Francis Mairet

Bravo Ivan!

🚨 Job offer 🚨
A PhD position at Ifremer Nantes on the Impacts of chemical contaminants on the holobiont of harmful microalgae

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Bravo Clémence 👏🎉

YouTube video by Académie des sciences [Cérémonie] - Séance de réception des nouveaux membres élus en 2024 - Académie des sciences

The ceremony is available here:
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At yesterday's opening ceremony, we shared a powerful video to unite us around one mission: safeguarding the ocean.

Watch now to see why science is key to our collective future.

#WeAreTheOcean #ScienceForTheOcean

The One Ocean Science Congress began today with over 2000 marine scientists uniting to protect our ocean and influence global policies.

Missed the opening ceremony? Catch the livestream on YouTube and see our highlights below!

#OOSC #ScienceForTheOcean

#Nautile40 🤿

Le réalisateur Wim Wenders nous partage son admiration pour l’exploration des grands fonds à l’occasion du 40e anniversaire de la première plongée du sous-marin Nautile de la Flotte Océanographique française opérée par l’Ifremer et sa filiale d’armement Genavir 👇

A big PHYTOX presence at the Marine Microbial Chemical Communication (#​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​m2c2) conference, in Texel
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Effects of copepod chemical cues on intra- and extracellular toxins in two species of Dinophysis Copepods may contribute to harmful algal bloom formation by selectively rejecting harmful cells. Additionally, copepods and the chemical cues they exu…

A new Phytox publication on Dinophysis, in collaboration with our Swedish colleagues

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The importance of delivering Recherche d'Avenir – research for the future In recent years, several European countries, including France, have reduced their investment in scientific research, with biomedical research taking a significant hit. The primary casualty is basic re...

In her Essay, Renata Basto highlights the huge budget cuts facing the scientific community in France. In response to the cuts, a group of researchers has formed the ‘Pour une Recherche d'Avenir’ initiative to secure the future of French research.
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Congratulations to Loic et al! 👏

In 2020 and 2021, a mysterious skin disease affected more than a thousand Senegalese fishermen, raising concern and international attention. A study conducted by an international scientific consortium and published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine reveals the origin of this disease:

Rendez-vous ce soir 😏

It is true, we are coming back for the 4th Summer School "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" from July 23-26th 2025!
Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...

L’exploitation des microalgues passera nécessairement par l’utilisation de souches améliorées. Différentes stratégies d’amélioration des microalgues existent déjà. Mais pour la 1ère fois, des scientifiques s’intéressent au croisement génétique de souches de microalgues d’intérêt.

Taking advantage of the release of Clémence Boucher's 2nd paper on the toxins of the haptophyte Prymnesium parvum
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to promote also her first article on mixotrophy
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with a cool video (2x speed) of Prymnesium phagocytosing a cryptophyte. #protistsonsky

Huge congratulations to Clémence Boucher for her second PhD article, which shows an intriguing effect of cell density on toxin content in the microalga Prymnesium parvum!

We are delighted to announce that the registrations are now open for the 12th Aquatic Virus Workshop (AVW12), to be held in Banyuls-sur-Mer (France), May 5-9 2025. Consider to register early because we have limited space!
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Glad to see published my first PCJ paper!