Carole Blay
Ifremer, France
Biography
Carole Blay has graduated as biology engineer in 2009 (France). She has worked on the domestication of cultivated crops such as Pennisetum glaucum and Digittaria sp. of the research institute for the development. Then, she has worked for IFREMER on the “pearl oyster” Pinctada Margaritifera on the genetic improvement of the donor oyster. In 2014, she has started a phD on genetic determinism of pearl quality trait on pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. This work will improve the knowledge on the effects of genotype and research genes responsible for the expression of the quality traits (color and pearl size)