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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.

SIB, the movie: Swiss bioinformatics in action

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• 09-04-2018

Bioinformatics is now essential to life science. But what is this discipline about? And who are the people behind it?

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

• publication
• 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.

• publication
• 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.

• publication
• 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.

• publication
• 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.

Bacterial communities’ taxonomic and functional turnovers both accurately predict marine benthic ecological quality status.

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• 26-11-2019

Tristan Cordier. Environmental DNA. 2019; 00: 1– 9.

Model systems for regeneration: Hydra.

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• 05-11-2019

Vogg MC, Galliot B, Tsiairis CD. Development 2019 Nov;146(21):. 146/21/dev177212. 10.1242/dev.177212.

Benthic foraminiferal DNA metabarcodes significantly vary along a gradient from abyssal to hadal depths and between each side of the Kuril-Kamchatka trench.

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• 01-11-2019

Tristan Cordier, Inès Barrenechea, Franck Lejzerowicz, Emanuela Reo, Jan Pawlowski. Progress in Oceanography, Volume 178, November 2019, 102175

Fryns type mesomelic dysplasia of the upper limbs caused by inverted duplications of the HOXD gene cluster.

• publication
• 09-10-2019

Le Caignec C, Pichon O, Briand A, de Courtivron B, Bonnard C, Lindenbaum P, Redon R, Schluth-Bolard C, Diguet F, Rollat-Farnier PA, Sanchez-Castro M, Vuillaume ML, Sanlaville D, Duboule D, Mégarbané A, Toutain A. Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 2019 Oct;():. 10.1038/s41431-019-0522-2. 10.1038/s41431-019-0522-2.

Combining BrdU-Labeling to Detection of Neuronal Markers to Monitor Adult Neurogenesis in Hydra.

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• 26-09-2019

Buzgariu W, Curchod ML, Perruchoud C, Galliot B. Methods Mol. Biol. 2020 ;2047():3-24. 10.1007/978-1-4939-9732-9_1.

A FACS-based Protocol to Isolate RNA from the Secondary Cells of Drosophila Male Accessory Glands.

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• 24-09-2019

Immarigeon C, Karch F, Maeda RK. J Vis Exp 2019 Sep;(151):. 10.3791/60218.

Commentary on paper by Leroy C.

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• 01-09-2019

Duboule D. Dev. Biol. 2019 Oct;454(1):1-14. S0012-1606(19)30433-6. 10.1016/j.ydbio.2019.07.016.

Properties of Omp2a-Based Supported Lipid Bilayers: Comparison with Polymeric Bioinspired Membranes.

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• 29-08-2019

Puiggalí-Jou A, Pawlowski J, Del Valle LJ, Michaux C, Perpète EA, Sek S, Alemán C. ACS Omega 2018 Aug;3(8):9003-9019. 10.1021/acsomega.8b00913. PMC6645002.

LS: automated reduction of gene-specific lineage evolutionary rate heterogeneity for multi-gene phylogeny inference.

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• 15-08-2019

Rivera-Rivera CJ, Montoya-Burgos JI. BMC Bioinformatics 2019 Aug;20(1):420. 10.1186/s12859-019-3020-1. 10.1186/s12859-019-3020-1. PMC6693147.

Impact of genome architecture on the functional activation and repression of Hox regulatory landscapes.

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• 14-07-2019

Rodríguez-Carballo E, Lopez-Delisle L, Yakushiji-Kaminatsui N, Ullate-Agote A, Duboule D. BMC Biol. 2019 07;17(1):55. 10.1186/s12915-019-0677-x. 10.1186/s12915-019-0677-x.

Decoding Drosophila circadian pacemaker circuit.

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• 28-06-2019

Kozlov A, Nagoshi E. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2019 Jun 29;36:33-38. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.06.010

Biochemistry of RNA processing machines

• event
• Conference
• 14.10.2020 14:00, 3079 (Sciences III)

Gunter Meister (University of Regensburg, Germany).
hosted by: Ramesh Pillai .

How to tango with four: Adaptation of meiotic chromosome behaviour to genome duplication

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• Geneva Plant Seminars
• 07.10.2020 11:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

Kirsten Bomblies (Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, ETH Zurich).
hosted by: Roman Ulm .

Epigenetic switching in seasonal timing

• event
• Conference
• 08.09.2020 17:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Dame Caroline Dean (The John Innes Center, Norwich, UK).
hosted by: Thanos Halazonetis .

Gene regulation meets redox biochemistry – NAD-capped RNA in pro- and eukaryotes

• event
• Conference
• 25.06.2020 16:00, 3079 (Sciences III)

Andres Jäschke (Universität Heidelberg).
hosted by: Ramesh Pillai .

Cell-to-cell communication in immunity and infection

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• Geneva Plant Seminars
• 24.06.2020 12:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

Christine Faulkner (https://www.jic.ac.uk/people/christine-faulkner/).
hosted by: Marie Barberon .

"Evolutionary and conservation genetics of giant Galapagos tortoises”

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• Life Science Seminar Series
• 23.06.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Gisella Caccone (Yale University).
hosted by: Michel Milinkovitch .

Ubiquitination pathways in normal physiology and disease

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• Conference
• 17.06.2020 14:00, 3079 (Sciences III)

Bhogaraju SAGAR (EMBL Grenoble).
hosted by: Ramesh Pillai .

TRANSVERSE ALPINE SPECIATION DRIVEN BY GLACIATION (SOUTHERN ALPS, PYRENEES, HYMALAYA, ANDES)

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• Museum of Natural History
• 12.06.2020 12:00, Salle de conférence (Museum of Natural History)

Prof. Graham Wallis (University of Otago, New Zealand).
hosted by: Isabel Blasco .

