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Fellows
ESR1.
In vitro
assessment of the toxicity of pesticides on AOM
Ecole Centrale de Lyon – Dr Graeme
Nicol
NCIMB ltd – Dr Carol Phillips
Supervisory Committee: G. Nicol, C.
Phillips, M. Pester (DSMZ)
Aims:
(i) to establish, optimize and standardize
in vitro assays for assessing the toxicity of pesticides on AOM, (ii) to
identify toxicity on other microorganisms participating in the nitrification
process, (iii) to explore pesticides toxicity mechanisms on AOM
FELLOW : Eleftheria Bachtsevani
has a first degree in Biochemistry
and Biotechnology and an MSc in Biotechnology-Quality
Assessment in Nutrition and the Environment, from the Department of
Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Greece
. Her main
research interest is the assessment of the impact of agrochemicals to microbial
functioning in the N-cycle. She just joined ARISTO project to pursue a PhD in Environmental
Microbiology and Ecology in the Ecole
Centrale de Lyon, University of Lyon (France) and NCIMB Ltd (Aberdeen, Scotland UK).
She will work on the in vitro assessment of the toxicity of pesticides
on ammonia oxidizing microorganisms and other microorganisms participating in
the nitrification process.
Email. eleftheria.bachtsevani 'at' ec-lyon.fr
Eleftheria is talking about her project
ESR2.
In vitro assessment of the toxicity of pesticides
on AMF
Universite Catholique de
Louvain – Prof. Stephane Declerck
Phytothreptiki – Dr
Myrto Tsiknia
Supervisory Committee: S. Declerck,M. Tsiknia, C.
Schneider (INOQ)
Aims:
(i) to establish, optimize and standardize
a fast-track in vitro assay to evaluate the toxicity of a broad-range of
pesticides on AMF, (ii) to explore the impact of pesticides on functional
attributes (i.e. transport of minerals) of AMF, (iii) to explore the mechanisms
of toxicity
FELLOW :
Marjan Roshanfekrrad has a bachelor degree in Agriculture (Phytopathology) from the University of Tehran, Iran, a M1 in Plant molecular biology from the University of Guilan, Iran and a M2 in Analyzing and managing health and food risks from University of Nantes, France.
She is a plant biologist with successful research experiences in microbiology and molecular biology. Strengths in plant-microbe interactions and molecular/cellular analysis backed by training in the named universities and 3 years of work experience in Iran. She just joined ARISTO project to pursue a PhD in revising and advancing the assessment of the soil microbial toxicity of pesticides (in Belgium and Greece).
Email : marjan.roshanfekrrad 'at' uclouvain.be
ESR3.
Studying the toxicity of
pesticides on AOM, and other nitrifiers, in soil
Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences – Prof. Sara Hallin
SAYENS – Dr Abdelwahad Echairi
Supervisory Committee: S. Hallin, A. EchairiG.
Nicol (ECL)
Aims:
to establish methods and standardized
procedures to assess the toxicity of pesticides on the function and diversity
of AOM, and on other functional groups involved in nitrification in soil, at
microcosm and field scale level
FELLOW : Laura
Johanna Müller did
her BSc and MSc in Biological Sciences at the University of Cologne, Germany.
In internships at the Fraunhofer IME in Schmallenberg, Germany, and her Master
Thesis at the University of Manchester, UK, she worked on effects of C/N
addition, land use intensity, plant species and drought on the performance of
the soil microbial community.
Within the
ARISTO project she will pursue a PhD in soil microbial ecology at the Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala and Sayens in Dijon,
France. She will focus on the ecotoxicity of pesticides on nitrifiers in soil
and the soils capacity to cope with additional stressors.
Email: laura.muller 'at' slu.se
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SR4.
Assessing
the toxicity of pesticides on natural soil and plant assemblages of AMF
University of Thessaly – Dr Kalliope Papadopoulou
InoQ
– Dr Caroline Schneider
Supervisory Committee: K. Papadopoulou, C.
Schneider, M.T. Marx (BAYER)
Aims:
to establish and standardize methods and
procedures for assessing the toxicity of pesticides on natural assemblages of
AMF under lab and field conditions
FELLOW :
Anna Manukyan has a first degree in Biology from the
Yerevan State University, Armenia, and a MSc in Conservation Biology from
the Université
Bourgogne-Franche Comté, France. Her main
research focus is microbial biotechnology and
ecotoxicology. She has just joined ARISTO project to pursue a Ph.D. in microbial ecotoxicology at
the University of Thessaly (Greece) and INOQ GmbH (Germany). Anna will work on
the assessment of the toxicity of pesticides on natural soil and plant
assemblages of AMF, by developing advanced experimental lab and field tests and
exploring potential toxicity mechanisms using advanced molecular tools.
Email : annamanu 'at' uth.gr
Anna is talking about her project
ESR5.
