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Joint fact-finding mission on endocrine disrupters

At the invitation of Mr. Michel Vialay, President, Ms. Laurianne Rossi and Ms. Claire Pitollat, co-rapporteurs of the Joint Fact-Finding Mission on Endocrine Disrupters in Plastic Containers, Richard Sempéré accompanied by Javier Castro...

Joint fact-finding mission on endocrine disrupters

SEAmester - the fourth edition !

Thirty-eight students from South Africa, Namibia and Norway boarded the SA Agulhas II icebreaker in Cape Town for the fourth edition of the SEAmester class ! Among the supervisors, Dr. Delphine Thibault, an IRD researcher at the MIO, will...

SEAmester - the fourth edition !

PEACETIME : in the Sicily Channel and Southern Tyrrhenian Sea

The drifters released during the Peacetime oceanographic cruise contributed to the MedSVP (Mediterranean Surface Velocity Program). The analysis of this precious dataset has provided new insights about the circulation in the Sicily Channel...

PEACETIME : in the Sicily Channel and Southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Signing of a cooperation agreement between the University of Texas and AMU/MIO

On Monday 1 July at 11 a.m. in the Aegean Hall, Patrick Louchouarn, Vice-President of the University of Texas at Galveston, will sign a cooperation agreement with the M.I.O/AMU in the presence of Pierre Chiappeta, Vice-President Research...

Signing of a cooperation agreement between the University of Texas and AMU/MIO

Louise Rousselet (OPLC team) is awarded the thesis prize of the 2019 Academy of the Marine of the Year

Her thesis subject which she defended last December was as follows: "Study of the influence of mesoscale (sub)mesoscale circulation on the spatial distribution of biogeochemical and biological elements using in situ and coupled...

Louise Rousselet (OPLC team) is awarded the thesis prize of the 2019 Academy of the Marine of the Year

Clément Coclet (MEB team) will support his thesis on Wednesday 26 June at 13h30 at the M building (La Garde Campus).

On the following subject: : Impacts of multiple contamination of trace metal elements on the microbial communities in a highly anthropized coastal environment: the Toulon bay Toulon Bay is a highly anthropized coastal ecosystem that...

Clément Coclet (MEB team) will support his thesis on Wednesday 26 June at 13h30 at the M building (La Garde Campus).

NAUCRATES, follow-ups have started

After the prototyping phase last winter, we recently deployed NAUCRATES devices on the buoys of the two reserves of the Côte Bleue Marine Park. As a reminder, these devices are intended to test the attractive power of buoys and to enhance...

NAUCRATES, follow-ups have started

Luminy Campus: Inauguration of the TPR1 building

Friday, June 21 at 10am Marseille-Luminy Campus -163 avenue de Luminy -13288 Marseille In the presence of: -Yvon Berland, President of Aix-Marseille University, -Pierre Dartout, Prefect of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Prefect of...

Luminy Campus: Inauguration of the TPR1 building

Oral defense planning for M2 internship - Marine Science OBEM course

The schedule of the internship defense in the Oceanomed amphitheatre from June 11 to 14, 2019 in the link En savoir plus

Oral defense planning for M2 internship - Marine Science OBEM course

First output for the MIDYNET project

The MIDYNET project (CNRS) aims to analyse the dynamics of microplastics in a tidal estuary in order to better understand the exchanges between river and ocean waters. This project is based on a collaboration between the MIO, IPREM and...

First output for the MIDYNET project