Thick fog hid the midnight sun for the Summer solstice, but the Green Edge team is gaining some great scientific experiences onboard the ice-breaker Amundsen.
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Flavienne Bruyant: the Amundsen Coordinator
She is part of the Takuvik scenery
Passionate about oceanography and the marine environment, Flavienne obtained a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography and Marine Environment in 2002 from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in Paris under the supervision of Marcel Babin. After completing her doctorate, Flavienne moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia where she spent 7 years working with John Cullen at Dalhousie University. During this period, her expertise led her to Hawaii where she participated in a project to cultivate diatoms on an operational scale. In 2009, Flavienne joined Yannick Huot’s lab at l’Université de Sherbrooke. She also was a key member of the Photosynthesis and primary production working group during the Malina project (2008-2012). Continue reading Flavienne Bruyant: the Amundsen Coordinator
Home made growth chambers on the deck of the boat
During the Green Edge cruise aboard the Canadian ice-breaker, much of our work is to keep phytoplankton alive out of their natural environment. We also aim to isolate them to get clonal cultures.
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