Publications and communications of Corentin Loron

Loron, C., Sforna, M., Borondics, F., Sandt, C., & Javaux, E. (November 2022). Synchrotron FTIR investigations of kerogen from Proterozoic organic-walled eukaryotic microfossils. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 123, 103476. doi:10.1016/j.vibspec.2022.103476

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Fereirra Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., Baudet, D., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (2022). Intracellular bound chlorophyll residues identify 1 Gyr-old fossils as eukaryotic algae. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27810-7

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Ferreira Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., Baudet, D., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (November 2021). Intracellular detection of nickel-porphyrins moieities in a 1-Gyr old multicellular alga allows to track early phototrophy [Paper presentation]. Rencontre des sciences de la terre.

Domino, S., Loron, C., Sforna, M.-C., Calers, V., & Javaux, E. (July 2021). Paleobiology of an Ediacaran acanthomorphic acritarch [Poster presentation]. Goldschmidt 2021.

Demoulin, C., Sforna, M.-C., Lara, Y., Loron, C., Cornet, Y., Tucoulou Tachoueres, R., Grolimund, D., Ferreira Sanchez, D., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2021). Integrative paleontological and geochemical study of the microfossil Polysphaeroides filiformis and its implication for deep time cyanobacterial evolution [Paper presentation]. Goldschmidt 2021.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2021). Shale-hosted biota from the Dismal Lakes Group in Arctic Canada supports an early Mesoproterozoic diversification of eukaryotes. Journal of Paleontology. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.45

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2021). NEW REPORT OF SHALE-HOSTED ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS FROM THE EARLY MESOPROTEROZOIC DISMAL LAKES GROUP IN ARCTIC CANADA [Paper presentation]. Connects 2021 GSA.

Sforna, M.-C., Demoulin, C., Loron, C., françois, C., Cornet, Y., Beghin, J., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (2021). Primary producers in the ~1Gyrs-old Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (DR Congo) [Paper presentation]. GSA 2021.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Ferreira Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (2021). In situ detection of bound Ni-tetrapyrrole moieties in ~1 Gyr-old eukaryote microfossil suggesting its phototrophy [Paper presentation]. Goldschmidt 2021.

Loron, C. (2020). Diversity, paleobiology and ecology of Organic-walled Microfossils from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada, and implications for early eukaryotic evolution [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/252625

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Baudet, D., & Javaux, E. (28 October 2020). Evidence of photosynthesis showed by Ni-Porphyrin preservation in ~1 Gyr-old Eukaryotes [Paper presentation]. GSA 2020.

Loron, C., François, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Borenztajn, S., & Javaux, E. (2020). Interpreting the biological affinities of early Eukaryotes [Paper presentation]. GSC Geobiology 2020, Galveston, United States - Texas.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2020). The Proterozoic Arctic Canada as a case study for the evolution and diversity of early Eukaryotes [Poster presentation]. Beacon LaPalma 2020.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2020). Diversification of complex life on the early Earth: the Proterozoic of Artic Canada as a case study [Poster presentation]. GRC geobiology 2020, Galveston, United States - Texas.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Sanchez Ferreira, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2020). Nickel as tracer of oxygenic phototrophy in the fossil record [Paper presentation]. Goldschmidt 2020.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., & Javaux, E. (January 2020). Phototrophic green algae in Mid-Proterozoic oceans [Poster presentation]. Gordon Research Conference & Seminar.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., Francois, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (18 December 2019). Ni-porphyrin in-situ detection within Mid-Proterozoic green algal microfossils [Paper presentation]. FNRS Astrobiology contact group.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (May 2019). Evolution and diversity of early Eukaryotes: insights from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada [Poster presentation]. Gac-Mac 2019 Quebec, Canada.

Loron, C., François, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Borensztajn, S., & Javaux, E. (2019). An early fungus in the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada [Paper presentation]. Astrobiology Liège 2019.

Loron, C., François, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Borenzstajn, S., & Javaux, E. (2019). Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1217-0

Loron, C., Halverson, G. P., Rainbird, R. H., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2019). Diversification of complex life on the early Earth: the Proterozoic of Artic Canada as a case study [Paper presentation]. 19th EANA Astrobiology conference (Eana2019).

