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The LANE resurrects Charles Darwin for Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday
08 May 2026

The LANE resurrects Charles Darwin for Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday

Watch the stunning video celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday.
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01 May 2026

Elephants in the spotlight: from skin cracking to soft robotics

Milinkovitch’s lab reveals that elephant skin cracks as a stiff epidermis bends over microscopic bumps, forming a water‑retaining network for cooling. Their study of the trunk’s simple deformation patterns is now informing flexible soft‑robotic grippers.
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26 Mar 2026

Mechanical forces drive the diversity of life

A study by the UNIGE and the EMBL hows how the variety of species morphology results from the diversity of the mechanical properties of tissues.
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26 Mar 2026

Prehistoric fish: coelacanths heard underwater using their lungs

A study by UNIGE and MHNG shows that 240-million-year-old coelacanths could hear underwater using an ossified lung.
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19 Jan 2026

Our Research Featured on the Cover of Genetics

Research from the Milinkovitch Lab on hypomelanism in reptiles is featured on the cover of Genetics.
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22 Aug 2025

In the Neolithic, agriculture established itself gradually

A study from UNIGE shows that European hunter-gatherers and farmers from Anatolia mixed gradually during the Neolithic.
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27 Jun 2025

Alexandros Tsoupas wins the 2025 PSLS Annual Thesis Prize

His thesis, "Inferring Population Dynamics During Past Expansion Events Using Spatiotemporal Molecular Patterns", explores how genetic data distributed across space and time can reveal the demographic processes underlying past population expansions.
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25 Jun 2025

How Tortoises Grow Their Scales: Two Systems, One Head

Chemical signals versus mechanical stress: tortoise head scales reveal nature’s dual process.
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03 Jun 2025

Prof. Emi Nagoshi Joins Azure Cell Therapies as Chair of Scientific Advisory Board

We are thrilled to share that Prof. Emi Nagoshi, a member of our department, is playing a leading role in the newly launched biotech startup Azure Cell Therapies.
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Milinkovitch's lab makes the cover of PLOS Biology
16 Apr 2025

Milinkovitch's lab makes the cover of PLOS Biology

The editorial team of PLOS Biology selects one light-sheet microscopy image produced by LANE lab.
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08 May 2026

The LANE resurrects Charles Darwin for Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday

Watch the stunning video celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday.
01 May 2026

Elephants in the spotlight: from skin cracking to soft robotics

Milinkovitch’s lab reveals that elephant skin cracks as a stiff epidermis bends over microscopic bumps, forming a water‑retaining network for cooling. Their study of the trunk’s simple deformation patterns is now informing flexible soft‑robotic grippers.
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Deciphering mechanical determinants of morphological evolution.

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A dual respiratory and auditory function for the coelacanth lung.

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