Damien Baudiffier

"Disturbance Patterns of Testicular Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis in zebrafish (Danio rerio) by Azole Fungicides" under the supervision of François Brion and Alexis Fostier (obtained with honours)

Etude de l’effet de pesticides sur la fonction de reproduction des poissons. Des expérimentations in vitro et in vivo à des niveaux moléculaires, cellulaires et histologiques ont notamment permis la mise en évidence du mécanisme d’action d’un fongicide et de son effet sur la spermatogenèse

• Xenobiotics mechanisms of action and route of entry
  
• Reproductive toxicology
  
• Food toxicology
  
• Environmental epidemiology and risk assessment
  

• development, physiology, molecular and cell biology
  
• signalling pathways, stress
  

Admitted to Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris, France) to complete a Bachelor’s degree in
Biology, after being selected on school records. Ecole Normale Supérieure is a “Grande
Ecole” (a leading institution of higher education) which awards a title equivalent to master’s
degree. Admission is highly selective and the degree awarded prestigious, obtained with
honours