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Do you know bioinspiration?

Do you know bioinspiration?

It’s the art of observing life… to innovate.

Nature is a laboratory of engineering, adaptation, and resilience, perfected over 3.8 billion years. And beneath the surface, it still holds countless hidden solutions.

Did you know that marine sponges might hold the medicines of the future?

This is the focus of the GENESIS project, led by Camille Clerissi and supported by Pure Ocean since 2023.

Sponges are sessile animals that produce active molecules in the shadows to defend themselves and adapt to marine bacteria.

The goal of GENESIS is to identify these compounds and analyze their antibacterial activity—in other words, their antibiotic potential! By understanding their mechanisms, we may soon replicate them in the lab and create the medicines of tomorrow.

Another living model, essential for innovation!

Fascinating, isn’t it?

This is exactly what Biomim’expo 2025 celebrates, the major event on biomimicry and bioinspiration, on Tuesday, October 28 at the Palais du Pharo in Marseille.

📅 Come meet us, discover our projects, and join our three ocean QUIZ sessions at 11am, 2pm, and 4pm at our booth B02b!

✏️ Info & registration: https://www.billetweb.fr/biomimexpo-2025

(–30% with our partner code, contact us!)

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Medical treasures lie hidden in the shadows of the ocean.

Medical treasures lie hidden in the shadows of the ocean.

Between 0 and 200 meters deep, we find marine animal forests: a very rich ecosystem made up of sessile organisms like sponges. And yes, they are animals ☝️

🦠 Lacking mobility, they have developed unique defense strategies against bacterial attacks, notably through toxic molecules. These living libraries are a goldmine of bio-inspiration for the medicine of tomorrow!

Camille Clerissi, senior lecturer at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, and her team are working with Under the Pole to map the bacteria and molecules of sponges from Svalbard to the Caribbean.

Thanks to your support, the Genesis project aims to identify compounds that could inspire innovations to revolutionize medicine or green chemistry in the future.

👉 Exploring the ocean also means preparing the innovations that will change our lives. Camille explains it all in this video!

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15 minutes to find out how our projects are making a difference to the Mediterranean!

15 minutes to find out how our projects are making a difference to the Mediterranean!

Un voyage visuel pour voir concrètement l’impact que votre engagement a sur la protection de la Méditerranée ! En seulement 15 minutes, plongez dans des projets scientifiques révolutionnaires financés grâce à vous, et découvrez comment ils agissent concrètement pour l’avenir de notre poumon bleu. 

Ce documentaire met en lumière 2 projets Pure Ocean, qui par le fruit du hasard se sont rencontrés pour une belle histoire de science 🌟

Au cœur de cette exploration : le projet 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴, qui, avec l’aide de pêcheurs locaux, a cartographié des récifs coralligènes, un écosystème rare regorgeant de biodiversité précieuse. Ces récifs ont attiré l’attention de Under The Pole, partenaires du projet 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴, qui y collecte des échantillons afin d’explorer les secrets de cet écosystème pour la médecine de demain. 

C’est grâce à vous que ces incroyables découvertes sont possibles. La science a besoin de vous pour offrir des solutions pour un océan en meilleure santé.

🎥 Regardez le documentaire et voyez par vous-même comment nous faisons une réelle différence. Vous voulez prendre part au mouvement pour un océan en meilleur santé ? Rejoignez nous !

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