Ocean Sciences Institute is supported by a network of state of the art science and technologies platforms ensuring our researchers and students have access to equipment and expertise essential to undertaking world-leading research.
General Oceanography
- Sea-going facilities and staff (SAM) - MIO
- Scuba Diving Platform - OSU Pythéas
- Marines Resources - DT INSU/CNRS
- Marine Technology Center (CETSM) - IFREMER
- Provence Mediterranee Submarine Laboratory (LSPM) - CPPM
An underwater platform including the deployment of cables and junction boxes (including the MEUST infrastructure), hosting the ANTARES detector, the KM3NeT/ORCA detector and a new instrumentation for the study of the marine environment (NUMerEnv).
Expérimental, simulations
- Wind Tunnel (LASIF) - OSU Pythéas IRPHE
- Marine experimental Culture facilities (Culture PTF) - MIO
- SC Marine Environment Chemistry Analytical Platform (PACEM) - MIO
- Water tank facilities - LMA
- Biology, Microbiology (OMICS) - MIO
- Macrophyte facility (MACROPHYTES) - MIO
- Molecular Biology (SCBM) and Metabolomics - IMBE
Imageries and virtual reality
- Automated microscopy (MicroAutomate PTF) - CEREGE
- Microscopy et IMagery (MIM) - MIO
- Flow cytometry (PRECYM) - MIO
- Virtual and augmented reality for Oceanography, IFREMER (CPER submitted Inov-BioMedchange project)
Marine Chemistry, Geochemistry
- Stable isotopes (PANISS) - CEREGE
- Natural and artificial radioactive isotopes (SRTE) - IRSN
- Organic Geochemistry (UGO) - CEREGE
- Chemical ecology and metabolomic (SCECM) - IMBE
- Marine Chemical and Geochemical analyses (PACEM) - MIO
- Isotopic Geochemistry and nucleid geochemistry - CEREGE
- Infra-Red Characterisation Platform - CPPM
- Radon - Xénon PRAX - CPPM
Data Sciences
- High performance computing HPC - OSU Pytheas
- Scientific Computing Platform (High Performance Hybrid Computing) HPHC - CPPM including the Tier 2 node of the LHC computing grid as well as the M3AMU project for the provision of hybrid computing resources developed with the CCIAM (Centre de calcul intensif d'Aix Marseille)
Engineering
Contact information
Kalliope Pediaditi - Project Manager of the Institute of Ocean Sciences AMU - (OCEAN)
Richard Sempéré - Director of the Institute of Ocean Sciences AMU - (OCEAN)
Keywords
AMU Institute of Ocean Sciences OCEAN
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