TARA-OCEANS: towards an eco-systemic understanding of plankton in the global ocean

The Parsons Laboratory at MIT:
Microbial Systems and Beyond Seminar Series

"TARA-OCEANS: towards an eco-systemic understanding of plankton in the global ocean" with Eric Karsenti and Colomban de Vargas (European Molecular Biology Laboratory / Station Biologique de Roscoff)

TARA OCEANS is a three year, global expedition to characterize and understand the organization of populations of bacteria and plankton in the ocean through microscopy, metagenomics and other methods. The sailing vessel TARA, platform for the expedition, arrives in New York this week. Expedition leader, Eric Karsenti, and plankton ecologist, Colomban de Vargas, will describe the aims, methods and first findings of the expedition.