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Bruce SHILLITO
Bruce SHILLITO
SU Paris
Assistant professor
Sorbonne University (SU)
AMEX
Management committee
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+33 1 44 27 35 02
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General topics
My research activities include two main topics, which link to the Biology of Deep Sea Organisms :
- The study of the stress response in deep-sea hydrothermal organisms, with a focus on temperature and pressure variations. The Deep hydrothermal habitat is characterized by steep thermal gradients, on both temporal and spatial scales. The study of biological features such as thermal preferendum, thermal resistance, or the ability to respond to hyperthermia, improves our understanding of the ecology of species inhabiting such an unstable environment. Regarding studies on animal response to pressure variations, the aim is to better understand bathymetric distribution of species, and potential for migration in the water column. Undertaking such investigations requires experiments on live animals, and therefore the use of pressurised equipment to maintain deep sea fauna alive at the laboratory.
- The design of pressurized instruments is a fundamental part of my research activity. Deep sea animals are naturally submitted to hydrostatic pressure, and this parameter linearly increases as a function of depth, exceeding a thousand times the atmospheric pressure, in the deepest known areas (subduction zones). Since deep organisms do not tolerate prolonged exposure to atmospheric pressure, specific instruments are required to restore at the laboratory the pressure conditions prevailing at depth. I have supervised the design and realisation of pressurised prototypes which simulate depths of 3000 m at the lab (IPOCAMP and BALIST), and also allow deep-sea sampling and recovery at in situ pressure (PERISCOP). I have also played an active part in the design of the first pressure aquarium for public exhibition of live deep animals, the AbyssBox, at the public aquarium of Océanopolis (Brest, France).
My Papers
2020
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Shillito, Bruce , C. Desurmont, D. Barthelemy, D. Farabos, G. Després, Juliette Ravaux, M. Zbinden, and A. Lamazière. 2020. “Lipidome Variations Of Deep-Sea Vent Shrimps According To Acclimation Pressure: A Homeoviscous Response?”. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers: 103285. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103285. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S096706372030073X.
2019
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Ravaux, Juliette , Nelly Léger, Gérard Hamel, and Bruce Shillito. 2019. “Assessing A Species Thermal Tolerance Through A Multiparameter Approach: The Case Study Of The Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp Rimicaris Exoculata”. Cell Stress And Chaperones 24 (3): 647 - 659. doi:10.1007/s12192-019-01003-0. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12192-019-01003-0.
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Mestre, N.C. , M. Auguste, L.C. de Sá, T.G. Fonseca, C. Cardoso, A. Brown, D. Barthelemy, et al.. 2019. “Are Shallow-Water Shrimps Proxies For Hydrothermal-Vent Shrimps To Assess The Impact Of Deep-Sea Mining?”. Marine Environmental Research 151: 104771. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104771. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0141113619303216.
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Company, Rui , Oreto Antúnez, Richard P Cosson, Angela Serafim, Bruce Shillito, Miren Cajaraville, Maria João Bebianno, and Amparo Torreblanca. 2019. “Protein Expression Profiles In Bathymodiolus Azoricus Exposed To Cadmium”. Ecotoxicology And Environmental Safety 171: 621 - 630. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.01.031. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0147651319300399.
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Piquet, Bérénice , Bruce Shillito, François H Lallier, Sébastien Duperron, and Ann C Andersen. 2019. “High Rates Of Apoptosis Visualized In The Symbiont-Bearing Gills Of Deep-Sea Bathymodiolus Mussels”. Plos One 14 (2): e0211499. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.021149910.1371. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211499.
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Methou, Pierre , Ivan Hernández-Ávila, Johanne Aube, Valérie Cueff-Gauchard, Nicolas Gayet, Louis Amand, Bruce Shillito, Florence Pradillon, and Marie-Anne Cambon-Bonavita. 2019. “Is It First The Egg Or The Shrimp? – Diversity And Variation In Microbial Communities Colonizing Broods Of The Vent Shrimp Rimicaris Exoculata During Embryonic Development”. Frontiers In Microbiology 10. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00808. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00808/full.
