Email: audemard@vims.edu Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall, N108 Phone: (804) 684-7803, 7337

Corinne Audemard Assistant Research Scientist PhD in Biology from Perpignan University (France) MA in Environmental Sciences from Marseille University (France) BA in Oceanography from Bordeaux (France) and Southampton (UK) Universities

Research Interests Current Projects Selected Publications Professional memberships

Research Interests

• Parasitology, dynamics of the interactions between host/ parasite/ environment, inter/multidisciplinary studies.

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Current Projects

• Determination of the susceptibility of the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis to Bonamia parasites: field and experimental trials. (With Eugene Burreson and Ryan Carnegie, VIMS.)

• Development and application of molecular methods (including DGGE) for the detection of QPX organism in environmental reservoirs. (With Rebecca Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.)

• Development and validation of molecular methods (standard and real-time PCR) for the detection and quantification of indicators/ human pathogens in environmental waters. (With Howard Kator and Kimberly Reece, VIMS.)

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Selected Publications

• C. Audemard, L. M. Ragone Calvo, K. T. Paynter, K. S. Reece, E. M. Burreson. 2006. Real-time PCR investigation of parasite ecology: in situ determination of oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus transmission dynamics in lower Chesapeake Bay. Parasitology 132: 827-842.

• C. Audemard, K. S. Reece, E. M. Burreson. 2004. Development of real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 6611-6618.

• C. Audemard, M.-C. Sajus, A. Barnaud, B. Sautour, P.-G. Sauriau, F. J. C. Berthe. 2004. Infection dynamics of Marteilia refringens in flat oyster Ostrea edulis and copepod Paracartia grani in a claire pond of Marennes-Oléron Bay. Dis. Aquat. Org. 61: 103-111.

• C. Audemard, F. Le Roux, C. Coustau, A. Barnaud, C. Collins, P-G. Sauriau, B. Sautour, X. de Montaudouin, C. Combes, F. Berthe. 2002. Needle in a haystack: involvement of the copepod Paracartia grani in the life cycle of the oyster pathogen Marteilia refringens. Parasitology 124: 315-323.

• C. Audemard, A. Barnaud, F. Le Roux, P-G. Sauriau, C. Cousteau. F. Berthe. 2001. Claire ponds as an experimental model for Marteilia refringens life-cycle studies: new perspectives. JEMBE 257: 87-108.

• F. Le Roux, G. Lorenzo, P. Peyret, C. Audemard, A. Figueras, C. Vivares, M. Gouy, F. Berthe. 2001. Molecular evidence for the existence of two species of Marteilia in Europe. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 48: 449-454.

• F. Le Roux, C. Audemard, A. Barnaud, F. Berthe, 1999. DNA probes as potential tools for the detection of Marteilia refringens. Mar. Biotechnol. 1: 588-597.

• X. de Montaudouin, C. Audemard, P-J. Labourg. 1999. Does the Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata, L.) impair oyster growth and zoobenthos biodiversity? A revisited hypothesis. JEMBE 235: 105-124.

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Professional Memberships

• National Shellfisheries Association
• American Society of Parasitologists

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