Scientist presentation

Danis, Bruno
Post-doc scientist

Education

PhD
Bioaccumulation and effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the sea star Asterias rubens (L.). Directors: Warnau Michel & Dubois Philippe
2004, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

Activities

• Projects:
  - scientific coordinator of the SCAR-Marine Biodiversity Information Network (SCAR-MarBIN)
• Field of expertise:
  Distribution, fluxes and impacts of anthropogenic contaminants (heavy metals, PCBs, PAHs, PCDD/Fs) on marine benthic ecosystems. Main experimental models : Bacteria, Echinodermata, Amphipoda. Approaches (in field/laboratory conditions and in cellular cultures) : (i) bioaccumulation of contaminants, (ii) exposure-related biological effects.
• Related activities:
  - Member of the Belgian IPY Youth Steering Committee
  - Member of the Scientific Steering Committte of ANDEEP-SYSTCO
  - Invited expert for the Census of Antarctic Marine Life
  - Manager of the OBIS Regional Node for Antarctic
  - Referee for the following journals: Environmental Bioindicators (Board Member); Polar Biology; Marine Biology; Antarctic Science ; Chemosphere ; Environmental Pollution ; Science of the Total Environment ; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ; Chemistry and Ecology
  - Participation in the R.V. Polarstern expedition ANTXXII-3, Antarctica (3 months)
  - 2 Research stays at the International Atomic Energy Agency-Marine Environment Laboratory, Monaco (7 months)
• Participation in International Conferences:
  - 29th SCAR conference, Hobart, Tasmania
  - 9th SCAR Biology Meeting, Curitiba, Brasil
  - Census of Marine Life (CoML) All Programs Meeting. Frankfurt, Germany
  - 28th SCAR conference, Bremen, Germany
  - Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone (EASIZ), final symposium, Korcula, Croatia
  - 4th SETAC World Congress, Portland, Oregon, USA
  - Ocean Biodiversity Informatics (OBI) congress, Hamburg, Germany
  - 13th SETAC Europe annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany
  - International Atomic Energy Agency Conference, IAEA-Vienna (Austria).
  - 13th International Congress of the French Malacological Society, La Rochelle, France
  - SETAC-ASE Asia/Pacific 2003 Conference, Christchurch, New-Zealand
  - IBMANT/ANDEEP International Symposium & Workshop, Ushuaïa, Argentina
  - 12th SETAC Europe annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria
  - 10th International Echinoderm Conference, Dunedin, New-Zealand
  - 6th South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association (SPERA) Conference, Noumea, New-Caledonia
  

List of publications

Danis B, Cattini C, Teyssié JL, Villeneuve JP, Fowler SW, Warnau M, 2006. Coplanar and non-coplanar congener-specificity of PCB bioaccumulation and immunotoxicity in sea stars. Aquatic Toxicology, 79(2) :105-113

Danis B, Debacker V. Trujilo Miranda C, Dubois Ph, 2006. Levels and effects of PCDD/Fs and co-PCBs in sediments, mussels, and sea stars of the intertidal zone in the southern North Sea and the English Channel. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 65(2) :188-200

Danis B, Wantier P, Flammang R, Pernet Ph, Chambost-Manciet Y, Coteur G, Warnau M, Dubois Ph, 2006. Bioaccumulation and effects of PCBs and heavy metals in sea stars (Asterias rubens, L.) from the North Sea: a small scale perspective. Science of the Total Environment 376 :275-289

Danis B, Cotret O, Teyssié JL, Bustamante P, Fowler SW, Warnau M, 2005. Bioaccumulation of PCBs in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus: seawater and food exposures to a 14C-radiolabelled congener (PCB#153). Environmental Pollution, 135: 11-16

Danis B, Bustamante P, Cotret O, Teyssié JL, Fowler SW, Warnau M, 2005. Bioaccumulation of PCBs in the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis from seawater, sediments and food pathways. Environmental Pollution, 134/1, 113-122

Gillan D, Danis B, Pernet P, Joly G, Dubois Ph, 2005. Structure of the Sediment-Associated Microbial Communities along a Heavy Metal Contamination Gradient in the Marine Environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71 : 679-690

Danis B, Wantier P, Flammang R, Dutrieux S, Dubois Ph, Warnau M, 2004. Contaminant levels in sediments and asteroids (Asterias rubens L., Echinodermata) from the Belgian coast and Scheldt estuary : polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals. Science of the Total Environment, 333, 149-165

Danis B, Goriely S, Dubois Ph, Fowler SW, Flamand V, Warnau M, 2004. Contrasting effects of coplanar vs non-coplanar PCB congeners on immunomodulation and CYP1A levels (determined using a novel ELISA method) in the common sea star Asterias rubens. Aquatic Toxicology, 69/4, 371-384

Danis B, Cotret O, Teyssié JL, Fowler SW, Warnau M, 2004. Coplanar PCB 77 uptake kinetics in the sea star Asterias rubens and subsequent effects on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and levels of cytochrome P450 immunopositive proteins (CYP1A-IPP). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 279, 117-128

Bustamante P, Teyssié JL, Danis B, Fowler SW, Miramand P, Cotret O, Warnau M, 2004. Uptake, transfer and distribution of silver and cobalt in tissues of the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis at different stages of its life cycle. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 269, 185-195

Radenac G, Coteur G, Danis B, Dubois Ph, Warnau M, 2004. Fluorimetric measurement of 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity. Caution about the spectral characteristics of the standards used. Marine Biotechnology, 6(4), 307-311

Fowler SW, Teyssié JL, Cotret O, Danis B, Rouleau C, Warnau M, 2004. Applied radiotracer techniques for studying pollutant bioaccumulation in selected marine organisms (jellyfish, crabs and sea stars). Nukleonika, 49, 2

Danis B, Teyssié JL, Bustamante P, Cotret O, Fowler SW, Warnau M, 2003. Delineation of PCB uptake pathways in a benthic sea star by means of a radiolabelled congener. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 253, 155-163

Coteur G, Gosselin P, Wantier P, Chambost-Manciet Y, Warnau M, Danis B, Pernet Ph, Dubois Ph, 2003. Echinoderms as bioindicators, bioassays and impact assessment tools of sediment-associated metals and PCBs in the North Sea. Archives of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 45(2), 190-202

Bustamante P, Teyssié JL, Fowler SW, Cotret O, Danis B, Miramand P, Warnau M, 2002. Biokinetics of zinc and cadmium accumulation and depuration at different stages in the life cycle of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 231, 167-177

Coteur G, Danis B, Fowler SW, Teyssié JL, Dubois Ph, Warnau M, 2001. Effects of PCBs on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by the immune cells of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 42(8), 667-672

Warnau M, Coteur G, Danis B, Radenac G, Temara A, Jangoux M, Gosselin P, Dubois Ph, 2000. Fluxes and impact of anthropogenic contaminants (metals and PCBs) in echinoderms. Echinoderms, 75

Coteur G, Danis B, Warnau M, Jangoux M, Dubois Ph, 2000. Immunotoxicity of metals and PCBs in echinoderms. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 126, 1

Complementary resources

• www.scarmarbin.be
• www.bianzo.be
• www.ipy.org
• www.caml.aq
• www.iobis.org

Contact

Danis Bruno
IRSNB
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
rue Vautier 29 - 1000 Bruxelles
bruno.danis@scarmarbin.be
Phone: +32 2 627 41 39 - Fax: +32 2 627 42 77