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

Display of 121 to 150 publications on 239 in total

Additional heritable virus in the parasitic wasp Leptopilina boulardi: prevalence, transmission and phenotypic effects

Julien Martinez, David Lepetit, Marc Ravallec, Frédéric Fleury, Julien Varaldi

Journal of General Virology . 97 : 523-535

DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000360

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Influence of oxidative homeostasis on bacterial density and cost of infection in Drosophila–Wolbachia symbioses

David Monnin, Natacha Kremer, C. Berny, Hélène Henri, Adeline Dumet, Yann Voituron...

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 29 : 1211-1222

DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12863

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The draft genome sequence of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae as a model to explore the host-symbiont interactions in a nascent stage of endosymbiosis

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

Journées Ouvertes Biologie Informatique Mathématiques (JOBIM) .

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Strong phylogenetic inertia on genome size and transposable element content among 26 species of flies

Camille Sessegolo, Nelly Burlet, Annabelle A. Haudry

Biology Letters . 12 ( 8 )

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0407

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Drosophila Females Undergo Genome Expansion after Interspecific Hybridization

Valèria Romero-Soriano, Nelly Burlet, Doris Vela, Antonio Fontdevila, Cristina Vieira, Maria Pilar Garciá Guerreiro

Genome Biology and Evolution . 8 ( 3 ) : 556-561

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw024

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Is genome size of Lepidoptera linked to host plant range?

P. A. Calatayud, C. Petit, N. Burlet, S. Dupas, N. Glaser, C. Capdevielle-Dulac...

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . 159 ( 3 ) : 354-361

DOI: 10.1111/eea.12446

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Beneficial effects of group size on oxidative balance in a wild cooperative breeder

Sophie Lardy, Benjamin Rey, Karine Salin, Yann Voituron, Aurélie Cohas

Behavioral Ecology . 27 ( 6 ) : 1820–1825

DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw114

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Variation in the link between oxygen consumption and ATP production, and its relevance for animal performance

Karine Salin, S. K. Auer, B. Rey, C. Selman, N. B. Metcalfe

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 282 : 14-22

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1028

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Two Host Clades, Two Bacterial Arsenals: Evolution through Gene Losses in Facultative Endosymbionts.

Pierre-Antoine Rollat-Farnier, Diego Santos-Garcia, Qiong Rao, Marie-France Sagot, Francisco J Silva, Hélène Henri...

Genome Biology and Evolution . 7 ( 3 ) : 839-855

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv030

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Oxidative phosphorylation efficiency, proton conductance and reactive oxygen species production of liver mitochondria correlates with body mass in frogs

Damien Roussel, Karine Salin, Adeline Dumet, Caroline Romestaing, Benjamin Rey, Yann Voituron

Journal of Experimental Biology . 218 : 3222-3228

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.126086

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Detection of genetically isolated entities within the Mediterranean species of Bemisia tabaci: new insights into the systematics of this worldwide pest

Laurence Mouton, Olivier Gnankiné, Hélène Henri, Gabriel Terraz, Guillaume Ketoh, Thibaud Martin...

Pest Management Science . 71 ( 3 ) : 452-458

DOI: 10.1002/ps.3834

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Optimization of multiplexed RADseq libraries using low-cost adaptors

Hélène Henri, Marie Cariou, Gabriel Terraz, Sonia Martinez, Adil El Filali, Marine Veyssière...

Genetica . 143 ( 2 ) : 139-143

DOI: 10.1007/s10709-015-9828-3

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Revisiting the link between breeding effort and oxidative balance through field evaluation of two sympatric sibling insect species

Benjamin Rey, Pierre-François Pélisson, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, Yann Voituron, Samuel Venner

Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 69 ( 3 ) : 815–822

DOI: 10.1111/evo.12586

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Estimating resting metabolic rate by biologging core and subcutaneous temperature in a mammal

Benjamin Rey, Lewis G Halsey, Robin Hetem, Andrea Fuller, Duncan Mitchell, Jean-Louis Rouanet

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology . 183 : 72–77

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.012

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Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host-plant variants: two host strains or two distinct species?

Pascaline Dumas, Fabrice Legeai, Claire Lemaitre, Erwan Scaon, Marion Orsucci, Karine Labadie...

Genetica . 143 ( 3 ) : 305-316

DOI: 10.1007/s10709-015-9829-2

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Combining High-Resolution Contact Data with Virological Data to Investigate Influenza Transmission in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Nicolas Voirin, Cécile Payet, Alain Barrat, Ciro Cattuto, Nagham Khanafer, Corinne Régis...

