Benoit Fauconneau

Benoit FauconneauSenior Scientist Directeur de recherches classe exceptionnelle INRA

  • Specialist advisor

  • UMR1419 NUMEA Aquapôle INRA Quartier Ibarron Route de Bayonne 64 312 Saint Pée sur Nivelle
  • Fish;Nutrition;Metabolism;Growth;Quality
  • benoit.fauconneau @ univ-pau.fr
  • + 00 33 (0)6 30 26 94 02
  • https://www6.bordeaux-aquitaine.inra.fr/st_pee

Education

2004- Nutrition & Metabolism in Aquaculture UMR 1419 St Pée sur Nivelle France

1987-2003 Fish Genomic & Physiology INRA UR 1037 Rennes France

1981-1987 Fish Nutrition UR St Pée sur Nivelle France

1980-1981 Animal Science UR 0143  Petit Bourg French West Indies

1978-1980 Protein Metabolism UMR 1019 INRA Clermont Ferrand Theix

Previous cursus

1981 PhD Thesis Amino acid & protein metabolism in rainbow trout INA PG - UPMC Paris

1976 Master in Human & animal nutrition University Pierre & Marie Curie

1976 Agriculture Ingeneer in Animal Science INA Paris 1976

Responsabilities

2012-2017 Executive Director National Research Alliance for Environnement AllEnvi

2004-2012 Head of Bordeaux Aquitaine INRA research center

1997-2003 Head of Hydrobiology & Wildlife INRA Department

1991-1997 Head of Growth & Quality Research Group Fish Physiology

Skills

Fish nutrition : feeding & growth challenges, amino acid fluxes, protein turnover, modelisation

Fish growth : histology, biochemistry, molecular biology, developmental biology, muscle cells culture

Fish metabolism : NMR metabolomic

Fish quality : morphometry, histology, non invasive assessment of chemical composition, rheology (texture, water holding capacity)

Research interests

Nutrition & environmental control of protein and amino acids metabolism

Genetic & environmental adaptation of muscle growth & development

Genetic & environmental control of fish flesh quality

Nutrition & diversity of fish metabolism

Supervision

Currently two PhD

Simon Roques 2017 -

Assesment of metabolic adaptation to alternative feedstuffs as substitutes of marine ressources by metabolomic approaches in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchuss mykiss)

Pauline Wishhusen 2018 -

Parental selenim and antioxidant status in fish

Previously

8 PhD thesis J Bugeon 2001, F Lefevre 2000, L Valente 1999, S Bonnet (CIFRE) 1999, A Toguyeni 1996, L Gauvry 1995, C Bauvineau (CIFRE) 1992, MP Mady 1992

32 Post-graduate students 2015-1985

Projects

Current project

2015-2020 NINAQUA New ingrefients for fish feeds

Publications

Activity

1978-1987

1988-1997

1998-2012

2013-

Total

 

Nutrition & nitrogen metabolism

Muscle growth & development

Tissue development & flesh quality

Diversity of fish metabolism

 

Scientific publications (including A ranking)

21 (19)

37 (30)

44 (38)

2

104 (90)

Book chapters (including international)

4 (3)

17 (12)

3 (2)

 

25 (18)

Communications (including international)

11 (6)

41 (33)

34 (20)

8 (2)

94 (63)

Publications for industry & innovation

 

11

6

 

18