Name & Surname:
Vincent Leignel
Date & place of birth:
Citizenship:
20th September 1971, France
French
Address:
FR CNRS 3473 IUML (MMS)
Université du Maine
Avenue O. Messaien, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9, France
Tel.:
Email:
+33-243-833-904
vincent.leignel@univ-lemans.fr
Academic honours and career
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2012 : CRCT CNU67 University California of Berkeley (USA)
2010 : HDR in Evolutionary Biology, Université du Maine, Le Mans, France
Since 2001 : Assistant professor in Marine Biology, Université du Maine, Le Mans, France
2000 : PhD Biologie des populations et Ecologie, Université Montpellier II, France
Experience
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Project partner: FP7 IRSES BIOVADIA (2011-2015), SMIDAP Pandha (2013-2014).
Supervision: 5 PhD Thesis (Univ. du Mans); 7 Master 2 (Univ. Le Mans, Angers and RennesI), 9 Master
1 (Univ. Le Mans and Angers).
Training manager : MASTER2 “Toxicologie de l’Environnement”, Université du Maine (2011-).
Expertise : reviewer for scientific articles.
Main scientific expertise
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Genome’s Evolution for aquatic organisms : molecular phylogeny, genetic diversity
Ecotoxicology : Characterization fo biomarkers and study of expression.
List of publications (2009-2013)
Gastineau R., Leignel V., Jacquette B., Bendahmane D., Hardivillier Y., Wulff A., Gaudin P., Kaczmarska I.,
Davidovich N.A., Mouget J.-L. 2013. Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in the pennate diatom Haslea ostrearia
(Naviculaceae) during auxosporulation suggests a uniparental transmission. Protist (in press).
Gastineau R., Hardivillier Y., Leignel V., Morançais M., Fleurence J., Hellio C., Bourgougnon N., Davidovich N.A.,
Tekaya N., Gaudin P., Mouget J.-L. 2012. Greening effect on oysters and biological activities of the blue pigment
produced by the diatom Haslea karadagensis (Naviculaceae). Aquaculture, 368-369 : 61-67.
Gastineau R., Davidovich N.A., Bardeau J.F., Caruso A., Leignel V., Hardivillier Y., Jacquette B., Davidovich O.I.,
Rincé Y., Gaudin P., Cox E.J., Mouget J-L. Haslea karadagensis sp nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom from the
Black Sea producing a novel blue pigment. European Journal of Phycology 47: 469-479
Mateos M., Hurtado L.A., Santamaria C.A., Leignel V., Guinot D. 2012. Molecular systematics of the deep-sea
hydrothermal vent endemic brachyuran family Bythograeidae: a comparison of three Bayesian Species-tree
Methods. Plos One 7(3). e32066
Leignel V., Silvestre A., Humbert J.F., Cabaret J. 2010. Alternative anthelminthic treatments: a molecular evaluation
for Benzimidazole resistance in nematodes. Veterinary Parasitology 172 (1-2):80-8.
Marchand J., Leignel V., Moreau B., Chénais B. 2009. Characterization and sequence analysis of manganese
superoxide dismutases from Brachyura (Crustacea : Decapoda) : particular emphasis from hydrothermal
Bythograeidae versus littoral crabs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B. 153, 191-199.
Total : 21 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 1 book chapter.