Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) co-organizes the 9th International conference on Entomology which will be held in Montpellier from 2 to 6 july. Visits around  Mt Aigoual will be organized for those interested in field entomology. More details and inscriptions. Please see also.

P.A. Calatayud (DEEIT) presented a talk as the reprensentant of IRD at the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment in Nairobi on the 2-3 December 2017. He met Nicolas Hulot or Laurent Fabius.

Didier Casane (RESGEN) and Sylvie Rétaux (Neuro-psi) held a “Jeudi de la Recherche” session yesterday.  They received the public and spoke about cavefishes and evolution.

Quetzal was built by Arnaud Becheler (DEEIT). Quetzal is a new toolbox of reusable simulation components susceptible to help scientists to design new softwares for studying natural populations in landscapes. Here is the internet link to go further: https://becheler.github.io/quetzalAPI/html/index.html

EGCE lab will be at the science village at Le Moulon friday the 13th of October and sunday the 15th of October. 3 workshops will be held: Biocontrol of pests using a parasitic wasp/caterpillar model, Adaptation and speciation, and bees and odours.

Olivier Dangles (DEEIT, IRD) co-autered a book  on the ecology of water in altitude: “Ecology of high altitude waters”. This book is published by Oxford. Here is the internet link to go further: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ecology-of-high-altitude-waters-9780198736875?lang=en&cc=gb

P. Le Gall (DEEIT) is co-editor with Elisabeth Motte-Florac of a book on entomophagy by human beings : “Savoureux insectes: de l’aliment traditionnel à l’innovation gastronomique” . https://pufr-editions.fr/livre/savoureux-insectes

The authors of the book “Savoureux insectes – De l’aliment traditionnel à l’innovation gastronomique” (coedition Presses universitaires de Rennes/IRD, 2016) will talk about entomophagy or consumption of insects Sunday the 25th of June at the Quai Branly Museum from 4pm to 5.30 pm. There will be a debate with Nicolas Césard, anthropologue, maître de conférences