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How the dog, cow and ferret make their noses

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• 31-10-2024

Milinkovitch's team found that nose patterns form in embryos due to differential skin growth supported by blood vessels.

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.

Mechanical positional information guides the self-organized development of a polygonal network of creases in the skin of mammalian noses.

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• 24-10-2024

Dagenais P, Jahanbakhsh E, Capitan A, Jammes H, Reynaud K, Juan Romero C, Borrell V, Milinkovitch MC. Curr Biol 2024 Oct;():. 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.055. S0960-9822(24)01296-X.

Circadian plasticity evolves through regulatory changes in a neuropeptide gene.

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• 17-10-2024

Shahandeh MP, Abuin L, Lescuyer De Decker L, Cergneux J, Koch R, Nagoshi E, Benton R. Nature 2024 Oct;():. 10.1038/s41586-024-08056-x. 10.1038/s41586-024-08056-x.

Dataset on the behavior of local and foreign users in their willingness to pay for bike sharing in medium-sized cities.

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• 17-09-2024

Rodriguez A, dell'Olio L, Sipone S, Delgado-Lindeman M. Data Brief 2024 Oct;56():110865. PMC11402642. 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110865. S2352-3409(24)00829-1.

Food-Related Quality of Life Is Impaired in Latinx and Non-Latinx Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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• 17-09-2024

Jiang C, Godoy-Brewer G, Rodriguez A, Graff E, Quintero MA, Leavitt J, Lopez J, Goldberg DS, Damas OM, Whelan K, Abreu MT. Gastro Hep Adv 2024 ;3(6):773-782. PMC11401539. 10.1016/j.gastha.2024.05.008. S2772-5723(24)00075-X.

PMEL is involved in snake colour pattern transition from blotches to stripes

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• 03-09-2024

Athanasia C. Tzika, Asier Ullate-Agote, Pierre-Yves Helleboid & Maya Kummrow. Nature communications vol. 15,1 7655. 3 Sep. 2024, doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51927-0

Fecal transplant allows transmission of the gut microbiota in honey bees.

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• 19-08-2024

Cabirol A, Chhun A, Liberti J, Kesner L, Neuschwander N, Schaerli Y, Engel P. mSphere 2024 Aug;():e0026224. 10.1128/msphere.00262-24.

Insertable Glucose Sensor Using a Compact and Cost-Effective Phosphorescence Lifetime Imager and Machine Learning.

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• 13-08-2024

Goncharov A, Gorocs Z, Pradhan R, Ko B, Ajmal A, Rodriguez A, Baum D, Veszpremi M, Yang X, Pindrys M, Zheng T, Wang O, Ramella-Roman JC, McShane MJ, Ozcan A. ACS Nano 2024 Aug;18(34):23365-23379. PMC11363142. 10.1021/acsnano.4c06527.

Gut microbiota influences onset of foraging-related behavior but not physiological hallmarks of division of labor in honeybees.

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• 29-07-2024

Liberti J, Frank ET, Kay T, Kesner L, Monié-Ibanes M, Quinn A, Schmitt T, Keller L, Engel P. mBio 2024 Jul;():e0103424. 10.1128/mbio.01034-24.

Renal Regional Oxygen Saturation (rSrO2) and Acute Kidney Injury in neonates with perinatal asphyxia.

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• 20-07-2024

Agudelo S, Troncoso G, Botero-Rosas D, Munoz C, Rodriguez A, Gomez A, Leon J. Am J Perinatol 2024 Jul;():. 10.1055/a-2369-6811.

Interplay between gut symbionts and behavioral variation in social insects.

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• 18-07-2024

Liberti J, Engel P, Cabirol A. Curr Opin Insect Sci 2024 Jul;65():101233. 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101233. S2214-5745(24)00075-0.

