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Info DEE # 21 - October 2020
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW COLLEAGUES
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Mr Marc Bastardot joined the group of Prof. Tanja Schwander for a couple of months as field Assistant. Marc is located in office 4304, phone 42.79. Marc.Bastardot@unil.ch
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Mr Aymeric Bonnamour will stay in the group of Prof. Cleo Bertelsmeier but as PhD Student. Aymeric is still located in office 2108.1, phone 41.93. Aymeric.Bonnamour@unil.ch
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Dr Hélène Boulain joined the group of Prof. Michel Chapuisat as Postdoctoral fellow. Hélène is located in office 3112, phone 41.94. Helene.Boulain@unil.ch
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Mr Loïc Brun joined the group of Prof. Roulin as lab Technician to replace Céline Simon during her maternity leave. Loïc is located in office 3119, phone 41.62. Loic.Brun@unil.ch
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Ms Elizabeth Franc joined the group of Prof. Alexandre Roulin as research Assistant for a few months. Elizabeth is located in office 4323, phone 42.43. Elizabeth.Franc@unil.ch
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Prof. Simon Garnier, from the Jersey Institute of Technology, joined the DEE as External Scientifique Collaborator related to the group of Laurent Keller in the frame of a scientific sabbatical. Simon is located in office 3112, phone 41.94. garnier@njit.edu
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Ms Lucy Novovitch joined the group of Prof. Wedekind for an internship for a couple of months. Lucy is located in room 3223, phone 42.49. Lucy.Novovitch@unil.ch
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In association with the DBC, Mr Victor Rossier joined the group of Prof. Marc Robinson-Rechavi to complete is PhD. Victor is located in office 3220, phone 42.21. Victor.Rossier@unil.ch
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We are also glad to count on the help of new student-assistants: Ms Heather Ryder (Keller group), Mr Daniel Rodriguez (Wedekind group), Ms Nora Corthesy (Pannell group), Ms Apiha Shanmuganathan (Pannell group). Welcome to them too.
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DEE External Seminars restarted under the form of an hybrid organization on site and on line. People who want to attend will have to book their place (first come, first serve), those who don't have a seat in the Auditorium are able to follow the seminar via Zoom. The pizza lunch are of course still in stand-by for the moment. In case of question about External seminars, please contact Prof. Charles Mullon. See the DEE agenda seminar.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Congratulations to Prof. Cleo Bertelsmeier who received a FBM award for her outstanding commitment to the development of communication strategies for the general public in the field of life sciences. See the UNIL press release.
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Congratulations to Prof. John Pannell who was appointed by the Swiss National Science Foundation as member of it's National Council for Research, Division IIII, Biology and Medicine. See the UNIL Press release.
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| Congratulations to Prof. Antoine Guisanwho obtained a grant from the SNF in the "Lead Agencies" program to develop a collaboration project with Dr Alain Vanderpoorten from the University of Liege in Belgium. The project is entitled: |
| "Hiding for surviving? Last-glacial maximum phylogeography to inform spatially-explicit predictions on the ability of Alpine biota to migrate as a response to climate change in Swiss Alps (GEN4MIG)". |
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Congratulations to our colleague, Dr Erik Frank (Postdoctoral fellow in the Keller group) who has written an autobiography in which he looks back on his life experience and his work. Entitled "Combattre, sauver, soigner - Une histoire de fourmis", the book was published on Sept. 24th 2020 by CNRS editions. See the UNIL Press release.
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Dr Eric Frank (Keller group) and Prof. Cleo Bertelsmeier were interviewed by the RFI radio station to speak about their books and their ants. You can find the interview here.
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Prof. Erica van de Waal was interviewed by the "Téléjournal" of the RTS (7:58) where she explained the impact of the COVID crisis on her research. She also reply to an interview from Allez Savoir.
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Dr David Nusbaumer and Christian de Guttry, explain their experience with their e-Fischency project (currently hosted at the DEE) and the uCreate3 program who support them. The interview can be seen on Youtube.
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Congratulations to Benoit Sommervogel, Master student in the Pannell group for his "Big Little Lights" picture which was retained for the Scientific Art exhibition from October 12th to 31st at the Spot2b galery. See the UNIL press release.
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Also see other press releases involving some of our Professors ans Colleagues : Professors Philippe Christe, Alexandre Roulin and Jacques Dubochet speak out for the preservation of biodiversity in Le Temps. Dr Olivier Glaizot, our colleague from the Zoology Museum speaks about transgenic mosquitoes , also in Le Temps. Also see the article published in Lausanne Cités about the research of Claudio Augugliaro, affiliated as PhD Student to the group of Prof. Philippe Christe.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Olivia Bates, PhD Student, and Prof. Cleo Bertelsmeier published an article in Nature Communications. Wether or not species - when introduced to a new location - eventually become invasive has been linked to the species’ capacity to expand its niche. However, here the authors show that the extent of niche shifts is smaller in non-invasive than invasive ant species, questioning this established hypothesis.
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With colleagues from the USDA Forest Service and from the University of Texas, Prof. Cleo Bertelemeier published an article in NeoBiota. This article shows that early stages of invasions, arrival and establishment, are considered distinct from the later stage of spread, but the processes of population growth and dispersal underlie all invasion phases. Here, we argue that the spread of invading species, to a first approximation, exhibits scale invariant spatial-dynamic patterns that transcend multiple spatial scales.
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A changing planet threatens many species including bumblebees that are globally important pollinators in natural ecosystems and in agricultural food production. To uncover their genetic diversity, an international team co-led by Prof. Robert Waterhouse sequenced the genomes of 17 bumblebee species to examine variation potentially underlying their diverse ecological and behavioural traits. By greatly extending species sampling, the large-scale comparative study, published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, now provides the first genus-wide quantification of genetic and genomic diversity potentially linked to key eco-ethological traits in bumblebees.
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Please remember, as communicated by the Direction of the University that wearing of a mask is mandatory in all buildings on campus, in all circumstances, including in your office. Do not forget to apply other protection measures, in particular social distancing and hand washing. We also count on you to register through the google doc when you want to access your office or some labs and facilities, including greenhouse.
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