Tara Pacific Project

Holistic study of the impact of climate change: from genes to populations.

Tara Pacific is part of current concerns about the adaptation of corals to global and local stress factors. Following the expedition with the same name (2016-2018), this project aims to reveal the cryptic and new biodiversity associated with coral reefs, the complex links between genomes, transcriptomes, metabolomes, organisms and ecosystem functions, and the physiological state of the corals based on the environmental conditions they face and have faced.
 

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The TARA PACIFIC project is a collaborative project led by an international consortium of nearly 100 scientists coordinated by the Scientific Center of Monaco (CSM) and carried out thanks to the Tara Ocean Foundation. Several laboratories of the Côte d'Azur University are also involved, in particular the Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging (IRCAN) and the House of Modelling, Simulation and Interactions.

Teams involved in the "Tara Pacific" project:
  • CSM : Denis Allemand PU, Scientific Director of the CSM and Scientific Director of the mission.de la mission. 
    Marine Biology Department: Didier Zoccola, CR; Stéphanie Reynaud, CR; Christine Ferrier-Pages, DR; Sylvie Tambutté, DR
    Department of Medical Biology: Vincent Picco, CR
  • IRCAN (UCA)
     “Telomere, senescence and cancer” team: Eric GILSON PU-PHCE (team leader); Alexandre OTTAVIANI MCU; Nadir  DJERBI AI; Alice ROUAN - thesis ; Mélanie POUSSE IE
    "Stress-response, regeneration and aging" team: Eric Rottinger, DR ; Paola Furla, PU; Didier Forcioli MCU; Thamilla Zamoum IE; Stéphanie Barnay-Verdier MCU; Adrien Pocquet, PhD student.


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