Amélie CANT

Research to which I contribute aims to improve understanding of the potential effects of contaminants on organisms from aquatic environments (continental and marine) by using approaches at different biological scales (individual, sub-individual).
I am currently conducting my postdoctoral research at UMR SEBIO-I 02, hosted by UR RiverLy INRAE Villeurbanne (ecotox team), as part of the STRATA project "Development of a biotest on the early stages of the Palaemon serratus shrimp as a tool for assessing chemical risk in the marine environment: application to the PFAS family (ANSES 2024-2028)". Targeted proteomics methodology is currently under development for the juvenile stage of P. serratus, in order to incorporate a functional analysis of the effect of two PFAS at the molecular level (dose-response modelling via DRomic). The aim of this research is to contribute to the PFAS environmental risk assessment to marine invertebrates.
My previous postdoctoral work at IFREMER aimed to assess the potential ecotoxicological hazards of harbour sediments. A multi-approach of standard bioassay targeting different endpoints on three marine model species from different trophic levels (Allivibrio fischeri bacteria, Phaeodactylum tricornutum phytoplankton and Tisbe battagliai zooplankton) was tested.
Furthermore, my doctoral research conducted between INERIS and the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (ED ABIES, UMR SEBIO I-02 2019-2022) demonstrated the interest and applicability of various biological indicators of genotoxicity (biomarkers, reversible and irreversible lesions) coupled with active biomonitoring of rivers, applied to a sentinel species of the aquatic ecosystem, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.