Frédéric Silvestre has published an editorial view with his colleague Dr Bambarendage (University of Michigan) for a special issue of Epigenomes about environmental epigenetics. This editorial summarises the current questions in ecological and evolutionary epigenetics and introduces the original articles published in this special issue. You can read this editorial here.
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New publication from Anthony Mathiron
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…
A field expedition in the mangrove of Belize
Version français en bas de page In May 2023, Justine Belik (young teaching assistant), Ivan Blanco (FRIA doctoral researcher) and myself (Frédéric Silvestre – professor) travelled to Belize, a small Central American country, to work on our favorite model fish: the mangrove rivulus. This killifish averages 3cm in adult size and is found exclusively in…
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….
Documentary about the mangrove rivulus
LEAP has published on its youtube channel a documentary of 29 minutes about the mangrove rivulus and the field work in Belize and Florida in 2019. It was a part of the PhD thesis of Valentine Chapelle during which we explored the mangroves in these two regions of the world. Please watch the video and…
LEAP welcomes Dr Sofia Consuegra
Dr Sofia Consuegra from the University of Swansea, Wales, visited our laboratory the 14th of March, as a jury member of Valentine Chapelle’s thesis. Dr Consuegra works on the mangrove killifish, among other species, and investigates epigenetic mechanisms, very close to what we’re doing. It was great opportunity to start future collaborations.
Valentine is a PhD !
We are happy to announce that our PhD student Valentine Chapelle has successfully passed her public PhD defence at UNamur, the 14th of March 2023. She explained to a broad public the epigenetic and behavioral variability among four natural populations of mangrove rivulus, along a genetic diversity gradient. Thank you to all the jury members…
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
New logo for LEAP
A new logo for LEAP has been designed by the graphical service of UNamur. It represents a mangrove tree and a mangrove rivulus jumping out of water. The aerial roots of the tree refers to the DNA molecule while the branches evoke the evolutionary tree of life. I hope you enjoy it !
Congrats to our MSc students
Our master students Eva Minocci, Noémie Madarasz and Gaël Fassiau have brillantly defended their MSc thesis in front of the Master BOE jury. Congratulations to them ! It is the result of 10 months of hard working in LEAP. They are now ready to start their internship in Belgian public and private companies or in…