Publication. New research: unlocking genomic data from RMCA’s Diptera collections.
(12/08/2025)
Workshop on DNA taxonomy in Benin. Researchers from Benin have been trained in Benin (30/06 – 04/07 2025) on DNA analysis and molecular taxonomy in the framework of the project GTI-DNA_shrimp coordinated by the Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. This project is supported by the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) operated in Belgium by CEBioS and financed by the Direction générale Coopération au développement et Aide humanitaire (DGD).
Read more (articles from Beninese daily newspaper): 3 July 2025 and 07 July 2025
(15/07/2025)
DNA data of new species. JEMU supports research in the Belgian Federal Scientific Institutions by sequencing and sharing DNA markers from two newly described gecko species from Thailand and Cambodia. A nice addition to the rich natural history collections of Belgium.
Read more about the new species from Cambodia … and the one from Thailand …
(12/05/2025)
Publication. A paper on the impact of population history, habitat change, and conservation efforts on the globally endangered Taita Thrush is accepted for publication in Ornithological Applications.
(16/12/2024)
Publication. A new molecular tool to monitor parasitoïds that are natural pest controls of the orange wheat blossom midge, a major wheat pest in Belgium. See open-access publication in Scientific Reports.
(20/11/2024)
Conferences. Two oral presentations of Nathalie Suarez Gonzalez, a PhD student from ULB performing ancient DNA analyses with JEMU at RBINS on paleo-genetics and paleo-pathologies: one at the 1st South American Archaeogenetic Workshop, and one at the 35e colloque du Groupement des Anthropologistes de Langue française.
(19/10/2024)
Communication. Biodiversity of the freshwater crabs of Benin (Potamonautidae): a genetic approach. Goussanou et al. 9th International Barcode of Life Conference, 3-6 September 2024, Belém, Brazil.
(13/9/2024)
Publication. New publication out in Science Advances unravelling the genomics underlying a parallel beetle radiation at the Galápagos.
(1/6/2024)
Conference. Nathalie Suarez Gonzalez attended the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA2024), New Orleans, USA.
(17/4/2024)
Highlight. The new biobank of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: an investment for the future.
(1/4/2024)
Project. MUTER project has kicked off: applying epigenomic tools on museum collections.
(1/11/2023)
Conference. JEMU presented a poster on the annual congress of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE2023).
(27/7/2023)