Photography exhibition The French Phycological Society has a collection of 32 magnificent photographs of macro- and microalgae, taken by Erwan Amice, Wilfried Thomas, Sébastien Colin and Marie Walde. These photographs have been printed on rigid aluminium supports for the 8th European Phycology Congress in Brest-Arena in 2023. Exhibition dates and venues:Read More →
This year, the SPF workshop will be held at the Station Biologique de Roscoff on 13 and 14 November 2024. The scientific programme (see below) will address the main current issues in fundamental and applied research on micro- and macro-algae. The Station Biologique de Roscoff is a marine biology and ecology research and teaching centre founded by Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers in 1872. The aim of the research carried out within its units is to gain a better understanding of the origin and evolution of life, the functioning of ecosystems and the adaptation of marine organisms to global change. The various teams at the Biological StationRead More →
Enthusiastic about the idea of exploring the chemistry of natural substances and chemical ecology, I am currently working on a CIFRE thesis between the Roullier Group’s Global Innovation Centre (Saint-Malo) and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris). Among the solutions developed by the agricultural industry to alleviate the abiotic and biotic stresses on plants are extracts of algae, particularly brown algae. Ascophyllum nodosum is one of the most widely represented species and is used by the Roullier Group in its technical solutions for farmers. Macroalgae have fascinating interactions with the microbial communities associated with them. Numerous studies have shown that these interactions are crucial toRead More →
My name is Maëlle Zonnequin and I’m a second-year PhD student at the Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M) at the Station Biologique de Roscoff. I’m particularly interested in understanding how brown algae interact with other organisms in the marine ecosystem.Throughout evolution, biotic interactions have probably played a key role in the metabolic plasticity and adaptation of species. In my thesis, I am focusing on the function and evolutionary origin of the oxylipin pathway in biotic interactions in brown algae. More specifically, I am testing the hypothesis of functional coevolution between two closely related brown algae: a host belonging to the family LaminarialesRead More →
My name is Wendy Diruit and I’m a 3rd year PhD student at the Marine Environmental Sciences Laboratory (LEMAR). I’ve been fascinated by the marine environment, foreshore and macroalgae for years, and I’m lucky enough to be doing a PhD project that combines field sampling and optical image analysis to study macroalgae in Brittany. To do this, I carried out an inventory of the flora of 9 foreshores in Finistère and, at the same time, I obtained multispectral satellite images as well as hyperspectral images from planes and drones of my study sites. The hyperspectral images, with their high spatial and spectral resolution, enabled meRead More →
