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Cédric Berney is a researcher at Sorbonne Universités UPMC Université Paris 06, affiliated with the UMR7144 laboratory at the Station Biologique de Roscoff, France. His work centers on protistology, microbial eukaryote diversity, and molecular taxonomy, contributing significantly to global initiatives like UniEuk, which aims to unify eukaryotic classification through phylogenetics and environmental genomics.
His research focuses on understanding the vast genetic and organismal complexity of protists in diverse ecosystems, from marine environments to tropical soils. Utilizing high-throughput sequencing, metabarcoding, and phylogenetic analysis, he explores the evolutionary and ecological roles of microbial eukaryotes. His work bridges classical morphological knowledge with modern molecular data to build robust taxonomic frameworks.
The recent articles authored by Berney highlight a strong trend in environmental genomics and microbial biodiversity. His contributions span marine plankton diversity (e.g., Tara Oceans), soil protist communities, and the development of reference databases like PR2 and UniEuk. These works emphasize phylogenetic placement, taxonomic curation, and the integration of omics data into ecological and evolutionary contexts.
Cédric Berney has been involved in major collaborative projects funded by international bodies such as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the French Government’s “Investissements d'Avenir” program. These efforts support large-scale biodiversity studies and the development of open, community-driven taxonomic resources.
He is actively engaged in the protistology research community, participating in expert committees and international collaborations such as UniEuk, which unites researchers to standardize eukaryotic classification. His work supports the integration of environmental sequence data into reference databases like the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA), ensuring long-term preservation and accessibility.
