After 6 years of working with us as a teaching assistant, Antoine Wittorski finished his contract at UNamur. Thanks for all the work done, Antoine, and good luck for the next steps in your career.
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Jury thesis in Corsica
Frédéric Silvestre spent two days in Bastia, Corsica, as the president of the jury for the evaluation of the PhD thesis of Ouafa El Idrissi, within a joint program from the Universities of Corse (Corte) and of Liège. This excellent thesis developped the sea urchin Paracentridus lividus as a bioindicator species to assess trace elements pollution…
Team building at the FINN 2022
Because working is more efficient in a friendly atmosphere, team building is essential. This week, the lab met at Festival International Nature Namur to watch nature movies and have a look at the beautiful pictures.
Welcome to our new teaching assistant !
Justine Belik is our new teaching assistant since October 2022. After her MSc diploma from the UCLouvain/UNamur joint Master in Organism Biology and Ecology, Justine decided to start a PhD in our lab while teaching practical courses of animal biology and physiology, biostatistics, and marine biology field work. We are happy to welcome her and…
Benelux Congress of Zoology in Kortrijk
Eventually, after the covid period, the Royal Belgian Zoological Society could organize the Benelux Congress of Zoology face-to-face in Kortrijk, the 22nd and 23rd of September 2022. We had very diverse talks about many animal species, such the one of our post-doc AnthonyMathiron on the immediate and delayed effects of an insecticide on the mangrove…
Review article in Epigenomes
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…
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…