Michel Denis
Director
Biography
Michel Denis was recruited at the CNRS in 1969 to develop physics approaches in biology: A study of electron transfer in the mitochondrial respiratory system with the help of various optical, potentiometric and magnetic techniques. He joined the Center of Oceanology of Marseille (COM) in 1985 to apply these approaches
to marine microorganisms whose respiratory systems were largely unknown. His activity evolved towards the individual study of marine microorganisms using flow cytometry, an emerging technique in the marine environment at the end of the 1980’s. He thus introduced this approach to COM and trained students in this
discipline.