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01 Oct 2021

A single gene can disrupt the sleep-wake cycle

Emi Nagoshi's team has identified a gene essential in the regulation of the sleep / wake cycles of Drosophila.

29 Sep 2021

Swiss, Senegalese and French archaeologists launch a research project in Casamance

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.

31 Aug 2021

How elephants use their trunk

Milinkovitch's lab quantitative analysis of the biomechanical and functional morphology of the elephant trunk is published today in Current Biology.

26 Apr 2021

How the lizard gets its pattern

LANE lab's 3D numerical simulations of the ocellated lizard skin colour patterning are published today in Nature Communications.

24 Mar 2021

Scaled, armoured or naked: how does the skin of fish evolve?

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.

24 Feb 2021

The snake in the white suit

Michel Milinkovitch-Tzika Lab sequences the Texas Rat Snake genome and suggest that a regulatory mutation of MITF causes the leucistic phenotype.

14 Jan 2021

The wings of a “genetic bird” protect us against viruses

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.

04 Dec 2020

African trade routes sketched out by mediaeval beads

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.

06 Oct 2020

Snakes reveal the origin of skin colours

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.

29 Sep 2020

Wildcats threatened by their domestic cousins

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

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01 Oct 2026

How the biological clock regulates phases of wakefulness

Nagoshi's lab study in fruit flies reveals how signals from the biological clock are transmitted to brain circuits to regulate wakefulness throughout the day.

07 Sep 2026

From Elephant Biology to Soft Robotics: A New Bio-Inspired Robotic Arm

Researchers have developed a large-scale soft robotic arm inspired by the African elephant trunk. The study, co-authored by Michel Milinkovitch, demonstrates how principles derived from elephant biomechanics can help design more adaptable robotic systems.

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