J.-L. Da Lage and collaborators published an article in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology describing the presence of palm tree DNA in the digestive content of a Rhodnius supposedly strictly hematophagous. An amylase, enzyme associated with plant degradation, was also identified in the bug. The hypothesis of a nutritional symbiosis more complex is proposed. The […]
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Elise Verrier, post doctoral researcher in EGCE, won the l’Oréal prize that is made to encourage young women that achieve highly ranked scientific work. Her work deals with bee colony death in Fabrice Requier’s team. She works on the beeconnected (beeconnected.online) project lead by Fabrice Requier. Photograph: @Clémence Losfeld.
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RESAMA 2023 organizes the 28th and 29th of November 2023 two days of conferences about animal welfare. To register: www.resama.fr/2023/inscription For more details: laurent.legendre@universite-paris-saclay.fr
EGCE scientists maintain drosophilas collections, and Zaprionus. They rear various breeds of drosophilas, wild type and mutant. A special facility, “l’insectarium” is dedicated to insect rearing in IDEEV.
