Mr Follet is the lead partner of the H4DC project and he teaches animal biology and  animal physiology at ISA Yncrea. Since 2015, he is a member of the BioMEMS team in IEMN. Regarding research program, since 2004, he’s working on Cryptosporidium problematics.

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Dr. Halim Benhabiles is currently an associate professor at ISEN Lille, a French engineering school of Yncréa Hauts de France group. He is also an associated researcher at IEMN (French research institute in electronic, microelectronic and nanotechnologies). His research activities include mainly 3D/2D image analysis using artificial intelligence techniques for the development of new applications in the field of health.

Since 2004 I have been a teacher and researcher in animal production at JUNIA-ISA. My field of specialization is animal welfare with a focus on calves (veal and dairy).

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Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis is currently a Senior Lecturer in Molecular and Evolutionary Parasitology at the University of Kent. The current research of his laboratory is focused on the investigations of the adaptations of microbial eukaryotic organisms (e.g. Cryptosporidium1-5, Blastocystis, Naegleria, Gregarines, ciliates), and their course in parasitic evolution and diversity. To accomplish this, his laboratory is combining detailed bioinformatics analyses of newly generated genomic/ transcriptomic/ metabolomic results with field, cell biological and biochemical methods to investigate the parasitic and free-living microbial eukaryotes living in diverse and extreme environments.

Dr. Gary Robinson is currently a Senior Lecturer in Microbial Technology at the University of Kent (UK), as well as holding the position of Senior Commercialization Manager of the University of Kent (UK). His research interests lie in the field of applied microbiology, and presently he has been focusing on the understanding and application of quorum sensing within complex microbial systems, the use of biocatalysts within the paper industry, and the large scale production of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Dr. Gary Robinson also has worked with many companies, including Pfizer, Unilever, Genzyme, and SmithKline Beecham.

Whilst writing my PhD thesis I worked as a research technician in Dr. Tobias von deer Haar Lab (University of Kent) in a project involving the engineering yeast strains for application in industrial biotechnology.

As of March 2019, I joined Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis Lab (University of Kent) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the H4DC project, funded by Interreg-2-Seas. In this project, my main focus will be the development of a new and more precise Cryptosporidium in situ detection tool that can be easily affordable and used by farmers to detect the presence of Cryptosporidium in the fecal samples of cows.

Professor Mark Smales is currently a Professor of Industrial Biotechnology at the University of Kent (UK). His research interests focuses on investigating the potential cultured mammalian cells for production of bio-therapeutic proteins, for the generation of diagnostics, and manufacturing of gene therapies. This includes the manipulation of upstream and downstream bio-processes, as well as the use of novel technologies (e.g. genome editing) to engineer cell systems capable of generating a high-yield of high-quality bio-therapeutic recombinant proteins, which can then be used in the treatment of diseases and generation of diagnostic tools.

Je suis une description de chaque personne travaillant pour le projet

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Je suis une description de chaque personne travaillant pour le projet

Isabelle works at Inagro since 2003 and led consecutively several projects on different topics of dairy farming. She was member of the Inagro dairy advise team advising Flemish dairy farmers on nutrition, good practices & management till 2014. Since 2012 she’s leading the Inagro researchers and advice team working on dairy as well as pig farming.

After her studies as a veterinarian for ruminants, she was employed as a project engineer in Inagro in Rumbeke. She works on different projects concerning heifer raising, claw health, ventilation and emissions. In these projects farmers are brought together to learn from each other in study clubs as well as on farm research is done to follow up the technical results on farms and to help improve them. Data is gathered and analyses are made to create new knowledge. Conclusions are disseminated tailored to farmers. Besides her work for Inagro, she is active on a dairy farm. In the H4DC project farms will be followed up and farmers given advice to reduce the presence of Cryptosporidium and minimise the accompanying losses.

Dr Anne Barbier Bourgeois is an expert in parasitology through, for example, managing projects on parasite management in wetlands. On cryptosporidiosis, she is able to carry out risk assessment through questionnaires, provide diagnostic services, design prevention actions and carry out training sessions for farmers. The main benefit is to improve knowledge and management of cryptosporidiosis, major enteritis agent in calves, alone or associated with bacteria and virus, causing economic problems in farms (from loss of growth to mortality) and a zoonosis.