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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.

Hoxb13 in mouse tail allometry

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• 31-08-2020

Jozsef Zakany will host a last seminar before his retirement on September 24 at 4 pm in the A300 audience (Sciences II).

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.

Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring.

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• 09-01-2021

Sagova-Mareckova M, Boenigk J, Bouchez A, Cermakova K, Chonova T, Cordier T, Eisendle U, Elersek T, Fazi S, Fleituch T, Frühe L, Gajdosova M, Graupner N, Haegerbaeumer A, Kelly AM, Kopecky J, Leese F, Nõges P, Orlic S, Panksep K, Pawlowski J, Petrusek A, Piggott JJ, Rusch JC, Salis R, Schenk J, Simek K, Stovicek A, Strand DA, Vasquez MI, Vrålstad T, Zlatkovic S, Zupancic M, Stoeck T. Water Res 2020 Dec;191():116767. S0043-1354(20)31300-2. 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116767.

Dual-view oblique plane microscopy (dOPM).

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• 08-01-2021

Sparks H, Dent L, Bakal C, Behrens A, Salbreux G, Dunsby C. Biomed Opt Express 2020 Dec;11(12):7204-7220. 10.1364/BOE.409781. 409781. PMC7747899.

Epithelial colonies elongate through collective effects.

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• 05-01-2021

Comelles J, S SS, Lu L, Le-Maout E, Anvitha S, Salbreux G, Jülicher F, Inamdar MM, Riveline D. Elife 2021 Jan;10():. 10.7554/eLife.57730. 57730.

The ULK1 kinase, a necessary component of the pro-regenerative and anti-aging machinery in Hydra.

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• 19-12-2020

Suknovic N, Tomczyk S, Colevret D, Perruchoud C, Galliot B. Mech Ageing Dev 2020 Dec;():111414. S0047-6374(20)30210-4. 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111414.

Like wings of a bird: functional divergence and complementarity between HLA-A and HLA-B molecules.

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• 16-12-2020

Di D, Nunes JM, Jiang W, Sanchez-Mazas A. Mol Biol Evol 2020 Dec;():. 6035138. 10.1093/molbev/msaa325.

New data on settlement and environment at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa: Interdisciplinary investigation at Fatandi V, Eastern Senegal.

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• 10-12-2020

Chevrier B, Lespez L, Lebrun B, Garnier A, Tribolo C, Rasse M, Guérin G, Mercier N, Camara A, Ndiaye M, Huysecom E. PLoS One 2020 ;15(12):e0243129. 10.1371/journal.pone.0243129. PONE-D-19-33803.

Fluorescence Live Imaging of Drosophila Circadian Pacemaker Neurons.

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• 08-12-2020

Sabado V, Nagoshi E. Methods Mol Biol 2021 ;2130():207-219. 10.1007/978-1-0716-0381-9_16.

Compositional and provenance study of glass beads from archaeological sites in Mali and Senegal at the time of the first Sahelian states.

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• 03-12-2020

Truffa Giachet M, Gratuze B, Mayor A, Huysecom E. PLoS One 2020 ;15(12):e0242027. 10.1371/journal.pone.0242027. PONE-D-20-15087.

SARS-CoV-2 receptors and entry genes are expressed in the human olfactory neuroepithelium and brain.

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• 01-12-2020

Fodoulian L, Tuberosa J, Rossier D, Boillat M, Kan C, Pauli V, Egervari K, Lobrinus JA, Landis BN, Carleton A, Rodriguez I. iScience 2020 Nov;():101839. 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101839. S2589-0042(20)31036-1. PMC7685946.

Chromatin topology and the timing of enhancer function at the locus.

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• 25-11-2020

Rodríguez-Carballo E, Lopez-Delisle L, Willemin A, Beccari L, Gitto S, Mascrez B, Duboule D. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020 Nov;():. 2015083117. 10.1073/pnas.2015083117.

Planktonic foraminifera eDNA signature deposited on the seafloor remains preserved after burial in marine sediments.

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• 25-11-2020

Barrenechea Angeles I, Lejzerowicz F, Cordier T, Scheplitz J, Kucera M, Ariztegui D, Pawlowski J, Morard R. Sci Rep 2020 Nov;10(1):20351. 10.1038/s41598-020-77179-8. 10.1038/s41598-020-77179-8.

