Catherine Boyen : « All the levers are good to show that nothing should be forbidden to women »

Catherine Boyen, the first woman to head the Roscoff Biological Station, is working on all fronts to promote the role of women in the world of science. A biologist by training, this specialist in large marine algae looks back over the major changes that have taken place at the Breton research centre in its 150 years of existence, and reminds us of the essential role played by marine stations, laboratories where science is carried out ‘with our feet in the water’.