On February 13, 2024, a conference organized by l'IFM Marseille-Fos-Calanques took place on the theme "How to feed the world's population with seafood ?" at ENSM, 39 avenue du Corail 13008 Marseille.
Three speakers were present:
Chris Bowler, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole normale supérieure (BIENS), Paris, will give a seminar on 22 February 2024 at 14:00 - Amphithéâtre Oceanomed, on the following topic :Diatoms in the Tara Ocean
This new "Signature 500 kHz 5-beam" ADCP, obtained as part of the A*Midex Blanc HOPE-VV project (PI A. Petrenko), will shortly be sent to New Caledonia to be deployed in an anchorage off Noumea for two years.
At the center of a square of moorings with four conventional (4-beam) ADCPs measuring ocean velocities, the aim of this 5-beam ADCP is to obtain a time series not only of horizontal velocities, but also of vertical velocity with good accuracy, despite the fact that the latter is generally much lower than horizontal velocities.
A team of international researchers from MIO, Université de Pau et Pays de l'Adour, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne and Institut de Ciències del Mar Barcelona studied the shallow hydrothermal vents of Prony, New Caledonia. During 4 weeks, we sampled several vent sites in the Bay of Prony, of which the most prominent ones are the Needle, Bain des Japonais and Rivière de Kaori.
On Friday January 12, 2024, the MIO welcomed Outi Snellman (Univ. Lapland - Finland), Vice-President of Uartic. After a presentation of Uartic and a tour of the MIO premises, Ms Snellman chatted with our scientific colleagues.
In September 2023, the SSL@MM (Sea Water Sensing Laboratory @ MIO Marseille, MIO's technical platform), led by Olivier Grosso and Melilotus Thyssen, and recently by Clémentine Gallot (CDD IR CNRS), celebrated its 4th year of operation and is now integrated into MIO's technical resources. The continuous, gentle pumping of seawater from the Calanque aux Cuivres to taps under laboratory conditions is a success, validated by its near-continuous operation. Similarly, the method of cleaning the seawater inlet pipes is a well-managed routine.
BiodivOc and its partners offer a new program for the "Regards croisés sur le vivant en société" cycle in 2023-2024, with eight lectures offered every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm between October 2023 and May 2024. The lectures will take place in person at the MSH and will be broadcast live.
France-Culture - We've long known that color plays an essential role in the biological world, but what about luminescence ? Whether for camouflage, hunting or reproduction, bioluminescence has countless uses. With Séverine Martini MIO-CNRS !
