Our expertise

E-BIOM combines a testing laboratory with an scientific expertise office dedicated to biodiversity conservation, ecology and protecting the environment. Our goal is to help public and private stakeholders incorporate biodiversity in every project.

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Monitoring biodiversity in natural areas

Biological inventories

Expertise in flora and fauna: bacteria, flora, fungi, birds, insects, amphibians, reptiles, molluscs, crustaceans, fish etc.
Natural terrestrial and freshwater aquatic environments
Species monitoring and biological inventories using environmental DNA

Molecular ecology

Identification of organisms or by-products using DNA barcoding
Studying diets
Studying population genetics, phylogeny and phylogeography.

Bioindicators

Assessment of the quality of wetlands: benthic invertebrates, fish etc.
Establishment and monitoring of biodiversity indicators: abundance, richness etc.

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Facade végétalisée

Enhancing biodiversity in urban areas

Assessment

Expertise in flora and fauna
Field surveys: existing and potential natural habitats, species that need to be protected/encouraged/monitored etc.
Mapping studies: ecological network, reservoirs and connecting areas, green/blue/dark infrastructure etc.

Consultancy and recommendations

Actions and developments to preserve and enhance biodiversity
Ecosystem Services and Nature-Based Solutions
Help with implementation

Monitoring and certification

Ecological support for BREEAM and HQE certification
Establishment and monitoring of biodiversity indicators: abundance, richness etc.

Integrating biodiversity in business strategies

Diagnosis and recommendations

Expertise in flora and fauna, mapping studies, ecological network, green/blue/dark infrastructure etc.
Proposing actions and developments to preserve and enhance biodiversity
Help with implementation
Ecological support for BREEAM and HQE certification

Strategic consultancy

Biodiversity and environmental impact assessments
Assessments of ecosystem services and biodiversity footprints
Biodiversity action plan and strategy in conjunction with CSR policies

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Environmental epidemiological monitoring

Human health

Detection and quantification of pathogens in environmental samples: bathing water, wastewater, surface water etc.
Study of the distribution of pathogens based on a genetic analysis of their vectors (ticks, mosquitoes etc.)

Wild flora and fauna

Detection, quantification and prevalence of pathogens affecting wild flora and fauna

Veterinary sector

Detection and quantification of pathogens in farms and aquaculture

SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19

Municipalities

Monitoring and quantifying SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater collected from public wastewater treatment plants
Monitoring the overall circulation of the virus in the population and detecting significant changes
Cellular infection tests to determine the infectivity of wastewater

Local authorities

Detecting and quantifying SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater collected from establishments run by local authorities (schools, care facilities etc.)
Establishing a monitoring system to rapidly detect significant changes in the prevalence of COVID-19 in the population

Variants

Detection, quantification and discrimination of different SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater

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Echantillons de laboratoire E-BIOM

Research & Development

A multidisciplinary team

Expertise in molecular biology, population genetics, microbiology, conservation biology, epidemiology, genomics, bioinformatics, ecology etc.
Data processing and analysis: classical statistics, bioinformatics and programming applied to biology, de novo genome assembly, metabarcoding and metagenomics etc.
A network of academic partners and extensive collaboration with the public, private and voluntary sectors

Research projects

Supervision of internships as well as Master degree and PhD dissertations and theses
Regional, national and European calls for projects
A range of themes: invasive alien species, eDNA metabarcoding, One Health, biodiversity indices, pollinator decline, food resilience and agrobiodiversity etc.