Seed & Valorization Project, ARES, 2024, [Funded]
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Title: "Vers un Observatoire durable de la biodiversité du grand récif de Toliara (Madagascar) : une approche intégrée"
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
PhD Thesis Project, FRIA- F.R.S.-FNRS, 2024-2028 [Submitted, thesis of Némo Lémaire]
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing, co-supervisor, technical expertise
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Title: Analyse moléculaire des transitions mécaniques régissant les structures collagéniques mutables chez les échinodermes
F.R.S.-FNRS Research Associate Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (CQ), 2024, [Not-funded, rated Excellent/A]
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
PhD Thesis Project, FRIA- F.R.S.-FNRS, 2022-2026 [Funded, thesis of Wendy S. Baeyart]
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing, co-supervisor, technical expertise
PhD Thesis Project, FRIA- F.R.S.-FNRS, 2022-2026 [Funded, thesis of Leandro Smacchia]
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing, co-supervisor, technical expertise
PhD Thesis Project, FRIA- F.R.S.-FNRS, 2022-2026 [Funded, thesis of Youri Nonclercq]
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Title: Between Molecular Evolution and Sensory Ecology: study of light perception in sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata)
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Project leader: Youri Nonclercq (UMONS)
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing, co-supervisor, technical expertise
Research Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (PDR), 2022 [Accepted]
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Title: The protectobiome of sea cucumbers: a deeper analysis of the roles and interaction of coelomocytes and microbiomes in H. scabra’s homeostasis
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Project leaders: Prof. Igor Eeckhaut, Prof. Fabrice Bureau (ULiège)
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing
Research Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (PDR), 2022 [Not funded]
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Title: Co-evolution of color pattern and vision in coral reef fishes
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Project leaders: Prof. Bruno Frédérich (ULiège), Prof. Oscar Puebla (ZMT, Germany)
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Personal contribution: conception (as initiator), project writing
F.R.S.-FNRS Research Associate Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (CQ), 2022 [Not funded, rated Excellent/A]
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Title: Molecular neuroanatomy and neural cell atlas in echinoderms to explore the evolution of the nervous system in deuterostomes
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
LIFE Project, 2020, [Not funded]
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Title: Gathering the Power of People to Restore Ecosystems and Enhance Biodiversity
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Project leader: NGO Ecosystem Restoration Camps (ERC)
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Budget: €229,407.05
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing (as part of EnScope activities)
ARC Research Project, 2020 [Not funded]
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Title: Comparative and in-depth study of the visual capacities of five species of Scincidae (Squamata, Vertebrata)
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Project leader: Prof. Denis Nonclercq (UMONS)
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Budget: €400,000
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Personal contribution: Co-supervisor, conception, project writing
Research Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (PDR), 2019-2022 [Funded]
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Title: Deciphering the Functional Interaction between Extraocular Photoreception and Bioluminescence in Marine Organisms
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Budget: €434,617
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Project leaders: Prof. Jérôme Mallefet, Prof. Patrick Flammang
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing
Excellence of Science Project (EOS), 2021, [Not funded]
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Title: The evolutionary ecology of color polymorphism in reef fishes
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Project leaders: Profs. Bruno Frederich (ULiège), Patrick Flammang, Matthew Shawkey (UGent), Liliana d’Alba (UGent), Nicolas Salamin (University of Lausanne)
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Personal contribution: co-supervisor, conception, project writing
PhD Thesis Project, FRIA- F.R.S.-FNRS, 2021-2025 [Funded, thesis by Noé Wambreuse]
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Title: Functional Characterization of Holothurian Coelomocytes (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata)
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Project leader: Noé Wambreuse (UMONS)
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing, technical expertise
Research Credit, F.R.S.-FNRS (CDR), 2021-2022, [Funded]
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Title: Valorization of a by-product of sea cucumber aquaculture: analysis of the potential of the midgut of H. scabra in cheese making
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Budget: €44,143
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Project leader: Prof. Igor Eeckhaut
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Personal contribution: participation in project writing, technical expertise
Business Partnership Facility – Enterprises for SDGs Project, King Baudouin Foundation, 2019, [Not funded]
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Title: Increasing the profitability of the growing phase (sea ranching and earthen ponds growing) to support and develop sea cucumber aquaculture in Madagascar
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Project leader: Prof. Igor Eeckhaut (UMONS)
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Budget: €126,896 Personal contribution: conception, project writing
PhD Thesis Project, FRIA- F.R.S.-FNRS, 2019-2023 [Funded, thesis by Alexia Lourtie]
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Title: The "Separation Syndrome" in Ectocommensal Organisms Associated with Crinoids and Antipatharians of Tulear Bay, Madagascar.
