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National Geographic Readers: Animals That Change Color

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27-04-2020

Michel Milinkovitch served as the scientific advisor for the content of the issue ‘Animals That Change Colors’ of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS magazine.

PhD School of Life Sciences

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24-03-2020

Call for applications to the PhD School of Life Sciences. Application deadline: Apr 15th, 2020

The secrets of the iridescent egg sac revealed

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20-02-2020

Milinkovitch Lab an international researchers identify that a 3D photonics structure in the egg-sac envelope of Hida salamanders causes visible iridescence is water and UV iridescence in air.

The elephant’s trunk will inspire a revolutionary robot

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19-12-2019

An international team, including UNIGE, will analyse the African elephant’s trunk, and its exceptional agility and versatility, to create a robot guided by touch.

Ivan Rodriguez and Alan Carleton just received an ERC Synergy Grant

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16-10-2019

The project aims at exploring the function and dysfunction of the claustrum, a poorly understood neural structure in the mamalian brain.

The Anthropology Unit makes the cover of "G3"

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02-08-2019

A study from Estella Poloni’s group: Did controlled use of fire impact the evolution of human genomic diversity ?

How the dragon got its frill

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27-06-2019

Michel Milinkovitch's team uncovers the developmental process generating the Chamydosaurus frill.

«Afrique: 300'000 ans de diversité humaine»

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14-06-2019

The geneticists and prehistorians of the Anthropology Unit of the University of Geneva tell you about human history on the African continent. An extraordinary exhibition not to be missed!

The evolution of snake skin nano-structures

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10-05-2019

The Milinkovitch Lab characterizes the complexity and diversity of surface nano-gratings in 353 species of snakes.

Claudio S. Quilodrán, Juan Montoya-Burgos and Mathias Currat make the cover of "Evolution" magazine

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17-04-2019

Hybridization and introgression during density‐dependent range expansion: European wildcats as a case study.

Michel Milinkovitch receives an ERC Advanced Grant

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28-03-2019

An ERC Advanced Grant has been awarded to Michel Milinkovitch. The grant is endowed with 2.5 million Euros over 5 years.

The LANE is in the National Geographic

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28-02-2019

Our work on the African elephant skin is highlighted in the National Geographic Magazine.

How bird feather patterns form

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22-02-2019

How are feathers formed and what determines their number and distribution on the skin? Today, researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) have demonstrated that genetic signaling between cells and mechanical processes combine in the bird skin to form a line of propagation, along which the feather buds develop.

Why do Hydra end up with just a single head?

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18-01-2019

The ability of Hydra to regenerate or maintain a single head results from a subtle balance between activating and inhibiting activities. The latter has just been identified by a UNIGE group.

Monitoring the environment with artificial intelligence

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14-12-2018

UNIGE researchers have developed an approach that combines genomics and machine learning tools to explore the microbial biodiversity of ecosystems.

Stem cells organize themselves into pseudo-embryos

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03-10-2018

Scientists have developed murine artificial pseudo- embryos capable of forming the three major axes of the body. An innovative tool to potentially replace mammalian embryos in many experimental conditions.

How the African elephant cracked its skin to cool off

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02-10-2018

UNIGE researchers have observed that elephants regulate their body heat through their skin, which cracks into deep cracks, absorbing a maximum water.

The origin of the mammalian brain uncovered

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29-06-2018

The expression levels of three genes determines the predominant mode of neurogenesis and the development the cerebral neocortex in mammals

Brigitte Galliot becomes vice-rector of the UNIGE

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25-05-2018

Brigitte Galliot, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science, has been appointed Vice-Rector of the University of Geneva (UNIGE) by Rector Yves Flückiger.

2 new open positions

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14-05-2018

The Milinkovitch Lab offers two new positions for PhD or Post-Doc students.

Influence of Paleolithic Range Contraction, Admixture and Long-Distance Dispersal on Genetic Gradients of Modern Humans in Asia.

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22-05-2020

Branco C, Ray N, Currat M, Arenas M. Mol. Ecol. 2020 May;():. 10.1111/mec.15479.

Ecosystems monitoring powered by environmental genomics: a review of current strategies with an implementation roadmap.

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18-05-2020

Cordier T, Alonso-Sáez L, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L, Aylagas E, Bohan DA, Bouchez A, Chariton A, Creer S, Frühe L, Keck F, Keeley N, Laroche O, Leese F, Pochon X, Stoeck T, Pawlowski J, Lanzén A. Mol. Ecol. 2020 May;():. 10.1111/mec.15472.

Correction: High-resolution HLA phased haplotype frequencies to predict the success of unrelated donor searches and clinical outcome following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

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06-05-2020

Buhler S, Baldomero H, Ferrari-Lacraz S, Nunes JM, Sanchez-Mazas A, Massouridi-Levrat S, Heim D, Halter J, Nair G, Chalandon Y, Schanz U, Güngör T, Nicoloso G, Tiercy JM, Passweg J, Villard J. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2020 May;():. 10.1038/s41409-020-0862-0. 10.1038/s41409-020-0862-0.

Dataset of foraminiferal sedimentary DNA (DNA) sequences from Svalbard.

