
Photosynthetic organisms are at the origin of most other life forms due to their unique capacity to transform atmospheric carbon into the molecules of life using light energy. Today photosynthetic organisms are essential to the survival of humanity because they provide all our food supplies, a large proportion of our medicines, our energy in the form of fossil fuels, and they also fulfil key ecosystem services that promote our well-being on a planetary scale. In the near future it is likely that more photosynthetic organisms will be further domesticated by man to allow the production of carbon neutral biofuels and other valuable green products..
The Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Biophysics is part of the research unit UMR7265« Environmental Plant Biology and Microbiology » governed by the CEA, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University. It is located on the Luminy Campus of the University of Aix-Marseille in Marseille