REVEALING PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACCLIMATION MECHANISMS USING A COMPARATIVE APPROACH BETWEEN ORGANISMS, RANGING FROM PHYTOPLANKTON TO LAND PLANTS
This fundamental research project sets out to improve the efficiency of biomass by optimising photosynthesis mechanisms. It revolves around the discovery of a new protein called APE1 involved in photosynthetic acclimation; this protein can be stimulated when subjected to strong light.
The factors that trigger the response of this protein – found in all oxygenic photosynthetic organisms ranging from cyanobacteria to phytoplankton – will be studied to better understand the phenomenon of photosynthetic acclimation and thus to better control productivity levels in photobioreactors.