The scientific article “Evolution of a novel left-right asymmetry in organ size by co-option of a tissue rotation process,” published by the team of Michael Lang and Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo (Bénédicte M. Lefèvre, Marine Delvigne, Aurélie Camprodon, Josué Vidal, Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, and Michael Lang), is one of three articles selected for the 2025 Development Outstanding Paper […]

A group of about thirty children and parents from homeschooling programs visited IDEEV on March 31st for workshops. They listened to Matthieu Falque (GQE-Le Moulon) talk about DNA and Lucas Jacquier (ESE) discuss the movements of vultures. In addition, Karine Alix (GQE-Le Moulon) presented the “Goat and Cabbage” quiz game, adapted for a general audience,

A high school class came from Sedan to visit IDEEV the 12th of March. They visited the glasshouse and the insectarium. For more details: https://www.ideev.universite-paris-saclay.fr/news/2026/03/de-jeunes-ardennais-%C3%A0-lideev.

Animal pollination is essential for many cultivated and wild plants. However, this service is threatened by the decline in pollinator populations. What can be done? One solution could be planting flower beds designed to attract pollinators near crops as shown for appletrees. Experiments have shown that the hypothesis that these flower beds would instead compete

What are the properties of gene regulation in genes whose expression is sensitive to environmental factors (plastic genes), as opposed to genes whose expression is independent of the environment (non-plastic genes)? Empirical and theoretical approaches have consistently revealed that plastic genes possess, on average, a greater number of regulators. Furthermore, theoretical predictions have shown that

IRD and Compagnie Les sciences des mots released podcasts broadcasted on RFI. François Rebaudo (Pôle Ecologie) and his bolivian colleague Bruno Condori can be seen on episode 7 https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/microf-r-iction/

The 6th of November EGCE’s members met in Centre Port Royal for a team building day. In the morning people were invited to reflect on the Life at EGCE. The afternoon was dedicated to games.

Wild honeybee colonies, which scientists believed to be extinct in Europe, have just been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. A group of researchers, Honey Bee Watch, resumed the study of these colonies and demonstrated their continued existence in various European Union countries. They nest in tree cavities, chimneys and