Events

  • Sarah Kubien's thesis “L'évitement en droit de l'environnement : une entrée par l'évaluation environnementale” (Avoidance in environmental law: an approach based on environmental assessment)”

    Salle des Thèses - Avignon University Campus Hannah Arendt, 74 Rue Louis Pasteur, Avignon

    Sarah Kubien, a doctoral student at IMBE, will publicly defend her thesis on Monday 15 December 2025 at 3pm in the Salle des Thèses, Avignon Université. To follow the viva, click here! In front of the jury composed of : Mrs Isabelle DOUSSAN, INRAE Research Director, thesis co-director Thierry DUTOIT, CNRS Research Director, [...]

  • BREAUD Célia's thesis “New strategy in the search for natural anti-tuberculosis agents derived from the flora of French Guyana”.”

    Thesis room, Faculty of Pharmacy La timone, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, Marseille

    Ms BREAUD Célia, doctoral student at IMBE, Functional Ecology: from socio-ecological systems to molecules team, will publicly defend her thesis work on Monday 15 December 2025 at 2pm in the Faculty of Pharmacy thesis room. The jury will be composed of : Sophie TOMASI, Rapporteur and Chair of the Jury, University Professor, Université [...]

  • Thesis by LEGROS Thibaud “The litter of Mediterranean forests as a source of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOC) emissions in a more arid climate: what are the atmospheric consequences on a regional scale?”

    Amphithéatre PONTE - Campus Saint Jérôme 52 Av. Escadrille Normandie Niemen, Marseille

    Mr LEGROS Thibaud, doctoral student at IMBE, Functional Ecology: from socio-ecological systems to molecules team, will publicly defend his thesis work on Wednesday 17 December 2025, at 2pm in the PONTE Amphitheatre, Saint Jérôme Campus. The jury will be composed of Dr Alexandre ARMENGAUD, Guest Member, AtmoSud Dr Karine SARTELET, Rapporteur, CEREA, Ecole nationale des ponts [...]

  • Presentation of the Marseilles Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Prize to Jean Vacelet

    Salon Eugénie - Palais du Pharo 58 boulevard Charles Livon, Marseille

    The Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille, an institution founded in the XVIIᵉ century and dedicated to promoting knowledge, culture and research in our region, is holding its traditional annual awards ceremony. Each year, the Academy honours authors, historians, artists, scientists, committed associations and young [...]

  • REVER14 Days - Network for Exchange and Valorisation in Restoration Ecology

    Avignon University, Hanna Arendt Campus (city centre) 74 rue Louis Pasteur, Avignon, France

    The fourteenth REVER conference - Réseau d'Echanges et de Valorisation en Ecologie de la Restauration, REVER ET PLANIFIER, will be organised by the Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et Ecologie (IMBE) on 13 and 14 January 2026 at Avignon University (Campus Hanna Arendt, in the city centre). The website is now open to receive your proposals [...].

  • Christian Garing “Pytheas, the extraordinary astronomer of Massalia”

    Endoume Marine Station Rue de la Batterie des Lions Conference room Batiment IV, Marseille, France

    As part of the Mercredis d'Endoume series of lectures for the general public, Christian Garing, agrégé and doctor in physics, will be giving a lecture entitled “Pytheas, the extraordinary astronomer of Massalia“, either in person at the Endoume Marine Station or live. Summary of the lecture: In the second half of the 4th century BC, Pytheas was one of the most [...]

  • Conference organised by the Société Linnéenne de Provence

    Museum of Natural History - Palai Longchamp Boulevard Philippon, Marseille

      The Société Linnéenne de Provence is pleased to invite you to a conference open to all, to be held on Wednesday 11 February at the Palais Longchamp, with remote participation possible. The talk will be given by Alex Baumel, lecturer and researcher at Aix-Marseille University (IMBE), and will focus on the theme: [...]

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  • Brigitte Talon “From horizon to landscape: what soil charcoal reveals about past forests”.”

    Endoume Marine Station Rue de la Batterie des Lions Conference room Batiment IV, Marseille, France

    As part of the Endoume Wednesdays series of lectures for the general public, Brigitte Talon will be giving a talk entitled “From horizon to landscape: what soil charcoal reveals about past forests“, either in person at the Endoume Marine Station or live. Summary of the talk: Understanding the legacy of past human activities helps to understand the [...]

  • Managing functional biodiversity in agricultural landscapes - 11ᵉ LMFB meeting in Avignon

    Avignon University, Campus Hannah Arendl Amphi 2E01, 74 Rue Louis Pasteur

    The meetings of the Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity (LMFB) working group of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC/WPRS) will be held in Avignon, in the south of France. Co-organised by Armin Bischoff and Olivier Blight (EECAR-IMBE-Avignon University team) in partnership with INRAE, these biennial meetings will bring together around a hundred European participants, most of whom are not [...].

  • Mountains workshop

    Amphitéatre INSPE, Campus Saint-Jérôme 52 Av. Escadrille Normandie Niemen, Marseille

    On 18 and 19 March 2026, IMBE, in partnership with ITEM and ARKAIA, is organising two study days devoted to mountain territories in the face of global change. Organised in collaboration with ORCHAMP (national observatory of mountain biodiversity) and Sentinelles des Alpes, this event places interdisciplinarity at the heart of the debate, bringing together ecology, hydrobiology, [...].

  • Mireille Harmelin-Vivien “Les Amours des poissons: Némo is not a story for children!”

    Endoume Marine Station Rue de la Batterie des Lions Conference room Batiment IV, Marseille, France

    As part of the Endoume Wednesdays series of lectures for the general public, Mireille Harmelin-Vivien will be giving a talk entitled “Fish love: Nemo is not a story for children...!“, either in person at the Endoume Marine Station or live. Summary of the talk: When it comes to love, fish have tried everything... or almost everything! Changes in [...]

  • Midisciences lecture series - Emma Leone: “A contamination rooted in time, 78 years of pollution after the burning of munitions in a protected natural area”.”

    Avignon University, Jean-Henri Fabre Campus, Bâtiment A, Amphi Agrosciences 301 Rue Baruch de Spinoza, Avignon, France

    As part of the Midisciences lecture series, Emma Léone, a 2ᵉ year PhD student in the EECAR-IMBE team, will present her research on the soils of the Crau plain (southern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) contaminated by metals from the burning of munitions during the Second World War. 75 years later, these soils remain partially devoid of life, and [...]