Our new article has been written by our former post-doc researcher, Anthony Mathiron, and has been published in the excellent Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology (IF 5.8). It looks at the use of the photomotor response test (PMR) in animals in the context of ecotoxicology. The PMR test can be used to observe the effects of…
Category: Ecotoxicology
New publication about the insecticide permethrin
Our post-doc researcher Anthony Mathiron just published a research article in Aquatic Toxicology about the immediate and delayed effects of the insecticide permethrin on our fish model, the mangrove rivulus. This species is becoming a great model choice for ecotoxicology studies and the roles of epigenetics, showing a naturally very low level of genetic diversity….
New article in Aquatic Toxicology
Our new research article is now online in Aquatic Toxicology. It investigates the effects of methylmercury exposure in early life stages of mangrove rivulus fish at behavioral, gene expression and methylation levels. Congrats to Valentine Chapelle for her work! This article is a part of her PhD thesis. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1gias,3oDQuOF4
Jury thesis in Corsica
Frédéric Silvestre spent two days in Bastia, Corsica, as the president of the jury for the evaluation of the PhD thesis of Ouafa El Idrissi, within a joint program from the Universities of Corse (Corte) and of Liège. This excellent thesis developped the sea urchin Paracentridus lividus as a bioindicator species to assess trace elements pollution…
Radio podcast on RTBF
Frédéric Silvestre have shared with his colleague Krishna Das, from the University of Liège, a radio show called “Les éclaireurs” broadcasted on the french-speaking Belgian first public radio channel (RTBF – La Première). The podcast was animated by the excellent journalist Fabienne Vande Meersshe and can be found on RTBF Auvio here. During 46 minutes,…
The next Ecobim conference in Namur !
The 17th Ecobim conference will be held in Namur, from 11th to 13th of May 2022. Ecobim is an international french-speaking scientific organization aiming at sharing research results in aquatic ecotoxicology. People from France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and more are annually meeting for a 3-days scientific sessions. We are pleased to organize…
New article in Epigenetics
A new article has been published in the specialised journal “Epigenetics” in collaboration with our partner Anirhudda Chatterjee from the University of Otago. It the last part of the PhD thesis of Anne-Sophie Voisin who aimed to investigate the long-term effects of an early life stage exposure to the endocrine disruptor ethinyl estradiol (EE2) in…
Sonia Gaaied is our new post-doc
Sonia Gaaied has arrived for a short-term post-doc in LEAP. She’s just obtained her PhD from the Institute of biotechnology of Monastir in Tunisia, in the lab of our collaborator Mohamed Banni. She obtained a grant from WBI (Wallonie Bruxelles International) to work in Namur on the effects of a neurotoxicant on the turquoise killifish…
Environmental epigenetics workshop at Örebro, Sweden
Our laboratory massively participated to the first Environmental Epigenetics workshop that was organized at the University of Örebro in Sweden, the 21st and 22nd of February 2019. It was the opportunity for F Silvestre, A Carion, V Chapelle and A Wittorski to meet other researchers deeply involved in the environmental and evolutionary questions linked to…
New article using proteomics in the rivulus
A new publication from our former PhD student Anne-Sophie Voisin is now available in Journal of Proteomics. We showed that adult mangrove rivulus exposed during early life stages to an endocrine disrupting chemical (17-alpha-ethinylestradiol) present significant changes on the protein expression profile in brain, liver and gonads in adults, 5 months after the end of…