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Skin colour patterns: predicting the unseen

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• 20-10-2023

In ‘Physical Review X (PRX)’, Milinkovitch's team predicts & confirms a secondary colour pattern in ocellated lizards. This pattern is too subtle for our eyes to see.

The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes

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• 19-10-2023

By analyzing genomes up to 40,000 years old, Mathias Currat's team has traced the history of migrations between Sapiens and Neanderthals.

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.

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.

Benchmarking the Mantel test and derived methods for testing association between distance matrices.

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• 02-12-2023

Quilodrán CS, Currat M, Montoya-Burgos JI. Mol Ecol Resour 2023 Dec;():. 10.1111/1755-0998.13898.

Genetic surfing during the range expansion of an endangered large carnivore

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• 30-11-2023

Tensen, L., Currat, M., Davies-Mostert, H. et al.. Biodivers Conserv (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02755-z

In toto imaging of glial JNK signaling during larval zebrafish spinal cord regeneration.

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• 24-11-2023

Becker CJ, Cigliola V, Gillotay P, Rich A, De Simone A, Han Y, Di Talia S, Poss KD. Development 2023 Nov;():. 10.1242/dev.202076. 335692.

Temporal variation in introgressed segments' length statistics computed from a limited number of ancient genomes sheds light on past admixture pulses.

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• 22-11-2023

Di Santo LN, Quilodran CS, Currat M. Mol Biol Evol 2023 Nov;():. 10.1093/molbev/msad252. 7441957.

Cutaneous Adverse-Effects Induced by Tebentafusp in Patients with Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: A Case Series and Treatment Insights.

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• 13-11-2023

Rodriguez I, Norman T, Guenther J, Smart K, Kwong A, Berry J, In GK, Worswick S. Clin Exp Dermatol 2023 Nov;():. 10.1093/ced/llad387. 7416758.

An Integrative Taxonomic Survey of Benthic Foraminiferal Species (Protista, Rhizaria) from the Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone

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• 24-10-2023

Himmighofen OE, Holzmann M, Barrenechea-Angeles I, Pawlowski J, Gooday AJ. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(11), 2038; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11112038

Past human expansions shaped the spatial pattern of Neanderthal ancestry.

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• 18-10-2023

Quilodrán CS, Rio J, Tsoupas A, Currat M. Sci Adv 2023 Oct;9(42):eadg9817. 10.1126/sciadv.adg9817.

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Reaction Diffusion in Vertebrate Skin Color Patterning.

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• 16-10-2023

Milinkovitch MC, Jahanbakhsh E, Zakany S. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2023 Oct;39():145-174. 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-120319-024414.

Shared ancestry of algal symbiosis and chloroplast sequestration in foraminifera.

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• 12-10-2023

Pinko D, Abramovich S, Rahav E, Belkin N, Rubin-Blum M, Kucera M, Morard R, Holzmann M, Abdu U. Sci Adv 2023 Oct;9(41):eadi3401. PMC10569721. 10.1126/sciadv.adi3401.

The Drosophila ecdysone receptor promotes or suppresses proliferation according to ligand level.

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• 29-09-2023

Perez-Mockus G, Cocconi L, Alexandre C, Aerne B, Salbreux G, Vincent JP. Dev Cell 2023 Sep;():. 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.08.032. S1534-5807(23)00460-4.

Regeneration: Signaling superhighways.

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• 27-09-2023

Sun F, De Simone A, Poss KD. Curr Biol 2023 Sep;33(18):R947-R950. 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.024. S0960-9822(23)01067-9.

Circadian clock disruption promotes the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in male Drosophila.

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• 22-09-2023

Majcin Dorcikova M, Duret LC, Pottié E, Nagoshi E. Nat Commun 2023 Sep;14(1):5908. PMC10516932. 10.1038/s41467-023-41540-y. 10.1038/s41467-023-41540-y.

Quantitative Live Imaging of Zebrafish Scale Regeneration: From Adult Fish to Signaling Patterns and Tissue Flows.

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• 05-09-2023

De Simone A. Methods Mol Biol 2024 ;2707():185-204. 10.1007/978-1-0716-3401-1_12.

Novel contributions to the molecular and morphological diversity of freshwater monothalamid foraminifera: Description of six new species.

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• 27-08-2023

Siemensma F, Holzmann M. Eur J Protistol 2023 Aug;90():126014. 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126014. S0932-4739(23)00059-7.

Dynamic evolution of size and colour in the highly specialized ant-eating spiders.

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• 09-08-2023

Ortiz D, Pekár S, Bilat J, Shafaie S, Alvarez N, Gauthier J. Proc Biol Sci 2023 Aug;290(2004):20230797. PMC10410226. 10.1098/rspb.2023.0797.

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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• 17-07-2023

Kreuter S, Holzmann M, Holdsworth DG, Motoc R, Pavel AB. Eur J Protistol 2023 Aug;90():126004. 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126004. S0932-4739(23)00049-4.

A common statement on anthropogenic hybridization of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris)

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• 17-07-2023

Nussberger B, Barbosa S, Beaumont M, Currat M, Devillard S, Heurich M, Howard-McCombe J, Mattucci F, Nowak C, Quilodran CS, Senn H, Alves PC and EUROWILDCAT Consortium. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1156387. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1156387

A registry-based population study of the HLA in Québec, Canada.

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• 13-07-2023

Lemieux W, Richard L, Nunes JM, Sanchez-Mazas A, Renaud C, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Lewin A. HLA 2023 Jul;():. 10.1111/tan.15154.

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

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

• event
• 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

• event
• 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 .