I’m very proud of Theresia’s work today! She gave her first-ever PhD seminar at the ILEE Seminar Series (Institite of Life, Earth, and Environment) of UNamur, and she did a hell of a job. Big congratulations to Theresia!
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There’s no stopping Nichole, who has just won yet another award! This time, she won second place for Best Senior Poster Presentation at the 5th International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife – 53rd Annual Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (ICPOW–PARSA) 2025 in Kruger National Park, South Africa. I am thoroughly impressed – huge congratulations, Nichole!
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Very happy to have a new article published in Proceedings B! This article is all about how well journals in ecology and evolution support open science. We reviewed 275 journals and found that only 38% mandate data sharing and 27% mandate code sharing. There’s room for improvement, so we’ve shared recommendations for journals to help
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The Pairi Daiza Foundation, in collaboration with the Royal Belgian Zoological Society, launched the 2025 Pairi Daiza Foundation grant for Biodiversity and Conservation research! This €2,500 grant supports innovative projects linked to animal biodiversity conservation, from fieldwork to collaborations with zoos, aquaria, museums, or research institutions worldwide. MSc students, PhD students, and early-career postdocs (≤
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Big congratulations to our PhD-student Theresia and postdoc Omayma for their two powerful flashtalks this morning at the new Departmental Seminar Series of the Biology Department at UNamur! (PS. The worst-photography skills award was for me today.)
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Our PhD student Theresia Kimario recently took art in the Sci-Art Lab Week (August 25–31, 2025), organized by UNIVERSEH—a European alliance exploring the intersections between science, art, and society. The theme of this year’s edition, “When Science Meets Art”, invited participants to reflect on how we communicate and create within planetary limits. Through lectures and
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Our PhD-student Noémie Buratto has returned from a successful field trip in Florida! She was there from July 16 till August 6, 2025 to study the upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.). Specifically, she located and collected about 30 jellyfish specimens and then performed 72-hour (!) behavioural tests under controlled conditions to better understand how these animals
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Wow, Nichole and Lomarie, slow down! Huge congratulations again to both, for winning the first and third prize, respectively, for Best Full PhD Presentations at the Unit for Environmental Science Postgraduate Conference 2025 in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Bravo!
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I was happy to join the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference 2025 in Antwerp, Belgium, where I talked about Swimming in medicated waters: Understanding and mitigating the impacts of pharmaceutical pollutants on aquatic wildlife”. This is a great and highly recommended conference; it was lovely catching up with the community!
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Very big congratulations to our PhD-students Nichole and Lomarie, who won the first and second prize, respectively, for best student oral presentations at the 2025 SASAqS conference in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Nichole presented her work on parasite profiles in Nothobranchius killifish, while Lomarie talked about predator-driven community structure of temporary pond ecosystems. Fantastic achievements!
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