Anaïs MASSÉ
Post-doctoral researcher
Affiliation entity
ChemBioM Chemistry and Biology of Microorganisms
Interdisplinary research theme
Biology of corals and microborers
Speciality
Symbioses - Host-Microorganism Interactions - Coral Holobionts - Micro-perforating Algae (Ostreobium sp.) - Carbonates
Contact
Social networks
E-mail
anais.masse [at] mnhn.fr
Address(es)
43 rue Buffon
24 allée des crapauds
75005 Paris
Presentation
Research activities
I work on the interactions between skeletal microborers and host tissue in the branching scleractinian coral holobiont: Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) - pioneer species.
This research is conducted using a multidisciplinary approach:
- (i) Study of the colonization dynamics by microborers in juveniles /early life stages of the coral
- (ii) Chemical ecology of microborer-coral interactions: establishment of the metabolite profile of dominant clades of microborers (the Ostreobium Ulvophyceae and their associated fungi), in situ or in enriched cultures; identification of molecules of chemical communication between microborers and with the coral tissue
- (iii) Study of the potential trophic roles of microboring phototrophs by isotopic labelling experiments (13C, 15N) in situ and in co-culture (Ostreobium-tissue).
Publications
2023
- , 2023 — Bacterial Microbiota of Ostreobium, the Coral-Isolated Chlorophyte Ectosymbiont, at Contrasted Salinities. Microorganisms vol. 11, n° 5, p. 1318ISSN2076-2607
2020
- , 2020 — Functional diversity of microboring Ostreobium algae isolated from corals. Environmental Microbiology vol. 22, n° 11, p. 4825-4846ISSN1462-2920
2018
- , 2018 — Early skeletal colonization of the coral holobiont by the microboring Ulvophyceae Ostreobium sp.. Scientific Reports vol. 8, n° 1, p. 2293ISSN2045-2322