Research assistance

Members

The “pole biotechnologique” brings together a range of bioengineering expertise for the development of tools and approaches for research in evolutionary biology; and operational competences to ensure their logistical and technical implementation.

Since it was set up, the biotechnology hub has perpetuated insect breeding activities, including several species of drosophila, but also Venturia and Bemisia for example. These breeding activities are carried out on artificial medium or plants. We ensure laboratory logistics (e.g. autoclave, stock management, ...) as well as safety aspects, and develop devices (e.g. via 3D printing) to feed experimental research in the laboratory focusing on evolutionary genomics, behavioural ecology and functional ecology.

Our expertise is also solicited to organize field work, in metropolitan France and internationally, and to carry out population monitoring of terrestrial mammals (e.g. roe deer, marmots, feral cats, bats) and birds (dipper). In addition to capture (e.g. trapping, netting), marking and monitoring of animals, we implement experimental approaches in natura, collect biometric, behavioral and physiological data, biological samples (blood, secretions, hair, faeces, biopsy, ...) and characterize the study environments (installation of sensors, aerial imaging by drones, construction of digital models of terrain ...).

Finally, the biotechnology hub offers the technical resources and skills to analyse a wide variety of biological samples in the laboratory through an multidisciplinary prism. The complementarity and synergy of our competences are expressed in the fields of molecular biology (PCR, qPCR, construction of libraries for the genesis of ohmic data), cell biology (confocal microscopy, flow cytometry), and biochemistry (characterization of metabolic, endocrine and oxidative profiles).

Rehabilitation work was done at the LBBE in 2022 and lead to a significant expansion of the experimental space. These new premises allow us to increase our capacity, to offer new spaces and modern tools dedicated to behavioral approaches. These new premises also allow us to widen the spectrum of our activities by developing new techniques (e.g. cell culture, Crispr/cas9, RNAi, ...).

In all our activities, we regularly welcome and supervise trainees and students of all levels. For any questions or information request, do not hesitate to contact us

Publications

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Evolution of Hepatitis B Virus Receptor NTCP Reveals Differential Pathogenicities and Species Specificities of Hepadnaviruses in Primates, Rodents, and Bats

Stéphanie Jacquet, Jean-Baptiste Pons, Ariel de Bernardo, Barthélémy Ngoubangoye, Cosset François-Loïc, Corinne Régis...

Journal of Virology . 93 ( 5 )

DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01738-18

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Dynamic Interactions Between the Genome and an Endogenous Retrovirus: Tirant in Drosophila simulans Wild-Type Strains

Marie Fablet, Angelo Jacquet, Rita Rebollo, Annabelle A. Haudry, Carine Rey, Judit Salces-Ortiz...

G3 . 9 ( 3 ) : 855-865

DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200789

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The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio indexes individual variation in the behavioural stress response of wild roe deer across fluctuating environmental conditions

Jeffrey Carbillet, Benjamin Rey, Typhaine Lavabre, Yannick Chaval, Joel Merlet, Francois Débias...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . 73 ( 11 ) : 1-13

DOI: 10.1007/s00265-019-2755-z

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Does stress impair healthy aging? Relationship between stress and telomere length in roe deer

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, R. Palme, H. Froy, L. Cheynel, J. Carbillet, B. Rey...

13th conference of the European Wildlife Disease Association .

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Coexistence of two sympatric cryptic bat species in French Guiana: insights from genetic, acoustic and ecological data

Ondine Filippi-Codaccioni, Marie-Pauline Beugin, Damien de Vienne, Elodie Portanier, David Fouchet, Cecile Kaerle...

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 18 ( 1 ) : 175

DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1289-8

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The ground plot counting method: A valid and reliable assessment tool for quantifying seed production in temperate oak forests?

Laura Touzot, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, Marlène Gamelon, Stefano Focardi, Vincent Boulanger, Francois Débias...

Forest Ecology and Management . 430 : 143-149

DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.07.061

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Stress levels of dominants reflect underlying conflicts with subordinates in a cooperatively breeding species.

Aurélie Cohas, Benjamin Rey, Valentine Federico, Corinne Regis, Sophie Lardy, Coraline Bichet

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . 72 ( 4 ) : 72

DOI: 10.1007/s00265-018-2484-8

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The influence of early‐life allocation to antlers on male performance during adulthood: Evidence from contrasted populations of a large herbivore

Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître, Louise Cheynel, Frédéric Douhard, G. Bourgoin, François Débias, Hubert Ferté...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 87 ( 4 ) : 921-932

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12833

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Coexistence of two sympatric cryptic bat species in French Guiana: insights from genetic, acoustic and ecological data

Ondine Filippi-Codaccioni, Marie-Pauline Beugin, Damien de Vienne, Elodie Portanier, David Fouchet, Cécile Kaerle...

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 18 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1289-8

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Coexistence de deux espèces cryptiques de chauves-souris en Guyane française : apprentissages à partir de la génétique de l’acoustique et de l’écologie

Ondine Filippi-Codaccioni, Marie-Pauline Beugin, Damien M. de Vienne, Elodie Portanier, David Fouchet, Cécile Kaerle...

Plume de Naturalistes . 2 : 169-190

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Abundance of Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and its parasitoids on vegetables and cassava plants in Burkina Faso (West Africa)

Rahim Romba, Olivier Gnankine, Samuel Fogné Drabo, Fidèle Tiendrébéogo, Hélène Henri, Laurence Mouton...

