Keen on the chemistry of natural substances and marine chemical ecology , I started a PhD project in October 2024 to study the composition and functionalities of molecules released by different sponges of the Aplysina genus from the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Sea. This thesis will be structured around three objectives : Describe and catalog the structural diversity of brominated EMs in relation to the characteristic chemical composition of Aplysina species. Study the functionalities of (exo)metabolites from the holobiont to ecosystems. Evaluate the chemical signatures of Aplysina in the context of integrative taxonomy

2024-2027 – PhD student in marine chemical ecology – Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE, CNRS UMR 7263)

2024 – Master degree in chemistry course chemical and biotechnological valorisation of tropical biodiversity – Reunion Island University (Saint Denis, La Réunion, France) 2022 – Bachelor degree in industrial chemistry specialist in new extraction methods (NOVEX) – Rennes 1 University (Rennes, France) 2021 – Two-year technical degree in biology (Food and Biological Industries option) – Rennes 1 University (Saint Brieuc, France) 2019 – Scientific high school baccalaureate – Eugène Freyssinet High School (Saint Brieuc, France)

Titouan Biré

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Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Global Change

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Keen on the chemistry of natural substances and marine chemical ecologyI started a PhD project in October 2024 to study the composition and functionalities of molecules released by different sponges of the Aplysina genus from the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Sea.

This thesis will be structured around three objectives :

Describe and catalog the structural diversity of brominated EMs in relation to the characteristic chemical composition of Aplysina species.
Study the functionalities of (exo)metabolites from the holobiont to ecosystems.
Evaluate the chemical signatures of Aplysina in the context of integrative taxonomy

Positions held

2024-2027 - PhD student in marine chemical ecology - Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE, CNRS UMR 7263)

Curriculum

2024 - Master degree in chemistry course chemical and biotechnological valorisation of tropical biodiversity - Reunion Island University (Saint Denis, La Réunion, France)
2022 - Bachelor degree in industrial chemistry specialist in new extraction methods (NOVEX) - Rennes 1 University (Rennes, France)
2021 - Two-year technical degree in biology (Food and Biological Industries option) - Rennes 1 University (Saint Brieuc, France)
2019 - Scientific high school baccalaureate - Eugène Freyssinet High School (Saint Brieuc, France)

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Areas of expertise

Natural product chemistry
Metabolomics
Chemical ecology

Projects in progress

My current PhD project is entitled " Diversity, Destiny & Functionalities of (Exo)Metabolites released by Aplysina Sponges ". I started in october 2024 at the Endoume Marine Station with Dr. G. P. Charlotte Simmler and Dr. Pierre Chevaldonné.

Through this PhD, I am participating in the MARRIO program (MARseille to RIO: MARine biodiversity under global change scenaRIOs), coordinated by Dr. G. P. Thierry Pérez and Dr. Michelle Klautau.

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IMBE – UMR CNRS 7263 / IRD 237 / Aix Marseille Université / Avignon Université.

IMBE, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques St-Jérôme – Service 421 – Av. Escadrille Normandie Niémen
F-13 397 Marseille, cedex 20 – France
Téléphone : +33 (0)4 13 94 49 28

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Titouan Biré

DC-Doctoring

NEMO

Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Global Change

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