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30-04-2020

Pawłowska J, Pawlowski J, Zajączkowski M. Data Brief 2020 Jun;30():105553. 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105553. S2352-3409(20)30447-9. 105553. PMC7182674.

A meeting framework for inclusive and sustainable science.

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26-04-2020

Blackman RC, Bruder A, Burdon FJ, Convey P, Funk WC, Jähnig SC, Kishe MA, Moretti MS, Natugonza V, Pawlowski J, Stubbington R, Zhang X, Seehausen O, Altermatt F. Nat Ecol Evol 2020 Apr;():. 10.1038/s41559-020-1190-x. 10.1038/s41559-020-1190-x.

A complex regulatory landscape involved in the development of mammalian external genitals.

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18-04-2020

Amândio AR, Lopez-Delisle L, Bolt CC, Mascrez B, Duboule D. Elife 2020 Apr;9():. 10.7554/eLife.52962. 52962.

HLA studies in the context of coronavirus outbreaks.

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17-04-2020

Sanchez-Mazas A. Swiss Med Wkly 2020 Apr;150():w20248. 10.4414/smw.2020.20248. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20248.

A review of HLA allele and SNP associations with highly prevalent infectious diseases in human populations.

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17-04-2020

Sanchez-Mazas A. Swiss Med Wkly 2020 Apr;150():w20214. 10.4414/smw.2020.20214. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20214.

Supervised machine learning is superior to indicator value inference in monitoring the environmental impacts of salmon aquaculture using eDNA metabarcodes.

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15-04-2020

Frühe L, Cordier T, Dully V, Breiner HW, Lentendu G, Pawlowski J, Martins C, Wilding TA, Stoeck T. Mol. Ecol. 2020 Apr;():. 10.1111/mec.15434.

High-throughput DNA barcoding of oligochaetes for abundance-based indices to assess the biological quality of sediments in streams and lakes.

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08-02-2020

Vivien R, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L, Pawlowski J, Werner I, Lafont M, Ferrari BJD. Sci Rep 2020 Feb;10(1):2041. 10.1038/s41598-020-58703-2. 10.1038/s41598-020-58703-2.

Translucent in air and iridescent in water: structural analysis of a salamander egg sac.

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08-02-2020

Zabuga AV, Arrigo MI, Teyssier J, Mouchet SR, Nishikawa K, Matsui M, Vences M, Milinkovitch MC. Soft Matter 2020 (16) Feb. 10.1039/c9sm02151e.

The regulatory landscapes of developmental genes.

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06-02-2020

Bolt CC, Duboule D. Development 2020 Feb;147(3):. 147/3/dev171736. 10.1242/dev.171736.

Neuroinflammation-Associated Aspecific Manipulation of Mouse Predator Fear by Toxoplasma gondii.

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16-01-2020

Boillat M, Hammoudi PM, Dogga SK, Pagès S, Goubran M, Rodriguez I, Soldati-Favre D. Cell Rep 2020 Jan;30(2):320-334.e6. S2211-1247(19)31669-9. 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.019.

Deficient autophagy in epithelial stem cells drives aging in the freshwater cnidarian .

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22-12-2019

Tomczyk S, Suknovic N, Schenkelaars Q, Wenger Y, Ekundayo K, Buzgariu W, Bauer C, Fischer K, Austad S, Galliot B. Development 2019 Dec;():. dev.177840. 10.1242/dev.177840.

Evolutionary units delimitation and continental multilocus phylogeny of the hyperdiverse catfish genus Hypostomus.

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21-12-2019

Jardim de Queiroz L, Cardoso Y, Jacot-des-Combes C, Anne Bahechar I, Alberto Lucena C, Rapp Py-Daniel L, Maria Sarmento Soares L, Nylinder S, Oliveira C, Estevam Parente T, Torrente-Vilara G, Covain R, Buckup P, Montoya-Burgos JI. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 2019 Dec;():106711. S1055-7903(19)30305-7. 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106711.

HLA-B locus: High levels of heterozygosity and a significant departure from neutrality towards excess homozygotes.

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19-12-2019

Al-Yafei Z, Goeury T, Alvares M, Al Seiari M, Sanchez-Mazas A, Elghazali G. HLA 2019 Dec;():. 10.1111/tan.13774.

Population history and genetic adaptation of the Fulani nomads: inferences from genome-wide data and the lactase persistence trait.

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04-12-2019

Vicente M, Priehodová E, Diallo I, Podgorná E, Poloni ES, Černý V, Schlebusch CM. BMC Genomics 2019 Dec;20(1):915. 10.1186/s12864-019-6296-7. 10.1186/s12864-019-6296-7.

Reply to: Sources of C steroid biomarkers in Neoproterozoic-Cambrian rocks and oils.

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27-11-2019

Hallmann C, Nettersheim BJ, Brocks JJ, Schwelm A, Hope JM, Not F, Lomas M, Schmidt C, Schiebel R, Nowack ECM, De Deckker P, Pawlowski J, Bowser SS, Bobrovskiy I, Zonneveld K, Kucera M, Stuhr M. Nat Ecol Evol 2019 Nov;():. 10.1038/s41559-019-1049-1. 10.1038/s41559-019-1049-1.