Published article in The Conversation Canada (FR)
Have you heard of giant viruses? 🦠❄️
This isn’t science fiction.
It’s the fascinating research focus of two FROST members. In this article from La Conversation Canada, Thomas Pitot (postdoctoral researcher at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and data manager) and Catherine Girard (researcher at Université Laval) explore the discovery of these once-invisible members of the virosphere.
Driven by a deep curiosity for the living world, they describe them as true engineers of polar ecosystems, highlighting the importance of studying their diversity within the Last Ice Area.
“As a refuge of ancient cryospheric conditions, the terrestrial margin of the Last Ice Area provides a natural laboratory to understand how viruses and their hosts have evolved under stable cold regimes.”
Click here to read the full article (French)
Photos : copyright of Thomas Pitot (no reuse)
