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Sylvie DUFOUR
Sylvie DUFOUR
MNHN Paris
Research director
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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+33 1 40 79 36 12
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Statutaire
General topics
Comparative and Evolutionary Neuroendocrinology:
- Molecular and functional evolution of neuroendocrine systems;
- Roles of neuroendocrine systems in the structure, plasticity and evolution of life cycles;
- Neuroendocrinology and ecophysiology of puberty and metamorphosis
Non-conventional aquatic models (mainly teleosts, and also chrondrosts, molluscs, cnidaria) of biological, phylogenetic, ecological or economic relevance. Field and laboratory investigations.
Basic research with applications to: aquaculture, biodiversity conservation, ecotoxicology and endocrine disruptors.
Teaching
Chair Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan : Comparative and Evolutionary Endocrinology
Expertise and Valorization
Research Grants for Aquaculture and Biodiversity Conservation (List since 2012):
- European Community: 7th PCRD: PRO-EEL (eel); Life+ Alosa (shad); ITN IMPRESS (eel,salmon, sturgeon); Erasmus; COST Aquagamete
- ANR: France Taiwan PUBERTEEL (eel); France-Taiwan NEMO (eel, mollusks, coral); France-Quebec: Immorteel (eel); France: Saltemp (salmon);
- Global Networking Talents (Taiwan-France-UK); GDRI Coral; GDR Repro
- Sorbonne Universities: Convergence : MADREPOP (medaka); DESYNCHRO (salmon)
Expertise for conservation of aquatic biodiversity :
- International Scientific Council for Conservation of Loire Salmon population, Ministry of Environment
- MNHN committee for CITES expertise of the eel, Ministry of Environment
Administrative responsibilities
- Deputy-Director of the Research Unit BOME, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC (2003-2006)
- Director of the Research Unit BOREA, MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA (2007-2018)
- Scientific Council of the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) (2006-2015)
- Scientific Council of the Department of Physiology (Phase), National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA) (2007-present)
- Scientific Council of the Institute of Ecology and Environnement (INEE) of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) (2011-2019)
- Scientific Council of the French Agency for Biodiversity (AFB) (2017-2019)
- Scientific Council of the Porte Dorée Aquarium and Guidance Council of the Public Institution of the Porte Dorée (2018-present)
- Deputy-Director of the "Ocean Institute" of the Alliance Sorbonne University (2019-present)
My Papers
2020
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Dufour, Sylvie , Bruno Quérat, Hervé Tostivint, Catherine Pasqualini, Hubert Vaudry, and Karine Rousseau. 2020. “Origin And Evolution Of The Neuroendocrine Control Of Reproduction In Vertebrates, With Special Focus On Genome And Gene Duplications”. Physiological Reviews 100 (2): 869 - 943. doi:10.1152/physrev.00009.2019. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/10.1152/physrev.00009.2019.
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Lin, Chien-Ju , Gersende Maugars, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Shan-Ru Jeng, Guan-Chung Wu, Sylvie Dufour, and Ching-Fong Chang. 2020. “Basal Teleosts Provide New Insights Into The Evolutionary History Of Teleost-Duplicated Aromatase”. General And Comparative Endocrinology 291: 113395. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113395. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016648019303326.
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Maugars, G. , J. Pasquier, C. Atkinson, A.-G. Lafont, A. Campo, Nedia Kamech, B. Lefranc, J. Leprince, Sylvie Dufour, and K. Rousseau. 2020. “Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone In Teleosts: New Insights From A Basal Representative, The Eel”. General And Comparative Endocrinology 287: 113350. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113350. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016648019303296.
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Bertolini, Francesca , Michelle Grace Pint Jørgensen, Christiaan Henkel, Sylvie Dufour, and Jonna Tomkiewicz. 2020. “Unravelling The Changes During Induced Vitellogenesis In Female European Eel Through Rna-Seq: What Happens To The Liver?”. Plos One 15 (8): e0236438. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.023643810. https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236438.
Bertolini_PLoSOne_2020.pdf (2 MB)
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Renneville, Clémentine , Alexis Millot, Simon Agostini, David Carmignac, Gersende Maugars, Sylvie Dufour, Arnaud Le Rouzic, and Eric Edeline. 2020. “Unidirectional Response To Bidirectional Selection On Body Size. I. Phenotypic, Life‐History, And Endocrine Responses”. Ecology And Evolution. doi:10.1002/ece3.6713. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6713.
Renneville2020ece3.6713.pdf (1.2 MB)
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Dufour, Sylvie , and Karine Rousseau. 2020. “Endocrinology: An Evolutionary Perspective On Neuroendocrine Axes In Teleosts”. In The Physiology Of Fishes, Fifth Edition, Suzanne Curie and David H. Evans, Editors, 105-116. Boca Raton,FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781003036401 .
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Morini, M. , A. G Lafont, G. Maugars, S. Baloche, Sylvie Dufour, J. F Asturiano, and L. Pérez. 2020. “Identification And Stable Expression Of Vitellogenin Receptor Through Vitellogenesis In The European Eel”. Animal 14 (6): 1213 - 1222. doi:10.1017/S1751731119003355. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1751731119003355/type/journal_article.
2019
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Jeng, Shan-Ru , Guan-Chung Wu, Wen-Shiun Yueh, S-F Kuo, Sylvie Dufour, and Ching-Fong Chang. 2019. “Dmrt1 (Doublesex And Mab-3-Related Transcription Factor 1) Expression During Gonadal Development And Spermatogenesis In The Japanese Eel.”. General And Comparative Endocrinology 279: 154-163.
