@dee-unil.bsky.social
📍Lausanne, Switzerland The DEE covers the breadth of ecology and evolution, and aims to cultivate an atmosphere of scientific excellence which is respectful of people. Mastodon: https://ecoevo.social/@dee_unil IG: https://www.instagram.com/dee_unil
Our DEE labs got a gold certificate🏅from the LEAF programme, a standard set to improve the sustainability and efficiency of laboratories.
Highlighted are efficient resource use, streamlined communication, and an IT tool helps track equipment and samples.
Congratulation to all those involved! 👏
Photo: A. Guisan and M. Thome-Miazza © F. Imhof
DEE Prof Antoine Guisan was awarded a Jürg Tschopp Basic Life Sciences Award by @fbm-unil.bsky.social for his outstanding local and international contributions to understanding and predicting species distribution and communities, and the global impact of climate change on biodiversity.
23.06.2025 11:18 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For our last scheduled DEE External Seminar before the summer break, we welcome Marina Rafajlović (host by @charlesmullon.bsky.social) for a talk on divergence, speciation and inversions. June 26, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
For our last scheduled DEE External Seminar before the summer break, we welcome Marina Rafajlović (host by @charlesmullon.bsky.social) for a talk on divergence, speciation and inversions. June 26, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
19.06.2025 10:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CUSO Course: Unintended Artificial Selection: Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences
📅 Dates: Tuesday–Friday, 12–15 August 2025
📍 Venue: Berghotel Gasterntal, Kandersteg-Selden (Switzerland)
🔗 Link to photos: www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/...
🔗 Registration link : www.cuso.ch/activity/?p=...
Spiders that vomit toxins on their prey🕷️ 🤮
👉 Publication in 𝘉𝘔𝘊 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 Springer Nature by scientists DEE/FBM/UNIL in collaboration with Universität Greifswald and KU Leuven.
www.unil.ch/news/1749727...
#news #research #dee #fbm #unil #spiders #toxicity #venom #toxins #prey #ecology #evolution
Next week we welcome Marie Delattre (hosted by Morgane Massy, Schwander Group) for a talk on convergent evolution of auto-pseudogamy in nematodes.
Additionally, the Schwander Group welcomes Manfred Schartl for a talk on the evolution of sex determination.
Details on posters.
For this week's DEE External seminar we are welcoming Mia Levine (hosted by Tanja Schwander) for a talk on intra-genomic conflicts. Thursday, May 15 at 12:15, Biophore Amphitheater.
12.05.2025 09:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week we welcome Frédéric Tripet from Swiss TPH (hosted by Philippe Christe ) for a talk on the renaissance of genetic vector control. Thursday, May 1 at 12:15, Biophore Amphitheater or streaming via REC UNIL.
24.04.2025 11:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Erica van de Waal has participated in an ARTE film entitled "Animal Cultures". The film includes coverage of her current research with the 'Sense' innovation and research center, and also the recording collars developed by Prof. Franceschiello of the HES-So Valais.
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/RC...
DEE Prof. Tanja Schwander is giving her inaugural lecture tomorrow, Thursday, April 10th at the Biophore Amphitheater.
🔗 More info: unil.ch/fbm/LI-LA
Next week we welcome Lalasia Bialic-Murphy from ETH Zurich (hosted by Cleo Bertelsmeier) for a talk on macroecological patterns, forest trees and climate sensitivity. Thursday, April 10 at 12:15, Biophore Amphitheater or streaming via REC UNIL.
03.04.2025 10:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This week we welcome Clara Zemp from UNINE (hosted by Philippe Christe) for a talk on cross-scale biodiversity enrichment with tree islands in oil palm landscapes. Thursday, April 3 at 12:15, Biophore Amphitheater or streaming via REC UNIL.
31.03.2025 10:55 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week we welcome our very own Pierre Bize for a talk about changing body shapes. Thursday, March 27 at 12:15, Biophore Amphitheater or streaming via REC UNIL.
20.03.2025 12:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Alexander Mathis (hosted by Marc Robinson-Rechavi) for a talk on deep learning and ethology. March 20 at 12:15 or online via REC UNIL.
13.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Erica van de Waal and German colleagues published a paper entitled Loud Call Production in Male Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) Varies with Season and Signaller Rank.