2017
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Hauton, Chris , Alastair Brown, Sven Thatje, Nélia C Mestre, Maria J Bebianno, Inês Martins, Raul Bettencourt, et al.. 2017. “Identifying Toxic Impacts Of Metals Potentially Released During Deep-Sea Mining—A Synthesis Of The Challenges To Quantifying Risk”. Frontiers In Marine Science 4: 368. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00368. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00368.Hauton et al. 2017.pdf (1.5 MB)
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Zbinden, Magali , C Berthod, N Montagné, J Machon, N Léger, T Chertemps, Nicolas Rabet, Bruce Shillito, and Juliette Ravaux. 2017. “Comparative Study Of Chemosensory Organs Of Shrimp From Hydrothermal Vent And Coastal Environments”. Chemical Senses doi:10.1093/chemse/bjx007: 1-13.Zbinden et al. Chem senses 2017.pdf (1.54 MB)
2016
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Ravaux, Juliette , Nelly Léger, Nicolas Rabet, Claire Fourgous, Guillaume Voland, Magali Zbinden, and Bruce Shillito. 2016. “Plasticity And Acquisition Of The Thermal Tolerance (Upper Thermal Limit And Heat Shock Response) In The Intertidal Species Palaemon Elegans”. Journal Of Experimental Marine Biology And Ecology 484: 39 - 45. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.07.003. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098116301125.Ravaux et al 2016.pdf (868.08 KB)
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Duperron, Sébastien , Adrien Quiles, Kamil M Szafranski, Nelly Léger, and Bruce Shillito. 2016. “Estimating Symbiont Abundances And Gill Surface Areas In Specimens Of The Hydrothermal Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus Puteoserpentis Maintained In Pressure Vessels”. Frontiers In Marine Science 3. doi:10.3389/fmars.2016.00016. http://journal.frontiersin.org/Article/10.3389/fmars.2016.00016/abstract.
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Auguste, M , N Mestre, T Rocha, C Cardoso, V Cueff-Gauchard, S Le Bloa, M-A Cambon-Bonavita, et al. 2016. “Development Of An Ecotoxicological Protocol For The Deep-Sea Fauna Using The Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp Rimicaris Exoculata”. Aquatic Biology 175: 277-285. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.03.024.Auguste et al 2016.pdf (933.17 KB)
2015
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Marjolaine, Matabos , Cuvelier Daphné, Brouard Johan, Bruce Shillito, Juliette Ravaux, Magali Zbinden, Barthelemy Dominique, Pierre-Marie Sarradin, and Jozee Sarrazin. 2015. “Behavioural Study Of Two Hydrothermal Crustacean Decapods: Mirocaris Fortunata And Segonzacia Mesatlantica, From The Lucky Strike Vent Field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)”. Deep Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies In Oceanography 121: 146 - 158. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.04.008. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064515001113.!Matabos et al. 20154 Deep-sea Research.pdf (1.57 MB)
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Shillito, Bruce , Juliette Ravaux, Jozee Sarrazin, Magali Zbinden, Pierre-Marie Sarradin, and Barthelemy Dominique. 2015. “Long-Term Maintenance And Public Exhibition Of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fauna: The Abyssbox Project”. Deep Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies In Oceanography 121: 137 - 145. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.05.002. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064515001460.!Shillito et al 2015.pdf (389.31 KB)
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Morris, J. P, S. Thatje, Juliette Ravaux, Bruce Shillito, and C. Hauton. 2015. “Characterising Multi-Level Effects Of Acute Pressure Exposure On A Shallow-Water Invertebrate: Insights Into The Kinetics And Hierarchy Of The Stress Response”. Journal Of Experimental Biology 218 (16): 2594 - 2602. doi:10.1242/jeb.125914. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/doi/10.1242/jeb.125914.
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Morris, J. P, S. Thatje, D. Cottin, A. Oliphant, A. Brown, Bruce Shillito, Juliette Ravaux, and C. Hauton. 2015. “The Potential For Climate-Driven Bathymetric Range Shifts: Sustained Temperature And Pressure Exposures On A Marine Ectotherm, Palaemonetes Varians”. Royal Society Open Science 2 (11): 150472. doi:10.1098/rsos.150472. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.150472.
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Szafranski, Kamil M, Bérénice Piquet, Bruce Shillito, François H Lallier, and Sébastien Duperron. 2015. “Relative Abundances Of Methane- And Sulfur-Oxidizing Symbionts In Gills Of The Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus Azoricus Under Pressure”. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 101: 7 - 13. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.03.003. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0967063715000576.
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Mestre, Nélia C, Delphine Cottin, Raul Bettencourt, Ana Colaço, Sérgio PC Correia, Bruce Shillito, Sven Thatje, and Juliette Ravaux. 2015. “Is The Deep-Sea Crab Chaceon Affinis Able To Induce A Thermal Stress Response?”. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 181: 54-61. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.11.015.
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Morris, J P, S Thatje, Juliette Ravaux, Bruce Shillito, D Fernando, and C Hauton. 2015. “Acute Combined Pressure And Temperature Exposures On A Shallow-Water Crustacean: Novel Insights Into The Stress Response And High Pressure Neurological Syndrome.”. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 181: 9-17. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.10.028.
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Shillito, Bruce , Juliette Ravaux, Jozee Sarrazin, M. Zbinden, Pierre-Marie Sarradin, and D. Barthelemy. 2015. “Long-Term Maintenance And Public Exhibition Of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fauna: The Abyssbox Project”. Deep Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies In Oceanography 121: 137 - 145. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.05.002. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0967064515001460.
2014
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Shillito, Bruce , Françoise Gaill, and Juliette Ravaux. 2014. “The Ipocamp Pressure Incubator For Deep-Sea Fauna”. J Mar Sci Technol 22 (1): 97-102. doi:10.6119/JMST-013-0718-3 . https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0804/23beebe022c1f0a644738e3ade83632322e8.pdf.