Curriculum Vitae
2009-present
Post-doctoral researcher
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen.
At present: visiting scholar at the University of California, Davis.
2004-2009
PhD student
University of Lausanne, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Department of Fundamental Microbiology
PhD thesis: 'On the use of reporter bacteria for measuring availability of organic contaminants'
1998-2003
Diploma in Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Projects
The Ecology of Bacterial Individuality
VIDI research grant 864.06.002 from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to Dr. Johan Leveau
(http://www.nwo.nl/projecten.nsf/pages/2300134695)
Co-Operation
University of California (UC) Davis
Department of Plant Pathology
Davis, CA 95616, USA
Selected Publications
Tecon R. and J. R. van der Meer. Information from single-cell bacterial biosensors: what is it good for? Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2006 Feb; 17(1):4-10.
Tecon R., Wells M. and J. R. van der Meer. A new green fluorescent protein-based bacterial biosensor for analysing phenanthrene fluxes. Environmental Microbiology. 2006 Apr; 8(4):697-708.
Kohlmeier S., Mancuso M., Tecon R., Harms H., van der Meer J. R. and M. Wells. Bioreporters: gfp versus lux revisited and single-cell response. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2007 Mar; 22(8):1578-85.
Tecon R. and J. R. van der Meer. Bacterial biosensors for measuring availability of environmental pollutants. Sensors. 2008 Jul; 8, 4062-4080.
Kohlmeier S., Mancuso M., Deepthike U., Tecon R., van der Meer J.R., Harms H. and M. Wells. Comparison of naphthalene bioavailability determined by whole-cell biosensing and availability determined by extraction with Tenax. Environmental Pollution. 2008 Dec; 156(3):803-8.
Tecon R., Binggelli O. and J.R. van der Meer. Double-tagged fluorescent bacterial bioreporter for the study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon diffusion and bioavailability. Environmental Microbiology. 2009 Sep; 11(9):2271-2283.
Tecon R. and J.R. van der Meer. Effects of two types of biosurfactants on phenanthrene availability to the bacterial bioreporter Burkholderia sartisoli strain RP037. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2010 Jan;85(4):1131-9.
Tecon R., Beggah S., Czechowska K., Sentchilo V., Chronopoulou P.M., McGenity T.J. and J.R. van der Meer. Development of a multistrain bacterial bioreporter platform for the monitoring of hydrocarbon contaminants in marine environments. Environmental Science & Technology. 2010 Feb; 44(3):1049-55.
Kumari R., Tecon R., Beggah S., Rutler R., Arey J.S. and J.R. van der Meer. Development of bioreporter assays for the detection of bioavailability of long chain alkanes based on the marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis strain SK2. Environmental Microbiology. 2011 Oct;13(10):2808-19.
Links
University of California Davis
http://www.ucdavis.edu
University of Lausanne, Department of Fundamental Microbiology
http://www.unil.ch/dmf
My PhD thesis is available in pdf from the University of Lausanne:
my.unil.ch/serval/document/BIB_144C279A288C.pdf
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