Parkinson’s: are our neurons more vulnerable at night?
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- 28-09-2023
Emi Nagoshi's team shows that disruptions to the circadian clock increase the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease.
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The University of Geneva enters the ‘top 50’ in world ranking
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- 18-08-2023
The UNIGE is indeed now ranked 49th in the world
The secret behind the Nikon Photomicrography 1st prize revealed
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- 04-04-2023
We publish today a new method that provides unmatched visualisation of collagen 3D network architecture.
It makes the cover of Current Biology
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- 06-12-2022
The quantitative analysis of scale-by-scale patterning in lizards by Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh & Michel Milinkovitch makes the cover of Current Biology.
How lizards got their skin colour patterns
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- 14-11-2022
In the journal Current Biology, researchers in the Department of Genetics and Evolution quantify the predictability of scale-by-scale patterns in multiple divergent species of lizards.
A PhD student of our Department wins the 2022 Nikon Small World Competition
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- 11-10-2022
The 48th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition’s first place prize was awarded to Grigorii Timin, a PhD student supervised by Prof. Michel Milinkovitch from the GenEv Dpt
Olfactory neurons adapt to the surrounding environment
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- 30-05-2022
The team of Professors Ivan Rodriguez and Alan Carleton of the UNIGE has highlighted the great variability and continuous adaptation of olfactory neurons.
An HFSP grant to study reptilian coloration
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- 21-03-2022
Dr. Athanasia Tzika is awarded an HFSP grant to study reptilian coloration.
Où est le monstre?
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- 07-03-2022
This is the question posed by the new exhibition, which offers a journey through three Geneva locations. The groups of professors Birgitte Galliot, Denis Duboule, Ivan Rodriguez and Michel Milinkovitch took part in the realization of this exhibition.
The mathematical simplicity of lizard camouflage
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- 01-02-2022
We uncover the amazing parallels between ferromagnetism modeling and lizard skin colour patterning
New behaviors dating back to ca. 35’000 years identified at Toumboura III archaeological site, Eastern Senegal
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- 26-11-2021
The excavation of the archaeological site of Toumboura III has provided more than 13’000 stone artefacts resulting from the production of very specific stone tools: bifacial tools, among which small bifacial points probably intended to be hafted on wooden shafts and used as projectiles.
Motor control: Elephant trunks ignore the many and choose a few
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- 15-11-2021
Prof. Scott Hooper (Ohio University, USA) discusses the importance on recent results made by Milinkovitch's Lab on elephant trunk biomechanics
A single gene can disrupt the sleep-wake cycle
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- 01-10-2021
Emi Nagoshi's team has identified a gene essential in the regulation of the sleep / wake cycles of Drosophila.
Swiss, Senegalese and French archaeologists launch a research project in Casamance
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- 29-09-2021
The Archeology and Population of Africa (APA) laboratory of the University of Geneva and partners have started a research project on food in Basse-Casamance, in southern Senegal, under the direction of Dr Anne Mayor.
How elephants use their trunk
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- 31-08-2021
Milinkovitch's lab quantitative analysis of the biomechanical and functional morphology of the elephant trunk is published today in Current Biology.
How the lizard gets its pattern
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- 26-04-2021
LANE lab's 3D numerical simulations of the ocellated lizard skin colour patterning are published today in Nature Communications.
Scaled, armoured or naked: how does the skin of fish evolve?
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- 24-03-2021
Montoya's lab has traced the family tree of ray-finned fish in order to reconstruct the evolution of the protective structures of their skin.
The snake in the white suit
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- 24-02-2021
Michel Milinkovitch-Tzika Lab sequences the Texas Rat Snake genome and suggest that a regulatory mutation of MITF causes the leucistic phenotype.
The wings of a “genetic bird” protect us against viruses
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- 14-01-2021
Alicia Sanchez-Mazas team has demonstrated that every population can protect itself against a broad range of viruses thanks to the two most diverse HLA immune genes in humans.
African trade routes sketched out by mediaeval beads
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- 04-12-2020
An analysis of archaeological glass beads discovered in sub-Saharan West Africa brings to light the full extent of the region’s international trade routes between the 7th and 13th centuries.
