Welcome to the annual retreat page of the PhD program in Ecology and Evolution of the PhD School of Life Sciences at the Faculties of Medicine and Science, University of Geneva.
This meeting promotes scientific exchanges and sharing of ideas and progress by strengthening links within the doctoral school among doctoral students working in the field of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Geneva.
It brings together students from the departments of Genetics and Evolution, Botany and Plant Biology, Genetic Medicine and Development and F.-A. Forel for environmental and aquatic sciences.
Date
Monday, September 4th, 2023
Venue
The retreat will take place in the Parc Animalier de la Garenne
Program and Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 - 9:30 | Departure from Genève Cornavin |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Mathias Currat and Estella Poloni (Dpt GenEv) Welcoming and introductory speech |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Nathan Külling (Group Lehmann, Dpt Forel) A multiscale ecosystem services assessment |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Ndeye Khady Faye (Group Sanchez-Mazas, Dpt GenEv) Characterizing HLA polymorphism in African populations |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Alexandros Tsoupas (Group Currat, Dpt GenEv) Investigating the spatiotemporal patterns of Neanderthal introgression in Europe |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Sébastien Miche (Group Perret, CJBG) Phylogenomics for assessing regional plant diversity in the Canton of Geneva |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Invited Speaker - Prof.Claus Wedekind (University of Lausanne) Evolutionary Conservation Biology - The example of salmonids in Switzerland |
| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Visit of La Garenne animal park |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Invited Speaker - Dr.Sarah Schmid (ETH Zurich) Using museomics to improve eDNA biodiversity monitoring |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Ines Carrasquer-Puyal (Group Alvarez, Dpt GenEv and MHNG) Genetic monitoring to inform conservation policies |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Cody Raul Cardenas (Group Zdobnov and Group Toussaint, Dpt Genetic Medicine and Development and MHNG) Integrative phylogenomics of Adephaga and Calosoma |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Daniel Rodrigues Nunes (Group Price, CJBG) A biosystematic revision of the family Cribrariaceae (Myxomycetes) |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | General discussion with Stéphanie Morand (coordinator PSLS) about the ECOVO program, prize ceremony, election of next organizers and conclusion |
| 19:00 - 00:00 | Retreat Dinner |
Prize
Best presentation prize: the winner for 2023 is Ines Carrasquer-Puyal.
Organizing committee
Ines Carrasquer-Puyal, Cody Raul Cardenas, Ndeye Khady Faye, Estella Poloni, and Mathias Currat.
