Andrea PACETTI is pleased to announce the defence of his thesis in French-Italian cotutelle between the University of Florence and the University of Haute-Alsace entitled: “Exploring the role of Fomitiporia mediterranea in the development of grapevine leaf stripe disease symptoms” The defence will take place on Monday July 2nd at the Florence University.

The Unit will be present at the 12th International Workshop on Grapevine Trunk Diseases. This congress will be held in the city of Mikulov in the beautiful region of South Moravia, Czech Republic on July 10-14 of 2022. Samuele, Marion, Loriane and Melanie will represent us. 4 proposals of communications were submitted to the scientific committee of the congress. The following proposals we...

For the Bicentennial of Louis Pasteur's birth Pr. Christophe BERTSCH, director of the LVBE, participates in a debate entitled : “WILL WINE STILL BE DIVINE?” AT THE TROQUET LES ARCHIVES, ARBOIS JUNE 14, 2022| CAFÉ GÉO Louis Pasteur Bicentennial 2022 - Quinzaine des Illustres - June 4 to 18, 2022 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

On this occasion, a delegation of 19 LVBE members participated with none other than nine oral communications: Implications of stilbenes in the interaction sylvestris/vinifera - Botryosphaeriaceae. Mary-Lorene GODARD - University of Haute-Alsace, LVBE. Fomitiporia mediterranea: a wood-degrading fungus adapted to grapevine wood? Marion SCHILLING - University of Lorraine - University of Haute...

Immersion of 300 bottles of Crémant d'Alsace from Muré wine estate at 25 meters depth, under the Colmar water sports base. A scientific experience in collaboration with the UHA, the INRAe, the IFV, the CIVA and the emblematic sommelier, Serge DUBS. The objective is to identify the eventual differences between aging under water and aging in a cellar. The first results will be available in two year...

During the 35th award ceremony of the Fond'Action Alsace association, on October 15th 2021, Prof. Christophe BERTSCH will be awarded the Guy OURISSON Prize. This prize pays tribute to a person characterized by: his pedagogical sense, his capacity to transmit values, his sense of sharing and the openminded attitude towards others. This prize is awarded by the Fond'Action Alsace ...

Clément LABOIS, Ph.D. student at LVBE and LIMA was selected among the 3 best presentations of the Ph.D. students' day of the UHA doctoral school. This year, because of COVID19, a new procedure, the PowerPoint with soundtrack, was declined. A totally dematerialized version in order to allow everyone to be able to follow the presentations and to know the research carried out within the laboratori...

We would like to thank Dr. Xin GUAN and her family for their donation of masks. It is a very nice gesture of solidarity! In 2014, she was motivated to perfect her already sharp scientific training by coming to work in the team of the Vine Biotechnologies and Environment Laboratory, during her post-doctoral experience.  She particularly appreciated Colmar and its citizens. In October 2015, she g...