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18 Jan 2019

Why do Hydra end up with just a single head?

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.

14 Dec 2018

Monitoring the environment with artificial intelligence

UNIGE researchers have developed an approach that combines genomics and machine learning tools to explore the microbial biodiversity of ecosystems.

04 Oct 2018

Stem cells organize themselves into pseudo-embryos

Scientists have developed murine artificial pseudo- embryos capable of forming the three major axes of the body. An innovative tool to potentially replace mammalian embryos in many experimental conditions.

02 Oct 2018

How the African elephant cracked its skin to cool off

UNIGE researchers have observed that elephants regulate their body heat through their skin, which cracks into deep cracks, absorbing a maximum water.

28 Jun 2018

The origin of the mammalian brain uncovered

The expression levels of three genes determines the predominant mode of neurogenesis and the development the cerebral neocortex in mammals

24 May 2018

Brigitte Galliot becomes vice-rector of the UNIGE

Brigitte Galliot, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science, has been appointed Vice-Rector of the University of Geneva (UNIGE) by Rector Yves Flückiger.

14 May 2018

2 new open positions

The Milinkovitch Lab offers two new positions for PhD or Post-Doc students.

09 Apr 2018

SIB, the movie: Swiss bioinformatics in action

Bioinformatics is now essential to life science. But what is this discipline about? And who are the people behind it?

08 Jan 2018

Nature News & Views: 2017 in research

An article reporting results from our Department is one of the 7 ‘News & Views’ selected from this year by the editors of the prestigious journal Nature.

21 Dec 2017

Sardines take us to the sources of biodiversity in the Amazon River

A new methodological approach reveals the origin of genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin and enables to assess the impact of human alterations.

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