Event Details

Frontiers of Science

5^th November at 12:00
Onsite event
in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity
Autumn 2026 poster

Prof. Angela Falciatore, CNRS Sorbonne Université, France
Exploring marine diatom biodiversity through photobiology

Host: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi)

Coffee and sandwich served at 11:45, first come first serve!

Six PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss with Prof. Falciatore after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connections for future. Everyone is welcome to join, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.

If you got interested, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi

Falciatore laboratory is dedicated to the study of light-driven processes (photosynthesis and photoperception) and chloroplast biology. They address key questions on the biology, evolution and ecology of microalgae by focusing on different molecular model systems (e.g., the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Cyclotella cryptica) and on ecological relevant phytoplanktonic species, investigated with approaches of eco-physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, genomics and genetics. Two key resource pillars, the biophysics and genetic resources, support their research, as well as that of numerous collaborators. The lab continues the scientific tradition of the “Service Photosynthèse” established within the Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology since 1967.

Selected publications

Manzotti A, Monteil R, Cheminant Navarro S, Croteau D, Charreton L, Hoguin A, Strumpen NF, Jallet D, Daboussi F, Kroth PG, Bouget FY, Jaubert M, Bailleul B, Bouly JP, Falciatore A. Circadian regulation of key physiological processes by the RITMO1 clock protein in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. New Phytol. 2025 May;246(4):1724-1739

Croteau D, Jaubert M, Falciatore A, Bailleul B. Pennate diatoms make non-photochemical quenching as simple as possible but not simpler. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 10;16(1):2385

Duchêne C, Bouly JP, Pierella Karlusich JJ, Vernay E, Sellés J, Bailleul B, Bowler C, Ribera d’Alcalà M, Falciatore A, Jaubert M. Diatom phytochromes integrate the underwater light spectrum to sense depth. Nature. 2025 Jan;637(8046):691-697

General information

• Registration is not needed, participation list is circulated in the audience.
• If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars (BKEM1020; UTU), print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/
• Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.
• Autumn 2026 image credits to Samuel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluorescent staining of the mouse retina. Image acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk with 10x objective.