Creation of BIOMEX EMR6002 Biology, Interactions and Adaptations of Organisms in Extreme Environments

BIOMEX is a joint research team (CNRS, UBO, Ifremer) within the BEEP enveloping unit. It was created in January 2024. It has 11 permanent staff (5.5 FTE), 7 PhD students and post-docs and hosts an average of 5 to 7 trainees per year. It is headed by Karine ALAIN.

The work of the EMR BIOMEX will focus on three types of extreme hydrothermal environments, located in marine, terrestrial or lacustrine environments: deep-sea hydrothermal vents, terrestrial and coastal hydrothermal springs in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Kerguelen archipelago and Île Saint-Paul) and lacustrine hydrothermal vents in Lake Kleifarvatn in Iceland.