I am delighted to share that the Research Council of the University of Namur has awarded a CERUNA PhD fellowship to Prajna Bandyopadhyay. Prajna will join our team in September 2026 to work on a PhD project investigating sleep and cognition in upside-down jellyfish. This fascinating system offers exciting opportunities to better understand the links […]
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Exciting news! Our new paper, “Fluoxetine enhances reproductive output without affecting spawning-site selection in turquoise killifish” has been published in Environmental Pollution. The study investigates how exposure to the antidepressant fluoxetine affects reproductive behavior and output in an emerging model species, the turquoise killifish. Even more exciting: this is the first scientific publication led by
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Our PhD student Theresia Kimario gave a great presentation during the Institute of Life, Earth, and Environment (ILEE) Research Day 2026 at the University of Namur. In her talk, “More eggs in the same nest? How an antidepressant affects fish reproduction,” she presented recent findings on how pharmaceutical pollution can influence reproductive behavior and fitness
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Our PhD student Noémie Buratto gave an excellent presentation during the bi-annual Seminar Series of the Department of Biology at the University of Namur. She introduced her PhD project, which explores upside-down jellyfish as a promising experimental model for studying the ecotoxicology of symbiosis. The seminar provided a great overview of the exciting research questions
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On 9 December, during the ZOOlogy 2025 conference, Noémie Buratto was selected among the top six best oral presentations, receiving an honorable mention. This was her first oral presentation at an international conference, and she absolutely nailed it. A fantastic achievement – congratulations, Noémie!
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Theresia received a PhD fellowship grant from Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) through the DOCT.IN program. This is fantastic news and a well-deserved recognition of her work and potential. Congratulations, Theresia!
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On 17 November, Nicole Goede gave a research seminar at the University of Leuven, presenting the work she has carried out so far during her PhD. Her talk covered a broad range of studies, from experiments on how temperature affects embryonic development rates in frogs and fish, to research conducted in Sweden during her research
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Over the past period, our postdoc Dr. Omayma Missawi has followed an intensive training “Advancing Risk Assessment and Compliance with European Regulations“, supported by the Federation of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX) and part of the European Registered Toxicologist (ERT) certification program. Super valuable experience, and great to have this expertise in
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I’m very proud of Theresia’s work today! She gave her first-ever PhD seminar at the ILEE Seminar Series (Institite of Life, Earth, and Environment) of UNamur, and she did a hell of a job. Big congratulations to Theresia!
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There’s no stopping Nichole, who has just won yet another award! This time, she won second place for Best Senior Poster Presentation at the 5th International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife – 53rd Annual Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (ICPOW–PARSA) 2025 in Kruger National Park, South Africa. I am thoroughly impressed – huge congratulations, Nichole!
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