The ctenophore culture facility at the Sars Centre supports research activities developed by the Burkhardt group. Since 2018, the facility has maintained a stable culture of the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi. Thanks to a complete facility renovation in 2021, we have expanded our expertise to include fivee species. other ctenophor Beroe cucumis, Beroe gracilis, Bolinopsis infundibulum, Euplokamis dunlapae, and Pleurobrachia pileus.

Jan A., Soto-Àngel J. J., Burkhardt P. - 2023. A versatile method to culture different ctenophore species. Book of Abstracts (M. Dawson, M. and A.B. Kumar, Eds). In: Book of Abstracts, 7th International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium (JBS7, 2023), November 21-25, Thiruvananthapuram, India, organised by Dept. of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala and ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, India, p. 7.

Guest Lecture at 10th Hydrozoan Society Workshop, Bergen, 9th May 2023. Alexandre Jan: The art of jellyfish husbandry: in search for new model organisms

First-person interview – Marion Lechable and Alexandre Jan, Biol Open (2020) 9 (11): bio057034. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.057034

Marion Lechable*, Alexandre Jan*, Axel Duchene, Julie Uveira, Brandon Weissbourd, Loann Gissat, Sophie Collet, Laurent Gilletta, Sandra Chevalier, Lucas Leclère, Sophie Peron, Carine Barreau, Régis Lasbleiz, Evelyn Houliston, Tsuyoshi Momose; An improved whole life cycle culture protocol for the hydrozoan genetic model Clytia hemisphaerica. Biol Open 15 November 2020; 9 (11): bio051268. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.051268 *joint 1^st author