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….
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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…
Seminar at UCLouvain about the rivulus
Frédéric Silvestre had the chance to give a seminar for the LIBST research institute of Louvain-la-Neuve (Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology). It was attended by researchers of the Institute and by many master students. Thanks to Cathy Debier for the invitation and for the opportunity to share some of our recent researches on…
Master Day 2022
The Master Day 2022 was organised the 26th of November by the Royal Belgian Zoological Society at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. It was the opportunity for 150 students in biology from all parts of Belgium to discover the great master programs from our Universities. The Kets prize for the best…
Jury thesis in Marseille
Frédéric Silvestre has been invited in the PhD thesis jury of Noemie Guirandy about the reprotoxicity of gamma irradiance on zebrafish. Great thesis co-supervised by the Université of Aix-Marseille, the IRSN (Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire), and the University f Bordeaux. The defense has been held in a beautiful site at the castle…