MIO-IRD at the 8th Lumexplore Festival

From September 20 to 24, 2023, at the Cinéma Eden Théâtre, in La Ciotat, attend the 8th edition of the Lumexplore festival to (re)discover the fields of scientific exploration through films, photo exhibitions and meetings. The IRD, a partner in this event, is offering a screening-debate of the documentary "A la recherche de la nouvelle mer des Sargasses", on Thursday September 21 at 5:30 pm.

Thursday, September 21 at 5:30pm

Caroline Lory : Growing marine microalgae without nitrogen inputs

 

 

What if a marine microalga considered a "superfood" could meet the challenges of climate change and malnutrition?

ERC Starting Grant 2023 – SIESTA Project

James Bradley, Research Fellow at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO)

 

The role of microbial dormancy as an ecological and biogeochemical regulator on Earth

 

Congratulations to Fatima ABABOU (CYBELE) who defended her thesis on July 25, 2023

 

Title : Role of diazotrophs in the biological carbon pump: study of aggregation, export and remineralization processes

 

 

Jury members

Jury

PLASMA : "Microplastics in Mayotte's lagoon? Students investigate...

 

BIOCONTAM Summer School - June 5-9, 2023

The BIOCONTAM (Réseaux trophiques marins et mécanismes BIOlogiques de transfert des CONTAMinants) summer school ended today at the MIO (Campus de Luminy, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille and in videoconference (hybrid) with partner universities and research institutes in Romania (Ovidius University Constanta, University of Bucharest, INCDM Grigore Antipa and GEOECOMAR).

Rich and exciting exchanges !

 

World Oceans Day at the MIO

 

On June 8, 2023, World Oceans Day, the MIO welcomed four classes from the City of Marseille (2 CM1, 1 CM2 and 4ème Environnement) to the Grand Amphithéâtre. The young students presented their work on the Prado reef.

 

Congratulations to Véronique LENOBLE-GARNIER (CEM), who defended her HDR on June 6, 2023.

Véronique Lenoble-Garnier (CEM) defended her HDR on June 6, 2023 on the theme "Anthropogenic impacts: contribution to the detection and monitoring of contaminants in ecosystems".

  • Discipline: "Chemistry
  • Specialty: "Environmental Geosciences

before a jury composed of :

A CO₂ well in the South Pacific marine desert

 

HOT Hg Cruise

 

The HOT Hg cruise took place from May 15 to 29, 2023, two wonderfully exhausting weeks on the island of Panarea to study natural mercury emissions, their impact on microbiology and bioaccumulation in the food web of five shallow hydrothermal vents.

Many thanks to our great team, the ANR HOT_Hg and the European Commission's ITN GMOS-Train project for their financial support!