Laurence Despres
@laurencedespres.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist interested in the diversification and adaptation of insects to environmental gradients (in the Alps)
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3rd Day: Teams on brainstorming sessions workimg on preparing great project proposals! 🦋 @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
📣 During the second session, attendees gained hand-on experience working with real case conservation studies applying genomic tools. What a successful experience!🦋
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
September 11, 2026 at 8:29 AM
3rd Day: Teams on brainstorming sessions workimg on preparing great project proposals! 🦋 @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
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📣What an incredible first day! Participants split into two tracks and dove straight into the definition of strategies to support the application of genomic approaches to the conservation of Lepidoptera 🦋
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
September 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
📣What an incredible first day! Participants split into two tracks and dove straight into the definition of strategies to support the application of genomic approaches to the conservation of Lepidoptera 🦋
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
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My latest Substack post:
https://open.substack.com/pub/professoreriksvensson/p/on-the-diversity-of-females-in-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5crvdy
https://open.substack.com/pub/professoreriksvensson/p/on-the-diversity-of-females-in-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5crvdy
On the diversity of females in the animal kingdom
Our recent article about the origin, genomics and evolution of female-limited polymorphisms in animals document a widespread phenomenon, with implications for evolutionary biology and society.
professoreriksvensson.substack.com
July 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Enjoying an excellent Entomology Congress #ECE2026 in Tours, France. Jean-Michel Drezen and I hosted a genomics symposium. Lots of @projectpsyche.bsky.social members here. @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action.
July 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Enjoying an excellent Entomology Congress #ECE2026 in Tours, France. Jean-Michel Drezen and I hosted a genomics symposium. Lots of @projectpsyche.bsky.social members here. @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action.
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Busy days, we keep collecting, identifying & dissecting #butterflies and #moths for #referencegenome sequencing.
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
June 18, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Busy days, we keep collecting, identifying & dissecting #butterflies and #moths for #referencegenome sequencing.
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
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🎉 Big news! Our WG4's first meeting report is now published in Evolutionary Applications!
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
LepEU: A Consortium to Study the Population Genomics of Butterflies and Moths Across Europe
LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium, was launched in 2023 to coordinate continental-scale collections and generate population-level genomic data for butterflies and moths ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 4, 2026 at 11:05 AM
🎉 Big news! Our WG4's first meeting report is now published in Evolutionary Applications!
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
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Looking forward to kicking off the seminar series of our special topic network on structural variants #SV in evolutionary biology. @eseb.bsky.social
Join us in listening to Pr. Rieseberg on April 29
Join us in listening to Pr. Rieseberg on April 29
🌻 Next STRiVE seminar: Loren Rieseberg (UBC) explores SVs, adaptation & speciation—from wild sunflowers to 1000+ species!
🗓️ Apr 29 | 9am PDT / 6pm CEST
✉️ Zoom link via mailing list: groupes.renater.fr/sympa/subscr...
ℹ️ Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/about/
🗓️ Apr 29 | 9am PDT / 6pm CEST
✉️ Zoom link via mailing list: groupes.renater.fr/sympa/subscr...
ℹ️ Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/about/
April 13, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Looking forward to kicking off the seminar series of our special topic network on structural variants #SV in evolutionary biology. @eseb.bsky.social
Join us in listening to Pr. Rieseberg on April 29
Join us in listening to Pr. Rieseberg on April 29
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L'interview de @juliebatut.bsky.social pour continuer la lente réhabilitation de Marthe Gautier est excellente. Un cas d'école des pratiques à condamner dans le monde académique lorsque l'on en est témoin.
lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/mar...
lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/mar...
Marthe Gautier, découvreuse oubliée du chromosome de la trisomie 21
Marthe Gautier est à l’origine de la découverte du chromosome surnuméraire de la trisomie 21, anomalie génétique qui touche 50 000 personnes en France. À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la trisom...
lejournal.cnrs.fr
March 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
L'interview de @juliebatut.bsky.social pour continuer la lente réhabilitation de Marthe Gautier est excellente. Un cas d'école des pratiques à condamner dans le monde académique lorsque l'on en est témoin.
lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/mar...
lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/mar...
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Notre tribune de scientifiques pour alerter sur les dangers de la nouvelle loi d'urgence pour l'agriculture: la science montre que l'urgence est au contraire de transformer le système agricole pour préserver notre santé, la fertilité des sols, une eau disponible et non polluée, et la biodiversité.
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Notre tribune de scientifiques pour alerter sur les dangers de la nouvelle loi d'urgence pour l'agriculture: la science montre que l'urgence est au contraire de transformer le système agricole pour préserver notre santé, la fertilité des sols, une eau disponible et non polluée, et la biodiversité.
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Interested in adaptive genomics, genomic offset and simulations? This seems to be an extraordinary opportunity to work with Thibaut Capblancq and Olivier François, two excellent experts in the field (and also great people)
Postdoc opportunity in ecological genomics at Université Grenoble Alpes focuses on gene-environment interactions under climate change. Duration 18 mont… https://academicpositions.com/ad/universite-grenoble-alpes/2026/postdoctoral-researcher-in-population-biology-and-ecology-m-f/243400#apply #postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher in population biology and ecology (m/f) - Academic Positions
Develop and apply statistical models to study genetic adaptation to climate, analyze empirical data, publish results, and present at conferences. Doctorate r...
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January 18, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Interested in adaptive genomics, genomic offset and simulations? This seems to be an extraordinary opportunity to work with Thibaut Capblancq and Olivier François, two excellent experts in the field (and also great people)
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"The coevolution of colour patterns and hindwing shapes on a large phylogenetic scale reveals predation-driven adaptive syndromes in swallowtail butterflies"
Puissant, A., Chotard, A., Condamine, F. L., @vincentdebat.bsky.social & Llaurens, V.
