Section: Application Domains

Biological degradation, biofilms formation and algae proliferation

Members of the team have started an original research program devoted to biofilms formation and algae proliferation. We started working on this subject through a collaboration with Roberto Natalini and a group of experts in Firenze interested in preventing damages on historical monuments. It is also motivated by Ostreopsis proliferation in the Mediterranean Sea. The multidisciplinary character of this research relies on discussions with researchers of the Oceanography Laboratory in Villefranche-sur-Mer, a leading marine research unit, and the Inria team BIOCORE, led by J-L Gouzé. This research was supported by a ANR-project, led by M. Ribot, and it was the main topic of the PhD thesis of B. Polizzi. It continues through a collaboration with INRA (Jouy-en-Josas), dealing with the modeling of flows in the gut and with the aim of describing the formation and stability of mucus layers.