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Laure Guillo
Born1969-03-01
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forResearch on marine protists, taxonomy of Symbiomonas, MAST lineages
Scientific career
InstitutionsCNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff
Doctoral studentsMathilde Ferrieux(Ph.D started in 2022)

Joost Mansour (Ph.D started in 2021)

Mariana Camara dos Reis(Ph.D started in 2021)

Even Corre(Ph.D started in 2020)

Ulysse Guyet(Ph.D started in 2020)

Laure Guillou is a French marine biologist recognized for her work in microbial oceanography. Her research is focused on the diversity and ecological roles of marine protists,[1] especially concerning marine stramenopiles (MAST). Guillou has contributed to the identification and classification of several novel protist genera, including Symbiomonas. She was notably the first person to observe symbiomonas.[2]. Her studies on Micromonas and Ostreococcus have connected the dots between plant biology and molecular research. She has used techniques like dot blotting, biochemical analysis, molecular probes, and haptophyte studies explore the mysteries of picoplankton. In her work on Dinophyceae, she brought in themes from marine ecosystems, pyrosequencing, protist biology, and DNA sequencing. This painted a multi-faceted picture of life at the microscopic level in oceans[3]. Her research work is published in leading journals and she has also collaborated with international research institutes on global ocean biodiversity projects. Guillou’s work helps uncover the hidden complexities of microbial life in ocean ecosystems, prominently the roles of heterotrophic flagellates in the marine food web.[4] Currently, she is a research scientist at the CNRS since 2002 and leader of the DIPO team. [1]

Dinoflagellate

Scientific interests

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• Diversity and taxonomy of marine parasites.

• Intra and inter genetic variability and dynamics of blooming micro-algae and their parasites.

• Evolutionary processes(of novel prostists lineages)[5][1]

Major current research work

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  • The ANR Hapar project (2014-2019): The paradox of being a specialist for a parasite of blooming marine dinoflagellates.[6]
  • Paleogenetic approach on ancient DNA (aDNA) to study past environmental phytoplanktonic communities. Thesis project of Khadidja Klouch (2013-2016), in codirection with Siano Raffaele (Ifremer).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Guillou Laure". Station Biologique de Roscoff - CNRS - Sorbonne Université (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  2. ^ Guillo, L (1999). "Symbiomonas scintillans gen. et sp. nov. and Picophagus flagellatus gen. et sp. nov. (Heterokonta): Two new heterotrophic flagellates of picoplanktonic size". Protis". Protist. 150 (4): 383–398. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70040-4. PMID 10714773.
  3. ^ "Laure Guillou: Ecology and Evolution H-index & Awards - Academic Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  4. ^ "Laure Guillou". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  5. ^ "Laure Guillou". Ecology of Marine Microbes. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  6. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.