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Project leader: Alexia Lourtie (UMONS)
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Personal contribution: participation in project writing, technical expertise
Postdoctoral Researcher Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (CR), 2019-2022, [Funded, rated Excellent/A]
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Title: Opsin-based extraocular photoreception in echinoderms: the common sea star under the spotlights
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
BNP Paris Climate & Biodiversity Initiative Project, 2019, [Not funded]
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Title: Holoth Care, ecological roles of temperate sea cucumbers facing climate change
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Summary: Study the ecological role of sea cucumbers from the Mediterranean and Northeastern Atlantic coasts to anticipate the effects of climate change on ecosystems and enable sustainable resource management
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Project leader: Dr. Frank David (Concarneau, France)
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Budget: €484,150
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing
SMRT Grant Project, PacBio competition for genome sequencing, 2019, [Not funded, 3rd position]
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Title: Go for Scabra!
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Summary: Funding request to sequence the chromosomal quality genome of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra.
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We ranked 3rd after the German shepherd and the domesticated fox, which is an achievement for a marine invertebrate! The video we created with two colleagues, as well as scientists specializing in echinoderms worldwide, has been viewed over 3400 times on YouTube.
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Budget: up to $50,000
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, realization
Research Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (PDR), 2018, [Not funded, rated very good/A-]
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Title: Deciphering the Functional Interaction between Extraocular Photoreception and Bioluminescence in Marine Organisms
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Project leaders: Prof. Jérôme Mallefet, Prof. Patrick Flammang
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing
FNSNF Project – Swiss National Science Foundation, 2018, [Not funded]
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Title: Deciphering the Biological Process Generating Geometric Sea Shell Colour Patterns
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Budget: €413,009
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Project leader: Prof. Michel Milinkovitch (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Prof. Igor Eeckhaut (UMONS)
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing
Research Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (PDR), 2017, [Not funded, rated very good, A-]
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Title: Functional interaction between extraocular photoreception and bioluminescence in marine organisms: a physiological approach
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Budget: €432,100
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Project leaders: Prof. Jérôme Mallefet, Prof. Patrick Flammang
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing
Southeast Asia – Europe Joint Funding Scheme for Research and Innovation – Joint Call, 2017-2021, [Funded]
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Title: The emergence of Skin Ulceration Diseases in Edible Sea Cucumbers in a Global Change Framework Budget: €178,085
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Project leader: Prof. Igor Eeckhaut, Prof. Philippe Dubois (ULB), Prof. Anchana Prathep (Prince of Songkla University, Thailand), Prof. Nadia Ameziane (Marine Station of Concarneau, France)
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Personal contribution: participation in conception and project writing, technical expertise
Postdoctoral Researcher Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (CR), 2017, [Not funded, rated very good/A-]
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Title: Shedding Light on Echinoderm Opsin-based Photoreception
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
Research Project dedicated to Sustainable Development of the Strategic Fundamental Research Fund (FRFS-WISD), 2016-2022, [Funded]
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Title: Researches in Holothuriculture for the sustainable development of communities of traditional fishermen of the Indo-Pacific tropics
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Project leaders: Prof. Igor Eeckhaut, Prof. Pascal Gerbaux, Prof. David Gillan (UMONS)
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Personal contribution: participation in conception and project writing, technical expertise
Research Credit, F.R.S.-FNRS (CDR), 2017-2018, [Funded]
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Title: Differential expression analysis of the "host separation syndrome" in the ectocommensal shrimp Tuleariocaris holthuisi
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Budget: €22,000 Project leader: Prof. Igor Eeckhaut
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Personal contribution: participation in project writing, technical expertise
Postdoctoral Researcher Project, F.R.S.-FNRS (CR), 2016, [Funded for 1 year, rated very good/A]
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Title: Shedding Light on Echinoderm Opsin-based Photoreception Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
PhD Thesis Project, Aspirant F.R.S.-FNRS, 2010, [Funded]
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Title: Extraocular photoreception in metazoans: an integrated study on the bioluminescent ophiuroid Amphiura filiformis
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Supervisor: Prof. Jérôme Mallefet (UCLouvain), Prof. Patrick Flammang (UMONS)
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
PhD Thesis Project, FRIA-F.R.S.-FNRS, 2009, [Funded]
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Title: Extraocular photoreception in metazoans: an integrated study on the bioluminescent ophiuroid Amphiura filiformis
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Supervisor: Prof. Jérôme Mallefet (UCLouvain), Prof. Patrick Flammang (UMONS)
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Personal contribution: project leader, conception, project writing
Student Microproject of the University Commission for Development (CUD), 2008-2009, [Not funded]
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Title: Participation in installing a histology room at the Halieutic and Marine Sciences Institute of Tuléar (Madagascar). Initiation to Histological Sciences
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Project leader: Prof. Igor Eeckhaut
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Budget: €14,000
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Personal contribution: conception, project writing