Research at the IUEM

IUEM is a major player in French and European marine science research. Benefiting from a privileged environment that brings together more than half of the national potential in this field, its teams are involved in all the major research issues and work on all the oceans. All disciplines studying the marine environment and the activities that take place there are represented: physics, chemistry, biology, genetics, ecology, biogeochemistry, geophysics, geology, geography, law, economics, etc.

7 research labs

Research work is carried out within its seven Joint Research Units (UMR), four International Joint Laboratories (LMI), as part of projects and programmes funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the European Union, and two Associated International Laboratories (LIA).

This work is published in specialised journals and in specific scientific media.

… and international laboratories

Through LEMAR, LOPS and LM2E, IUEM is associated with four mixed international laboratories (LMI) and 2 associated international laboratories (LIA).

LMI Icemasa, LMI Tapioca, LMI Discoh, LMI Eclairs 2

LIA BeBEST, LIA Microbsea

4 research themes

The research axes are defined by each laboratory, but some topics of interest to several laboratories are grouped under the name of “priority axes”. In addition, IUEM has defined with its partners research axes within ISblue.