Ecology and Evolution . 8 ( 12 ) : 6091-6103

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4078

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An attempt to select non-genetic variation in resistance to starvation and reduced chill coma recovery time in Drosophila melanogaster

Bianca Menezes, Judit Salces-Ortiz, Héloise Muller, Nelly Burlet, Sonia Martinez, Marie Fablet...

Journal of Experimental Biology . 221 ( 23 ) : jeb186254

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.186254

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Time course of liver mitochondrial function and intrinsic changes in oxidative phosphorylation in a rat model of sepsis

Pierre Eyenga, Damien Roussel, Jérome Morel, Benjamin Rey, Caroline Romestaing, Virginie Gueguen-Chaignon...

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental . 6 ( 31 ) : 1-17

DOI: 10.1186/s40635-018-0197-y

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Females pay the oxidative cost of dominance in a highly social bird.

Liliana R. Silva, Sophie Lardy, André C. Ferreira, Benjamin Rey, Claire Doutrelant, Rita Covas

Animal Behaviour . 144 : 135-146

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.08.006

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A behavior-manipulating virus relative as a source of adaptive genes for parasitoid wasps

Deborah Di Giovanni, D. Lepetit, Matthieu Boulesteix, Marc Ravallec, Julien Varaldi

Preprint

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Deciphering the behaviour manipulation imposed by a virus on its parasitoid host: insights from a dual transcriptomic approach

Julien Varaldi, David Lepetit

Parasitology . 145 ( 14 ) : 1979-1989

DOI: 10.1017/S0031182018000835

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Development of a PCR-RFLP assay to identify Drosophila melanogaster among field-collected larvae

Vincent Raquin, Hélène Henri, Marine Vallat, François Leulier, Patricia Gibert, Natacha Kremer

Ecology and Evolution . 8 ( 20 ) : 10067 - 10074

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4453

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Evaluating the essentiality of the primary endosymbiont of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae through genome analysis

Carlos Vargas-Chavez, Nicolas Parisot, C. Goubert, Patrice Baa-Puyoulet, Severine Balmand, M. Boulesteix...

VI Meeting of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology (SESBE) .

Poster

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Immunosenescence patterns differ between populations but not between sexes in a long-lived mammal

Louise Cheynel, Jean-François Lemaître, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Benjamin Rey, G. Bourgoin, Hubert Ferté...

Scientific Reports . 7 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13686-5

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Genome sequencing of the behaviour manipulating virus LbFV reveals a possible new virus family

D. Lepetit, B. Gillet, S. Hughes, K. Kraaijeveld, Julien Varaldi

Genome Biology and Evolution . 8 : 3718-3738

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw277

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High-Throughput Sequencing of Transposable Element Insertions Suggests Adaptive Evolution of the Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Towards Temperate Environments

Clément Goubert, Hélène Henri, Guillaume Minard, Claire Valiente Moro, Patrick Mavingui, Cristina Vieira...

Molecular Ecology . 26 ( 15 ) : 1-14

DOI: 10.1111/mec.14184

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Maternal age affects offspring nutrient dynamics

Doriane Muller, David Giron, Emmanuel Desouhant, Benjamin Rey, Jérome Casas, Nicolas Lefrique...

Journal of Insect Physiology . 101 : 123 - 131

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.07.011

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Age-dependent associations between telomere length and environmental conditions in roe deer

Rachael V Wilbourn, Hannah Froy, Marie-Christina Mcmanus, Louise Cheynel, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Biology Letters . 13 ( 9 ) : 20170434

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0434

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Uncoupling effect of palmitate is exacerbated in skeletal muscle mitochondria of sea-acclimatized king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Benjamin Rey, Claude H. B. Duchamp, Damien Roussel

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology . 211 : 56-60

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.06.009

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Identification of misexpressed genetic elements in hybrids between Drosophila-related species

Hélène Lopez-Maestre, Elias Alberto Gutierrez Carnelossi, Vincent Lacroix, Nelly Burlet, Bruno Mugat, Séverine Chambeyron...

Scientific Reports . 7 : 40618

DOI: 10.1038/srep40618

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Microchip transponder thermometry for monitoring core body temperature of antelope during capture

B. Rey, A. Fuller, R. S. Hetem, H. M. Lease, D. Mitchell, L. C. Meyer

Journal of Thermal Biology . 55 : 47-53

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.11.010

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Influenza vaccine effectiveness among healthcare workers in comparison to hospitalized patients: A 2004-2009 case-test, negative-control, prospective study

Philippe Vanhems, Y. Baghdadi, S. Roche, T. Benet, C. Regis, B. Lina...

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics . 12 : 485-90

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1079677

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Hormetic response triggers multifaceted anti-oxidant strategies in immature king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Benjamin Rey, Cyril Dégletagne, Jacques Bodennec, Pierre-Axel Monternier, Mathieu Mortz, Damien Roussel...

Free Radical Biology and Medicine . 97 : 577–587

DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.07.015

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Transcriptomic data analysis and differential gene expression of antioxidant pathways in king penguin juveniles (Aptenodytes patagonicus) before and after acclimatization to marine life

Benjamin Rey, Cyril Dégletagne, Claude Duchamp

Data in Brief . 9 : 549–555

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.09.021

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Lipid-induced thermogenesis is up-regulated by the first cold-water immersions in juvenile penguins

Loïc Teulier, Benjamin Rey, Jérémy Tornos, Marion Le Coadic, Pierre-Axel Monternier, Aurore Bourguignon...

Journal of Comparative Physiology B . 186 : 639–650

DOI: 10.1007/s00360-016-0975-3

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