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Jean-Pierre Cuif is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has a research focus centered on materials science and environmental science. Their work extensively covers biomaterials, paleontology, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and biomedical engineering as key subfields.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies

Jean-Pierre Cuif has published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Minerals
  • Heliyon
  • Materials Characterization
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Comptes Rendus Chimie

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Prism substructures in the shell of Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Mollusca - Evidence for a three-dimensional pulsed-growth model," 2020, Heliyon
  • "Synchrotron-Based HR-Fluorescence and Mineralogical Mapping of the Initial Growth Stages of Polynesian Cultivated Pearls Disprove the 'Reversed Shell' Concept," 2022, Minerals
  • "Evidence of a Scheduled End for Prism Growth in the Shell of Pinctada margaritifera: Closure of the Calcite Biomineralization Area by a Specific Organic Membrane," 2023, Minerals
  • "Inside black pearls," 2020, Materials Characterization
  • "Formation of the Outer Shell Layer in Pinctada margaritifera: Structural and Biochemical Evidence for a Sequential Development of the Calcite Units," 2023, Minerals

Throughout their career, Jean-Pierre Cuif has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Yannicke Dauphin
  • Cédrik Lo
  • Kadda Medjoubi
  • Andréa Somogyi
  • Oulfa Belhadj

Best Publications

  • XANES mapping of organic sulfate in three scleractinian coral skeletons

    Jean-Pierre Cuif;Yannicke Dauphin;Jean Doucet;Murielle Salome

  • Distribution of magnesium in coral skeleton

    Anders Meibom;Jean-Pierre Cuif;François Hillion;Brent R. Constantz

  • Suppression of skeletal growth in scleractinian corals by decreasing ambient carbonate-ion concentration: a cross-family comparison.

    Francesca Marubini;Christine Ferrier-Pages;Jean-Pierre Cuif

  • The two-step mode of growth in the scleractinian coral skeletons from the micrometre to the overall scale

    Jean-Pierre Cuif;Yannicke Dauphin

  • The Environment Recording Unit in coral skeletons – a synthesis of structural and chemical evidences for a biochemically driven, stepping-growth process in fibres

    J. P. Cuif;Y. Dauphin

  • Microstructural and physico-chemical characterization of ‘centers of calcification’ in septa of some Recent scleractinian corals

    Jean-Pierre Cuif;Yannicke Dauphin

  • Biominerals and Fossils Through Time

    Jean-Pierre Cuif;Yannicke Dauphin;James E. Sorauf

  • Compositional variations at ultra-structure length scales in coral skeleton

    Anders Meibom;Jean-Pierre Cuif;Fanny Houlbreque;Smail Mostefaoui

  • In situ chemical speciation of sulfur in calcitic biominerals and the simple prism concept.

    Yannicke Dauphin;Jean-Pierre Cuif;Jean Doucet;Murielle Salomé

  • Vital effects in coral skeletal composition display strict three-dimensional control

    Anders Meibom;Hiyayoshi Yurimoto;Hiyayoshi Yurimoto;Jean-Pierre Cuif;Isabelle Domart-Coulon

  • Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation

    Paola Fantazzini;Stefano Mengoli;Luca Pasquini;Villiam Bortolotti

  • Microanalysis of C and O isotopes of azooxanthellate and zooxanthellate corals by ion microprobe

    C. Rollion-Bard;D. Blamart;J.-P. Cuif;A. Juillet-Leclerc

  • Associated water and organic compounds in coral skeletons: Quantitative thermogravimetry coupled to infrared absorption spectrometry

    Jean-Pierre Cuif;Yannicke Dauphin;Patrick Berthet;Jocelyne Jegoudez

  • Compositional diversity of soluble mineralizing matrices in some recent coral skeletons compared to fine-scale growth structures of fibres: discussion of consequences for biomineralization and diagenesis

    J.-P. Cuif;Y. Dauphin;P. Gautret

  • Correlation of boron isotopic composition with ultrastructure in the deep- sea coral Lophelia pertusa: Implications for biomineralization and paleo-pH

    D. Blamart;C. Rollion-Bard;A. Meibom;J.-P. Cuif

  • Boron isotopes as pH proxy: A new look at boron speciation in deep-sea corals using 11B MAS NMR and EELS

    Claire Rollion-Bard;Dominique Blamart;Julien Trebosc;Grégory Tricot

  • In situ mapping of growth lines in the calcitic prismatic layers of mollusc shells using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy at the sulphur K-edge

    Y. Dauphin;J. P. Cuif;J. Doucet;M. Salome

  • Structure and composition of the nacre–prisms transition in the shell of Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

    Yannicke Dauphin;Alexander D. Ball;Marine Cotte;Jean-Pierre Cuif

  • Crystallization of biogenic Ca-carbonate within organo-mineral micro-domains. Structure of the calcite prisms of the Pelecypod Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca) at the submicron to nanometre ranges

    A. Baronnet;J. P. Cuif;Y. Dauphin;B. Farre

  • Biological forcing controls the chemistry of reef-building coral skeleton

    Anders Meibom;Smail Mostefaoui;Jean-Pierre Cuif;Yannicke Dauphin

Frequent Co-Authors

Yannicke Dauphin
Yannicke Dauphin Sorbonne University
Anders Meibom
Anders Meibom École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Claire Rollion-Bard
Claire Rollion-Bard Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Dominique Blamart
Dominique Blamart Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Marine Cotte
Marine Cotte European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Christine Ferrier-Pagès
Christine Ferrier-Pagès Scientific Centre of Monaco
Denis Allemand
Denis Allemand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Maggie Cusack
Maggie Cusack University of Stirling
Alain Brunelle
Alain Brunelle Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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