I am a researcher at the Center for Deep Sea Research, linked to the Department of Earth Science, where I have different responsabilities.

I work in the geomicrobiology group of Steffen Jørgensen at the Center for Deep Sea Research. My research is targeted at understanding the microbial communities inhabiting deep sea sediments. In these environments, the enormous amount of cells contrasts with the little amount of energy available for growth. The cells are expected to grow at a tremendously slow pace, making studies on community dynamics very difficult. By quantifying the different functional microbial groups throughout sediment cores we are trying to better understand how the change in chemistry can influence the microbial structures. 

My research also expands to other fields. I have in the past years regularly been on the island of Milos (Greece) to study the shallow hydrothermal system. Through collaborations, I have also had the chance to use my bioinformatics and biostatistics competences in various fields such as animal rumen microbiology, museum collection microbiology, and mathematical ecology.

Since 2021, I am also managing the laboratory for geomicrobiology. In this role, I have successfully led Norway's first My Green Lab certification of a public laboratory.

A little bit more about me:

I come from Bretagne, on the western end of France (near Asterix and Obelix's village!). My origins have had a strong impact on my hobbies: I play bagpipe, freedive, and enjoy most of the activities associated with the sea. Not surprisingly, my education revolved around marine biology, but also environmental sciences, virology and microbiology. I got the chance to study in several countries, starting in Brest (France) where I did a IUT of Biology during 2 years. I then finished my Bachelor in Environmental biology in Edinburgh (Scotland). I continued with the Erasmus Mundus Master for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC) in Bremen (Germany) and Oviedo (Spain). This also allowed me to do my master project at the Danish Archaea Center in København (Denmark). Finally, I moved to Norway to do my PhD at the University of Bergen.

Posters and oral presentations at workshops and conferences the past 5 years: SmartLab24 2024 (Oslo), CanCell retreat 2024 (Sweden), CodaWork 2024 (Spain), IAMG 2023 (Trondheim), Microenergy workshop 2022 (Danemark), Gordon research Conference marine microbes 2022 (Switzerland).

Until recently, I have been responsible for science communication and outreach at the Centre for Deep Sea research through website, yearly cruise report, and yearly progress science reports. In addition, I have had leading roles in outreach and awareness events, such as Forskningsdagene, Passion for Ocean Day, and OPPLEV Marineholmen. My work has also been published in popular science supports, such as “The Conversation” (FR).

GEOV114 Introduction to geobiology

GEOV245 Geomicrobiology

Building a windmill: Field course on minerals for the energy transition

Field-based research course on hydrothermal systems and the potential impacts of mineral mining

Yen, Y., Weisbjerg, M.R., Abdelhafiz, Y., Le Moine Bauer, S., Kiron V., and Novoa-Garrido, M (2024) Feed characteristics and potential effects on ruminal bacteria of ensiled sugar kelp and winged kelp for Holstein dairy cows. Animal doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101274

Landor, L.A.I., Stevenson, T., Mayers, K.M.J., Fleming, M.S., Le Moine Bauer, S., Babel, H.R. and Thiele, S. (2024) DNA, RNA, and prokaryote community sample stability at different ultra‐low temperature storage conditions. Environmental sustainability doi.org/10.1007/s42398-023-00297-2

Zhao, R., Le Moine Bauer, S. and Babbin, A.R. (2023) “Candidatus Subterrananammoxibiaceae,” a New Anammox Bacterial Family in Globally Distributed Marine and Terrestrial Subsurfaces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology doi.org/10.1128/aem.00800-23

Le Moine Bauer, S., Lu, G.S., Goulaouic, S., Puzenat, Schouw, A., Barreyre, T., Pawlowsky-Glahn, V., Egozcue J.J., Martelat, J-E., Escartin, J., Amend, J.P., Nomikou, P., Vlasopoulos, O, Polymenakou, P., J., Jørgensen, S.L. (2023) Structure and metabolic potential of the prokaryotic communities from the hydrothermal system of Paleochori Bay, Milos, Greece. Frontiers in Microbiology doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1060168

Møller, T.E., Le Moine Bauer, S., Hannisdal, B., Zhao, R., Baumberger, T., Roerdink, D. L., Dupuis, A., Thorseth, I.H., Pedersen, R. B., Jørgensen, S. L. (2022) Mapping Microbial Abundance and Prevalence to Changing Oxygen Concentration in Deep-Sea Sediments Using Machine Learning and Differential Abundance. Frontiers in Microbiology doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.804575

Puzenat, V., Escartin, J., Martelat, J-E., Barreyre, T., Le Moine Bauer, S., Nomikou, P., Graccias, N., Allemand, P., Antoniou, V., Coskun, O, Garcia, R., Grandjean, P., Jørgensen, S. L., Magi, L., Mandalakis, M., Orsi, W., Polymenakou, P., Schouw, A., Vallicrosa, G., Vlasopoulos, O. (2021) Shallow-water hydrothermalism at Milos (Greece): Nature, distribution, heat fluxes and impact on ecosystems. Marine Geology doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106521

Roalkvam, I., Le Moine Bauer, S. and Powell, M. (2021) Sequencing reveals different nitrifying bacteria in freshwater and seawater RAS biofilters. Hatchery Feed and Management 9

Le Moine Bauer, S., Sjøberg, A.G., L’Haridon, S., Stokke, R., Roalkvam, I., Steen, I.H., Dahle, H. (2019) Profundibacter amoris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from Loki’s Castle Vent Field on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. International Journal of Systematic Evolution and Microbiology doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003234

Le Moine Bauer, S., Stensland, A., Daae, F.L., Sandaa, R-A., Thorseth, I. H., Steen, I. H., Dahle, H. (2018) Water masses and depth are the major factors structuring prokaryotic and viral communities around hydrothermal systems of the Nordic Seas. Frontiers in Microbiology doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01002

Dahle, H., Le Moine Bauer, S., Baumberger, T., Stokke, R., Pedersen, R. B., Thorseth, I. H., Steen, I. H. (2018) Energy landscapes in hydrothermal chimneys shape distributions of primary producers. Frontiers in microbiology doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01570

Wissuwa, J., Le Moine Bauer, S., Steen, I.H., Stokke, R. (2017) Complete genome sequence of Lutibacter profundi LP1^T isolated from an Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal vent system. Standards in Genomic Sciences 12 doi.org/10.1186/s40793-016-0219-x

Le Moine Bauer, S., Roalkvam, I., Steen, I.H., Dahle, H. (2016) Lutibacter profundi sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge and emended description of the genus Lutibacter. International Journal of Systematic Evolution and Microbiology doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001105

Erdmann, S., Le Moine Bauer, S., Garett, R.A. (2014) Inter-viral conflicts that exploit host CRISPR immune systems of Sulfolobus. Molecular Microbiology doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12503

Erdmann, S., Chen, B., Huang, X., Deng, L., Liu, C., Shah, S.A., Le Moine Bauer, S., Sobrino, C.L., Wang, H., Wei, Y., She, Q., Garett, R.A., Huang, L., Lin, L. (2014) A novel single-tailed fusiform Sulfolobus virus STSV2 infecting model Sulfolobus species. Extremophiles doi.org/10.1007/s00792-013-0591-z