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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...].
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, [...].
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mr Arnaud Lec'hvien, a doctoral student at the IMBE (Functional Ecology: from socio-ecological systems to molecules, and Ecology, Ecotoxicology & Chemistry applied to Agroecology and Restoration teams), and at the CEFE (Montpellier), will publicly defend his thesis work on Wednesday 29 April 2026, at 2 pm in the MASSINI amphitheatre at the Saint-Charles Faculty. In front of the jury [...]
As part of the “Mercredis d'Endoume“ series of lectures for the general public, François Marchal will be giving a lecture entitled "Le genre Homo n'est plus ce qu'il était" (The Homo genus is not what it used to be), either in person at the Endoume Marine Station or live. Summary of the talk: The genus Homo is the one of which we, Homo sapiens, are a part, and is therefore [...]
Insects are present in most terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They represent the animals with the greatest diversity, abundance and biomass. 73% of the animal species described are insects. They provide diverse and crucial ecosystem functions and services. However, many species are at high risk of extinction, with only 0.12% protected on a global scale [...].
On 20 May 2026 at the Pharo in Marseille, as part of the UNESCO Chair in «Education for environmental transition in the Mediterranean», Victor David, IRD research fellow at the IMBE, will be presenting his work on the legal recognition of living organisms. His research is based on a powerful idea: recognising certain species and ecosystems as [...]
As part of the Endoume Wednesdays series of lectures for the general public, Marie Zakardjian will be giving a lecture entitled “Plant-pollinator interactions in a context of global change“, either in person at the Endoume Marine Station or live. Summary of the lecture: Plant-pollinator interactions are essential to the functioning of ecosystems and the associated ecosystem services. However, populations of [...]