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology . 36 ( 3 ) : 254

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.53

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Routes of transmission during a nosocomial influenza A(H3N2) outbreak among geriatric patients and healthcare workers

D. Eibach, J. S. Casalegno, M. Bouscambert, Thomas Benet, C. Regis, B. Comte...

Journal of Hospital Infection . 86 : 188-193

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.11.009

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Five years of hospital based surveillance of influenza-like illness and influenza in a short-stay geriatric unit

Corinne Régis, Nicolas Voirin, Vanessa Escuret, Byeul-A Kim, Olivier Robert, Bruno Lina...

BMC Research Notes . 7 : 99

DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-99

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Detection of hospital outbreaks of influenza-like illness based on excess of incidence rates compared to the community

Philippe Vanhems, N. Voirin, T. Benet, S. Roche, V. Escuret, C. Regis...

American Journal of Infection Control . 42 : 1325-7

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Host plant specialization matters in the epidemiology of Wolbachia across phytophagous wasps (Hymenoptera: Torymidae)

Thomas Boivin, Hélène Henri, Fabrice Vavre, Cindy Gidoin, Philippe Veber, Jean-Noël Candau...

8. International Wolbachia Conference . : np

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Host plant specialization influences the spread of endosymbiotic parthenogenesis in seed wasps (Hymenoptera: Torymidae)

Thomas Boivin, Hélène Henri, Fabrice Favre, Cindy Gidoin, Philippe Veber, Jean-Noël Candau...

IUFRO joint meeting: 7.03.06 "Integrated Management of Forest Defoliating Insects" and 7.03.01 "Cone and seed insects" .

Conference paper

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Thyroid status affects membranes susceptibility to free radicals and oxidative balance in skeletal muscle of Muscovy ducklings (Cairina moschata)

Benjamin Rey, Caroline Romestaing, Jacques Bodennec, Adeline Dumet, Anaïs Fongy, Claude Duchamp...

Journal of Experimental Zoology . 321A : 415-421

DOI: 10.1002/jez.1872

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Chemical immobilization and anesthesia of free-living aardvarks (orycteropus afer) with ketamine-medetomidine-midazolam and isoflurane

Benjamin Rey, M. A. Costello, A. Fuller, A. Haw, R. S. Hetem, D. Mitchell...

Journal of wildlife diseases . 50 ( 4 ) : 864-72

DOI: 10.7589/2013-07-166

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Early septic shock induces loss of oxidative phosphorylation yield plasticity in liver mitochondria

Pierre Eyenga, Damien Roussel, Jérôme Morel, Benjamin Rey, Caroline Romestaing, Loïc Teulier...

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry . 70 ( 2 ) : 285-296

DOI: 10.1007/s13105-013-0280-5

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Ontogeny of non-shivering thermogenesis in Muscovy ducklings (Cairina moschata)

Loïc Teulier, Jean-Louis Rouanet, Benjamin Rey, Damien Roussel

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology . 175 : 82-89

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.05.012

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Epidemiology of asexuality induced by the endosymbiotic Wolbachia across phytophagous wasp species: host plant specialization matters.

Thomas Boivin, Hélène Henri, Fabrice Vavre, Cindy Gidoin, Philippe Veber, Jean-Noël Candau...

Molecular Ecology Notes . 23 ( 9 ) : 2362-2375

DOI: 10.1111/mec.12737

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Specific Activation of an I-Like Element in Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids

Elias a G Carnelossi, Emmanuelle Lerat, Hélène Henri, Sonia Martinez, Claudia M A Carareto, Cristina Vieira

Genome Biology and Evolution . 6 : 1806 - 1817

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu141

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Movements and space use of feral cats in Kerguelen archipelago: a pilot study with GPS data

J. Martin, B. Rey, Jb. Pons, E. Natoli, D. Pontier

Polar Biology . 36 : 1531--1536

DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1365-x

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Early septic shock induces loss of oxidative phosphorylation yield plasticity in liver mitochondria

Pierre Eyenga, Damien Roussel, Jérôme Morel, Benjamin Rey, Caroline Romestaing, Loïc Teulier...

10. Meeting of the Contribution To Progress in Obesity and Diabetes Research (CTPIOD) . 70 ( 2 ) : 12

DOI: 10.1007/s13105-013-0280-5

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Differential effects of thyroid status on regional H(2)O (2) production in slow- and fast-twitch muscle of ducklings

Benjamin Rey, Damien Roussel, Jean-Louis Rouanet, Claude Duchamp

Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology . 183 ( 1 ) : 135-143

DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0692-5

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