Loron, C., Halverson, G. P., Rainbird, R. H., Skulski, T., Turner, & Javaux, E. (2019). Diversification of complex life on the early Earth: the Proterozoic of Artic Canada as a case study [Poster presentation]. 19th EANA Astrobiology conference (Eana2019).

Loron, C., & Javaux, E. (2019). An early fungus from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada [Paper presentation]. Séminaires du Département de Géologie.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Greenman, J. W., & Javaux, E. (2019). Organic-walled microfossils from the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic lower Shaler Supergroup (Arctic Canada): Diversity and biostratigraphic significance. Precambrian Research, 321, 349-374. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2018.12.024

Loron, C., & Javaux, E. (11 October 2018). Back to the past: a glance at microscopic marine diversity 1 billion year ago [Paper presentation]. Journée du Centre Interuniversitaire de Biologie Marine (CIBIM).

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2018). Chasing Mesoproterozoic Eukaryotes: A sampling season in Arctic Canada [Paper presentation]. Groupe de Contact Astrobiologie, Liège, Belgium.

Loron, C., & Moczydłowska, M. (2018). Tonian (Neoproterozoic) eukaryotic and prokaryotic organic-walled microfossils from the upper Visingsö Group, Sweden. Palynology, 42 (2), 220-254. doi:10.1080/01916122.2017.1335656

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Greenman, W., & Javaux, E. (2018). Implications of selective predation on the macroevolution of eukaryotes: evidence from Arctic Canada. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences. doi:10.1042/ETLS20170153

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Greenman, W., & Javaux, E. (2018). Evidence for ealry predation in Arctic Canada and implication for the evolution of Eukaryotes [Paper presentation]. International Palaeontological Congress 2018, Paris, France.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Wilder, G., & Javaux, E. (2018). Evidence for earlier Proterozoic eukaryotic diversification in Arctic Canada [Paper presentation]. Cost meeting LifeOrigin 2018, Bertinoro, Italy.

Skulski, T., Rainbird, R. H., Turner, E. C., Meek, R., Ielpi, A., Halverson, G. P., Davis, W. J., Mercadier, J., Girard, E., & Loron, C. (2018). Bedrock geology of the Dismal Lakes–lower Coppermine River area, Nunavut and Northwest Territories: GEM-2 Coppermine River Transect, report of activities 2017-2018. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada.

Javaux, E., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Beghin, J., Cornet, Y., Loron, C., & Sforna, M.-C. (2017). Mesoproterozoic eukaryotes diversification or the miscalled “Boring Billion”. Goldschmidt Abstracts.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Greenman, W., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (18 May 2017). An exceptional Proterozoic assemblage of organic-walled microfossils and its implications for the early evolution of Eukaryotes [Paper presentation]. Agouron Workshop 2017; Unraveling the Record of Early Eukaryotic Evolution in Arctic Canada, Kingston, Canada.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Greenman, W., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (May 2017). An exquisitely diverse assemblage of organic-walled microfossils from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada and implications for the early evolution of Eukaryotes [Paper presentation]. GAC-MAC 2017: Back to Where it Began, Kingston, Canada.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Greenman, W., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (April 2017). An exceptionally preserved and diverse assemblage of organic-walled microfossils from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada [Paper presentation]. Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life, Varsovie, Poland.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2017). A sampling season in Arctic Canada: the Dismal Lakes Group [Paper presentation]. Miscellanea palaeontologica 2017.

Loron, C., & Javaux, E. (2016). Diversity and paleobiology of Proterozoic organic-walled microfossils from Arctic Canada. In P. Steemans & P. Gerrienne (Eds.), Miscellanea palaeontologica 2016 (pp. 11). Liège, Belgium: ULg - Université de Liège.

Loron, C. (2016). Biodiversity of Organic-Walled Eukaryotic Microfossils from the Tonian Visingsö Group, Sweden [Master’s dissertation, Department of Earth Sciences]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/209491

Loron, C., & Moczydlowska, M. (2016). New record of organic-walled microfossils of algal and some uncertain affinities from the Tonian Visingsö Group in southern Sweden [Poster presentation]. Progressive Palaeontology 2016, Oxford, United Kingdom.