Curriculum Vitae
Name: Isabelle Catherine BIEGALA
Date and place of birth: 17 August 1969, Versailles, France
Position: Research Scientist / IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)
Address : Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille
Unité de recherche CAMELIA (UR 103)
Rue de la Batterie des Lions
13007 Marseille, France
Phone: 33-491041662, Fax: 33-491041635, e-mail: biegala@com.univ-mrs.fr
Professional preparation:
► 1999: Postdoctoral training in molecular and cellular biology: Station Biologique de Roscoff,
CNRS, France
► 1998: PhD in Marine Environmental Sciences: University of Aix-Marseille II (Fr) jointly with
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK).
► 1994: Msc. in Marine Environmental Sciences: University of East-Anglia (UK).
Professional experiences:
► Since April 2004: Research Scientist (CR1, IRD), Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille, IRD, France
(Distribution, diversity and activity of pico and nanoplanktonic diazotrophes their role in the food web)
► January to March 2004: European Postdoctoral Fellow, Southampton Oceanography Center (UK),
within the EU project BASICS (Bacterial Single-Cell approaches to the relationship between diversity
and function in the Sea). EESD-V, EVK3-CT-2002-00078.
► 1999-2003: European Postdoctoral Fellow, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS, France, within
the EU projects FAIR (Diversity and dynamic of bacteria associated with toxic dinoflagellates), CT961558; and PICODIV (Diversity of picoeukaryotes), EVK3-CT-1999-00021.
Research grants:
► 2000-2003: French regional research grant for the PicoManche programme (Picoeukaryote Diversity
in the Channel)
► 1995-1997 : French doctoral grant from IFREMER institute
► 1994-1995 : European doctoral grant Human Capital and Mobility
Publications:
1- I.C. Biegala, J.P. Bergeron (1998). Optimal Assay conditions for Aspartate transcarbamylase
(ATCase) activity in mesozooplankton. Journal of Plankton Research, 20: 1205-1218.
2- I.C. Biegala, R.P. Harris, J.P. Bergeron (1999). ATCase activity, RNA/DNA ratio, gonad
development stages, egg production in the female copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Marine Biology,
135 : 1-10.
3- I.C. Biegala, R.P. Harris (1999) Sources of seasonal variability in mesozooplankton aspartate
transcarbamylase activity in coastal waters of Plymouth, UK. Journal of Plankton Research,
21 : 2085-2103.
4- I.C. Biegala, N. Simon, J.F. Lennon and D. Vaulot. (2002) Identification of bacteria associated with
dinoflagellates using TSA-FISH (Tyramide Signal Amplification - Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization)
and confocal microscopy. Journal of Phycology, 38 : 404-411.
5- N. Simon, I.C. Biegala and D. Vaulot (2002). Kinetics of attachement of phycotoxin-producing
bacterial strains to Alexandrium tamarense (Dinophyceae). Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 28 : 249256.
6- E. Alverca, I.C. Biegala, G. Kenaway, S. Franca (2002). In situ identification and localization of
bacteria associated with Gyrodinium instriatum (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) : TEM and cofocal
microscopy. European Journal of Phycology, 37: 523-530.
7- F. Not, N. Simon, I.C. Biegala, D. Vaulot (2002). Application of fluorescent in situ hybridization
coupled with tyramide signal amplification (FISH-TSA) to assess eukaryotic picoplankton
composition. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 28 : 157-166.
8- L. Guillou, Biegala I.C. (2002) Different molecular techniques to examine the life cycle of toxic
dinoflagellates. In LIFEHAB (Life history of microalgal species causing harmfull blooms), 208pp.
9- M.-C. De Cian, A. C. Andersen, J.-Y. Toullec, I.C. Biegala, J.-C. Caprais and F.H. Lallier (2003).
Carbonic anhydrase and ion exchange processes in isolated bacteriocyte cell suspensions from the
symbiotic hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila. Marine Biology, 142:141-151.
10- I.C. Biegala, F. Not, D. Vaulot and N. Simon (2003). Quantitative assessment of picoplanctonic in
natural environment using taxon specific oligonucleotide probes in association with TSA-FISH
(Tyramide Signal Amplification - Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization) and flow cytometry. Applied
and Environmental Microbiology, 69 : 5519-5529.
11- Biegala I.C., Cuttle M., Mary I. & Zubkov M. V. (2005) Hybridization of picoeukaryotes by
eubacterial probes is wide-spread and may introduce bias in biodiversity researches or reveal intimate
relationship between both types of organisms. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 41 : 293-297.
12- Mary I., Cummings D.G., Biegala I.C., Burkill P.H., Archer S.D. & Zubkov M.V. (2006) Seasonal
variability of bacterioplankton composition in the English Channel. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 42:
119-126.