#Pangolins

Congratulations to Sophie for successfully defending her PhD

Frederic Delsuc

Nov 26, 20231 min read

Congratulations to Sophie for successfully defending her PhD

Despite a first year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, Sophie Teullet successfully defended her PhD...

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Sophie's first major PhD paper published in mSystems

Frederic Delsuc

Oct 25, 20231 min read

Sophie's first major PhD paper published in mSystems

Sophie's main PhD paper on metagenomics of the gut microbiota in convergent myrmecophagous mammal species has been published in mSystems ...

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New paper on pangolin phylogenomics and reference genome for the giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea)

Frederic Delsuc

Oct 4, 20232 min read

New paper on pangolin phylogenomics and reference genome for the giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea)

Rémi, Marie-Ka, and Frédéric participated in a work on the phylogeny and evolution of all living pangolin species now published in...

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New paper by Chris on dental gene loss in xenarthrans published in Peer Community Journal

Frederic Delsuc

Aug 28, 20232 min read

New paper by Chris on dental gene loss in xenarthrans published in Peer Community Journal

Chris' work on the evolution and loss of function of dental genes across the xenarthran radiation has been published in Peer Community...

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Poster and talk presented by Sophie and Frédéric at SMBE 2023 in beautiful Ferrara

Frederic Delsuc

Jul 27, 20231 min read

Poster and talk presented by Sophie and Frédéric at SMBE 2023 in beautiful Ferrara

Sophie and Frédéric attended the Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE 2023) held as a multi-site urban...

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Second publication of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium

Frederic Delsuc

Jul 15, 20231 min read

Second publication of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium

As a member of the recently created European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA), Frédéric participated to the second paper of the consortium...

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Two posters presented at the 11th Oppenheimer Research Conference in Midrand

Frederic Delsuc

Oct 6, 20221 min read

Two posters presented at the 11th Oppenheimer Research Conference in Midrand

Sophie and Frédéric attended the 11th Oppenheimer Research Conference ( ORC 2022 ) in Mirand (South Africa). Sophie presented a poster on...

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Fieldwork session at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (South Africa)

Frederic Delsuc

Oct 2, 20221 min read

Fieldwork session at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (South Africa)

After a three-year hiatus caused by the global COVID pandemic, Sophie and Frédéric returned to Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (South Africa) to...

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Sophie presented her long-read metagenomics work at ESEB 2022 in Prague

Frederic Delsuc

Aug 16, 20221 min read

Sophie presented her long-read metagenomics work at ESEB 2022 in Prague

As the last step in her oral presentation marathon, Sophie had the opportunity to present her work on long-read metagenomics and...

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Sophie talked metagenomics at the European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology

Frederic Delsuc

May 26, 20221 min read

Sophie talked metagenomics at the European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology

After two years of online talks, Sophie finally had the opportunity to present in-person the metagenomic part of her PhD project at the...

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Frédéric presented a talk on chitinase gene family evolution at the ALPHY/AIEM meeting

Frederic Delsuc

Mar 15, 20221 min read

Frédéric presented a talk on chitinase gene family evolution at the ALPHY/AIEM meeting

After two years of virtual meetings, Frédéric was especially delighted to attend the ALPHY/AIEM annual meeting of the evolutionary...

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First publication of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium

Frederic Delsuc

Jan 23, 20221 min read

First publication of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium

As a member of the recently created European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA), Frédéric participated to the first paper of the consortium...

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Chris' new paper on gene loss in the melatonin pathway published in Open Research Europe

Frederic Delsuc

Dec 12, 20212 min read

Chris' new paper on gene loss in the melatonin pathway published in Open Research Europe

Chris' study on the molecular evolution and loss of function of the genes involved in the melatonin pathway in vertebrates has been...

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Sophie talked long read metagenomics at the Animal Microbiome Research Group virtual meeting

Frederic Delsuc

Nov 10, 20211 min read

Sophie talked long read metagenomics at the Animal Microbiome Research Group virtual meeting

Sophie Teullet presented her work on using long read metagenomics to study dietary adaptations in ant-eating mammal at the 2nd annual...

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Two ConvergeAnt talks presented at the virtual Evolution 2021 meeting

Frederic Delsuc

Jun 25, 20212 min read

Two ConvergeAnt talks presented at the virtual Evolution 2021 meeting

Chris and Frédéric presented talks at the Virtual Evolution 2021 meeting the annual meeting of the American Society of Naturalists, the...

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Sophie presented a plenary talk at virtual London Calling 2021

Frederic Delsuc

May 20, 20211 min read

Sophie presented a plenary talk at virtual London Calling 2021

After submitting a poster abstract to present her work on ant-eating mammal microbiomes using long read metagenomics, Sophie Teullet was...

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Congrats to Rémi for successfully defending his PhD!

Frederic Delsuc

Feb 11, 20211 min read

Congrats to Rémi for successfully defending his PhD!

Despite a last year largely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, Rémi Allio managed to successfully defended his...

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Welcome to Victor and Timothée as new Master students

Frederic Delsuc

Jan 31, 20211 min read

Welcome to Victor and Timothée as new Master students

We are pleased to welcome Victor Luxey and Timothée Kastylevky as new Master students in the ConvergeAnt project for the next six...

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Two new PhD students join the ConvergeAnt project

Frederic Delsuc

Sep 30, 20201 min read

Two new PhD students join the ConvergeAnt project

We are pleased to welcome back Sophie Teullet and Mathilde Barthe both starting their PhD within the ConvergeAnt project for the next...

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Frederic Delsuc

Jun 4, 20201 min read

Congratulations to Sophie!

Congratulations to Sophie Teullet who virtually, but successfully, defended her project from the Ecology and Evolution Master from the...

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