This week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Mike Singer (hosted by Tad Kawecki) for a talk on the evolution of microhabitat choice. Thursday, 16 April, 12:15pm at the Biophore Amphitheater.

Des enseignant·es rencontrent les «sexpert·es» de l’Unil Le 19 mars dernier, l’équipe de la professeure Tanja Schwander, spécialiste des modes de reproduction inhabituels chez les animaux, a ouvert les portes de ses labos à des enseignant·es de biologie à l...

📸 Immersion dans les #recherches de l'équipe de Tanja Schwander @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social, spécialiste des modes de #reproduction inhabituels chez les animaux, notamment les #phasmes, ces as du camouflage!
🔗 www.unil.ch/news/fr/1774...

Next week Cleo Bertelsmeier and Jérôme Goudet welcome Madhav Thakur from UNIBE for a talk on climate extremes and ecological stability. April 2nd, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater.

Next week Cleo Bertelsmeier and Jérôme Goudet welcome Madhav Thakur from UNIBE for a talk on climate extremes and ecological stability. April 2nd, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater.

Our upcoming DEE External seminar welcomes Tom Reed (hosted by Claus Wedekind) for a talk on migratory life histories in salmonid fishes🐟 March 26, 12:15.

Our upcoming DEE External seminar welcomes Tom Reed (hosted by Claus Wedekind) for a talk on migratory life histories in salmonid fishes🐟 March 26, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater.

Next week we welcome Celso Martins (hosted by Tanja Schwander) for a talk on sexual asymmetry. Thursday, 19 March at 12:15pm, Biophore Amphitheater or via REC-UNIL.

Next week we welcome Celso Martins (hosted by Tanja Schwander) for a talk on sexual asymmetry. Thursday, 19 March at 12:15pm, Biophore Amphitheater or via REC-UNIL.

🆕 New center for theory in ecology and evolution @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social

Many organisms, including humans, reshape their environments in ways that influence the conditions faced by future generations. We ask whether this can favour biological variation with @irisprigent.bsky.social in our new paper. Thanks to @dee-unil.bsky.social @snsf.ch
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Our upcoming DEE External Seminar welcomes Takashi Akera (hosted by Luca Soldini - Schwander Grp) for a talk on the impact of genetic cheating. Thursday, March 12th, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or live via REC-UNIL.

Our upcoming DEE External Seminar welcomes Takashi Akera (hosted by Luca Soldini - Schwander Grp) for a talk on the impact of genetic cheating. Thursday, March 12th, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or live via REC-UNIL.

Annotating opportunistic camera-trap images with conditions of recording, for the disease surveillance of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) The French population of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is small and fragmented. Any emerging disease would endanger it even further, so disease survei…

Annotating opportunistic camera-trap images with conditions of recordi... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... congratulations to the whole team especially Louison Blin @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @ofbiodiversite.bsky.social @korafoundation.bsky.social 📸😻

Plastic Germination, Temporal Niche Partitioning and Emergent Assortative Mating in Annual Plants Temporal environmental fluctuations can drive genetic diversity and species coexistence via the storage effect. Using eco-evolutionary models of annual plants, we show that adaptive plasticity in see...

V happy to share new paper led by @schmidmax.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/ele....

We show that plastic germination timing not only buffers environmental fluctuations (storage effect) but also promotes divergence, temporal assortative mating and thus ecological speciation. Thx @dee-unil.bsky.social

A more accurate mapping of nature’s contribution to people based on species How can we better assess and map the benefits that nature provides to human societies? In a new study, researchers from the University of Lausanne (UNIL) propose an innovative species-centered approac...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Lausanne (UNIL) propose an innovative species-centered approach to more effectively integrate biodiversity into conservation efforts and environmental policies 🐝🌱⛰️ read more👇
www.unil.ch/news/en/1770...

Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Ewa Merz (hosted by Tanja Schwander) for a talk on the disruption of ecological networks in lakes. Thursday, Feb 19th, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or live via REC-UNIL.

Tomorrow we kick off our 2026 external seminars with Zhijie Zhang (hosted by Charles Mullon) with a talk on mechanistic prediction of species coexistence. Thursday, February 5th at the Biophore Amphi (live stream exceptionally not available for this session).

Tomorrow we kick off our 2026 external seminars with Zhijie Zhang (hosted by Charles Mullon) with a talk on mechanistic prediction of species coexistence. Thursday, February 5th at the Biophore Amphi (live stream exceptionally not available for this session).

Three further SIB knowledgebases gain prestigious European recognition A total of eight expertly curated knowledgebases developed by SIB scientists are now designated as ELIXIR Core Data Resources (CDRs) – with the three new additions representing half of those sel...

