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Jean-Pierre Desforges
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Research
Latest papers
Review of in vitro approaches for assessing the toxicity of chemical stressors across diverse physiological systems.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2026 · senior author
Assessment of persistent organic pollutants in killer whales (Orcinus orca) of the Canadian Arctic: Implications for subsistence consumption and conservation strategies.
Environmental research · 2024 · first author
Accounting for behaviour in fine-scale habitat selection: A case study highlighting methodological intricacies.
The Journal of animal ecology · 2023
Latest funding
- $12,500
Tackling Arctic toxicology challenges using in vitro and in silico approaches to characterize and predict organism-level effects of chemical stressors
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $87,000
Tackling Arctic toxicology challenges using in vitro and in silico approaches to characterize and predict organism-level effects of chemical stressors
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $45,000
Tackling Arctic toxicology challenges using in vitro and in silico approaches to characterize and predict organism-level effects of chemical stressors
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
8 publications.
Review of in vitro approaches for assessing the toxicity of chemical stressors across diverse physiological systems.
Mudalige C, Mukherjee R, Khan AH, Gonzalez-Acosta MF, Hong MS, Desforges JP
Assessment of persistent organic pollutants in killer whales (Orcinus orca) of the Canadian Arctic: Implications for subsistence consumption and conservation strategies.
Desforges JP, Ferguson SH, Remili A, McKinney MA, Watt CA, Matthews CJD
Accounting for behaviour in fine-scale habitat selection: A case study highlighting methodological intricacies.
Beumer LT, Schmidt NM, Pohle J, Signer J, Chimienti M, Desforges JP, Hansen LH, Højlund Pedersen S, Rudd DA, Stelvig M, van Beest FM
Assessment of exposure to perfluorinated industrial substances and risk of immune suppression in Greenland and its global context: a mixed-methods study.
Sonne C, Desforges JP, Gustavson K, Bossi R, Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC, Long M, Rigét FF, Dietz R
Models as Much Needed Tools in Ecotoxicology: Integrative Approaches to Cross Barriers.
Desforges JP, Weijs L, Hickie B, Gergs A
Maternal Transfer and Long-Term Population Effects of PCBs in Baltic Grey Seals Using a New Toxicokinetic-Toxicodynamic Population Model.
Mauritsson K, Desforges JP, Harding KC
A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals.
Dietz R, Letcher RJ, Aars J, Andersen M, Boltunov A, Born EW, Ciesielski TM, Das K, Dastnai S, Derocher AE, Desforges JP, Eulaers I, Ferguson S, Hallanger IG, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Heimbürger-Boavida LE, Hoekstra PF, Jenssen BM, Kohler SG, Larsen MM, Lindstrøm U, Lippold A, Morris A, Nabe-Nielsen J, Nielsen NH, Peacock E, Pinzone M, Rigét FF, Rosing-Asvid A, Routti H, Siebert U, Stenson G, Stern G, Strand J, Søndergaard J, Treu G, Víkingsson GA, Wang F, Welker JM, Wiig Ø, Wilson SJ, Sonne C
Anthropogenic and Climatic Drivers of Long-Term Changes of Mercury and Feeding Ecology in Arctic Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Populations.
Desforges JP, Outridge P, Hobson KA, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Dietz R
Tackling Arctic toxicology challenges using in vitro and in silico approaches to characterize and predict organism-level effects of chemical stressors
Principal investigators: Desforges, Jean-Pierre
Tackling Arctic toxicology challenges using in vitro and in silico approaches to characterize and predict organism-level effects of chemical stressors
Principal investigators: Desforges, Jean-Pierre
Keywords: in vitro toxicology; chemical stress; emerging contaminants; physiological modeling; in vitro in vivo extrapolation; wildlife toxicology; arctic; cell culture; chemical management
Tackling Arctic toxicology challenges using in vitro and in silico approaches to characterize and predict organism-level effects of chemical stressors
Principal investigators: Desforges, Jean-Pierre
Keywords: in vitro toxicology; chemical stress; emerging contaminants; physiological modeling; in vitro in vivo extrapolation; wildlife toxicology; arctic; cell culture; chemical management
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Gary Stern and Feiyue Wang: 3 shared papers
- Gary Stern and Jean-Pierre Desforges: 1 shared paper
- Feiyue Wang and Jean-Pierre Desforges: 1 shared paper
- Department of Environment and Geography
- Environmental Studies and Sciences
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