(Karine Van Doninck's lab)
PEOPLE
Contacts: karine.vandoninck@fundp.ac.be; Tel. +32 81/72 44 07; Fax. +32 81/72 43 62
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PhD
(in 2003) jointly from the laboratory of Cellular Genetics at the
Free University of Brussels (VUB) with Prof. Micheline Kirsch-Volders
and the laboratory of Freshwater Biology at the Royal Belgian Institute
of Natural Sciences (RBINSc) with Dr. Koen Martens and Dr. Isa Schön.
Post-Doctoral researcher (2003-2006) in the laboratory of Prof.
Matthew Meselson in the Molecular and Cellular Department (MCB)
at Harvard University, USA. A second postdoc (2006-2007) on a Marie-Curie
(IEF) grant in the laboratory of Dr. Yannis Michalakis at GEMI-IRD
(France). Since September 2007 I am an Associate Professor at the
FUNDP and founded the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology
(LEGE). My research interests integrate molecular genetics, organism
evolution, evolution of reproductive modes and invasive species
(see research). Since September 2009 I received the grade of full-time
Professor at the FUNDP. |
>> Selected recent publications:
Pigneur L.-M., Etoundi E., Hedtke S., Van Doninck K.,
2012. Androgenesis: a review through the study of Corbicula spp. Heredity
108 : 581-591 (I.F.: 4,122). DOI:10.1038/hdy.2012.3
Danchin E.G.J., Flot J.-F., Perfus-Barbeoch L. & Van Doninck K., 2011. Genomic perspectives on the long-term absence of sexual reproduction in animals. In : Evolutionary Biology – Concepts, Biodiversity, Macroevolution and Genome Evolution, P. Pontarotti (ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, p. 223 - 242.
Pigneur L.-M., Marescaux J., Roland K., Etoundi E., Descy J.-P. & Van Doninck K., 2011. Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, online - 11: 147 (I.F.: 4,21). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-147
Van Doninck K., Mandigo M.L., Hur J.H., Wang, P., Guglielmini J., Milinkovitch M., Lane W.S. and Meselson M., 2009. Phylogenomics of unusual histone H2A Variants in Bdelloid Rotifers. PLoS Genetics 5: e1000401 (I.F.: 8,7).
Hur J.H., Van Doninck K., Mandigo M.L. and Meselson M., 2009. Degenerate tetraploidy was established before bdelloid rotifer families diverged. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26: 375-383 (I.F.: 6,438).
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POST-DOC
Jean-François
Flot
Contacts: jean-francois.flot@fundp.ac.be;
Tel. +32 81/72 44 07
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PhD
(in 2007) from the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
in Paris on the molecular systematics of scleractinian corals (PhD
advisor Prof. Simon Tillier). |
>> Selected recent publications:
Figueiredo
J., Baird A., Cohen M., Flot J.-F., Kamiki T., Meziane
T., Tsuchiya M., Yamasaki H. (2012) Ontogenetic change in the lipid and
fatty acid composition of scleractinian coral larvae. Coral Reefs 31:613-619
Flot
J.-F., Blanchot J., Charpy L., Cruaud C., Licuanan W., Nakano
Y., Payri C., Tillier S. (2011) Incongruence between morphotypes and genetically
delimited species in the coral genus Stylophora: phenotypic plasticity,
morphological convergence, morphological stasis or interspecific hybridization?
BMC Ecology 11:22
Danchin E.G.J, Flot J.-F., Perfus-Barbeoch L., Van Doninck
K. (2011) Genomic perspectives on the long-term absence of sexual reproduction
in animals. In: Pontarotti P (ed) Evolutionary Biology Concepts,
Biodiversity, Macroevolution and Genome Evolution. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg,
pp223-242
Flot
J.-F. (2010) SeqPHASE: a web tool for interconverting PHASE input/output
files and FASTA sequence alignments. Molecular Ecology Resources 10:162-166
Flot J.-F., Wörheide G., Dattagupta S. (2010) Unsuspected
diversity of Niphargus amphipods in the chemoautotrophic cave ecosystem
of Frasassi, central Italy. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:171
Flot J.-F., Couloux A., Tillier S. (2010) Haplowebs as
a graphical tool for delimiting species: a revival of Doyle's "field
for recombination" approach and its application to the coral genus
Pocillopora in Clipperton. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:372
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Lise-Marie Pigneur
Contacts: lise-marie.pigneur@fundp.ac.be
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I
am passionately fond of animals and plants since my childhood. I
therefore studied biology at the University of Namur (Belgium) and
specialized in freshwater ecology. For my master thesis I spent
4 months along Congo river and studied taxonomy and biology of African
elephantfish (Mormyridae). There I have been puzzled by the complexity
of defining a species. I graduated in 2005 and started working as
a teaching assistant at the University of Namur, combining teaching
activities and PhD research. For my PhD thesis, I decided to work
on invasive organisms: the basket clams of the genus Corbicula spp.