Studying the toxicity of
pesticides on soil microbial networks
INRAE – Dr Laurent Philippot
SYNGENTA – Dr Claudio
Scerpanti
Supervisory Committee: L. Philippot, C. Scerpanti, S. Hallin
(SLU)
Aims:
to characterize the impact of pesticides
on potential interactions within microbial networks by focusing on total
bacterial and fungal communities and selected N-cycling microbial guilds
FELLOW : Cara I. Meyer has a B.Sc. in Biology from Mary Baldwin
University in Staunton, Virginia (USA) and a M.Sc. in Global Change Ecology
from the University of Bayreuth (Germany). She has joined the ARISTO project to
pursue a PhD in soil microbial ecology at the University of Bourgogne. Her
research at the Institut National de la Recherche pour l’Agriculture,
l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Dijon, France and Syngenta Crop Protection
AG, Switzerland will assess the toxicity of pesticides on soil microbial
networks of bacteria and fungi.
Email: cara.meyer 'at' inrae.fr
ESR6.
Pesticides
toxicity at the soil food-web level: Defining effects on microbial
predator-prey systems
UFZ – Leipzig – Prof. Antonis Chatzinotas
HYDREKA – ENOVEO – Dr Cedric Malandain
Supervisory Committee: A. Chatzinotas, C.
Malandain, H. Harms (UOL)
Aims:
To determine the impact of pesticides on
interacting microbial predators (protists) and prey (bacteria) and the thereof
resulting consequences for carbon transfer and ecosystem functioning
FELLOW : Marta E. Pérez-Villanueva is our Costa Rican PhD student. She
has a first degree in Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry from the University
of Costa Rica and a MSc in Microbiology from the same University. She has
participated in research at the Environmental Pollution Research Center from
the University of Costa Rica, focused on environmental pollution by pesticides,
its ecotoxicological effects and biorremediation strategies such as biopurification
systems as an alternative to mitigate point-source pollution. She just joined
ARISTO project to pursue a PhD in microbial ecology in the University of
Leipzig and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Germany) and
HYDREKA (France). She will work on the assessment of the impact of pesticides
in a microbial food web context including different trophic levels such as
bacteria, predatory microbes and viruses.
Email:
marta-eugenia.perez-villanueva 'at' ufz.de
ESR7. Assessment of the toxicity of pesticide
mixtures on soil microorganisms
INRAE – Dr Fabrice Martin-Laurent
ECT Oecotoxicologie – Dr
Jorg Roembke
Supervisory Committee: F.
Martin-Laurent, J. Roembke,C. Scerpanti
(SYNGENTA)
Aims:
(i) to develop methods, procedures and
tools to assess the toxicity of pesticide mixtures on soil microorganisms (ii)
to assess the toxicity of pesticides on soil microorganisms and potential
interactions with terrestrial macro-organisms
FELLOW : Camilla Drocco has a first degree in Agriculture from University of Turin, Italy, a
MSc in Sustainable Agriculture from University of Padova, Italy, and a MSc in
Crop and Soil from University of Georgia, US. Her main research focus is on the
effect of biostimulants on blueberry growth and soil biological health. She
just joined ARISTO project for pursue a PhD in microbial ecotoxicology at INRAE
(France) and ECT Oecotoxicologie (Germany). She will work on the assessment of
toxicity of pesticides mixture on soil microorganisms.
Email: camilla.drocco 'at' inrae.fr
Camilla is talking about her project
ESR8.
Assessing
the toxicity of bio-pesticides on soil microorganisms
University of Thessaly – Prof.
Dimitrios Karpouzas
Metabolic Insights ltd – Dr G.
Wittenberg
Supervisory Committee: D. Karpouzas, G.
Wittenberg, B. Singh (WSU)
Aims:
(i) to examine the hypothesis that
bio-pesticides are non-toxic to soil microorganisms (ii) to assess the overall
soil microbial toxicity of bio-pesticides on functional microbial endpoints
FELLOW : Alexandre
Pedrinho has a BS in Agronomy from the Sao Paulo State
University, Brazil, and an MS in Science (Concentration: Biology in Agriculture
and Environment) from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. His main research
focus is to understand the effects of bio-pesticides on soil microbial
community. He just joined the ARISTO project to pursue a Ph.D. in Microbial
Ecotoxicology at the University of Thessaly, Greece, and Metabolic Insights,
Israel. He will work on the assessment of the toxicity of bio-pesticides, mostly
natural products of plant origin, on soil microbial diversity and
functionality.
Email. palexandre 'at' uth.gr
ESR9. Development of tools for in silico
prioritization of pesticide TPs for soil microbial ecotoxicity testing
EAWAG – Dr Kathrin Fenner
ENVIPATH – Tim Lorshbach
Supervisory Committee: K. Fenner, T. Lorsbach, F.
Martin-Laurent (INRAE)
Aims:
(i) to optimize enviPath for prediction of pesticide TPs, and
analytical verification for selected pesticides, (ii) to integrate structural
alerts to prioritize TPs for soil microbial ecotoxicity testing
FELLOW : Kunyang Zhang has a bachelor’s degree in
Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University, China. He received his
first MSc in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA and second master’s degree in Computer and Information Technology
from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. His main research focus is on the
interdisciplinary area of biopesticides and machine learning. He joined ARISTO
project to pursue a PhD in environmental chemistry and cheminformatics in Eawag
(Switzerland) and enviPath (Germany). He will work on in silico tools for predicting the soil microbial toxicity of
pesticides TPs.
Email.
Kunyang.Zhang 'at' eawag.ch