Pierre-Luc Mercier, M. Sc.

E-mail: pierre-luc.mercier.1@ulaval.ca
Phone: (418) 656-2131 # 6785
My expertise is centered in molecular and cellular biology. Since 2011, I apply it within the researches of Derome laboratory. My functions consist mainly in implementing the projects of Dr. Derome. More specifically, I make various manipulations connected with the various stages of research projects. I support the trainees and the graduates’ students in their works in the laboratory and on the field. I watch the smooth running of the laboratory equipment and the provisioning in consumable products. I am also in charge of the service of genomic analyses which offers to the beekeepers of Quebec a screening service of the domestic bees’ pathogens, which include mycetes Nosema apis and N. cerana, and also viruses such as the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV), Deformed Wing Virus (DWV), Black Queen Cell Virus (BQCV) and Acute Bee Paralysis Virus (ABPV)).

Publications

(most recent first)
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  • El Khoury S, Rousseau A, Lecoeur A, Cheaib B, Bouslama S, Mercier PL, Demey V, Castex M, Giovenazzo P and Derome N. 2018. Deleterious Interaction Between Honeybees (Apis mellifera) and its Microsporidian Intracellular Parasite Nosema ceranae Was Mitigated by Administrating Either Endogenous or Allochthonous Gut Microbiota Strains. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:58. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00058
  • Cheaib B, LeBoulch M, Mercier PL. and Derome N. 2018.  Taxon-Function Decoupling as an Adaptive Signature of Lake Microbial Metacommunities Under a Chronic Polymetallic Pollution Gradient.  Frontiers in Microbiology 9:869. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00869
  • Alburaki M, Cheaib B, Quesnel L, Mercier PL, Chagnon M, Derome N. 2016. Performance of honeybee colonies located in neonicotinoid-treated and untreated cornfields in Quebec. J. App. Ent. doi: 10.1111/jen.12336.
  • ​Samson-Robert O, Labrie G, Mercier PL, Chagnon M, Derome N, Fournier V. 2015. Increased Acetylcholinesterase Expression in Bumble Bees During Neonicotinoid-Coated Corn Sowing. Sci Rep. 5:12636
  • Boutin S, Alburaki M, Mercier PL, Giovenazzo P, Derome, N. 2015. Differential gene expression between hygienic and non-hygienic honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) hives. in press at BMC Genomics.
  • Alburaki M, Mercier PL, Boutin S, Loublier Y, Chagnon M, Derome N. 2015. Neonicotinoid-coated Zea mays seeds indirectly affect honeybee performance and pathogen susceptibility in field trials. PLoS One, 10(5):e0125790.
  • Mercier PL, Bachvarova M, Plante M, Gregoire J, Renaud MC, Ghani K, Têtu B, Bairati I, Bachvarov D (2011).  Characterization of DOK1, a candidate tumor suppressor gene, in epithelial ovarian cancer.  Mol Oncol 5(5):438-53. doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2011.07.003.