Drosophilas
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.
Cotesia typhae egg encapsulated by its hosts
Histological transversal section (17 µm, counterstained by eosin and hematoxylin) of a Sesamia nonagrioides larva (L4) parasitized by Cotesia typhae. In the center, a parasitoid egg (dark purple) is surrounded by host immune cells, forming a defensive capsule which will kill the egg and end the parasitism process.
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ETEE2023 colloquium
The ETEE2023 colloquium is organized by scientists from IDEEV. It will be held in Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay from 13 to 15th of November 2023.For details: https://www.ideev.universite-paris-saclay.fr/news/2023/08/colloque-etee2023/.
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Elise Verrier won a prize in science popularization
Elise Verrier won a prize of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie for science popularization about bees. To see the podcast.
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Experimental beehives
EGCE’s beehives are about 15. Bees are reared for experiments and also for honey production.
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Ants to detect tumour cells
Baptiste Piqueret and Jean-Christophe Sandoz took part in the work on detection of tumour cells in mice by ants. This work was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1962.
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Conferences on pollinisation at IDEEV
Monday, the 30 of January, conferences on pollinisation.
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Non-bee pollinisation
Following his work published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, and quoted in INEE‘s news, Fabrice Requier was interviewed by a France Culture journalist; To listen to the podcast.
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