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Implication Des Microorganismes Dans Les Biotransformations Et Processus De Transfert Des Métaux Et Métalloïdes Dans Les Environnements Contaminés Par Les Mines UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches Spécialité : Sciences de la Terre et de l’Environnement Implication des microorganismes dans les biotransformations et processus de transfert des métaux et métalloïdes dans les environnements contaminés par les mines par Odile BRUNEEL Chargée de Recherches à l’IRD HydroSciences Montpellier UMR 5569 Soutenue le 29 mars 2016 devant le jury composé de Bernard OLLIVIER Directeur de Recherche IRD, UMR 7294, Marseille Rapporteur Philippe NORMAND Directeur de Recherche CNRS UMR 5557, Lyon Rapporteur Pascale BAUDA Professeur Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360, Metz Rapporteure Pascal SIMONET Directeur de Recherche CNRS, UMR 5005, Lyon Examinateur Michel LEBRUN Professeur Université de Montpellier, UMR LSTM Examinateur Ecole Doctorale : Systèmes Intégrés en Biologie, Agronomie, Géosciences, HydroSciences, Environnement SOMMAIRE I CURRICULUM VITAE....................................................................................................... 3 Diplômes et formation......................................................................................................... 3 Parcours professionnel........................................................................................................ 3 Responsabilités récentes, animations scientifiques, comités............................................ 4 Collaborations récentes....................................................................................................... 4 Evaluation de la recherche.................................................................................................. 5 II CONTRATS DE RECHERCHE ET FINANCEMENTS ............................................... 6 III ENCADREMENT D’ETUDIANTS ET ENSEIGNEMENT…...................................... 8 Encadrement d’étudiants.................................................................................................... 8 Activité d’enseignement....................................................................................................... 9 IV PUBLICATIONS ET COMMUNICATIONS............................................................... 10 Synthèse de la production scientifique............................................................................. 10 Publications........................................................................................................................ 11 Communications, conférences et poster........................................................................... 14 V ACTIVITE DE RECHERCHE…......................................................................................15 Préambule ........................................................................................................................... 15 Travaux antérieurs ............................................................................................................ 19 Travaux actuels................................................................................................................... 47 VI PROJET DE RECHERCHE .......................................................................................... 55 VII REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES……….…..................................................... 60 VIII ANNEXES : SELECTION DE 5 PUBLICATIONS……….……............................. 67 2 I CURRICULUM VITAE Odile BRUNEEL IRD-CR1 Née le 1er avril 1973 [email protected] Mariée, un enfant Affectation actuelle : En expatriation depuis février 2012 au Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire Université Mohammed V, Faculté des Sciences, Av Ibn Batouta BP1014 Rabat, Maroc Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier, UMR5569 (CNRS/IRD/UM) Université de Montpellier, CC0057 (MSE), 163 rue Auguste Broussonet 34090 Montpellier, France Domaine de recherche : Implication des microorganismes dans les biotransformations et processus de transfert des métaux et métalloïdes dans les environnements contaminés par les mines DIPLOMES ET FORMATIONS • 2004 : Doctorat en Sciences de l’eau dans l’Environnement Continental, Ecole Doctorale Sciences de la Terre et de l’Eau. Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier. Université Montpellier II • 2001 : DESS Diagnostic, Prévention et Traitements en Environnement, Faculté Libre des Sciences de Lille, Mention Bien • 1997 : DEA de Biologie, option Biologie des Protistes de Clermont-Ferrand I et II PARCOURS PROFESSIONNEL Recherche • Février 2012 - aujourd’hui : en affectation au sein du Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc • Depuis Octobre 2008: Chargée de Recherches 1ère classe à l’IRD • Octobre 2004 - aujourd’hui : Chargée de Recherches à l’IRD au sein du Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier (UMR 5569, CNRS-Université Montpellier-IRD) • 2001-2004 : Recherche en géomicrobiologie à l’Université Montpellier II dans le cadre de ma thèse. Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier, UMR 5569 3 Activités salariées • 1999-2000 : Professeur des écoles en CE2 à Djibouti (Afrique de l’Est) dans le cadre d’une coopération civile d’aide au développement RESPONSABILITES RECENTES, ANIMATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES, COMITES • Représentante par Intérim de l’IRD au Maroc (août 2014-aujourd’hui) • Membre du comité de pilotage du réseau SICMED Mistrals « Activités minières dans le bassin méditerranéen – Interactions contaminants métalliques / écosystèmes − Interfaces avec la santé, l’environnement » • Membre élue depuis 2012 de la commission scientifique sectorielle n°1 (CSS1, Sciences physiques et chimiques de l’environnement planétaire) de l’IRD COLLABORATIONS RECENTES Instituto de Biologıa Molecular y Biotecnologıa (Volga Iñiguez), Facultad de Ciencias Puras, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, C. 27 Campus Universitario Cota Cota, La Paz, Bolivie (laboratoire soutenus par le DSF de l'IRD dans le cadre du programme "jeunes équipes") Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire (LMBM, L. Sbabou, J. Aurag et A. Filali-Maltouf), Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, Maroc Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétale (LPBV, A. Smouni, M. Fahr), Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, Maroc Equipe de recherche E2G, (R. Hakkou) Département des Sciences de la terre, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Guéliz, Université de Cadi Ayyad, Avenue Abdelkarim Elkhattabi, Gueliz, P.O. Box 549, Marrakech, Maroc Laboratoire Géoexplorations et Géotechniques (A. Ddekayir), Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences, BP. 11201, Zitoune, Meknès, Maroc Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des milieux Condensés (IMPMC, G. Morin), UMR CNRS 7590, UPMC, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France Laboratoire AMPERE (E. Navarro), UMR CNRS 5005, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134 Ecully, France et Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, LSTM, UMR 113, TA A-82/J Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier, France Laboratoire Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes (BPMP, Patrick Doumas), 2, place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie (EEM, R. Duran, B. Lauga), UMR 5254 IPREM- EEM, Pau, France Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie (GMGM, P. Bertin, F. Ploetze), UMR 7156, Univ Louis Pasteur–CNRS, Strasbourg, France 4 EVALUATION DE LA RECHERCHE Participaption à un jury de thèse L. Giloteaux en décembre 2009 Participation à différents jurys de Licence, M1 et M2 tous les ans depuis 2005 Evaluations pour les journaux: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Extremophiles, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Geomicrobioloy Journal, Journal of Applied Microbiology, PLOS ONE Evaluations de projets : ANR (Blanc, JC), Ec2co (Microbiologie environnementale), FRB (Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité 5 II CONTRATS DE RECHERCHE ET FINANCEMENT Contrats de recherches nationaux et internationaux • 2003-2005. Projet labélisé RITEAU (Ministère de l’Industrie, 677 k€). As5 : Mise au point d’un procédé biologique de potabilisation des eaux arséniées. Partenaires : IRH Environnement, BEFS-PEC, LMCP UMR 7590 (G. Morin). • 2004-2006. Projet ECODYN (AC, FNS, ECCO, 30 k€). « Processus de transfert et écotoxicité de l’arsenic et des métaux associés dans un hydrosystème en aval d’un drainage minier. Contrôles physico-chimiques et microbiologiques ». Partenaires : UMR 7590-CNRS- Universités Paris 6 et 7-IPG (G. Morin), LCABIE, UMR 5034, CNRS Université de Pau (O. Donard), LEM, Université de Pau (R. Durand), CB UPR 9043, Marseille (V. Bonnefoy), INERIS (J-M. Porcher), BRGM (M. Motelica), ECOLAG, UMR 5119 CNRS (C. Aliaume) • 2004-2006. Projet PICS CNRS (21 k€), Université de Huelva, Espagne). « Signature de l’activité bactérienne dans les précipités riches en fer des drainages miniers acides ». Partenaires: Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Huelva, Espagne (JM. Nieto) • 2006-2007. PAI Protea (Ministères des Affaires Etrangères et de l’Education Nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, 10 k€) avec l’Afrique du Sud. « Metal and metalloid biotransformations in South African acid mine drainage systems”. Partenaires : Department of Biotechnology (D. Cowan), Department of Chemistry (L. Petrik) University of Western Cape, Capetown, Afrique du Sud • 2006-2008. Projet EC2CO-3BIO (INSU, CNRS, 40 k€) « Biologie, biominéraux et biotransformations dans les eaux acides minières ». Partenaires : IMPMC, UMR CNRS7590, Paris (G. Morin), IPREM, UMR 5254, CNRS- Université de Pau (R. Duran)
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