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Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry and Biology (URBC)<\/a> \u2013 Prof. M. Raes
\nWe\u2019ve been collaborating with the URBC for 10 years. The URBC is a leader in proteomics analysis, mainly the 2D-DIGE approach. They have developped mass spectrometry facilities for protein identifications. This collaboration has led to many international scientific publications.<\/p>\n

The Unit of Theoritical and Structural Physico-Chemistry (UCPTS)<\/a> \u2013 Prof. E. Perp\u00e8te and Prof. C. Michaux
\nWe\u2019ve been working together on a reasearch project funded by the FNRS aiming to develop a workflow from protein profile to structural properties of proteins in aquatic animals exposed to pollutants.\"logo_UA_hor_kl_0\"<\/a>SPHERE Systemic Physiological & Ecotoxicological Research<\/a> (University of Antwerp). Prof. R. Blust, D. Knapen and S. Husson.
\nThe group Systemic Physiological and Ecotoxicological Research of the University of Antwerp, Belgium, performs fundamental and applied research concerning key issues in environmental and adaptational biology. SPHERE focuses on how organisms respond to environmental changes, and does so at multiple levels of organization: from the molecular level (including genomics, proteomics and metabolomics), over the organismal level to responses of populations in real field situations.<\/p>\n

\"logo_ugent_fbw\"<\/a>Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology<\/a> (University of Gent). Prof. C. Janssen and Prof. K. De Schamphelaere.
\nThe laboratory aims to address the \u2018extrapolation problems\u2019 – in the aquatic environment sensu lato<\/em> – one encounters when assessing ecological risk based on results from laboratory bioassays with single species. The bulk of the available bioassays typically consider effects of aqueous exposure of single data-rich stressors on one generation of one well-characterized species in a standardized test medium. In reality, however, subsequent generations of field populations are exposed via various uptake routes to complex mixtures of multiple (emerging and thus data-scarce) stressors, potentially exerting (toxic) stress constrained by their bioavailability in the natural water body. Unlike the organisms used in laboratory tests, exposed individuals may have different genetic architecture even when belonging to the same species. Lastly, species do not live in isolation, as is the case in single-species toxicity bioassays, but take part in natural food webs to sustain ecosystem functions and services.<\/p>\n

\"ULG<\/a>The Laboratory of Oceanology (University of Li\u00e8ge) <\/a>\u2013 Dr. K. Das and Prof. J.-M. Bouquegneau.
\nThe objective oof the lab is to study and compare, in marine fish, turtles, birds and mammals, their biochemical and physiological responses facing pollutants (metals and organic persistent pollutants). The success of this study relies on the realization of three complementary parts: (1) to evaluate the influence of the diet and key periods of life (fasting, gestation, nursing, migration, moulting, spawning) on organic and metallic pollutant levels in marine vertebrates (fish, turtles, birds and mammals); (2) to elaborate in vivo<\/em> and in vitro<\/em> models for the four taxa to better understand the toxicity mechanisms and the effects of chronic exposure reflecting environmental levels ; (3) to develop so called \u201cphysiological-based models<\/em>\u201d to predict and facilitate toxicological risk assessment in marine vertebrates.<\/p>\n

The Behavioral Biology Unit<\/a> (University of Li\u00e8ge) \u2013 Dr. M. Deno\u00ebl and Prof. P. Poncin.
\n The unit investigates the behavioural ecology of Vertebrates in natural and experimental environments through the study of social structures, mating tactics, communication systems, biological rhythms, space utilisation and population dynamics. Ultimately, we aim at characterising the ontogeny and plasticity of behaviours, their adaptive values for the individuals, populations and species, which intimately govern the evolution and biological diversity of animals. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Logo_UCL\"<\/a>The Institute of Life Sciences<\/a> (Catholic University of Louvain) \u2013 Pr. J-F. Rees, Pr. C. Debier, Pr. Y. Larondelle<\/p>\n

\"KultzLab_Logo\"<\/a>K\u00fceltz Laboratory<\/a> (University of California Davis, USA) \u2013 Pr. D. K\u00fceltz
\nProf. K\u00fceltz is a top leader in the field of environmental proteomics. K\u00fceltz\u2019s laboratory is part of the department of Animal Science at the University of California Davis and we\u2019ve been collaborating with him since 2008. His research interests are the molecular and genetic basis of environmental stress response in aquatic organisms with an emphasis on salinity and pollution stress tolerance. Prof. K\u00fceltz has recently developed a workflow of gel-free and label-free quantitative proteomics in aquatic organisms based on accurate mass and time tag quantitation of extracted ion chromatogram integrals. He is the world leading scientist in this domain. Prof. K\u00fceltz published many scientific articles with high impact factors. He for instance published an article in Science in 2011 in collaboration with an international team on the ecoresponsive response of Daphnia genome. He was also the first to define a general stress response in fish on the basis of proteomics data.<\/p>\n

\"Alabama\"<\/a>Earley Laboratory<\/a> (University of Alabama, USA). Prof. R. Earley.
\nEarley lab focuses on understanding fish behavior by integrating evolutionary biology, ecology, neurobiology, endocrinology, physiology and molecular biology. Prof. Earley is a specialist of the mangrove rivulus. He has set up the rearing of different strains of the species in the lab and has currently several publications on this species. He has all the facilities to carry out experiments on rivulus of different age, to measure life-history traits and he has developed the methodology to analyse waterborne hormones released from rivulus. Moreover, he is one of the world specialist in behavioral analysis in fish and rivulus, such as behavioral type variation. He developed expertise for physiological analysis such as respiration, and for molecular biology since he participates to the rivulus genome sequencing project.<\/p>\n

\"logo<\/a>Klerks Laboratory<\/a> (University of Louisiana Lafayette, USA) \u2013 Pr. P. Klerks
\nLong-term effects of environmental contaminants and other stressors on natural aquatic ecosystems.<\/p>\n