Laetitia De Jong-Moreau

MC-HDR, my research focuses on aquatic invertebrates, beginning with a study of the digestive tract of marine zooplankton crustaceans (physiology and phyletic interest), followed by a specialisation in environmental toxicology with a focus on biomarkers (e.g. stress proteins). In 2006, I defended my HDR entitled "From the cell to the organism: a multidimensional approach to the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems". Today, my preferred model is the freshwater hydra that we breed in the laboratory. My research is part of the holistic One Heath concept and links the health of invertebrates and humans chronically exposed to environmental xenobiotics found in continental aquatic environments. One of the strong points of this work is the study of the effects of complex mixtures of pollutants at environmental concentrations by developing bioassays on hydra via a multi-scale assessment.