Nadia FAURE

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Doctorant EPHE - PSL / Beauval Nature

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Supervisor : Stéphanie Manel (CEFE, EPHE - PSL)

Thesis project: Genetic diversity and conservation of threatened marine species: exploring innovative solutions

 The main objectives of this thesis are: (1) to develop genomic tools adapted to the monitoring of threatened populations and (2) to improve existing genetic diversity indicators in order to provide relevant and accessible information to conservation stakeholders. This second point will seek to valorise the intra-specific genetic component, which is still neglected when assessing the status of IUCN species and guiding conservation decisions. These approaches will be applied specifically to two marine species on the IUCN Red List in the Mediterranean: the angelshark (Squatina squatina) and the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Genomic analysis of angelshark populations will be based on tissue samples from individuals caught accidentally by fishers, given the difficulty of sampling genetic material from this rare shark. For bottlenose dolphin populations, we will develop an eDNA capture-hybridization method to generate Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) genomic data from eDNA sampled behind dolphin pods by seawater filtration. This latest approach, still at the proof-of-concept stage, will allow us to examine the performance of this non-invasive technique for obtaining intra-specific genetic information. It could replace traditional sampling methods that require tissue collection from living organisms, which runs counter to efforts to conserve imperiled species.

Publications

Faure, N., Manel, S., Macé, B., Arnal, V., Guellati, N., Holon, F., Barroil, A., Pichot, F., Riutort, J-J., Insacco, G., Zava, B., Mouillot, D., Deter, J. (2023). An environmental DNA assay for the detection of Critically Endangered angel sharks (Squatina spp.). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 33(10), 1088-1097. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3954

Mathon, L., Marques, V., Manel, S., Albouy, C., Andrello, M., Boulanger, E., ... Faure, N., … & Mouillot, D. (2023). The distribution of coastal fish eDNA sequences in the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(8), 1336-1352. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13698

05/24 new interns hosted in the team

Alexis RYO is an M1 student in Evolutionary Ecology at Poitiers University. He is currently doing an internship with Aline Muyle and Mathilde Dufaÿ on sexual dimorphism in the Silene genus, Caryophyllaceae.

 

 

Workshop “Evolutionary genomics for plant models and crops"

 

Aline Muyle will take part as a lecturer in the Biopolis Workshop "Evolutionary genomics for plant models and crops", taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 13 to 17 May 2024.

 

https://cibio.up.pt/en/events/evolutionary-genomics-for-plant-models-and-crops/

 

 

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The Master interns we are hosting as of January 2024

We have the pleasure to currently host the following Master interns:

  • Jules Teyssèdre is an M2 IDIL student in Applied Ecology and Evolutionary Science at Montpellier. He is doing his internship under the supervision of Philippe Jarne. The topic is to disentangle the underlying forces behind the dynamics of a freshwater snails metacommunity in Martinique.
  • Salome Xheneumont is doing a four-months internship in a gap year from Montpellier SupAgro (Master level). She will study the role of biological invasions in biological community building: the case of freshwater communities in the French Antilles, under the supervision of Philippe Jarne and Patrice David.
  • Matéo JARRY is a Master 1 IDIL student in ecological and evolutionary sciences of the University of Montpellier. His internship is supervised by Stéphanie BEDHOMME. He is working on the phenomenon of phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation of Escherichia Coli in saline environments.