Microbial Communities in Aquaculture Ecosystems

Dr. Nicolas Derome received his PhD in population genetics in 2002 from the University of Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC, Paris VI) and from the École Pratique des hautes Études (EPHE) in France. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow in functional genomics at the Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS, U. Laval, Québec, Canada) and, subsequently, served as an Assistant and Associate Professor at the Laval University in Québec. Since 2016, he has been a full Professor at Université Laval. His research team has pioneered metagenomics (16S rDNA and rRNA gene profiling, metagenomic and more recently metatranscriptomics) in various animal models, and contributed notably to the understanding of the interplay of biotic and abiotic factors that shape the ontogeny of fish microbiota in non-model species, in both natural and domestic populations. Dr Derome is involved in the development of probiotic formulation with endogenous bacterial probiotic strains to cure and prevent opportunistic diseases in finfish. Since 2012, Dr. Derome's research team has published over 25 scientific papers, and disseminated his results in more than 100 presentations. He is also an Associate Editor of Microorganisms journal.

The Rise and Fall of Antibiotics in Aquaculture.- Host-Microbiota Interactions and Their Importance in Promoting Growth and Resistance to Opportunistic Diseases in Salmonids.- Would Bacteriophages Be a New Old Complement to Antibiotics in Aquaculture?.- Controlling Factors for Community Assembly in Developing Cod Larvae (Gadus Morhua).- Insights into Mussel Microbiome.- Feed Additives, Gut Microbiota and Health in Finfish Aquaculture.- Feed Additives Impacts on Shellfish Microbiota, Health And Development.