Novel contributions to the molecular and morphological diversity of freshwater monothalamid foraminifera: Description of six new species
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- 25-08-2023
Ferry Siemensma, Maria Holzmann. European Journal of Protistology,vol 90. https://doi.org./10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126014
Psammophaga secriensia sp. nov., a New Monothalamid Foraminifera (Protista, Rhizaria) from the Romanian Black Sea Shelf
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- 04-08-2023
Pavel, A.B.; Kreuter, S.; Holzmann, M.; Enache, A.; Motoc, R.; Pawlowski, J.. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2023; 11(8):1546.
Three new species of Gromia (Protista, Rhizaria) identified from the Romanian Black Sea shelf
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- 01-08-2023
Kreuter S., Holzmann M., Holdsworth D.G., Motoc R., Pavel A.B.. European Journal of Protistology, vol. 90, https://doi.org./10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126004
Biogeography and Species Durations of Selected Cenozoic Shallow and Deep-Water Smaller Calcareous Benthic Foraminifera – A Review
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- 01-07-2023
Bruce W. Hayward, Maria Holzmann. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 2023;; 53 (3): 192–213. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.53.3.192
New Insights on the Palaeo-archaeological Potential of the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal.
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- 19-06-2023
Ndiaye M, Huysecom E, Douze K. Afr Archaeol Rev 2023 ;40(2):429-442. PMC10272251. 10.1007/s10437-023-09525-w. 9525.
Sequential and directional insulation by conserved CTCF sites underlies the Hox timer in stembryos.
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- 16-06-2023
Rekaik H, Lopez-Delisle L, Hintermann A, Mascrez B, Bochaton C, Mayran A, Duboule D. Nat Genet 2023 Jun;():. 10.1038/s41588-023-01426-7. 10.1038/s41588-023-01426-7.
Somitic positional information guides self-organized patterning of snake scales.
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- 14-06-2023
Tzika AC, Ullate-Agote A, Zakany S, Kummrow M, Milinkovitch MC. Sci Adv 2023 Jun;9(24):eadf8834. PMC10266723. 10.1126/sciadv.adf8834.
The identity of (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambinae), synonyms, and related species revealed by morphology and DNA capture in type specimens.
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- 26-05-2023
Landry B, Bilat J, Hayden J, Solis MA, Lees DC, Alvarez N, Léger T, Gauthier J. Zookeys 2023 ;1146():1-42. PMC10208364. 10.3897/zookeys.1146.96099. 96099.
Protocol for the rapid intravenous in ovo injection of developing amniote embryos.
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- 21-05-2023
Cooper RL, Santos-Durán G, Milinkovitch MC. STAR Protoc 2023 May;4(2):102324. PMC10209871. 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102324. S2666-1667(23)00291-5.
Transient agonism of the sonic hedgehog pathway triggers a permanent transition of skin appendage fate in the chicken embryo.
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- 17-05-2023
Cooper RL, Milinkovitch MC. Sci Adv 2023 May;9(20):eadg9619. 10.1126/sciadv.adg9619. PMC10191425.
Comparison of muscle metabolomics between two Chinese horse breeds
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- 05-05-2023
Meng S, Zhang Y, Lv S, Zhang Z, Liu X, Jiang L. Frontiers in veterinary science vol. 10 1162953. 5 May. 2023, doi:10.3389/fvets.2023.1162953
Taxonomy and biogeography of living species of the Family Notorotaliidae (Notorotalia, Parrellina, Porosorotalia, Buccella, Cristatavultus)
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- 01-05-2023
Bruce W. Hayward, Maria Holzmann, Lee W. Cooper, Lucy R. Roberts, Lloyd D. Keigwin, Jason A. Addison, Melanie J. Leng, Peigen Lin, Cedric Magen, Marci E. Marot, and Valerie Schwartz. Micropaleontology Volume 69, No. 3 pp. 259-302 - online 01 May 2023
The invasive Asian benthic foraminifera Trochammina hadai Uchio, 1962: identification of a new local in Normandy (France) and a discussion on its putative introduction pathways
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- 18-04-2023
Bouchet VMP, Pavard J-C, Holzmann M, McGann M, Armynot du Châtelet E, Courleux A, Pezy J-P, Dauvin J-C, Seuront L. Aquatic Invasions 18(1): 23-38. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2023.18.1.103512
High-resolution confocal and light-sheet imaging of collagen 3D network architecture in very large samples.
