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An interdisciplinary research laboratory The MIO research laboratory is a component of the OSU-Pytheas Institute and is under the joint direction of Aix-Marseille University, University of Toulon, the CNRS and the IRD. Our goal is to better understand the oceanic system and its evolution in response to global changes. The MIO constitutes a center of expertise in marine biology, ecology, biodiversity, microbiology, halieutics, physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and sedimentology. Our working environment is the world ocean, alongside its continental, atmospheric and sediment interfaces. Key figures : A staff of 250 people, including around a hundred university professors and associate professors and researchers (CNRS, IRD), around fifty engineers and technicians, more than seventy PhD students and post-docs, and an administrative team supporting research. Five sites: the Luminy campus of Aix-Marseille University, the Endoume Marine Station, the University of Toulon, the IFREMER Marine Institute in La Seyne-sur-Mer and the New Caledonian IRD center in Nouméa. Six research teams. Four challenges, five technical shared services, five transverse technical platforms and three technical platforms (CEM Team). A marine environment-observation unit within the OSU-Pytheas is endowed with the use of the inshore oceanographic research vessel Antédon II. MIO scientists pursue their research in the following fields: Oceanic and atmospheric circulation Marine ecosystems, from bacteria to fish Biological functioning in extreme environments and ocean pollution We strive for an ocean environment with a future !

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