Welcome To Photosymbiosis Team

Grenoble – France

We are fascinated by interactions between unicellular eukaryotes in marine and freshwater plankton. We study the physiology and functioning of photosymbiosis (association between a heterotrophic host and microalgae), using multimodal subcellular imaging techniques and omics analyses.

 

How does the host accomodate and control an intracellular microalga?

What are the physiological features of microalgae inside a host cell?

 

The Photosymbiosis team belongs to the Cell & Plant Physiology Laboratory UMR 5168 (CNRS, University of Grenoble, CEA, INRAe).

 

LATEST NEWS

TREC expedition: episode 3

TREC expedition: episode 3

August 15, 2023

Third episode of the TREC expedition in Kristineberg (Sweden). Laurine and Fabien from the team accomplished the third sampling, together with the AML crew (Advanced Mobile Lab). They could sample lichens, symbiotic acantharia, kleptoplastidic foraminifera in shallow waters and anoxic environment for the AtlaSymbio project...

Join the team!!! open positions on the ERC project

Join the team!!! open positions on the ERC project

July 29, 2023

Job application is now open for a PostDoctoral researcher in the team to be part of  the SymbiOCEAN project ! (application link below). If you like 3D imaging and plankton symbioses, don't hesitate to contact us and apply. Application website: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR5168-JOHDEC-013/Default.aspx?lang=EN Mission: The postdoctoral project...

Deep learning method for image analysis

Deep learning method for image analysis

July 29, 2023

We are pleased to be selected for the AI4Life Call. We will collaborate with bioimage analysts to apply Artificial Intelligence to our electron microscopy images. This will significantly contribute to the AtlaSymbio project funded by Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation. More information HERE on the...

Team Retreat July 2023 in the mountains

Team Retreat July 2023 in the mountains

July 11, 2023

Before the summer break, we had our team retreat in the mountains at the Botanical Garden of Lautaret (2h drive from the lab), combining talks, discussions and sampling/observations. We thank people from the Lautaret Garden for hosting us and organising the sampling in an alpine...

TREC expedition: episode 2

TREC expedition: episode 2

June 25, 2023

Second episode of the TREC expedition in Tallinn (Estonia) in the Baltic Sea with team members Daniel, Laurine and Johan, and collaborators from EMBL Heidelberg. Thanks to TALTECH for hosting us and the advance mobile lab crew. Sampling of kleptoplastidic dinoflagellates and lichens for the...

PlanktoQuest: Exploration inside plankton in VR

PlanktoQuest: Exploration inside plankton in VR

April 15, 2023

In the framework of the AtlaSymbio project, we are happy to announce the release of PlanktoQuest, a new virtual reality application to play with the plankton. Thanks to the financial support of the Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation. PlanktoQuest will be presented to the public...

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RESEARCH

TEAM

Johan Decelle

Johan Decelle

Junior Team Leader
Fabien Chevalier

Fabien Chevalier

Research engineer
Charlotte_ID2

Charlotte LeKieffre

Postdoc
Andrea_ID_BW2

Andrea Catacora Grundy

PhD student
Daniel_Yee2

Daniel Yee

PostDoc
Caroline JueryID

Caroline Juery

PostDoc
Ananya

Ananya Kedige Rao

PhD student

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