Vincent Fauvelle (CEM), winner of an IRD research fellow competition

After completing his doctorate at the EPOC-LPTC laboratory, Vincent Fauvelle worked at the University of the West Indies and the University of Queensland in Australia on the analysis and behaviour of emerging pesticides in [...].
Sévérine Martini (EMBIO), winner of a CNRS research fellow competition

After studying at the University of Aix-Marseille and an ERASMUS semester at the University of Lund (Sweden), Sévérine Martini defended her thesis at the MIO at the end of 2013 on the theme [...].
Congratulations to Nicolas Layglon (CEM) who defended his thesis on 03 September 2020 in Toulon.

On the following subject: "Behaviour of trace metals during the resuspension of contaminated sediments in coastal areas" Under the supervision of✞Cédric GARNIER, Senior Lecturer, University of [...].
MIO: September 2020 academic year

Dear Colleagues,I hope you have all been able to get some rest over the summer holidays. The national and international COVID-19 situation is still fragile and, as you can imagine, we have to [...]
OceanTalk with Frédéric Le Moigne

Frédéric Le Moigne has been awarded the 2020 prize for best early career scientist for the Ocean Sciences Division and agreed to be interviewed for our first [...].
Spotlight on the biological pump: the impact of bioluminescence

In the ocean, sunlight gradually diminishes over the first few hundred metres, before total darkness sets in. In this dark environment, one of the least known biomes on the planet, [...]
AMU INFO Newsletter from the President of Aix-Marseille University to the entire university community

The university year is drawing to a close, with the summer holidays just around the corner. This year will have been marked by a number of changes - first and foremost the [...]
The Arctic Ocean exports mercury to the Atlantic Ocean

Several mercury assessments carried out by different teams indicate that there is a net export of mercury from the Arctic to the Atlantic, via the Fram Strait, the only deep link between the Arctic and [...].
Six objectives to reinforce our positive trajectory

Editorial by Valérie Verdier, President and Chief Executive OfficerLast Friday saw the holding of J'IRD, the Institute's annual conference, the first of its kind under my term of office and in a new format due to the [...].
The MIO wishes Pascal Douillet, IRD research officer in the OPLC team, a happy retirement.

Pascal Douillet's retirement party went off without a hitch on Thursday 9 July from 4pm to 7.30pm. Around fifty people from the IRD centre [...]