The dynamic behavior of chromatophores marks the transition from bands to spots in leopard geckos

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• 08-07-2024

Ullate-Agote A, Tzika AC. PNAS, 121(29), e2400486121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400486121

The most frequent HLA alleles around the world: A fundamental synopsis

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• 08-07-2024

Sanchez-Mazas A, Nunes JM. Best practice & research. Clinical haematology vol. 37,2 (2024): 101559. doi:10.1016/j.beha.2024.101559

The Gene Network That Regulates Head Organizer Activity in Is Differentially Regulated in Epidermis and Gastrodermis.

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• 27-06-2024

Iglesias Ollé L, Perruchoud C, Sanchez PGL, Vogg MC, Galliot B. Biomedicines 2024 Jun;12(6):. PMC11201823. 10.3390/biomedicines12061274. biomedicines12061274.

Plasma immune signatures can predict rejection-free survival in the first year after pediatric liver transplantation.

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• 01-06-2024

Chichelnitskiy E, Goldschmidt I, Ruhl L, Rübsamen N, Jaeger VK, Karch A, Beushausen K, Keil J, Götz JK, D'Antiga L, Debray D, Hierro L, Kelly D, McLin V, Pawlowska J, Mikolajczyk RT, Bravi M, Klaudel-Dreszler M, Demir Z, Lloyd C, Korff S, Baumann U, Falk CS. J Hepatol 2024 May;():. 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.05.032. S0168-8278(24)00367-2.

Wound-dependent leg amputations to combat infections in an ant society

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• 01-06-2024

Frank ET, Buffat D, Liberti J, Aibekova L, Economo EP, Keller L.. Current biology : CB, S0960-9822(24)00805-4. 25 Jun. 2024, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.021

Polarity-driven three-dimensional spontaneous rotation of a cell doublet

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• 13-05-2024

Linjie Lu, Tristan Guyomar, Quentin Vagne, Rémi Berthoz, Alejandro Torres-Sánchez, Michèle Lieb, Cecilie Martin-Lemaitre, Kobus van Unen, Alf Honigmann, Olivier Pertz, Daniel Riveline & Guillaume Salbreux. Nat. Phys. 20, 1194–1203 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02460-w

Comparison of Pain Management Strategies to Reduce Opioid Use Postoperatively in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction: Pain Catheter versus Nerve Block in Addition to Refinements in the Oral Pain Management Regime.

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• 10-04-2024

Stefansdottir AB, Vieira L, Johnsen A, Isacson D, Rodriguez A, Mani M. Arch Plast Surg 2024 Mar;51(2):156-162. PMC11001454. 10.1055/s-0043-1777673. APS-23-May-0342-OA.

EVOLUTIONARY CO-OPTION OF AN ANCESTRAL CLOACAL REGULATORY LANDSCAPE DURING THE EMERGENCE OF DIGITS AND GENITALS.

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• 08-04-2024

Hintermann A, Bolt CC, Hawkins MB, Valentin G, Lopez-Delisle L, Gitto S, Gómez PB, Mascrez B, Mansour TA, Nakamura T, Harris MP, Shubin NH, Duboule D. bioRxiv 2024 Mar;():. PMC10996561. 10.1101/2024.03.24.586442. 2024.03.24.586442.

Modes d’analyse de la variabilité des fréquences des polymorphismes génétiques dans les populations humaines

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• 01-04-2024

Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, José Manuel Nunes. In: Jacques Chiaroni, Thierry Peyrard, France Pirenne (eds) Les groupes sanguins érythrocytaires, 2ème édition, 496 pages, John Libbey Eurotext, 2024, ISBN 978-2-7420-1739-3, p. 425-444

Two new Later Stone Age sites from the Final Pleistocene in the Falémé Valley, eastern Senegal.

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• 28-03-2024

Ndiaye M, Lespez L, Tribolo C, Rasse M, Hadjas I, Davidoux S, Huysecom É, Douze K. PLoS One 2024 ;19(3):e0294346. PMC10977785. 10.1371/journal.pone.0294346. PONE-D-23-15115.

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

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• 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

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• 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

• event
• 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 .