The school field “Diversity and humans” has been held for the second time in Oku (Cameroon). It was the opportunity for students and teachers from France and Cameroon to gather for a few days in an enchanting site to share a training both theoretical and practical. It was organized by Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) and […]
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Most often the repartition between the sexual chromosomes, X and Y, is even in the spermatozoides. However, in some drosophila populations there is a strong bias for X. The team of Catherine Montchamp-Moreau (IGGIPOP) at EGCE in collaboration with collegues of the Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive in Lyon and of the Institut de
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The work of Paul André Calatayud and its team in Kenya has been published in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment: P.-A. Calatayud, E. Njuguna, S. Mwalusepo, M. Gathara, G. Okuku, A. Kibe, B. Musyoka, D. Williamson, G. Ong’amo, G. Juma, T. Johansson, S. Subramanian, E. Gatebe, B. Le Ru. Can climate-driven change influence silicon
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To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the CNRS campus in Gif-sur-Yvette, the laboratories will organize seminars. Yves Carton and Jean-Michel Rossignol will give talks (in french) about landmarks works of the campus with an historic touch. This will take place in the library of the 13th building of the CNRS campus. The 2nd of June
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The behaviour named social learning is generally considered to be displayed by evolved animals such as apes. Yet, Frédéric Méry’s team in collaboration with the team of the Hubert Curien Pluridisciplinary Institute in Strasbourg showed that drosophila are able to display such a behaviour when chosing the site to lay their eggs. This work was
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Lionel Garnery (Evolbee) has been promoted to the head of the Fédération des Conservatoires de l’abeille noire (FEDCAN). This structure will set up a network with the various conservatories and will participate in making them more visible for the general audience. The objectives of the bee conservatories is to prevent the hybridizations of black bees
Two scientists, Samir Mezdour and Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT), will discuss with the audience about what our diet will be tomorrow: insects, plants and algae in our plates? This is going to take place at the F Mitterand médiathèque in Les Ulis saturday, the 27th of February at 11h.
