* Biomineralization, Biocrystallization: The Major Link between Life and Geosphere
The Calcified Biominerals in Earth-Science Research

* BIOCALC: Calcareous Biocrystals, ESF EuroMinSci EUROCORES project, project leader J.P. CUIF, UMR IDES (now closed)

* BIOCRISTAL : Calcareous Biocrystallization, ANR project, project leader Y. DAUPHIN, UMR IDES (now closed)

* MONOPOLY : Mineral-Organic Nanostructures Organized in POLYmersomes, ANR project (PNano), project leader P. GUENOUN, LIONS  CEA Saclay  (now closed)

* MOHMIE : Modern Human installation in Morocco Influence on the small terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity and Evolution, ANR project (6è extinction), project leader C. DENYS (MNHN, UMR OSEB)

* 3D-PtyCCoBio : Three-dimensional Ptychography for Crystal Coherence analysis in calcareous Biominerals (ANR project), project leader V. Chamard (Institut Fresnel Marseille)

* ADEQUA: Amélioration de la qualité des perles - IFREMER, service de la perliculture en Polynésie française