Peruvian coast. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. Publicado. 2045-2322.
• Murúa, P; Muñoz, L; Bustamante, D; Gauna, C; Hayashi, L; Robledo, D; Strittmatter, M; Arce, P; Westermeier, R; Müller, DG; Gachon, CMM Murúa P. 2024. The first phycopathological atlas in Latin America unveils the underdocumentation of algal pathogens. ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS. Publicado. 2211-9264.
• Muñoz, L; Patiño, DJ; Murúa, P   Murúa P. 2024. Natural biocontrol of a Porphyra sp. pest on farmed Gracilaria chilensis by a pythiosis outbreak. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY. Publicado. 0921-8971.
• Zuccarello, GC; Gachon, CMM; Badis, Y; Murúa, P; Garvetto, A; Kim, GH Zuccarello, GC; Kim, GH. 2024. Holocarpic oomycete parasites of red algae are not Olpidiopsis , but neither are they all Pontisma or Sirolpidium (Oomycota). ALGAE. Publicado. 1226-2617.
• Mendez, C; Bustamante, DE; Calderon, MS; Gauna, C; Hayashi, L; Robledo, D; Tapia-Larios, C; Campbell, I; Westermeier, R; Murúa, P Murúa P. 2024. Biosecurity baseline for a sustainable development of seaweed aquaculture in Latin America. MARINE POLICY. Publicado. 0308-597X.
• Garvetto, A; Murúa, P; Kirchmair, M; Salvenmoser, W; Hittorf, M; Ciaghi, S; Harikrishnan, SL; Gachon, CMM; Burns, JA; Neuhauser, S. Neuhauser, S. 2023. Phagocytosis underpins the biotrophic lifestyle of intracellular parasites in the class Phytomyxea (Rhizaria). NEW PHYTOLOGIST. Publicado. 0028-646X.
• Murúa, P; Garvetto, A; Egan, S; Gachon, CMM. Murúa P. 2023. The Reemergence of Phycopathology: When Algal Biology Meets Ecology and Biosecurity. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY. Publicado. 0066-4286.
• Westermeier, R; González, C; Murúa, P; Morales, J; Patiño, DJ; Fabres, N; Zamorano, J; Müller, DG. Westermeier R. 2022. Seasonal variation of carrageenan yield, gel strength and viscosity in Sarcopeltis (ex Gigartina) skottsbergii from Southern Chile. PHYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. Publicado. 1322-0829.
• Strittmatter, M; Murúa, P; Perrineau, MM; Arce, P; Zhang, QY; Ruiz-González, C; Brakel, J; Brodie, J; Cottier-Cook, E; Potin, P; Gachon, CMM. Strittmatter M. 2021. MY SEAWEED LOOKS WEIRD: A PARTICIPATIVE PORTAL TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-ACCESS ONLINE ATLAS OF SEAWEED DISEASES. PHYCOLOGIA. Publicado. 0031-8884.
• Murúa, P; Patiño, DJ; Müller, DG; Westermeier, R Murúa P. 2021. Sexual compatibility in giant kelp gametophytes: inter-cultivar hybridization is average between parents but excels under harsher conditions. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY. Publicado. 0921-8971.
• Murúa, P; Edrada-Ebel, R; Muñoz, L; Soldatou, S; Legrave, N; Müller, DG; Patiño, DJ; West, PC; Küpper, FC; Westermeier, R; Ebel, R; Peters, AF Murúa P. 2020. Morphological, genotypic and metabolomic signatures confirm interfamilial hybridization between the ubiquitous kelps Macrocystis (Arthrothamnaceae) and Lessonia (Lessoniaceae). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. Publicado. 2045-2322.
• Murúa, P; Müller, DG; Etemadi, M; van West, P; Gachon, CMM Murúa P. 2020. Host and pathogen autophagy are central to the inducible local defences and systemic response of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera against the oomycete pathogen Anisolpidium ectocarpii. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. Publicado. 0028-646X.