Juliette Bedrossiantz

During my thesis project, we worked on the development of detection methodologies for chemical risk assessment in living organisms. The tools we implemented are high-throughput automated systems based on video acquisition, which share the same endpoint: the study of behavioral effects in aquatic species, mainly zebrafish and Daphnia magna. Combined with other analytical results, molecular and cellular effects or physiological responses, the behavioral data allow us to assess the hazard of potentially toxic substances but also to decipher the neuropathological mechanisms in order to understand and prevent the risk to human health and the environment.