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Lin, Chien-Ju , Guan-Chung Wu, Sylvie Dufour, and Ching-Fong Chang. 2019. “Activation Of The Brain-Pituitary-Gonadotropic Axis In The Black Porgy Acanthopagrus Schlegelii During Gonadal Differentiation And Testis Development And Effect Of Estradiol Treatment.”. General And Comparative Endocrinology 281: 17-29.
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Fleming, Mitchell S, Gersende Maugars, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Jocelyn Rancon, Romain Fontaine, Rasoul Nourizadeh-Lillabadi, Finn-Arne Weltzien, et al. 2019. “Functional Divergence Of Thyrotropin Beta-Subunit Paralogs Gives New Insights Into Salmon Smoltification Metamorphosis”. Scientific Reports 9: 4561.
Fleming_et_al-2019-Scientific_Reports.pdf (2.47 MB)
2018
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Pasquier, J , Anne-Gaelle Lafont, D Florian, B Lefranc, C Dubessy, A Moreno-Herrera, H Vaudry, J Leprince, Sylvie Dufour, and Karine Rousseau. 2018. “Eel Kisspeptins: Identification, Functional Activity, And Inhibition On Both Pituitary Lh And Gnrh Receptor Expression”. Frontiers In Endocrinology 8: 353. doi:10.3389/fendo.2017.00353.
Pasquier_Frontiers2018.pdf (1.22 MB)
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da Silva, F FG, H Tveiten, Gersende Maugars, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Sylvie Dufour, J G Støttrupa, E Kjørsvikd, and J Tomkiewicz. 2018. “Differential Expression Of Gonadotropin And Estrogen Receptors And Oocyte Cytology During Follicular Maturation Associated With Egg Viability In European Eel (Anguilla Anguilla)”. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology, Part A 221: 44-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.03.010.
Da SilvaCBP2018.pdf (1006.99 KB)
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Campo, Aurora , Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Benjamin Lefranc, Jérôme Leprince, Hervé Tostivint, Nedia Kamech, Sylvie Dufour, and Karine Rousseau. 2018. “Tachykinin-3 Genes And Peptides Characterized In A Basal Teleost, The European Eel: Evolutionary Perspective And Pituitary Role.”. Frontiers In Endocrinology 9: 304.
Campo et al 2018.pdf (3.75 MB)
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Gaillard, A-L , Boon-Hui Tay, Daniela Perez-Sirkin, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Céline De Flori, Paula G Vissio, Sylvie Mazan, Sylvie Dufour, Byrappa Venkatesh, and Hervé Tostivint. 2018. “Characterization Of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (Gnrh) Genes From Cartilaginous Fish: Evolutionary Perspectives.”. Frontiers In Neuroscience 12: 607.
Gaillard et al Frontiers2018.pdf (4.65 MB)
2017
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Morini, Marina , David S Penaranda, M C Vílchez, Helge Tveiten, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Sylvie Dufour, L Pérez, and J F Asturiano. 2017. “The Expression Of Nuclear And Membrane Estradiol Receptors In The European Eel Throughout Spermatogenesis.”. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology, Part A 203: 91-99.
Morini_CBP_ER_2017.pdf (1.42 MB)
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Morini, Marina , David S Penaranda, M C Vílchez, R Nourizadeh-Lillabadi, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Sylvie Dufour, J F Asturiano, Finn-Arne Weltzien, and Luz Perez. 2017. “Nuclear And Membrane Progestin Receptors In The European Eel: Characterization And Expression In Vivo Through Spermatogenesis”. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology, Part A 207: 79-92.
Morini_CBP_PR_2017.pdf (2.76 MB)
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Friocourt, François , Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Clémence Kress, Bertrand Pain, Marie Manceau, Sylvie Dufour, and Alain Chedotal. 2017. “Recurrent Dcc Gene Losses During Bird Evolution”. Scientific Reports 7: 37569.
Friocourt2017ScientificReports.pdf (2.59 MB)
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Jansen, J. , M. Liem, S. Jong-Raadsen, Sylvie Dufour, Finn-Arne Weltzien, W. Swinkels, A. Koelewijn, et al. 2017. “Rapid De Novo Assembly Of The European Eel Genome From Nanopore Sequencing Reads”. Scientific Reports 7: 7213.
Jansen_ScientificReports_2017.pdf (2.17 MB)
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Sirkin, Daniela IPérez, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, Nedia Kamech, Gustavo M Somoza, Paula G Vissio, and Sylvie Dufour. 2017. “Conservation Of Three-Dimensional Helix-Loop-Helix Structure Through The Vertebrate Lineage Reopens The Cold Case Of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Associated Peptide”. Frontiers In Endocrinology 8: 207. doi:10.3389/fendo.2017.00207. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00207.
2016
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Mazzeo, I , E Giorgini, G Gioacchini, F Maradonna, M C Vílchez, Sylvie Baloche, Sylvie Dufour, L Pérez, O Carnevali, and J F Asturiano. 2016. “A Comparison Of Techniques For Studying Oogenesis In The European Eel Anguilla Anguilla.”. J Fish Biol. doi:10.1111/jfb.13103.
Mazzeo_et_al-2016-Journal_of_Fish_Biology.pdf (1.12 MB)
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