Research
Keywords: ecology, wildlife health, eco-immunology, microbiome, stress, anthropogenic pollutions, life-history traits, trade-off, One Health
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Mots-clés: écologie, santé de la faune sauvage, éco-immunologie, microbiote, stress, pollutions anthropiques, traits d'histoire de vie, compromis énergétiques, Une seule santé
Does exposure to light and noise pollution affect common toads' health?
Key-words
anthropogenic pollution, immunity, microbiome, infection, parasites, tadpoles, life-history traits, wetlands
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A work funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship from the European Union (101153390 TOADALAN project) ; The French Agency for Ecological Transition ADEME (23ESDO181, SOLU-SI) ; FR3728 BioEEnViS, Lyon, France (LEA).
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Collaborators
Pr Nathalie Mondy, Dr Thierry Lengagne, Adeline Dumet, Pr Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Dr Benjamin Rey, Dr Eve Ramery, VetagroSup.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at the LEHNA lab (UMR 5023), CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
Gut immunity and the microbiome of wild house mice.
Key-words
immuno-genetics, intestinal health, immunoglobulins, inflammation, bacteriome, eukaryome, infectious phenotype
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Collaborators
Pr Mark Viney, Pr Jane Hurst, Pr Eleanor Riley, Dr Simon Hunter-Barnett, Lukasz Lukomski
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Liverpool, UK (2019-2022)
Age-specific relationships between immunity and life-history traits in a longevive mammal, the roe deer.
Key words
Immunosenescence, parasites, maternal effects, trade-offs, telomere dynamics, natural populations, faons, thyroid hormones
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Collaborators
Dr Jean-François Lemaître, Pr Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Dr Jean-Michel Gaillard, Dr Benjamin Rey, Pr Dan Nussey, The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB)
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PhD fellowship funded by the ANR AGEX (2016-2019).
Students
Arthemis Moraru | PhD student, 2025-2028
Supervisors: Nathalie Mondy & Louise Cheynel
Dynamics of microbial communities, or microbiomes, in an emblematic species of wetlands subjected to anthropogenic pollution, the common toad.
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Clémentine Capitaine | MSc student (2nd year), 2025
Crossed effects of light and noise pollution on microbiota in the common toad at the tadpole stage.
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Gabriel Delagneau | Undergraduate (3rd year), 2025
Crossed effects of light and noise pollution on growth in the common toad at the tadpole stage.
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Nawel Kurmoo | Undergraduate (3rd year), 2024
Crossed effects of light and noise pollution on growth in the common toad at the tadpole stage.
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Océane Perret | MSc student (1st year), 2023
Effect of nocturnal light pollution on immunity in the common toad.
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Gaël Buffelan | MSc student (1st year), 2018
Co-supervision with Benjamin Rey
Thyroid hormones senescence in roe deer.
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More to come
Work in collaboration with Marie Abel, Nature Reserve Manager, Regional Nature Reserve from the Gorges de la Loire, France.
More to come
Work in collaboration with Pr Nathalie Mondy, Dr Sara Puijalon, Mégane Jeanmougin, Adeline Dumet.
