News

20 Dec 2017

In the skin of a reptile

Check the movie and the touch-book Apps (for iPads and Android tablets) that illustrate our research on skin formation.

15 Nov 2017

Assimilation of breast milk

Many media around the world talk about our article

31 Oct 2017

Discovery of the evolutionary link between hairs, feathers and scales

National Geographic reports the discovery of the Milinkovitch's Lab

25 Oct 2017

6th Annual Meeting of iGE3

November 7, 2017. Stéphane Buhler, Emi Nagoshi and Yvan Wenger will be among the speakers.

18 Oct 2017

When teeth grow on the body

The body of some catfish is completely covered with teeth, for defense and seduction purposes, imitating extinct species.

17 Oct 2017

An architect gene is involved in the assimilation of breast milk

The presence of a mutated Hoxd3 gene could explain certain types of intestinal insufficiency in newborns

14 Sep 2017

UNIGE is the second largest European innovation player

The Nature magazine publishes this year a Nature Index Innovation, in which the University of Geneva is ranked 21st in the world.

12 Sep 2017

SystemsX.ch, the movie

The program is now coming to an end and a movie illustrates some of the research funded by SystemsX.

30 Aug 2017

Athanasia Tzika, her PhD student Asier Ullate and their colleague Frank Chan (FML of the Max Planck Society, Tubingen, Germany) publish a step-by-step guide for de-novo assembly of a high-quality reptilian genome

23 Aug 2017

Living cellular automaton on the skin of lizards

The American Mathematical Society (USA) covers the recent discovery of the existence of a living cellular automaton on the skin of ocellated lizards.

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08 May 2026

The LANE resurrects Charles Darwin for Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday

Watch the stunning video celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday.

01 May 2026

Elephants in the spotlight: from skin cracking to soft robotics

Milinkovitch’s lab reveals that elephant skin cracks as a stiff epidermis bends over microscopic bumps, forming a water‑retaining network for cooling. Their study of the trunk’s simple deformation patterns is now informing flexible soft‑robotic grippers.

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