Föreläsningar och seminarier What is life? The Future of Biology: The Story of Life - an Art & Science Perspective - Cloned
Speaker: Christian Sardet, Emeritus Research Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marine Station, Villefranche sur Mer
Hosts: Eric Scarfone, CNRS Villefranche-sur-mer and KI, Ingemar Ernberg, MTC, Biomedicum and the Centre for Cognition, Culture and Health
In parallell there will be an exhibition in the mingle/entrance area of Biomedicum or some of Sardet Cell Art, opened on April 28 after lunch and open till April 30.
Abstract
Life began on an inhospitable Earth with LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, around 4 billion years ago. Through exchanges, mergers, and evolution among bacteria, archaea, and viruses, complex cells—the eukaryotes—emerged, giving rise to all living beings. From single-celled protists to the diversity of life today, this long history shaped the living world—and us. I will tell this story through my drawings and films.
“Cells – The Illustrated Story of Life” published by The Experiment – an independant New York publisher – is available as book and ebook since december 2025 in bookstores and on all platforms. The art & science book and ebook containing more than 250 drawings and illustrations are sold for less than 30 dollars. They can be ordered from the publisher’s site
Bio
Christian Sardet is the author of 150 scientific publications and of two art-and-science books translated into several languages : Plankton – Wonders of the Drifting World (1) and Cells – The Illustrated Story of Life (2). A creator of award-winning films, animations, websites, and DVDs, he has also exhibited his photographs, videos, illustrations, and installations worldwide as part of the Plankton Chronicles project (3), in collaboration with the Macronauts. He is one of the co-founders and a coordinator of the Tara Oceans expedition, dedicated to the global study of plankton (4).
1) Book : "Cells - The Illustrated Story of Life"
https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fall-2025/cells/
2) Book : "Plankton - Wonders of the Drifting World"
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo19415930.html
3) Site: www.planktonchronicles.org, Insta: @cellsandplankton
4) Tara Oceans expeditions : https://fondationtaraocean.org/expedition/tara-oceans/
Co-founder and coordinator "Tara Oceans expedition". Director and group leader, "Observatoire Océanologique, de Villefranche sur Mer" - European award for the Life Sciences 2007 European Molecular Biology Organization - Grand Prix des Sciences de la mer 2013 Academie des Sciences -Author of book "Plancton aux origines du vivant / Plankton - a drifting world" and "Plankton Chronicles" project http://www.planktonchronicles.org