🦋 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Puissant, A., Chotard, A., Condamine, F. L., @vincentdebat.bsky.social & Llaurens, V.
🦋 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"The coevolution of colour patterns and hindwing shapes on a large phylogenetic scale reveals predation-driven adaptive syndromes in swallowtail butterflies"
Puissant, A., Chotard, A., Condamine, F. L., @vincentdebat.bsky.social & Llaurens, V.
🦋 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Puissant, A., Chotard, A., Condamine, F. L., @vincentdebat.bsky.social & Llaurens, V.
🦋 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
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(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research.
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level
reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found
in Europe. Here, we describe t...
www.cell.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research.
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Huge congratulations to everyone who made this milestone possible! 🎉🦋 Field teams out exploring 🥾🌿 and lab teams powering the sequencing 🧬 — every single contribution mattered. 🙌✨
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Huge congratulations to everyone who made this milestone possible! 🎉🦋 Field teams out exploring 🥾🌿 and lab teams powering the sequencing 🧬 — every single contribution mattered. 🙌✨
[PÉTITION] Exigez des titres de séjour stables pour les travailleur·se·s étranger·e·s en France !
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
[PÉTITION] Exigez des titres de séjour stables pour les travailleur·se·s étranger·e·s en France !
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📖Published📖
Deschamps et al. introduce CAMELIA (Community Assemblage Modelling macroEcoLogically Informed with AI), a neural network framework integrating species distribution data with community constraints to improve biodiversity predictions 👇
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/DfJT25t
Deschamps et al. introduce CAMELIA (Community Assemblage Modelling macroEcoLogically Informed with AI), a neural network framework integrating species distribution data with community constraints to improve biodiversity predictions 👇
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/DfJT25t
October 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📖Published📖
Deschamps et al. introduce CAMELIA (Community Assemblage Modelling macroEcoLogically Informed with AI), a neural network framework integrating species distribution data with community constraints to improve biodiversity predictions 👇
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/DfJT25t
Deschamps et al. introduce CAMELIA (Community Assemblage Modelling macroEcoLogically Informed with AI), a neural network framework integrating species distribution data with community constraints to improve biodiversity predictions 👇
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/DfJT25t
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Des centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées jeudi place de la République en soutien à la flottille Global Sumud. Et surtout pour huer des autorités accusées de ne rien faire pour les quelques dizaines de Français à bord, ou pour faire cesser la guerre génocidaire à Gaza.
Par Sarah Benhaida
Par Sarah Benhaida
Flottille pour Gaza : à Paris, une manifestation contre « la honte » et « l’impuissance »
Des centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées jeudi place de la République en soutien à la flottille Global Sumud. Et surtout pour huer des autorités accusées de ne rien faire pour les quelques dizaines de Français à bord, ou pour faire cesser la guerre génocidaire à Gaza.
l.mediapart.fr
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Des centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées jeudi place de la République en soutien à la flottille Global Sumud. Et surtout pour huer des autorités accusées de ne rien faire pour les quelques dizaines de Français à bord, ou pour faire cesser la guerre génocidaire à Gaza.
Par Sarah Benhaida
Par Sarah Benhaida
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Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Population Genetics group 59
populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
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To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society.
This was a joy to write together as a community!
This was a joy to write together as a community!
(6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Project Psyche: Generating and utilising reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
ecoevorxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society.
This was a joy to write together as a community!
This was a joy to write together as a community!
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Here we go again! Estos días @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y yo estaremos en la reunión de @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, donde hablaremos acerca del potencial de las redes sociales para la divulgación sobre genómica y conservación de polillas (y mariposas) 🦋
(1/3) 🌍🦋 From 10–12 Sept 2025, WG1 of #10kLepGenomes will host a workshop to discuss the bridge between Lepidoptera genomics and society. Experts in genomics, conservation and applied sciences will gather at the Senckenberg Entomological Institute (Müncheberg, Germany) 👇🏽
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Here we go again! Estos días @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y yo estaremos en la reunión de @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, donde hablaremos acerca del potencial de las redes sociales para la divulgación sobre genómica y conservación de polillas (y mariposas) 🦋
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Le fiston d'un copain, atteint d'une myopathie, aimerait suivre une L1 de physique/maths. Mais #Grenoble ayant été particulièrement "rétive" 😖 il s'est inscrit au #Bourget et cherche à salarier un.e accompagnant.e. Auriez-vous la gentillesse de faire tourner cette annonce d'emploi ?
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September 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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PhD position available in Amphibian Genomics at the Biological Station of Doñana, Seville, Spain. Fully funded for 4 years. Apply by Sept 30, 2025. Details: https://www.evoamphibia.com/news/grad-student-search/ #phd
Grad student position open! – Amphibian Genomics and Evolution Lab
Grad student position open! – Amphibian Genomics and Evolution Lab
www.evoamphibia.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
PhD position available in Amphibian Genomics at the Biological Station of Doñana, Seville, Spain. Fully funded for 4 years. Apply by Sept 30, 2025. Details: https://www.evoamphibia.com/news/grad-student-search/ #phd
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Avec 21,6 milliards de commandes, l’industrie militaire française a connu en 2024 sa deuxième meilleure année. Dans le même temps, les exportations d’armes à destination d’Israël ont atteint un montant inégalé depuis huit ans. Et ce malgré le génocide en cours. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
September 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Avec 21,6 milliards de commandes, l’industrie militaire française a connu en 2024 sa deuxième meilleure année. Dans le même temps, les exportations d’armes à destination d’Israël ont atteint un montant inégalé depuis huit ans. Et ce malgré le génocide en cours. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...