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Info DEE # 32 - October 2021
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A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW COLLEAGUES
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Mr Ebi Anthony George has joined the group of Prof. Keller as a Post Doctoral Fellow. Ebi is located in office 3112, phone 41.94. EbiAntony.George@unil.ch
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Mr Jörn Gerchen has joined the group of Prof. Pannell as a Senior FNS Researcher. Jörn is located in office 4310. phone 41.82. Jorn.Gerchen@unil.ch
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Mr Thomas Lesaffre has joined the groups of Profs. Pannel/Mullon as a Post Doctoral Fellow. Thomas is located in office 4310, phone 41.82. Thomas.Lesaffre@unil.ch
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Mr Sébastien Ollier has joined the group of Prof. Bertelsmeier as an IT Specialist. Sébastien is located in office 3112. phone 41.94. Sebastien.Ollier@unil.ch
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Mr Bastien Saint-Leandre has joined the group of Prof. Arguello as a Senior FNS Researcher. Bastien is located in office 2205, phone 56.15. Bastien.Saint-Leandre@unil.ch
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We are also glad to count on the help of our new Student-assistants: Mme Marina OLIVEIRA SUDÁRIO in the group of Prof. Kawecki and Mme Cassandra WICHT in the group of Prof. Chapuisat.
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Prof. Marc Robinson-Rechavi of the DEE succeeds Prof. Christine Sempoux as the president of the Equality, Diversity and Integration Commission (EDI) until July 31, 2022. Prof. Carole Clair from Unisanté becomes co-President. The new composition of the commission was ratified by the Faculty Council on September 14, 2021.
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The EDI Commission is a permanent Commission of the Faculty which reports to the Dean's Office. It works in collaboration with the UNIL Equality Office, the UNIL Equality Commission, the Medicine and Gender Commission of the medical school, and the FBM Junior Staff Commission.
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Congratulations to Tamara Szentivanyi for her PhD (under the supervision of Dr Olivier Glaizot and Prof Philippe Christe) for the Faculty Price 2021 from the FBM.
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Laurent Keller and Cleo Bertelsmeier will be participating at the Sur les chemins de la Haine edition of the La Dispute debates event on the 29th and 30th October at the Palais de Rumine.
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Olivia Bates and Cleo Bertelsmeier have published a research article entitled "Climatic niche shifts in introduced species" in Current Biology.
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Predictions of future biological invasions often rely on the assumption that introduced species establish only under climatic conditions similar to those in their native range. To date, 135 studies have tested this assumption of ‘niche conservatism’, yielding contradictory results. Here, we revisit this literature, consider the evidence for niche shifts, critically assess the methods used, and discuss the authors’ interpretations of niche shifts. Read more...
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Thanks to a collaboration between the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), the Van Thuyne-Ridge Research Center in Botswana, the Museum of Zoology (Lausanne) and the DEE, we publish a paper entitled: Surveillance Studies Reveal Diverse and Potentially Pathogenic-Incriminated Vector Mosquito Species across Major Botswana Touristic Hotspots
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Abstract: Vector mosquitoes contribute significantly to the global burden of diseases in humans, livestock and wildlife. As such, the spatial distribution and abundance of mosquito species and their surveillance cannot be ignored. Here, we surveyed mosquito species across major tourism hotspots in semi-arid Botswana, including, for the first time, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Our results reported several mosquito species across seven genera, belonging to Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, Mimomyia, Coquillettidia and Uranotaenia. These results document a significant species inventory that may inform early warning vector-borne disease control systems and likely help manage the risk of emerging and re-emerging mosquito-borne infections.
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Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. -Elizabeth Lawrence
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