Author: Cleo Bertelsmeier

We have organized the European conference of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects from July 7-11 at the University of Lausanne! The event was truely amazing, we hosted 280 social insect researchers from 17 countries, interested in all topics ranging from social evolution to global change impacts on social insects. We would like to thank again the IUSSI community of researchers for their participation, the proposition of exciting symposia, talks and posters and the creation of a friendly and welcoming atmosphere at the conference!

Welcome reception @the Naturéum (Palais de Rumine)

Poster session

Excursions

Conference dinner

Cleo was interviewed in two radio shows on CQFD:

About invasive insects and globalization, and some of our most recent research on this topic on June 4 (in French). Link

About a recent study on the worldwide spread of the German cockroach on June 5 (in French). Link

German newspaper reporting about the invasive ant in Germany, and about our research on this species: Link

Tapinoma magnum. Photo credit: Bart Zijlstra (DEE, UNIL)

We warmly welcome Rosaëlle Perreault who joins us from Canada for a PhD on the impacts of globalization on insect invasions.

Olivia’s PhD was about “Species responses to novel climates”.