Discover the ribosome and its "molecular brain" within cells
The CNRS Mission for Transversal and Interdisciplinary Initiatives (MITI) has just published an article on the work of our colleague Youri Timsit and mathematicians Grégoire Sergeant-Perthuis and [...].
South-South exchange: Masuku - Fortaleza
As part of IRD's South-South exchange programmes, Dr Madi Guirema ABAKER is currently spending 2 months at LABOMAR, an institute of the Federal University of Ceara. This [...]
MIO Seminar - Prof. Schmitt-Kopplin - Thursday, June 12, 2025
Prof. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Director of the independent research unit Analytical Biogeochemistry at Helmholtz Munich and head of the Foodomics Platform at the Technical University of Munich, will give a seminar [...]
Le Monde de Jamy - How can we save the Mediterranean?
A France TV documentary posted online on 19 May 2025: Turquoise waters, multicoloured reefs, dolphins and whales: how much longer will we be able to enjoy the splendours of the [...].
BioSWOT2025 meeting at the MIO: first results from a Mediterranean biophysical expedition across the fine scales of the ocean (1-100 km)
The BioSWOT2025 meeting was an opportunity to present the first confirmed results of the BioSWOT-Med campaign, which took place in 2023 and explored the influence of eddies, fronts and [...].
JEAI EXTREM BIODIV VALOR project
We were delighted to welcome our research partners from the Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P - Morocco) to the MIO, as part of the JEAI EXTREM BIODIV VALOR project, from 12 [...].
Étang de Berre: These shower flowers help research into the blue crab
Report Maritima Médias - To study the presence of blue crabs in the Étang de Berre, scientists are using shower flowers, to which the larvae of the blue crab attach themselves.
Pint of Sciences Festival in Aubagne for the MIO!
How about taking science and scientists out of the laboratories and into the pubs? That's the concept behind the Pint of Science Festival! Meet the scientists from the MIO [...].
BIOLUMOPS: underwater gliders to map bioluminescence in the Mediterranean
The CNRS Earth and Universe Institute has just published an article on the ANR BIOLUMOPS project (Bioluminescence Marine, Observations spatio-temporelles in situ par Planeur Sous-marin) coordinated by our colleague Séverine [...].
EMBIO team: Monitoring biodiversity
Hosted by our colleagues Delphine Thibault and Sandrine Ruitton, the magazine Plongez! devoted a feature to the activities of the MIO EMBIO Team in issue 57 of [...].