team building day
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.
A project to save a forest
The FEF Kakamega project, named after a tropical humid forest in Kenya, has been launched. Fabrice Requier (Pôle EGCE) is the coordinator. A video presents it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kEH_URW5mw
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More about soils
Fabrice Requier (Pôle Ecologie) is partner in the Horizon Europe ProPOllSoil project. More: https://www.propollsoil.eu/
News from Wild honey bees
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
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Pierre-Olivier Maquart (Ecology Department) has returned from Indonesia for a mission as part of the PHC Nusantara program at Campus France. He went there to study the recycling of organic waste by the Black Soldier Fly, a fly used to convert this waste into a source of protein (through the larvae that can be fed
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Modeling the Amplification of Transposable Elements During Geographic Expansions Scientific Context Transposable elements are DNA sequences found in the genomes of nearly all living organisms, capable of moving and multiplying within the genome. Often regarded as genomic parasites, transposable elements are mutagenic and their activity is likely costly; however, they may also give rise to
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Genetic analysis of oligosaccharide detection in Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophilas feed on microorganisms such as yeasts, that thrive on decaying fruits, but they also eat various nutrients from these fruits, such as carbohydrates, that they appreciate. They are able to digest starch thanks to an enzyme, alpha-amylase, but they cannot sense starch itself. Their sensory system is known to enable Drosophila melanogaster to detect
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Modelling and Detection of Eco-Evolutionary Feedback Loops Eco-evolutionary feedback loops describe the reciprocal interactions between the genetic adaptation of organisms and the biotic or abiotic environment in which they evolve. While environmental components such as temperature or competition impose natural selection on morphology, physiology, and behavior, organisms in turn modify the environment through their abundance
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