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 six species. Other ctenophores Beroe cucumis, Beroe gracilis, Bolinopsis infundibulum, Coeloplana meteoris, Euplokamis dunlapae, and Pleurobrachia pileus.

Jan, A., Candelas, M., & Soto-Angel, J. J. Métodos de cultivo de zooplancton gelatinoso. Zooplancton gelatinoso. 2025. in press

Ferraioli A., Digel L., Sturm D., Colgren J., Le Goff C., Jan A., Soto-Angel J. J., Naumann B., Kittelmann M., Pawel Burkhardt P.; The 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ and the evolution of complex integrative centers in animals, bioRxiv, June 26, 2025, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.26.659588

Lecture at Kurage Con International Jellyfish Symposium 2024, 09/2024, Alexandre Jan, Ctenophore husbandry and use in a research context, Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA.

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