🎉 Congratulations to Bgee and the two complementary SwissOrthology knowledgebases, OMA and OrthoDB, for being selected as ELIXIR Core Data Resources! See more👇

@bgee.org @marcrr.bsky.social @dessimoz.bsky.social @elixir-europe.org

Our final DEE External Seminar before the holidays welcomes Oscar Gaggiotti (hosted by Isabela Jeronimo do Ó, Goudet Group) with a talk on AI and population genomics. 12:15, December 18th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Our final DEE External Seminar before the holidays welcomes Oscar Gaggiotti (hosted by Isabela Jeronimo do Ó, Goudet Group) with a talk on AI and population genomics. 12:15, December 18th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Liesbeth Streck (hosted by Erica van de Waal) with a talk on power and social behaviour in primates. 12:15, December 4th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Juha Karjalainen (hosted by Claus Wedekind) with a talk on the effects of industrial waste waters. 12:15, November 27th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Deux professeurs de la FGSE parmi les plus cités, selon Clarivate Antoine Guisan et Marco Keiluweit, tous deux professeurs à la Faculté des géosciences et de l’environnement de l’UNIL, figurent dans la prestigieuse liste des scientifiques les plus cité·es de 2025, é...

👏Félicitations à Antoine Guisan et Marco Keiluweit, deux professeurs de la Faculté des géosciences et de l'environnement de l'UNIL, pour leur présence dans la liste Clarivate des chercheurs les plus cités au monde. 🌎 www.unil.ch/news/1763621...
@unil.bsky.social

This week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Philippe Jarne (hosted by John Pannell) with a talk processes acting in metacommunity dynamics. 12:15, November 20th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

This week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Philippe Jarne (hosted by John Pannell) with a talk on metacommunity dynamics. 12:15, November 20th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Coming up next week, DEE External Seminar welcomes Sonja Lehtinen (hosted by Tad Kawecki) with a talk on antibiotic resistance. 12:15, November 13th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Coming up next week, DEE External Seminar welcomes Sonja Lehtinen (hosted by Tad Kawecki) with a talk on antibiotic resistance. 12:15, November 13th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Andrew Pomiankowski (hosted by Charles Mullon) with a talk on mitochondrial quality and the evolution of sexes. 12:15, November 6th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Andrew Pomiankowski (hosted by @charlesmullon.bsky.social ) with a talk on mitochondrial quality and the evolution of sexes. 12:15, November 6th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Our upcoming DEE External Seminar welcomes Reto Burri (hosted by Angelica Pulido, Goudet Group) with a talk on convergent plumage coloration 🪶 12:15, October 23rd at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Our upcoming DEE External Seminar welcomes Reto Burri (hosted by Angelica Pulido, Goudet Group) with a talk on convergent plumage coloration 🪶 12:15, October 23rd at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Kicking off this year's DEE External Seminars is Simon Martin (hosted by João Souto, Goudet Group) with a talk on reinventing the supergene 🧬 12:15, September 18th at the Biophore Amphitheatre or online via REC-UNIL.

Our DEE labs got a gold certificate🏅from the LEAF programme, a standard set to improve the sustainability and efficiency of laboratories.

Highlighted are efficient resource use, streamlined communication, and an IT tool helps track equipment and samples.

Congratulation to all those involved! 👏

Photo: A. Guisan and M. Thome-Miazza © F. Imhof

DEE Prof Antoine Guisan was awarded a Jürg Tschopp Basic Life Sciences Award by @fbm-unil.bsky.social for his outstanding local and international contributions to understanding and predicting species distribution and communities, and the global impact of climate change on biodiversity.

For our last scheduled DEE External Seminar before the summer break, we welcome Marina Rafajlović (host by @charlesmullon.bsky.social) for a talk on divergence, speciation and inversions. June 26, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.

For our last scheduled DEE External Seminar before the summer break, we welcome Marina Rafajlović (host by @charlesmullon.bsky.social) for a talk on divergence, speciation and inversions. June 26, 12:15 at the Biophore Amphitheater or via REC UNIL.

CUSO Course:  Unintended Artificial Selection: Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences

📅 Dates: Tuesday–Friday, 12–15 August 2025

📍 Venue: Berghotel Gasterntal, Kandersteg-Selden (Switzerland)

🔗 Link to photos:  www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/...
🔗 Registration link : www.cuso.ch/activity/?p=...

Des araignées qui vomissent des toxines sur leurs proies Certaines espèces d'araignées non venimeuses, à l’instar des Uloboridae, neutralisent leurs proies en régurgitant sur elles des toxines plutôt qu'en les mordant. Cette technique de chasse leur permett...

Spiders that vomit toxins on their prey🕷️ 🤮

👉 Publication in 𝘉𝘔𝘊 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 Springer Nature by scientists DEE/FBM/UNIL in collaboration with Universität Greifswald and KU Leuven.

www.unil.ch/news/1749727...

#news #research #dee #fbm #unil #spiders #toxicity #venom #toxins #prey #ecology #evolution

Next week we welcome Marie Delattre (hosted by Morgane Massy, Schwander Group) for a talk on convergent evolution of auto-pseudogamy in nematodes.

Additionally, the Schwander Group welcomes Manfred Schartl for a talk on the evolution of sex determination.

Details on posters.

For this week's DEE External seminar we are welcoming Mia Levine (hosted by Tanja Schwander) for a talk on intra-genomic conflicts. Thursday, May 15 at 12:15, Biophore Amphitheater.