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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.

Snakes reveal the origin of skin colours

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06-10-2020

A mutation of the lavender variant of corn snake allows the Milinkovitch lab to understand the mechanisms responsible for the extraordinary variety of skin colours in vertebrates.

Wildcats threatened by their domestic cousins

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29-09-2020

Wildcats in the Swiss Jura will undergo an irreversible genetic replacement by domestic cats if no preventive measures are taken.

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.

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.

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.

Publisher Correction: Transcriptional adaptation of olfactory sensory neurons to GPCR identity and activity.

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02-03-2023

Horgue LF, Assens A, Fodoulian L, Marconi L, Tuberosa J, Haider A, Boillat M, Carleton A, Rodriguez I. Nat Commun 2023 Mar;14(1):1156. PMC9977893. 10.1038/s41467-023-36849-7. 10.1038/s41467-023-36849-7.

Simulated patterns of mitochondrial diversity are consistent with partial population turnover in Bronze Age Central Europe.

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15-02-2023

Broccard N, Silva NM, Currat M. Am J Biol Anthropol 2022 Jan;177(1):134-146. PMC9298224. 10.1002/ajpa.24431.

Active morphogenesis of patterned epithelial shells.

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18-01-2023

Khoromskaia D, Salbreux G. Elife 2023 Jan;12():. 10.7554/eLife.75878. 75878. PMC9844985.

The transcription factor Zic4 promotes tentacle formation and prevents epithelial transdifferentiation in Hydra

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24-12-2022

Vogg MC, Ferenc J, Buzgariu WC, Perruchoud C, Sanchez PGL, Beccari L, Nuninger C, Le Cras Y, Delucinge-Vivier C, Papasaikas P, Vincent S, Galliot B, Tsiairis CD. Sci Adv 2022 Dec;8(51):eabo0694. 10.1126/sciadv.abo0694.

Reconstruction and deconstruction of human somitogenesis in vitro.

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22-12-2022

Miao Y, Djeffal Y, De Simone A, Zhu K, Lee JG, Lu Z, Silberfeld A, Rao J, Tarazona OA, Mongera A, Rigoni P, Diaz-Cuadros M, Song LMS, Di Talia S, Pourquié O. Nature 2022 Dec;():. 10.1038/s41586-022-05655-4. 10.1038/s41586-022-05655-4.

Interacting active surfaces: A model for three-dimensional cell aggregates.

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17-12-2022

Torres-Sánchez A, Kerr Winter M, Salbreux G. PLoS Comput Biol 2022 Dec;18(12):e1010762. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010762. PCOMPBIOL-D-22-00456.

Joint analysis of phenotypic and genomic diversity sheds light on the evolution of xenobiotic metabolism in humans.

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30-11-2022

Mouterde M, Daali Y, Rollason V, Čížková M, Mulugeta A, Al-Balushi KK, Fakis G, Konstantinidis T, Al-Thihli K, Černá M, Makonnen E, Boukouvala S, Al-Yahyaee S, Yimer G, Černý V, Desmeules J, Poloni ES. Genome Biol Evol 2022 Nov;():. 10.1093/gbe/evac167. 6852765.

Clustering of vomeronasal receptor genes is required for transcriptional stability but not for choice.

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17-11-2022

Dietschi Q, Tuberosa J, Fodoulian L, Boillat M, Kan C, Codourey J, Pauli V, Feinstein P, Carleton A, Rodriguez I. Sci Adv 2022 Nov;8(46):eabn7450. 10.1126/sciadv.abn7450.

Modeling convergent scale-by-scale skin color patterning in multiple species of lizards.

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16-11-2022

Jahanbakhsh E, Milinkovitch MC. Curr Biol 2022 Nov;():. S0960-9822(22)01692-X. 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.044.

Morphological and molecular diversity of monothalamids (Rhizaria, Foraminifera), including two new species and a new genus, from SW Greenland.

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09-11-2022

Gooday AJ, Holzmann M, Schwarzgruber E, Cedhagen T, Pawlowski J. Eur J Protistol 2022 Oct;86():125932. S0932-4739(22)00069-4. 10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125932.