Takser Larissa
Regular Professor
Department of Pediatrics / Pediatric Neurology Department
University of Sherbrooke
Canada
Biography
2007-12 CIHR Grant "Exposure to environmental chemicals and psychomotor development: prospective study of neurotoxic effects using peripheral biomarkers." 2009: CIHR Price "Rising Star in Perinatal Research" 2009 - 2014: CIHR New Investigator Award
Research Interest
Current projects in the laboratory are: (i) animal model of autism in rodents exposed to contaminant mixing; (Ii) follow-up of the GESTE cohort of 800 children, for whom the contaminants were analyzed during pregnancy; (Iii) study of placental exosomes as biomarkers of pregnancy pathologies and as biomarkers of the effects of endocrine disruptors.
Publications
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Wadzinski TL, Geromini K, McKinley Brewer J, Bansal R, Abdelouahab N, Langlois MF, Takser L, Zoeller RT. Endocrine disruption in human placenta: expression of the dioxin-inducible enzyme, CYP1A1, is correlated with that of thyroid hormone-regulated genes. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2014 Dec 1;99(12):E2735-43.
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Serme-Gbedo YK, Abdelouahab N, Pasquier JC, Cohen AA, Takser L. Maternal levels of endocrine disruptors, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, in early pregnancy are not associated with lower birth weight in the Canadian birth cohort GESTE. Environmental Health. 2016 Apr 12;15(1):49.
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Gillet V, Hunting DJ, Takser L. Turing Revisited: Decoding the microRNA Messages in Brain Extracellular Vesicles for Early Detection of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Current environmental health reports. 2016 Sep 1;3(3):188-201.
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Degroote S, Hunting DJ, Baccarelli AA, Takser L. Maternal gut and fetal brain connection: increased anxiety and reduced social interactions in Wistar rat offspring following peri-conceptional antibiotic exposure. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 2016 Nov 3;71:76-82.
