18 November 2023

14:00 – 14:45

Amphithéâtre Say

Marc-André Selosse

Marc-André Selosse is a professor at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris and at the Universities of Gdansk (Poland) and Kunming (China). His research focuses on the ecology and evolution of mutually beneficial associations (symbioses). A mycologist and botanist, he works in particular on mycorrhizal symbioses, which unite soil fungi with plant roots. President of the Société Botanique de France and member of the Académie d’Agriculture de France, he is editor of four international scientific journals. He has published books for the general public on microbiota (Jamais seul, 2017) and tannins (Les go√ªts et les couleurs du monde, 2019).

Conference: How did bacterial metabolism shape our world?

What energy do we need to live? We all know what respiration and photosynthesis are, but what we don’t know is that they’re carried out… by the bacteria that live in animal and plant cells! Bacteria obtain their energy in a wide variety of ways: some rust iron, others oxidize minerals in the rocks they exploit at depths of several kilometers, some live by producing methane… Curiosities? No: they shape the Earth’s climate and life, by the way! Come and find out what this has to do with you…