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
Friday, October 4th, 2024
Venue
The retreat will take place at the University of Geneva, Sciences II - Room 4-449
Program and Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Meeting for travel to Allond Pro Natura Park (Science II main entrance, riveside) |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Visit at Allond Pro Natura Park |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch and return to Sciences II |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Mathias Currat (Dpt GenEv) and Estella Poloni (Dpt GenEv) Welcoming address and introductory speech |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Nathan Külling (Group Lehmann, Dpt Forel) Spatial prioritization of Swiss ecological infrastructure for nature conservation |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Cody Raul Cardenas (Grp Zdobnov, Dpt Gen Med and Dev + E. Toussaint, MHNG) Preliminary look at an Ethiopian high-plateau mountain endemic and flightless Calosoma beetle |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Invited Speaker - Pr. Yamama Naciri (CJBG & Dpt Plant Sciences) Species diversity and phylogenomics of the Sapotaceae family in Madagascar |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Inés Carrasquer Puyal (Group Alvarez, Dpt GenEv & MHNG) Population dynamics of Swiss insect since the beginning of the 20th century |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Ndeye Khady Faye (Group Sanchez-Mazas, Dpt GenEv) Analysis of the architecture of HLA molecular polymorphism |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Sébastien Miche (Group Perret, CJBG & Dpt Plant Sciences) Phylogenomic analysis of entire regional flora as a resource for biodiversity assessments |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Alessandra Havinga (Group Nusbaumer, CJBG & Dpt Plant Sciences) Satellites in the Service of Exploration: Protecting Northern Madagascar from Above |
| 17:00 - 17:05 | Elisa Denis (Group Naciri, CJBG & Dpt Plant Sciences + A. Boissezon, Hepia) The Intraspecific Diversity of Macrophytes in European Pondscapes |
| 17:05 - 17:10 | Mathias Colin (Group Blasco-Costa, Dpt GenEv & MHNG) PhD Thesis on the Integrated Monitoring of Fish PArasites in Changing Environments (IMPACT) |
| 17:10 - 17:15 | Gregorio Calderoni (Group Liberti, Dpt GenEv) Molecular mechanisms underlying behavioral responses to gut microbiome colonization in social bees |
| 17:15 - 17:45 | Stéphanie Morand (PSLS), Estella Poloni (Dpt GenEv), and Mathias Currat (Dpt GenEv) Questions and closing Remarks |
| ~18:30 - 00:00 | Retreat Dinner, Le Darshana restaurant |
Prize
Best presentation prize: the winner for 2024 is Sébastien Miche.
Organizing committee
Ines Carrasquer-Puyal, Cody Raul Cardenas, Estella Poloni, and Mathias Currat.
