Our PhD student Valentine Chapelle has published a review article in the specialized journal “Epigenomes” entitled “Population epigenetics: the extent of DNA methylation variation in wild animal populations“. In this article, Valentine brought together the up-to-date research studies investigating the DNA methylation variability in wild animal species. This is an important step into the understanding…
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Radio podcast on RTBF
Frédéric Silvestre have shared with his colleague Krishna Das, from the University of Liège, a radio show called “Les éclaireurs” broadcasted on the french-speaking Belgian first public radio channel (RTBF – La Première). The podcast was animated by the excellent journalist Fabienne Vande Meersshe and can be found on RTBF Auvio here. During 46 minutes,…
Special issue of Epigenomes on the way
Frederic Silvestre has been invited as a guest-editor with Dr. Bambarendage Perera for a special issue of the scientific journal Epigenomes, focusing on environmental epigenetics. Submissions are open ! https://www.mdpi.com/journal/epigenomes/special_issues/environmental_epigenomes
New Pairi Daiza grant
We are glad to announce a new grant for biologists: the Royal Belgian Zoological Society (whose Frederic Silvestre is the president) and the Pairi Daiza Foundation aim to encourage with a grant (2.500 euros) the research done in Zoological gardens and dealing with biodiversity and animal conservation. If you are a zoologist researcher working in…
The next Ecobim conference in Namur !
The 17th Ecobim conference will be held in Namur, from 11th to 13th of May 2022. Ecobim is an international french-speaking scientific organization aiming at sharing research results in aquatic ecotoxicology. People from France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and more are annually meeting for a 3-days scientific sessions. We are pleased to organize…
Ivan Blanco is in Maryland !
After a long waiting time due to the Covid crisis (postponed since summer 2020), our PhD student Ivan Blanco has finally arrived in Maryland to work with Professor Eric S. Haag during 2 months. He aims to use microinjection techniques to knock-down some genes in the early embryo of the mangrove rivulus. He will gain…
4 of our master students successfully passed their thesis
We are happy to congratulate Simon Ven Den Broucke, Aurélien Boulez, Thomas Deom et Gil Gallengo for their successful thesis defense. They are on their way to be graduated from UNamur/UCLouvain and become master in organism biology and ecology.
Towards 2 first national parks in Wallonia
Our lab and research institute ILEE is participating to the creation of a national park in south “entre-Sambre-et-Meuse”. This project has been selected for the round of 4 in order to develop the 2 first national parks in Wallonia. https://parc-national-esem.be/
Thèmes de mémoires 2022
Les thèmes de mémoires pour 2022 sont maintenant disponibles. Il y a 5 thèmes reprenant plusieurs sujets possibles chez nos deux poissons modèles, le rivulus des mangroves et le killifish turquoise.
New article in Epigenetics
A new article has been published in the specialised journal “Epigenetics” in collaboration with our partner Anirhudda Chatterjee from the University of Otago. It the last part of the PhD thesis of Anne-Sophie Voisin who aimed to investigate the long-term effects of an early life stage exposure to the endocrine disruptor ethinyl estradiol (EE2) in…