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- 07-04-2023
Timin G, Milinkovitch MC. iScience 2023 Apr;26(4):106452. PMC10067766. 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106452. S2589-0042(23)00529-1.
Active mesh and neural network pipeline for cell aggregate segmentation.
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- 02-04-2023
Smith MB, Sparks H, Almagro J, Chaigne A, Behrens A, Dunsby C, Salbreux G. Biophys J 2023 Mar;():. 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.03.038. S0006-3495(23)00211-4.
Whole-genome identification of transposable elements reveals the equine repetitive element insertion polymorphism in Chinese horses
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- 01-04-2023
Liu X, Zhang Y, Pu Y, Ma Y, Jiang L. Animal genetics vol. 54,2 (2023): 144-154. doi:10.1111/age.13277
Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies
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- 31-03-2023
Taylor WTT, Librado P, American Horse CJ, Shield Chief Gover C, Arterberry J, Afraid of Bear-Cook AL, Left Heron H, Yellow Hair RM, Gonzalez M, Means B, High Crane S, Yellow Bull WW, Dull Knife B, Afraid of Bear A, Tecumseh Collin C, Ward C, Pasqual TA, Chauvey L, Tonasso-Calviere L, Schiavinato S, Seguin-Orlando A, Fages A, Khan N, Der Sarkissian C, Liu X, Wagner S, Leonard BG, Manzano BL, O'Malley N, Leonard JA, Bernáldez-Sánchez E, Barrey E, Charliquart L, Robbe E, Denoblet T, Gregersen K, Vershinina AO, Weinstock J, Rajić Šikanjić P, Mashkour M, Shingiray I, Aury JM, Perdereau A, Alquraishi S, Alfarhan AH, Al-Rasheid KAS, Trbojević Vukičević T, Buric M, Sauer E, Lucas M, Brenner-Coltrain J, Bozell JR, Thornhill CA, Monagle V, Perri A, Newton C, Hall WE, Conver JL, Le Roux P, Buckser SG, Gabe C, Belardi JB, Barrón-Ortiz CI, Hart IA, Ryder C, Sponheimer M, Shapiro B, Southon J, Hibbs J, Faulkner C, Outram A, Patterson Rosa L, Palermo K, Solé M, William A, McCrory W, Lindgren G, Brooks S, Eché C, Donnadieu C, Bouchez O, Wincker P, Hodgins G, Trabert S, Bethke B, Roberts P, Jones EL, Running Horse Collin Y, Orlando L. Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 379,6639 (2023): 1316-1323. doi:10.1126/science.adc9691
Genetic cold cases; lessons from solving complex congenital limb disorders.
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- 30-03-2023
Andrey G, Duboule D. Genes Dev 2023 Mar;():. 10.1101/gad.350450.123. gad.350450.123.
Enhancing Shelf Life Prediction of Fresh Pizza with Regression Models and Low Cost Sensors.
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- 30-03-2023
Wunderlich P, Pauli D, Neumaier M, Wisser S, Danneel HJ, Lohweg V, Dörksen H. Foods 2023 Mar;12(6):. PMC10048631. 10.3390/foods12061347. foods12061347.
The utility and caveat of split-GAL4s in the study of neurodegeneration.
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- 24-03-2023
Stickley L, Koch R, Nagoshi E. Fly (Austin) 2023 Dec;17(1):2192847. PMC10038051. 10.1080/19336934.2023.2192847.
Energetics of biological systems
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- Physics of biology
- 09.11.2023 12:00, Amphithéâtre Stueckelberg (École de physique)
Jonathan Rodenfels (Max Plank Institut).
hosted by: Guillaume Salbreux .
Tissue growth and developmental pattern formation
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- Physics of biology
- 27.10.2023 12:00, Amphithéâtre Stueckelberg (École de physique)
Anna Kicheva (The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)).
hosted by: Guillaume Salbreux .
