Frédéric Silvestre had the chance to give a seminar for the LIBST research institute of Louvain-la-Neuve (Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology). It was attended by researchers of the Institute and by many master students. Thanks to Cathy Debier for the invitation and for the opportunity to share some of our recent researches on…
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Master Day 2022
The Master Day 2022 was organised the 26th of November by the Royal Belgian Zoological Society at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. It was the opportunity for 150 students in biology from all parts of Belgium to discover the great master programs from our Universities. The Kets prize for the best…
Jury thesis in Marseille
Frédéric Silvestre has been invited in the PhD thesis jury of Noemie Guirandy about the reprotoxicity of gamma irradiance on zebrafish. Great thesis co-supervised by the Université of Aix-Marseille, the IRSN (Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire), and the University f Bordeaux. The defense has been held in a beautiful site at the castle…
Antoine Wittorski last days with us
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.
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,…