Interestingly, these odd creatures reproduce through androgenesis:
during fertilization, the maternal chromosomes are extruded from
the oocyte and the unreduced sperm provides the complete nuclear
genome to the offspring! I am studying phylogeny and phylogeography
of these clams and the role of androgenesis in their invasiveness.
I am also interested in assessing the impact of Corbicula clams
on aquatic ecosystems, here the Meuse river. I am particularly interested
in biodiversity, taxonomy, phylogeny, phylogeography and evolution.
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>> Selected recent publications:
Pigneur L.-M., Etoundi E., Hedtke S., Van Doninck K., 2012. Androgenesis: a review through the study of Corbicula spp. Heredity 108 : 581-591 (I.F.: 4,122). DOI:10.1038/hdy.2012.3
Pigneur L.-M., Marescaux J., Roland K., Etoundi E., Descy J.-P. & Van Doninck K., 2011. Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, online - 11: 147 (I.F.: 4,21). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-147
Pigneur L.-M., Risterucci A.-M., Dauchot N., Li X. & Van Doninck K., 2010. Development of novel microsatellite markers to identify the different invasive lineages in the Corbicula complex and to assess androgenesis. Molecular Ecology Resources, DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02963.x (I.F.: 1,251).
Marescaux J., Pigneur L.-M. & Van Doninck K., 2010. New records of Corbicula clams in French rivers. Aquatic Invasions, 5(Suppl 1):S35-S39.
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Xiang
Li
Contacts: xiang.li@fundp.ac.be;
Tel. +32 81/72 44 28
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PhD FRIA student (2007-2008) at the Unit of Evolutionary Genetics (UEG) at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) with Prof. Michel C. Milinkovitch on the population genetics of marine mammals. PhD FRIA student (2008-present) in the laboratory of Prof. Karine Van Doninck at the University of Namur (FUNDP) on the population genetics and comparative genomics of bdelloid rotifers. Research
interests: population genetics, molecular evolution, ancient
asexuality of bdelloid |
>> Selected recent publications:
Li X., Liu Y., Tzika A.C., Van Doninck K., Zhu Q. & Milinkovitch M.C., 2011. Genetic Status of the Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides in the Bohai and Northern Yellow Seas Based on Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Analyses. Marine Biology, in press (I.F.: 1,999).
Xiang LI, Athanasia C. Tzika, Yingying Liu, Karine Van Doninck, Qian ZHU & Michel C. Milinkovitch. 2010. Preliminary genetic status of the spotted seal Phoca largha in Liaodong Bay (China) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses. Trends in Evolutionary Biology, 1: 33-38 (new journal). DOI: 10.4081/eb.2010.e6
Xiang
LI, Qian ZHU. 2005. Observations on morphology of flippers of
finless propoise Neophocaena Phocoenidae. Acta Hydrobiologica
Sinica, 29(6): 621~626.
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PhD Students
Boris
Hespeels, assistant
Contacts: boris.hespeels@fundp.ac.be;
Tel. +32 81/72 42 86
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With
a Master degree in Molecular and Cellular biology at the University
of Namur (in 2009) my formation was oriented towards genetics and
plant biology. My Master thesis entitled “Breeding for pathogen
resistance of the industrial chicory using class 1 molecular markers”
was under supervision of Pr P. Van Cutsem and Dr N. Dauchot (URBV,
FUNDP). During my Master I also did 4 months training period at
‘Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserij Onderzoek’ (ILVO), Melle, Belgium.
My project there was entitled “AFLP studies of Buxus population
and searching to flowering candidate genes on Rhododendron species”.
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Jonathan
Marescaux, FRNS PhD student
Contacts: jonathan.marescaux@fundp.ac.be;
Tel. +32 81/72 43 92
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I
studied biology (2005 – 2010) at the University of Namur (FUNDP,
Belgium) and specialized in biodiversity. The aim of my Master thesis
was a contribution to a phylogeographical study of the invasive
basket clam Corbicula. This work was supervised by Pr.
