If you’d like to be my future boss 👇

📢 Seeking PhD candidates

PhD Position in Applied Mathematics at Avignon Université, supervised by T. Bayen, W. Djema and me

Topic: Impulsive optimal control for cellular resource allocation (modeling growth & division of microorganisms)

More details : www.ljll.fr/MathModel/jo...

A foundation model for microbial growth dynamics Microbial growth dynamics contain rich information about microbial populations, which support applications from antibiotic testing to microbiome engineering. However, the high dimensionality of growth...

Here it is

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The Ifremer postdoc call is now open!
Feel free to contact me if you're interested in creating a project around modelling and/or mixotrophy in toxic microalgae.

5️⃣/🔟 In Scientific Reports, 5 of the top 10 most cited articles have an article number of 1.

5️⃣/🔟 In Nature Communications the same: 5 of the top 10 are article 1s.

Coincidence? 👇
scirate.com/arxiv/2511.0...
I think not.

📅 Next week our seminar speaker will be Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:

⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐

As ever free and open for all!

Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

See you there!

Des visages connus... Bravo ! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Offre Emploi CDI Technicien Génomique des Microalgues Nantes (44) - Recrutement par Ifremer | Hellowork Decouvrez l'offre d'Emploi Technicien Génomique des Microalgues Nantes (44) en CDI pour Ifremer. Ifremer recrute actuellement ✓ Postulez dès maintenant ✓ Candidature Simple & Rapide !

🚨 Job alert 🚨

PHYTOX recherche un Technicien Génomique des Microalgues H/F

www.hellowork.com/fr-fr/emploi...

« Certaines microalgues peuvent tuer en masse des poissons » - Curieux! 3 QUESTIONS À Lou Patron, doctorante en biologie marine à l’Ifremer, elle étudie une microalgue toxique qui peut causer la mort de poissons. Avec le réchauffement climatique, cette microalgue pourrait...

🎙️ L’Ifremer met à l’honneur ses jeunes chercheuses !
Découvrez le portrait de Lou Patron, doctorante passionnée, qui étudie les microalgues toxiques et leurs impacts sur les écosystèmes marins 🌊🐟
👇 www.curieux.live/2025/09/26/c...

Last Friday, we published the 500th article of Peer Community Journal! 🥳

I am excited to share the MMAR Lab is on! 🥳 Our work focuses on plankton and climate change, using numerical modeling and lab experiments. We are recruiting graduate students, 1 research technician, and 2 postdocs! Please help spread the word 📢 More details here: themmarlab.com/joinus

Bravo Ivan!

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

amethis.doctorat.org/amethis-clie...

Bravo Clémence 👏🎉

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

The ceremony is available here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E5u...

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

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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
doi.org/10.1016/j.al...
to promote also her first article on mixotrophy
doi.org/10.1016/j.ha...
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!
avw12.sciencesconf.org
avw12.sciencesconf.org/data/header/...

Glad to see published my first PCJ paper!