Dr. Rébecca Beauvais
Tasks at the Ecotox Centre
- Organisation and implementation of various activities and projects in sediment ecotoxicology
- Planning, implementation of and assistance in continuing education courses
Areas of Expertise
- Sediment and Aquatic Ecotoxicology
- Transcriptomics (RNA-Seq, Reverse transcriptase qPCR)
- Plant physiology
- Mercury ecotoxicity
Projects
CV
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since 2019
Scientist in sediment ecotoxicology at the Ecotox Centre
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2012-2017
PhD at University of Geneva in Environmental Sciences. Doctoral Thesis in Ecotoxicogenomics: “Transcriptomics to assess Hg effects on aquatic primary producers” Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation
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2010-2012
Scientific assistant in sediment ecotoxicology at the Ecotox Centre
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2008-2010
Master of Science in Ecology and Ethology at University of Saint Etienne, France. Master thesis: “Nickel toxicity to three freshwater macroinvertebrates”
Publications
Beauvais-Flück, R., Slaveykova, V.I., Ulf, S., Cosio, C., 2019. Towards early-warning gene signature of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to Hg-containing complex media. Aquatic Toxicology 214, 105259, available here.
Beauvais-Fluck, R.; Slaveykova, V. I.; Cosio, C., 2019. Comparative study of Cu uptake and early transcriptome responses in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the macrophyte Elodea nuttallii. Environmental pollution, 250, 331-337, available here.
Beauvais-Fluck, R.; Slaveykova, V. I.; Skyllberg, U.; Cosio, C., 2018. Molecular effects, speciation, and competition of Inorganic and methyl mercury in the aquatic plant Elodea nuttallii. Environmental Science & Technology, 52, (15), 8876-8884, available here.
Beauvais-Fluck, R.; Slaveykova, V. I.; Cosio, C., 2018. Effects of two-hour exposure to environmental and high concentrations of methylmercury on the transcriptome of the macrophyte Elodea nuttallii. Aquatic toxicology, 194, 103-111, available here.
Beauvais-Flück, R., Slaveykova, V.I., Cosio, C., 2018. Molecular Effects of Inorganic and Methyl Mercury in Aquatic Primary Producers: Comparing Impact to A Macrophyte and A Green Microalga in Controlled Conditions. Geosciences 8, 393, available here.
Beauvais-Flück, R., Slaveykova, V.I., Cosio, C., 2017. Cellular toxicity pathways of inorganic and methyl mercury in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Scientific reports, 7: 8034, available here.
Beauvais-Flück, R., Gimbert, F., Mehault, O., Cosio, C., 2017. Trophic fate of inorganic and methyl-mercury in a macrophyte-chironomid food chain. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 338: 140-147, available here.
Dranguet, P., Cosio, C., Le Faucheur, S., Beauvais-Flück, R., Freiburghaus, A., Worms, I. A. M., Petit, B., Civic, N., Docquier, M., Slaveykova, V.I., 2017. Transcriptomic approach for assessment of the impact on microalga and macrophyte of in-situ exposure in river sites contaminated by chlor-alkali plant effluents. Water Research, 121: 86-94, available here.
Beauvais-Flück, R., Chaumot, A., Gimbert, F., Queau, H., Geffard, O., Slaveykova, V. I., Cosio, C., 2016. Role of cellular compartmentalization in the trophic transfer of mercury species in a freshwater plant-crustacean food chain. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 320: 401-407, available here.
Beauvais-Flück, R., Slaveykova, V.I., Cosio, C., 2016. Transcriptomic and physiological responses of the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during short-term exposure to subnanomolar methylmercury concentrations. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(13): 7126-7134, available here.
Regier, N., Beauvais-Flück, R., Slaveykova, V.I., Cosio, C., 2016. Elodea nuttallii exposure to mercury exposure under enhanced ultraviolet radiation: effects on bioaccumulation, transcriptome, pigment content and oxidative stress. Aquatic Toxicology, 180: 218-226, available here.
Le Faucheur, S., Vasiliu, D., Catianis, I., Zazu, M., Dranguet, P., Beauvais-Flück, R., Loizeau, J.L., Cosio, C., Ungureanu, C., Ungureanu, V.G., Slaveykova, V.I., 2016. Environmental quality assessment of reservoirs impacted by Hg from chlor-alkali technologies: case study of a recovery. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(22): 22542-22553, available here.
Flück, R.; Casado-Martinez, C., Campiche, S., Ferrari, B., Werner, I., De Alencastro, L.F., Rossi, L., Santiago, S., Chèvre, N., 2014. Retour sur l’article : « Surveillance de la qualité des sédiments ». Aqua & Gas 2014-06, 70-71, available here.
Cosio, C., Flück, R., Regier, N., Slaveykova, V.I., 2014. Effects of macrophytes on the fate of mercury in aquatic systems. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33(6): 1225-1237, available here.
Dranguet, P., Flück, R., Regier, N., Cosio, C., Le Faucheur, S., Slaveykova, V.I., 2014. Towards mechanistic understanding of mercury availability and toxicity to aquatic primary producers. Chimia, 68(11): 799-805, available here.
Flück, R., Campiche, S., de Alencastro, L.F., Ferrari, B.J.D., Rossi, L., Santiago, S., Werner, I., Chèvre, N., 2012. Surveillance de la qualité des sédiments. État actuel des méthodes disponibles et mise en place de recommandations. Aqua & Gas 2012-04, 18-22, available here.