Karine Van Doninck and Lise-Marie Pigneur (PhD student). During
my Master Internship in China I studied the behaviour of captive
dolphins. I graduated in 2010 and obtained the “Jacques Kets Award”
for the best Master Thesis. |
>> Selected recent publications:
Marescaux
J., Bij de Vaate A., Van Doninck K., 2012. First records of Dreissena
rostriformis bugensis (Andrusov 1897) in the Meuse River. BioInvasions
Records 1 (2): 109-114.
Pigneur L.-M., Marescaux J, Roland K., Etoundi E., Descy
J.-P. & Van Doninck K., 2011. Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive
Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC
Evolutionary Biology, online - 11: 147 (I.F.: 4,21). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-147
Marescaux J., Pigneur L.-M. & Van Doninck K., 2010. New records of Corbicula clams in French rivers. Aquatic Invasions, 5(Suppl 1):S35-S39.
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Emilie
Etoundi, FRNS PhD student
Contacts: emilie.etoundi@fundp.ac.be
Tel. +32 81/72 43 92
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Master
(2011) in Biochemistry, Cell and molecular biology at the University
of Namur. PhD student at the University of Namur in LEGE lab with
Pr. Karine Van Doninck. PhD thesis about androgenesis in the bivalve
genus Corbicula. |
>> Selected recent publications:
Pigneur L.-M., Etoundi E., Hedtke S., Van Doninck K., 2012. Androgenesis: a review through the study of Corbicula spp. Heredity 108 : 581-591 (I.F.: 4,122). DOI:10.1038/hdy.2012.3
Pigneur L.-M., Marescaux J., Roland K., Etoundi E., Descy J.-P. & Van Doninck K., 2011. Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, online - 11: 147 (I.F.: 4,21). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-147
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MASTER STUDENTS
2012
Benjamin Lejeune, Master BOE FUNDP (2012)
Contacts: Email: belejeun@student.fundp.ac.be
Caroline Laurent, Master BOE FUNDP (2012)
Contacts: Email: caroline.m.laurent@student.uclouvain.be
Audrey
Vokaer, Master BOE FUNDP (2012)
Contacts: Email: audrey.vokaer@gmail.com
2011
Nicolas Debortoli, Master BOE FUNDP (2011)
Contacts:
Email: nicolas.debortoli@student.fundp.ac.be
Master thesis: « Is an asexual species able to diversify? Development of molecular markers for a population genetic study on the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga »
Manon
Knapen, Master BOE FUNDP (2011)
Contacts:
Email. mknapen@student.fundp.ac.be
Master thesis: « The study of desiccation in bdelloid rotifers »
Alessandro
Derzelle, Master BOE FUNDP
Contacts:
Email. alessandro.derzelle@fundp.ac.be
Master thesis: « Grazing impacts of the invasive mollusc Corbicula spp on freshwater ecosystems and the phenomenon of egg parasitism»
2010
Emilie Etoundi, Master BBMC FUNDP (2010)
Contacts:
Email. emilie.etoundi@student.fundp.ac.be; Tel. +3281724392
Master thesis: « Etude génétique et cytologique de populations de palourdes asiatiques invasives (Corbicula spp.) »
Publications :
Pigneur L.-M., Marescaux J., Roland K., Etoundi E., Descy
J.-P. & Van Doninck K., 2011. Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive
Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC
Evolutionary Biology, in press (I.F.: 4,21).
Pigneur L.-M., Etoundi E., Hedtke S. & Van Doninck K. Androgenesis: a review through the study of Corbicula spp. Invited by Heredity, in prep.
Elodie
Falisse, Master BOE FUNDP (2010)
Contacts:
Email. efalisse@student.fundp.ac.be
Master thesis: « Etude des impacts de la palourde asiatique, Corbicula spp., au sein de l’écosystème mosan »
2009
Delphine Hanot-Mambres, Master BBMC (2009)
Contacts:
Email. hanotmambres.delphine@hotmail.com
Master thesis : « Etude de la dessiccation et de la diversité clonale d’une population de rotifères bdelloïdes (Adineta vaga) »
Jonathan
Marescaux, Master BOE (2009)
Contacts:
Email. jmaresca@fundp.ac.be
Master thesis : « Contribution à l’étude d’une espèce invasive : la palourde asiatique Corbicula spp. »
2008
François Renoz, Master BOE (2008)
Master thesis : « Contribution à l’étude des interactions hôte-parasite chez Adineta vaga, une espèce de rotifère bdelloïde »
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TECHNICAL & ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Yves
Mine
Contacts: yves.mine@fundp.ac.be;
Tel. +32 81/72 43 62
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