@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1184, 

TITLE={Two Centuries of Arts and Science in Nice and Villefranche: 2) The Moderns: 1960-2024}, 
  
AUTHOR={Christian Sardet, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Art and Science}, 
	
VOLUME={8}, 

NUMBER={Special issue}, 
	
YEAR={2024}, 

URL={http://openscience.fr/Two-Centuries-of-Arts-and-Science-in-Nice-and-Villefranche-2-The-Moderns-1960}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1184}, 
	
ISSN={2515-8767}, 
	
ABSTRACT={In a companion article (Sardet 2024-1 Les anciens : de 1800 à 1900) we told the story of the exploration of the fauna of the Nice region, and in particular of pelagic organisms. In this article we examine how, more than a century later, research in cell and developmental biology and in physiology evolved at the marine station of Villefranche-sur-Mer. While research in the biology and ecology of plankton remained predominant on the site, and gradually led to the growth of a large multidisciplinary oceanography laboratory (LOV), physiology and cell biology were introduced in the 1960s. New research teams focused on the physiology of fish and protists were welcomed. And in the 1980s a new research team was created by the CNRS which has grown to the present Laboratoire de Biologie du Developpement (LBDV). We describe how imaging and molecular biology techniques were used to understand fertilization and development in sea urchins, tunicates, cnidarians, and many other marine organisms already studied by the founders and visitors of the marine station in the 19th century. We discuss the development of new model organisms - the ascidian Phallusia, the appendicularian Oikopleura and the hydrozoan medusa Clytia. We also discuss promoting scientific discoveries via aesthetic photographs, drawings, exhibits and web sites.}}