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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.
Hoxb13 in mouse tail allometry
31 Aug 2020

Hoxb13 in mouse tail allometry

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
27 Apr 2020

National Geographic Readers: Animals That Change Color

Michel Milinkovitch served as the scientific advisor for the content of the issue ‘Animals That Change Colors’ of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS magazine.
24 Mar 2020

PhD School of Life Sciences

Call for applications to the PhD School of Life Sciences. Application deadline: Apr 15th, 2020
 The secrets of the iridescent egg sac revealed
20 Feb 2020

The secrets of the iridescent egg sac revealed

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
19 Dec 2019

The elephant’s trunk will inspire a revolutionary robot

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.
17 Oct 2019

Ivan Rodriguez and Alan Carleton just received an ERC Synergy Grant

The project aims at exploring the function and dysfunction of the claustrum, a poorly understood neural structure in the mamalian brain.
02 Aug 2019

The Anthropology Unit makes the cover of "G3"

A study from Estella Poloni’s group: Did controlled use of fire impact the evolution of human genomic diversity ?
27 Jun 2019

How the dragon got its frill

Michel Milinkovitch's team uncovers the developmental process generating the Chamydosaurus frill.
«Afrique: 300'000 ans de diversité humaine»
14 Jun 2019

«Afrique: 300'000 ans de diversité humaine»

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!
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