Read: doi.org/10.1007/s107...
February 6 and 7, Genopode Building UNIL
The Lausanne Genomics Days is a 2-day international conference meant to share advances in (Gen)Omics and their impact on biological research, applied to a wide range of topics.
More info: wp.unil.ch/gtf/lgd-2025/
For our final scheduled external seminar of the year, we welcome Francisco Úbeda (hosted by Charles Mullon) for a talk on PRDM9-guided recombination hotspots. November 28, 12:15pm at the Biophore Amphitheater or online via REC-UNIL.
For our final scheduled external seminar of the year, we welcome Francisco Úbeda (hosted by @charlesmullon.bsky.social) for a talk on PRDM9-guided recombination hotspots. November 28, 12:15pm at the Biophore Amphitheater or online via REC-UNIL.
21.11.2024 14:40 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Egale photo credit: Thomas Thusholt
18.11.2024 14:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to @enourani.bsky.social for her @snsf-ch.bsky.social Starting Grant on Behavioral ecology of expertise development in the wild. We are very happy that she is joining the department of ecology and evolution at @unil.bsky.social for this exciting project!
data.snf.ch/grants/grant...
@charlesmullon.bsky.social
18.11.2024 11:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This Thursday we welcome Jonathan Henshaw (hosted by Ewan Flintham, Mullon Group) for a talk on the coevolution of parental care and mating. November 21 at 12:15, Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL
18.11.2024 11:17 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Erica van de Waal, professeure au DEE, a contribué au nouveau livre "Game Ovaire" de Lucia Sillig, editions Helvetiq.
Non, les femmes préhistoriques ne passaient pas leur temps à balayer la grotte ! Elles aussi étaient guerrières et chasseuses...
Plus d'infos sur: helvetiq.com/ch_fr/game-o...
This week we welcome SNSF Professorship Candidate Tristan Cumer (hosted by Tanja Schwander) for a talk on a unified framework of genomic drivers of speciation. Thursday, November 14th at 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
This week we welcome SNSF Professorship Candidate Tristan Cumer (hosted by Tanja Schwander) for a talk on a unified framework of genomic drivers of speciation. Thursday, November 14th at 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
11.11.2024 09:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Luca Fumagalli, professeur au DEE, a été interviewé pour le nouveau livre Montagnes suisses de Fabian Lang, editions Helvetiq.
En réunissant information et design, ce livre offre un regard neuf sur le monde alpin que nous côtoyons en Suisse.
helvetiq.com/ch_fr/montag...
Coming up next week for the DEE External Seminar is Zuzana Münzbergová (hosted by John Pannell) for a talk on the role of plant-soil interactions. Thursday, November 7th at 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
Coming up next week for the DEE External Seminar is Zuzana Münzbergová (hosted by John Pannell) for a talk on the role of plant-soil interactions. Thursday, November 7th at 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
31.10.2024 13:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Up next for the DEE External Seminar is Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (hosted by @marcrr.bsky.social) for a talk on metazoan cell type diversity. Thursday, October 31st at 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
24.10.2024 12:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cleo Bertelsmeier, in collaboration with PhD student Aymeric Bonnamour and several international researchers has published a paper about plants as a driving force behind global insect invasions.
doi.org/10.1093/bios...
Photo: Wikimedia, Scott Bauer, USDA
Our next DEE External Seminar welcomes Paolo Prodohl (hosted by Claus Wedekind) for a talk genetic tagging and lobsters 🦞. Thursday, October 24th at 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
Our next DEE External Seminar welcomes Paulo Prodöhl (hosted by Claus Wedekind) for a talk genetic tagging and lobsters 🦞. Thursday, October 24th at 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.
21.10.2024 06:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gyda Fenn-Moltu, Cleo Bertelsmeier and colleagues have published a paper in Ecological Applications on « Pathways for accidental biocontrol: the human-mediated dispersal of insect predators and parasitoids » Learn more: doi.org/10.1002/eap....
#biocontrol #publication #insects #parasitoids #ecology
We are delighted to host the Biology25 conference @unil.bsky.social on 13-14 February, 2025. We are also bringing four engaging Satellite Events on February 12th.
📢 Registration and abstract submission are now open!
Spread the word! #Biology25
Details on biology25.ch
