Edouard Bessette

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• January2019_June2019: Early Stage Researcher at Institut Pierre Richet and Institute of Research for Development (Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire) Supervisor: Florence FOURNET
  • Studing human and Anopheles gambiae sensu lato through behavioral surveys
  • Analysis of the data collected to measure the human exposure to An. gambiae sl. bites over mathematical models
  • Entomological techniques : sampling mosquito by human bait catches, dissection and morphological and molecular (PCR) identification
• March2019_June2019: Early Stage Researcher at Institute of Research for Development (Montpellier, France). Supervisors: F. CHANDRE and A. PERRIN (Report link: https://revolinc.cirad.fr/outputs-outcomes/students)
  • Preliminary studies of the pathogenic effect of Densoviruses in the context of the development of a biocontrol tool for the tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus.
  • Assessment of high-speed mosquito densovirus production by in vivo methods (infection and
    production in Aedes mosquito larvae)
  • Rearing mosquito larvae
  • Bioassay to determine Letal Dose
  • Control of produced viruses with qPCR
  • Insect Pathology
• April2018_August2018: Early stage researcher at the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Montpellier, France). Supervisor: P. REYNAUD
  • Participation for the monitoring of Xylella fastidiosa transmitted by Cicadellidae in France
  • Insect dissection and taxonomy
  • Management of insect collections
• 2016_2017: Apprentice at the Regional Federation for Defense against Harmful Organisms. Supervisor: Maryse MERIEAU, Orléans (France)
• 2015_2016: Apprentice at Eurofins Agrosciences services. Supervisor: Angélique DEBETTE, Rouvres Saint Jean (France)