Congratulations to Ivan Blanco who will work in LEAP for the next four years to achieve a PhD thesis on the mangrove rivulus. Ivan just obtained a grant from the FNRS (FRIA) to work on the mating system of the self-fertilizing fish mangrove rivulus. In this species, hermaphrodites can either self-fertilize or outcross with a…
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New research project on the mangrove rivulus
LEAP received a nice Saint-Nicolas present from FNRS with a grant for a research project entitled “The epigenetic origin of behavioral traits variability in a self-fertilizing fish: the mangrove rivulus”. One of the greatest challenges in evolutionary biology is to determine how epigenetic mechanisms contribute to phenotypic variability, on which selection can act. The general…
Sonia Gaaied is our new post-doc
Sonia Gaaied has arrived for a short-term post-doc in LEAP. She’s just obtained her PhD from the Institute of biotechnology of Monastir in Tunisia, in the lab of our collaborator Mohamed Banni. She obtained a grant from WBI (Wallonie Bruxelles International) to work in Namur on the effects of a neurotoxicant on the turquoise killifish…
Alessandra Carion thesis
Alessandra Carion defended her PhD thesis to her jury in the private defense. She did a great job and we’re looking forward for the public defense. Book the 20th of February at 14h30 in your agenda !
Master thesis projects 2020
The new master thesis subjects are available for the year 2020. There is a project on the mangrove rivulus and one on the turquoise killifish. You can find a short description here.
The mission to Belize is a success !
In May 2019, Frédéric Silvestre and Valentine Chapelle organized a field trip to Belize to work on mangrove rivulus. This mission was dedicated to investigate two populations of mangrove rivulus: on Twin Caye and on Long Caye. The one from Twin Caye (in South Water Marine Reserve) is exceptional. It shows the higher rate of…
Field trip marine biology 2019
Like every year, the marine biology field trip has been organized in Brittany for second year bachelor programme students. It is the 20th year that we’re going to Brittany, and more precisely to Plestin-les-Grèves at the wonderful Manoir de Kerallic.
Summer field trip 2018 video
In 2018, we visited the Provence region in South of France with about 30 students from different scientific disciplines. Let’s watch the short video aout this multidisciplinary field trip. Find all the informations about this field trip @ http://www.stage-scientifique-ete.be
Biodiversity crisis in Omalius
This month, the first page of the journal of the University of Namur, Omalius, is dedicated to the researches carried out at ILEE (Institute of Life, Earth and Environment) related to the biodiversity crisis. The works of Frederic Silvestre and his colleagues Frederik Delaender, Jonhatan Marescaux, Sabine Henry and Nicolas Dendoncker are summarized. Thanks to…
Visit of the SCK-CEN
On March 25th, we visited the SCK-CEN, the nuclear research center in Mol, With the 3rd year biology students. This visit was the opportunity to be introduced with space biology and the ambitious projects related to space exploration and long term journeys. Many aspects of space biology have been discussed, such as physiological breakdowns, recycling…