Congratulations to Caroline Comby (OPLC), who defended her thesis on Monday 27 November 2023.

Entitled "Vertical velocities and fine-scale dynamics", and carried out over the last three years within the OPLC team at the MIO, under the direction of Stéphanie Barrillon and [...].
CNRS-MEUST building: 1st stone laid

Photo credits: Sketch by Jean-Michel Gomez, BBG Architectes On 10 November 2023, the foundation stone for the CNRS building was laid in La Seyne sur Mer [...].
Congratulations to Clara Dignan (CEM/MEB) who defended her thesis on 03 November.

On the theme "Bioavailability of dissolved organic matter for heterotrophic prokaryotes in the Mediterranean coastal zone: characterisation and ranking of control factors", before a jury composed of : M. [...]
Alba FILELLA (CYBELE) will present her thesis in person and by videoconference on Friday 1 December 2023 at 14:00.

Amphithéâtre Océanomed, Bâtiment 26M, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13009 Marseilles on the following topic: "Interactions between diazotrophs and dissolved organic matter: metabolic plasticity in the present and future ocean", with the [...]
Congratulations to Aina Astorch-Cardona (MEB), who defended her thesis on 30 October.

On the following subject: "Influence of environmental variations on the dynamics of microbial communities in iron-rich marine mats": - Ms Maria Soledad GONI URRIZA [...]
David Emerson seminar on Thursday 9 Nov 1pm

David Emerson, a researcher at the Bigelow laboratory for Ocean Sciences (Maine), is currently visiting the laboratory as part of the SEM team until 12 November. He will be giving a seminar on Thursday 09 November at [...].
Second CROCO user meeting

The second CROCO users' meeting was held from 13 to 15 September 2023 at the Fort Ganteaume in Marseille. The main objective of the meeting was to bring together the [...]
European Heritage Days - The Prado artificial reefs

Saturday 16 September 2023, Marseille Natural History Museum, Palais Longchamp In 2008, the City of Marseille submerged 400 artificial reefs in Prado Bay. For the past 15 years, [...]
MIO-IRD at the 8th Lumexplore Festival

From 20 to 24 September 2023, at the Cinéma Eden Théâtre in La Ciotat, take part in the 8th edition of the Lumexplore festival to (re)discover the fields of scientific exploration through [...].
Caroline Lory: Growing marine microalgae without nitrogen inputs

Caroline Lory, a post-doctoral researcher at the IRD in France, says that a marine microalgae considered as a 'superfood' could provide a solution to the challenges of climate change and malnutrition [...].

