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 5th, 2022
Venue
The retreat will take place in the Museum of Natural History of Geneva.
Program and Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Mathias Currat and Estella Poloni (Dpt GenEv-UA) Welcoming and introductory speech |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Aina Randriarisoa (Groups Naciri and Gautier, Dpt Botany and Plant Biology, and CJB) Species delimitation within Labramia (Sapotaceae): an endemic genus from the Western Indian Ocean islands |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Xujian Xu (Group Ibelings, Dpt Forel) Response of freshwater phytoplankton growth to iron limitation |
| 9:45 - 9:50 | Daniel Rodrigues Nunes (CJB) |
| 9:50 - 10:00 | Stefano Pozzi (Société Zoologique de Genève) Presentation of the “Société Zoologique de Genève” |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Nathan Külling (Group Lehmann, Dpt Forel) Mapping ecosystem services for a nation-wide ecological infrastructure assessment |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Ndeye Khady Faye (Group Sanchez-Mazas, Dpt GenEv-UA) Selective and demographic mechanisms driving the evolution of HLA genes in African populations |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Postdoc talk - Lionel Di Santo Genome-wide sequencing to understand the demographic and evolutionary history of Pinus torreyana with implication for rare species conservation |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Visit of the Museum Collection |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Marianne Bachmann (Group Alvarez, Dpt GenEv and MHNG) Genetic changes in mammal populations across 20 000 years of climatic fluctuations |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Cody Raul Cardenas (Group Zdobnov, Dpt Genetic Medicine and Development) The evolution of flight in Calosoma (Coleoptera: Carabidae) |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Alexandros Tsoupas (Group Currat, Dpt GenEv-UA) The Spatial Signature of Introgression After a Biological Invasion With Hybridization |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Ines Carrasquer-Puyal (Group Alvarez, Dpt GenEv and MHNG) New prospects for insect diversity monitoring |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Mathilde Ruche (Group Price, Dpt Botany and Plant Biology, and CJB) Peristome anatomy and ornamentation morphology: Advances in understanding of evolution within the haplolepideous mosses |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Postdoc talk - Jeremy Gauthier Museomics: a window to past population dynamics |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | General discussion with Claudine Neyen (coordinator PSLS) about the ECOVO program, prize ceremony, election of next organizers and conclusion |
| 18:00 - 00:00 | Retreat Dinner |
Prize
Best presentation prize: the winner for 2022 is Aina Randriarisoa.
Organizing committee
Nathan Kuelling, Xujian Xu, Marianne Bachmann, Ndeye Khady Faye, Estella Poloni, and Mathias Currat.
