#Aardvark 2/3

Frederic Delsuc

Sep 16, 20191 min read

Welcome to Yin Xun (Zach)!

Yin Xun (Zach) Tan joins the ConvergeAnt project for the next semester. Zach is a Master student from the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme...

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Frederic Delsuc

Jul 27, 20191 min read

Two ConvergeAnt talks at ICVM 2019

Sérgio and Lionel participated to ICVM 2019, the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology in Prague (Czech Republic). Sérgio gave...

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MitoFinder poster presented at SMBE 2019

Frederic Delsuc

Jul 26, 20191 min read

MitoFinder poster presented at SMBE 2019

Rémi and Frédéric attended SMBE 2019, the annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution in Manchester (UK). Rémi...

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Frederic Delsuc

Jun 30, 20191 min read

Congrats Dave and Mathilde!

Congratulations to Dave Lutgen and Mathilde Barthe who successfully defended their Master projects from the Darwin Master Programme in...

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Frederic Delsuc

Mar 25, 20191 min read

Welcome to Mathilde Barthe!

We are pleased to welcome Mathilde Barthe in the ConvergeAnt project for the next three months. Mathilde is a Master student (M1) from...

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Frederic Delsuc

Feb 28, 20191 min read

Good bye Kathleen!

Kathleen Garland successfully defended her six-month Master project from the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology. For...

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Talk at ALPHY 2019: Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics Conference

Frederic Delsuc

Feb 8, 20191 min read

Talk at ALPHY 2019: Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics Conference

Rémi and Frédéric attended ALPHY 2019, an annual meeting organized in France since 1995, dedicated to the field of Bioinformatics and...

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New paper on the molecular evolution and loss of function of the ODAM gene in mammals

Frederic Delsuc

Jan 24, 20191 min read

New paper on the molecular evolution and loss of function of the ODAM gene in mammals

Chris and Frédéric participated in a study on the molecular evolution and loss of function of the ameloblast-associated gene ODAM in...

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Outreach article in French on the evolution of chitinase genes in placental mammals

Frederic Delsuc

Jan 23, 20191 min read

Outreach article in French on the evolution of chitinase genes in placental mammals

Frédéric wrote a short scientific outreach article in French in Médecine/Sciences (doi:10.1051/medsci/2018317) giving some general...

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Sérgio's first PhD paper published in Current Biology!

Frederic Delsuc

Jan 17, 20191 min read

Sérgio's first PhD paper published in Current Biology!

So proud of Sérgio's first PhD paper on the evolution of mandibular innervation after tooth regression in placental mammals just...

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Frederic Delsuc

Jan 15, 20191 min read

Welcome to Dave Lutgen!

Dave Lutgen is joining the ConvergeAnt project for the next semester. Dave is a Master student (M2) from the Darwin Master Programme in...

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Talk and Poster presented at the 9th Annual Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference

Frederic Delsuc

Oct 16, 20181 min read

Talk and Poster presented at the 9th Annual Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference

Frédéric and Rémi attended the the 9th Annual Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference in Johannesburg (South Africa). Frédéric gave a...

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Frederic Delsuc

Jun 28, 20181 min read

Congratulations Kathleen!

Kathleen Garland successfully defended her three-month Master project from the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology....

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Study on the evolution of chitinase genes in placental mammals published in Science Advances

Frederic Delsuc

May 16, 20181 min read

Study on the evolution of chitinase genes in placental mammals published in Science Advances

Our study on the evolution of chitinase genes and pseudogenes in placental mammal genomes is published in Science Advances...

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Frederic Delsuc

Feb 16, 20181 min read

Congratulations Mark!

Mark Wright successfully defended his six-month Master project from the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology. His...

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Sérgio is back from US trip visiting museums in New York and Washington DC

Frederic Delsuc

Dec 7, 20171 min read

Sérgio is back from US trip visiting museums in New York and Washington DC

Sérgio spent a month and a half in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York and the National Museum...

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Poster presented at the 8th Annual Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference

Frederic Delsuc

Oct 18, 20171 min read

Poster presented at the 8th Annual Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference

Frédéric and Rachid presented a poster showing preliminar results on developing a metagenomic approach to characterize the diet of South...

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New publication on mammalian gut microbiomes on the cover of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Frederic Delsuc

Oct 14, 20171 min read

New publication on mammalian gut microbiomes on the cover of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Our paper on the effect of captivity on the composition of mammalian gut microbiomes led by Valerie McKenzie has been published in...

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Frederic Delsuc

Oct 1, 20171 min read

Welcome to Rémi Allio!

Rémi Allio joined the ConvergeAnt project as a PhD student following from his Master degree at the University of Montpellier. Rémi's PhD...

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Frederic Delsuc

Sep 2, 20171 min read

Welcome to Chris Emerling!

Chris Emerling from the Nachman Lab at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley (USA) started his post-doc within the ConvergeAnt...

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