TO BE ANNOUNOUCED
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- Geneva Plant Seminars
- 25.10.2023 11:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)
Marco Catoni (University of Birmingham).
hosted by: Luis Lopez Molina .
to be announced
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- Geneva Plant Seminars
- 11.10.2023 11:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)
Leonie Luginbuehl (Cambridge University (UK)).
hosted by: Theresa Fitzpatrick .
Mechanobiology of cell shape control
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- Physics of biology
- 29.09.2023 12:00, Amphithéâtre Stueckelberg (École de physique)
Ewa Paluch (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge).
hosted by: Guillaume Salbreux .
to be announced
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- Dpt of Plant Sciences
- 30.08.2023 10:15, unknown (unknown)
Francesco Di Nezio (UNIGE and SUPSI - Mauro Tonolla's group).
hosted by: Roman Ulm .
Understanding Architecture And Evolutionary Patterns In Haplolepidous Peristomes (Dicranidae, Bryophyta) Using Histology And Micro-Morphology
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- Dpt of Plant Sciences
- 25.07.2023 14:00, Salle de conférence (Museum of Natural History)
Mathilde Ruche (Michelle Price's group).
hosted by: Michelle Price .
GENOMES UNCOUPLED1-dependent biogenic thermal stress responses
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- Geneva Plant Seminars
- 28.06.2023 12:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)
Chahong Kim (Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology (PSC) ).
hosted by: Theresa Fitzpatrick .
Advanced otopical tools for life sciences
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- Physics of biology
- 23.06.2023 12:00, Amphithéâtre Stueckelberg (École de physique)
Robert Predevel (Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL Heidelberg).
hosted by: Guillaume Salbreux .
HOW TO MAKE APICAL CILIA: COORDINATION BETWEEN CILIA FORMATION AND EPITHELIA POLARIZATION
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- Dpt of Molecular and Cellular Biology
- 23.06.2023 10:30, A100 (Sciences II)
Prof. Rytis Prekeris (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora (CO), USA).
hosted by: Sandra Citi .
The DNA-binding protein WHIRLY1 of barley promotes chloroplast development and responsivenesss to environment
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- Geneva Plant Seminars
- 22.06.2023 14:30, 1S081 (Sciences III)
Karin Krupinska (Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany).
hosted by: Theresa Fitzpatrick .
Revisiting the plant immune system from an evolutionary point of view
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- Geneva Plant Seminars
- 21.06.2023 11:15, A100 (Sciences II)
Hirofumi Nakagami (Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne).
hosted by: Roman Ulm .
Symmetry breaking and tissue flow in gastruloids
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- Life Science Seminar Series
- 06.06.2023 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)
Pierre-François Lenne (CNRS (IBDML)).
hosted by: Karsten Kruse .
Multi-cellular coordination
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- Physics of biology
- 26.05.2023 12:00, Amphithéâtre Stueckelberg (École de physique)
Takashi Hiragii (Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology).
hosted by: Guillaume Salbreux .
Channelling organ growth via intercellular communication
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- Geneva Plant Seminars
- 24.05.2023 12:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)
Joop Vermeer (University of Basel).
hosted by: Marie Barberon .
mRNAs as cytoplasmic organizers of subcellular compartments
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- cancelled
- 09.05.2023 14:00, Virtual seminar (unknown)
Christine Mayr (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center).
hosted by: Ramesh Pillai .
Active cell matter
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- Physics of biology
- 28.04.2023 12:00, Amphithéâtre Stueckelberg (École de physique)
Cécile Sykes (Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie).
hosted by: Guillaume Salbreux .
Optogenetic manipulation of phototropin receptor function to improve plant physiology and growth
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- Geneva Plant Seminars
- 27.04.2023 16:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)
John Christie (University of Glasgow).
hosted by: Roman Ulm .
internal seminar
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- Plant Science Seminar (BIVEG internal seminar)
- 24.04.2023 12:15, A50A (Sciences III)
Florian Laurent (Michael Hothorn's lab).
hosted by: Roman Ulm .