Christian Blaise, D.Sc., is a senior research scientist at the Saint-Lawrence Centre, Environment Canada, QuA(c)bec Region, where he heads the Aquatic Toxicology Unit (ATU), River Ecosystems Research Section. He also holds an adjunct professor status at UQAR (UniversitA(c) du QuA(c)bec A Rimouski) where he contributes to teaching and (co)directs graduate students in the field of ecotoxicology. ATU strives to develop, validate, standardize, modernize (and promote the commercialization of) bioanalytical and biomarker techniques, making use of new instrumental technologies whenever possible, in o...