Mammalian-specific ectodermal enhancers control the expression of genes in developing nails and hair follicles.

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• 18-11-2020

Fernandez-Guerrero M, Yakushiji-Kaminatsui N, Lopez-Delisle L, Zdral S, Darbellay F, Perez-Gomez R, Bolt CC, Sanchez-Martin MA, Duboule D, Ros MA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020 Nov;():. 2011078117. 10.1073/pnas.2011078117.

Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include microbiota and meiofauna for effective conservation.

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• 18-11-2020

Ingels J, Vanreusel A, Pape E, Pasotti F, Macheriotou L, Arbizu PM, Sørensen MV, Edgcomb VP, Sharma J, Sánchez N, Homoky WB, Woulds C, Leduc D, Gooday AJ, Pawlowski J, Dolan JR, Schratzberger M, Gollner S, Schoenle A, Arndt H, Zeppilli D. Nat Ecol Evol 2020 Nov;():. 10.1038/s41559-020-01335-6. 10.1038/s41559-020-01335-6.

Broad sampling of monothalamids (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) gives further insight into diversity of non-marine Foraminifera.

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• 17-11-2020

Siemensma F, Holzmann M, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L, Clauß S, Voelcker E, Bettighofer W, Roshan SK, Walden S, Dumack K, Pawlowski J. Eur J Protistol 2020 Oct;():125744. S0932-4739(20)30074-2. 10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125744.

Poor performance of DNA barcoding and the impact of RAD loci filtering on the species delimitation of an Iberian ant-eating spider.

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• 10-11-2020

Ortiz D, Pekár S, Bilat J, Alvarez N. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020 Oct;154():106997. S1055-7903(20)30269-4. 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106997.

Benthic monitoring of oil and gas offshore platforms in the North Sea using environmental DNA metabarcoding.

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• 19-10-2020

Mauffrey F, Cordier T, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L, Cermakova K, Merzi T, Delefosse M, Blanc P, Pawlowski J. Mol Ecol 2020 Oct;():. 10.1111/mec.15698.

Patterning and growth control in vivo by an engineered GFP gradient

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• 16-10-2020

Stapornwongkul KS, de Gennes M, Cocconi L, Salbreux G, Vincent JP. Science. 2020;370(6514):321-327. doi:10.1126/science.abb8205

Rapid colour shift by reproductive character displacement in Cupido butterflies.

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• 15-10-2020

Hinojosa JC, Koubínová D, Dincă V, Hernández-Roldán J, Munguira ML, García-Barros E, Vila M, Alvarez N, Mutanen M, Vila R. Mol Ecol 2020 Oct;():. 10.1111/mec.15682.

Genome mapping of a mutation in corn snakes indicates that vertebrate chromatophore vesicles are lysosome-related organelles.

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• 07-10-2020

Ullate-Agote A, Burgelin I, Debry A, Langrez C, Montange F, Peraldi R, Daraspe J, Kaessmann H, Milinkovitch MC, Tzika AC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020 Oct;():. 2003724117. 10.1073/pnas.2003724117.

The polymorphism of Hydra microsatellite sequences provides strain-specific signatures.

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• 29-09-2020

Schenkelaars Q, Perez-Cortes D, Perruchoud C, Galliot B. PLoS ONE 2020 ;15(9):e0230547. 10.1371/journal.pone.0230547. PONE-D-20-06012.

GenEv MiniSymposium

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• Dpt of Genetics & Evolution
• 10.12.2020 11:00, Virtual seminar (unknown)

Multiple speakers (-).
hosted by: Ivan Rodriguez .

Current approaches for the efficient isolation and identification of plant and fungal secondary metabolites

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• Geneva Plant Seminars
• 02.12.2020 11:15, 1S059 (Sciences III)

Emerson Ferreira Queiroz (Phytochimie et Produits Naturels Bioactifs, Section des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, UNIGE).
hosted by: Luis Lopez Molina .

LAB COGNITION GOING WILD: Field experiments on vervet monkeys

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• Dpt of Genetics & Evolution
• 20.11.2020 12:00, Virtual seminar (unknown)

Erica van de Waal (Université de Lausanne).
hosted by: Ivan Rodriguez .