April 2013
Touring the US
Hélène gives a quantitative biology colloqium seminar at the University of Arizona and an iBEST seminar at the University of Idaho.
Jess Green Guggenheim Fellow
Jess Green was named a Guggenheim Fellow for her visit in Paris. Looking forward to your visit, Jess!
NEScent catalysis meeting
Hélène participates in a catalysis meeting on integrating phylogenies & fossils organized by Sam Price, Graham Slater and Lars Schmitz. A lot of cool people and discussions there!
Lucile joins the Lab
Lucile Morelle joins the Lab. She is co-advised by Amandine Véber. Welcome Lucile!
CNRS brainstorming days in Oléron
Hélène animates a session on modeling during these days at the crossroad between Ecology, Economy and Law organized by the interdisciplinary section of the CNRS.
March 2013
Pierre-Henri Fabre’s Marie-Curie Fellowship granted
Pierre-Henri’s proposal on adaptive and non-adaptive radiations has been accepted for an IOF postodc between Jonathan Losos’s Lab at Harvard and my Lab. Congrats!
Dan’s CEBA proposal granted
Dan’s proposal with Elodie Courtois and Anthony Herrel on phenotypic variation, morphology and performance in frogs has been granted. Congrats!
Hannah joigning the Lab
Hannah got awarded a prestigious Chateaubriand fellowship to visit the Lab. She will be in Paris until July. Welcome Hannah!
January-February 2013
Visiting the University of Sao Paulo
Hélène, Fabien and Jonathan visit Tiago Quental at USP as part of the Chaire francaise dans l’état de Sao Paulo program. Hélène gives a seminar at the Southern Summer School in Mathematical Biology.
Hélène presents research from her group at the departmental seminar.
CNRS committee
Hélène joins the CNRS interdisciplinary committee, section 51.
December 2012
Condamine et al. macreoevolution & environmental change paper published
Our paper is now in press at Ecology Letters. Congrats Fabien!
Phyloseminar
Erick Matsen kindly invited Hélène to give a Phyloseminar. Thank you Erick for this great initiative, all phyloseminars are recorded and can be seen here.
Evolmol
Frederic Austerlitz kindly invited Hélène to give a Evolmol seminar. Thanks Frederic.
November 2012
Talk at the University of Lausanne
Nicolas Salamin kindly invited Hélène to give the Departmental Seminar. Very good visit, thank you Nicolas!
Jessica Green visiting
It was so nice to have Jess around for a week. Looking forward to her sabbatical next year!
CNRS Thematic School in Vietnam
Hélène is just coming back from the Do-Son Thematic School, Vietnam, organized by Martine Hossaert-McKey and Pierre-Michel Forget. What a great experience! Thanks Martine and PM for inviting me!
October 2012
PhyloSmile workshop
Don’t miss the PhyloSmile workshop on Phylogenetic approaches to diversification, co-organized by Hélène and Amaury Lambert. Elisabeth, Fabien and Jonathan will be presenting their work there.
National Institute for Ecology and the Environment
Hélène will act as a “resource” person (whatever that means...) during these “prospective days“ (dito) in Avignon.
Statistical Methods for Post Genomic Data
Hélène joined the scientific committee of SMPGD.
September 2012
Science Perspective
Check out this Science Perspective paper about microbial coexistence and cooperation.
All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory
Regis Ferriere kindly invited Hélène to participate and present at the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory working group.
CESAB working group
Fabien and Hélène participated in the first ISLANDS working group, coordinated by Christophe Thébaud.
August 2012
Joining the Editorial Board of Ecology Letters
Marcel Holyoak kindly invited me to join the Editorial Board of Ecology Letters. Wish me luck!
July 2012
Evolution meeting
All of you who were there know it was a great meeting.
June 2012
Chateaubriand fellowship
Hannah Salim got awarded a prestigious Chateaubriand fellowship to visit the lab. Hannah is a PhD student at UC Berkeley in Matthew Potts’ group. Congratulations Hannah, and welcome!
France-Berkeley fund granted
Our France-Berkeley project with Charles Marshall has been selected for funding .
Ecology Letters conference
Mike Hochberg and Marcel Holyoak kindly invited me to present research from the lab at the Ecology Letters conference on ecological effects of environmental change, to be held in Paris on June 22nd.
Phylogenies in Lille
Celine Poux kindly invited me to present at the ”Phylogeny Day”, to be held in Lille on June 18th.
Biodiversity and Bioinformatics
Laurent Duret and Michael Blum kindly invited me to give a talk at the Biodiversity and Bioinformatics 2012 conference, to be held in Lyon on June 8th.
May 2012
Statistics for Systems Biology
Mahendra Mariadassou kindly invited me to give a talk at the Statistics for Systems Biology seminar series.
April 2012
Fabien and Jonathan present their research
Fabien presented his research at the ESE in Orsay and the LECA in Grenoble. Jonathan presented his research at the MNHN in Paris.
Center for Biodiversity and Climate
Susanne Fritz and Daniele Silvestro kindly invited me to give a talk at the Center for Biodiversity and Climate in Frankfurt.
March 2012
Franco-Brazilian application granted
My application to the Franco-Brazilian collaboration program with Tiago Quental has been granted. Members of the Lab will be visiting Tiago in Sao Paulo for 2 months!
Three students working on their master program
Yacine Ben Chehida, Prince Peprah Osei and Elisabeth Reyes started their master internship this month. Welcome and good luck!