JUMBO CRIMPING PLIER

• event
• Conference
• 05.06.2020 09:00, 1S081 (Sciences III)

Alessandro Blasimme/Andrew Janowczyk (ETH Zurich / University of Lausanne).
hosted by: Emi Nagoshi Florian Steiner .

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Biology

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• Dpt of Molecular Biology
• 05.06.2020 09:00, 1S081 (Sciences III)

Multiple Speakers (Multiple).
hosted by: Emi Nagoshi Florian Steiner .

SciMed PhD Conference 2020

• event
• PhD School of Life Sciences
• 03.06.2020 08:00, unknown (unknown)

Multiple speakers (UNIGE).
hosted by: GenEv .

Topological analysis of multicellular dynamics in plants

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• Geneva Plant Seminars
• 20.05.2020 12:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

George Bassel (The University of Warwick).
hosted by: Luis Lopez Molina .

Protein stability in drug discovery and molecular biology

• event
• Life Science Seminar Series
• 19.05.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Michail Savitski (EMBL).
hosted by: PhD Association .

to be announced

• event
• Geneva Plant Seminars
• 13.05.2020 12:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

Sebastian Soyk (Center for Intergrative Genomics, University of Lausanne).
hosted by: Roman Ulm .

Dealing with RNA in a DNA world

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• Dpt of Cell Biology
• 28.04.2020 16:00, 2024 (Sciences III)

Brian Luke (J. Gutenberg Universtity, Mainz).
hosted by: Françoise Stutz .

The interrelationship between RTKs and the cortical cytoskeleton in development and cancer

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• Life Science Seminar Series
• 28.04.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Andrea McClatchey (Center Cancer Research Boston).
hosted by: Sandra Citi .

LEPIDOPTERA PHYLOGENOMICS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS: NEW APPROACHES TO ANSWER SOME OLD QUESTIONS

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• Museum of Natural History
• 24.04.2020 12:00, Salle de conférence (Museum of Natural History)

Dr. Marianne Espeland (Zool. Res. Museum Alexander Koenig, Germany).
hosted by: Isabel Blasco .

Plant plasma membrane organization: Leaflet asymmetry, interdigitation, domain formation, biological consequences.

• event
• Geneva Plant Seminars
• 22.04.2020 12:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

Sébastien Mongrand (Université de Bordeau ).
hosted by: Luis Lopez Molina .

Power and benefit of phosphatase inhibition, a possible treatment for degenerative diseases

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• Life Science Seminar Series
• 21.04.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Anne Bertolotti (MRC-LMB).
hosted by: PhD Association .

Microtubule dynamics: not only at the tips.

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• Life Science Seminar Series
• 07.04.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Antonina Roll-Mecak (Bethesda).
hosted by: Aurélien Roux .

Mechanisms of centromere specification in a fly model.

• event
• Life Science Seminar Series
• 31.03.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Barbara Mellone (University of Connecticut).
hosted by: Florian Steiner .

Microtubules, Motors and Morphogenesis

• event
• cancelled
• 24.03.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Jonathon Howard (Yale).
hosted by: Aurélien Roux .

Breath of life: oxygen sensing across kingdoms

• event
• cancelled
• 18.03.2020 12:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

Francesco Licausi (University of Oxford).
hosted by: Marie Barberon .

WHITEFISH DIVERSITY IN PREALPINE LAKES − ADAPTIVE RADIATION AND ANTHROPOGENIC-INDUCED SPECIATION REVERSAL

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• Museum of Natural History
• 21.02.2020 12:00, Salle de conférence (Museum of Natural History)

Dr. Oliver Selz (EAWAG, Switzerland).
hosted by: Isabel Blasco .

Membrane dynamics and T cell signaling

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• Dpt of Biochemistry
• 06.02.2020 16:00, 352 (Sciences II)

Hai-Tao HE (INSERM- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France).
hosted by: Aurélien Roux .

RNA trafficking around centrosome revealed by the Exon Juntion Complex - a link to ciliogenesis

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• Dpt of Cell Biology
• 06.02.2020 12:15, 2024 (Sciences III)

Dr Hervé Le Hir (IBENS, Paris).
hosted by: Françoise Stutz .

MACROEVOLUTION DYNAMICS IN THE BRYOZOA

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• Museum of Natural History
• 04.02.2020 12:00, Salle de conférence (Museum of Natural History)

Dr. Andrea Waeschenbach (Natural History Museum, London, UK.).
hosted by: Jean Mariaux .

Organization of cellular compartments by liquid phase separation

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• Life Science Seminar Series
• 04.02.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Frank Julicher (MPI dresden).
hosted by: M. Gonzalez Gaitan .

Principles underlying collective signaling oscillations in embryonic patterning

• event
• Life Science Seminar Series
• 28.01.2020 11:00, A150 (Sciences II)

Alexander Aulehla (EMBL).
hosted by: Emi Nagoshi .

Modulation of stomatal aperture by signals from the environment

• event
• Geneva Plant Seminars
• 22.01.2020 11:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

Alistair Hetherington (University of Bristol).
hosted by: Theresa Fitzpatrick .

Contribution of trace amine-associated receptors to odor guided behaviors in the mouse

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• Dpt of Genetics & Evolution
• 21.01.2020 15:00, 4059 (Sciences III)

Thomas Bozza (Northwestern University, US).
hosted by: Ivan Rodriguez .

“Cellular Decision-Making during Plant Epidermal Development”.

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• Life Science Seminar Series
• 21.01.2020 11:15, A150 (Sciences II)

Keiko Torii (University of Texas at Austin).
hosted by: Michael Hothorn .