February 2012
Explosive radiation in bacteria
Our paper on diversification patterns in Borrelia burgdorferi is now available at Evolution.
Cologne Spring Meeting
Michael Lassig kindly invited me to give a talk at the 2012 Cologne Spring Meeting on Molecular Ecology and Evolution.
Fabien Condamine joined the Lab
Postdoctoral researcher Fabien Condamine joined the Lab. He is funded by my ANR-CHEX project. Welcome Fabien!
January 2012
CESAB project granted
Our project “Community Assembly on Remote Islands: Does the Equilibrium Theory Apply?” coordinated by Christophe Thébaud has been selected by the FRB. Should be fun!
Ecology and Genomics
I am monitoring a session entitled “Ecology and Genomics” at the Statistical Methods for Post Genomic Data symposium, to be held in Lyon on January 26-27.
December 2011
Phylogenies and Conservation
Jonathan’s report of our session at the EEF meeting is now available at Biology Letters.
Selection in Population Genetics
I will participate in the workshop Selection in Population Genetics, organized by Aleksandra Walcsak and Michael Desai, to be held in Paris on Dec 6-7.
November 2011
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
I will participate in the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative on Ecosystem Services, to be held in UC Irvine on Nov 10-13.
Mathematics for Life Sciences
The University of Paris-Sud, the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Normale Supérieure launch a new master program, entitled Mathematics for Life Sciences. I will teach classes in this master program.
Center for Mathematics and Informatics
Etienne Pardoux kindly invited me to give a talk at the Mathematics, Evolution and Genome seminar series in Marseille.
October 2011
Reconciling molecular phylogenies with the fossil record
My paper with Todd Parsons and Joshua Plotkin is now available at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. This paper was featured by Science Daily and the CNRS. Read also this commentary by Tanja Stadler.
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
Pierre-Henri Fabre kindly invited me to give a talk at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at the University of Copenhagen.
September 2011
Evolutionary History and Conservation Biology at EEF
Franck Jabot and myself are organizing a symposium entitled "Evolutionary history, ecosystem function, and conservation biology: new perspectives" at the european ecological meeting, to be held in Avila on September 25-29. This symposium is co-sponsored by the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB) and the French Ecological Society (SFE).
PhD student Jonathan Rolland will be there too!
Jonathan Rolland joined the Lab
PhD student Jonathan Rolland joined the Lab. Welcome Jonathan!
August 2011
ANR project granted; postdoctoral position available
The French National Research Agency (ANR, programme Chaire d'Excellence) selected my project ECOEVOBIO "ECOlogical and EVOlutionary determinants of BIOdiversity: integrating biogeography, functional
ecology, and macroevolution" for funding. A postdoctoral position associated with this project is available!
Joining the Editorial Board of Systematic Biology
Luke Harmon got me there (thanks Luke!). He suggested it could be a fun experience...
Phylogenetics and Ecological Networks at ESA
Neo Martinez presented our research entitled "Phylogenetic tools elucidate effects of trophic interactions on community assembly" at the ESA Organized Oral Session "Evolutionary Processes in Ecological Networks" organized by Jennifer Dunne, held in Austin on August 10th.
Summer school in French-Guyana
Just coming back from a summer school for the students from the EcoSciences program at the Ecole Polytechnique. This summer school, organized by Jérôme Chave, was held in the Nouragues research station situated in the middle of the tropical forest in French Guyana. It was a wonderful experience!
July 2011Talk at Ecobio in Rennes
Andreas Prinzing kindly invited me to give a talk at the University of Rennes.
May 2011Workshops in Montpellier and Agay
The same month, I participated in two workshops, one organized by ecologists Nicolas Mouquet and Wilfried Thuiller, and the other one organized by applied mathematicians Nicolas Champagnat and Sylvie Méléard.
I also gave talks at the ISEM in Montpellier, and at the Ecology, Systematic and Evolution Department at Orsay.
April 2011Videos & paper available
Videos of the CEE symposium entitled “Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research” held last March in London are now available online. A meeting report is also available in Biology Letters.
March 2011
CEE symposium
I will be presenting at the Center for Ecology & Evolution symposium organized by Lynsey McInnes and Albert Phillimore to take place in London on March 9th.
February 2011Codes available
Codes associated with various papers are now available. Check the Resources section of this website.
January 2011 Spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity
Our paper is Open Access at Ecology Letters. This paper was featured by the NSF.
December 2010 Linking past and present on oceanic islands
I will be participating in the workshop “Diversity dynamics on oceanic islands: linking past and present” organized by Rosemary Gillepsie, to take place in Berkeley on 8-10 December.
October 2010Royal Society Meeting
I will be participating in the Royal Society workshop “Biological diversity in a changing world” organized by Anne Magurran and Maria Dornelas, to take place at the Kavli Institute on 25-26 October and in London on 27-28 October.
October 2010 CNRS thematic school in French Guyana
I will be presenting at the CNRS thematic school on Biodiversity organized by Jérôme Chave, to take place in Kourou on 04-08 October.
October 2010 Joining the CNRS
I will officially start my research position with the french National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). I will be based at the Center for Applied Mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
September 2010 Inferring diversity dynamics
My paper with Joshua Plotkin and Matthew Potts is freely available online at PloS Biology. This paper has been evaluated as “Must Read” by Katia Koelle on Faculty of 1000, and featured in Science Daily.