Sonia Eynard (@seynard)

@quailistace.bsky.social also presented the latest results of her PhD project 🥳

19.02.2026 16:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm attending the EAGS 2026 this week. Awesome talks, discussions and great science. If you saw or missed my talk this morning but want to discuss genetics, epigenetics ... Do not hesitate to reach out :) Thanks @fr-genomics.bsky.social for the organisation

19.02.2026 16:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A new #preprint #OpenScience by Devailly et al.:

"The future of systems genetics in farm animal sciences, a route out of the data jungle"

Peer-reviewed and recommended by PCI Animal Science.

🔗 hal.science/hal-05117608

29.10.2025 20:39 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Postdoctoral position in chemical ecology and genomics: Mechanisms of honey bee resistance to varroa A two-year position for a postdoctoral researcher is open at the “Bees and Environment” research unit (Avignon, France) affiliated to INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), one of the leading institute in the world for the study of relationships between agriculture, environment and food. The postdoc will work on the physiological mechanisms, microbial diversity and molecular adaptation features of collective defenses against diseases in social animals.Background & dutiesInvasive species that reveal themselves as new parasites disrupt established host-pathogen dynamics and can cause immense economic damage. Despite their high susceptibility to invasions and disease spread, many social animals have evolved mechanisms that allow effective defence at the group level. Such defences have been described across the animal kingdom, especially within social insect species, and are known to involve chemical communication. Our team aims to understand the mechanisms that underpin collective behavioural and physiological defences against unhealthy brood in honey bee colonies, in the context of the invasion by the parasite Varroa destructor.Within this project, the postdoc will lead research to decipher the collective defences that are developed against brood diseases, with a particular interest about varroa. The focus will be placed around the understanding of physiological and behavioural mechanisms that are at the basis of honey bee resistance to this parasitic mite. Investigations will be performed through chemical ecology experiments, as well as transcriptomics and metagenomics. The overall goal is to determine the semiochemicals drivers of host defence towards parasitic infestation, to investigate the potential role of microbiome in resistance triggering, as well as to characterise physiological features of individual bees that are actively involved in the host response.Research environment and work conditionsYou will join the “Bees and Environment” research unit of INRAE in Avignon (France), which develops a wide range of research programs to study honey bee and wild bee populations, in the context of sustainable farming and global change. This postdoc project is part of an Interreg Alcotra grant (2023-2027 – Meliorapi) and an ERC Starting grant (2024-2028 – Bee Healthy) led by Fanny Mondet. You will work in close collaboration with our beekeeping technicians, students and postdocs of the team, our research assistant in chemical ecology and our engineer in honey bee genetics. You will benefit from all the lab and field work facilities of the unit, including our experimental apiary and chemical ecology platform. Additionally, the metagenomic work will be developed in close collaboration with the BeeGEES team of the GenPhySE research unit (INRAE) in Toulouse, especially Thibault Leroy. The BeeGEES team is one of the global leaders in honey bee genomics and have recently developed large-scale metagenomic projects. The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to spend periods in Toulouse to benefit from the local expertise in metagenomics, as well as the access to the genomic facilities.The contract will be for 2 years, starting in March 2026.Salary and benefits are according to INRAE rules in France (monthly gross salary ~ 3,100 €).

2-year postdoctoral position available in Fanny Mondet’s group (Avignon, France) as part of her ERC project, in collaboration with our BeeGEES team in Toulouse
Interested in chemical ecology, transcriptomics, microbiomes, and honey bees? 🐝
Application deadline: November 27, 2025

Thanks for sharing!

25.10.2025 05:29 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

I forgot to repost that but Stacy Rousse @quailistace.bsky.social first paper is out on biorxiv. Check out our work on transgenerational epigenetics in quails #GEroNIMOH2020

27.08.2025 11:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Stacy Rousse (@quailistace.bsky.social), Keyvan Karami and I are at the Epigenetic Inheritance Symposium in Zurich presenting our work on transgenerational epigenetics within #GEroNIMOH2020

27.08.2025 11:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you're in #CSHL @cshlmeetings.bsky.social this week following #BOG25 come and have a look at my poster (#111) tonight and discuss genetic and epigenetic selection signatures 😉

07.05.2025 20:21 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

2000 personnes à Toulouse pour défendre les sciences ! #StandUpForScience

07.03.2025 18:18 👍 324 🔁 78 💬 6 📌 3

Le 7 mars 2025 : Les sciences en danger,
la communauté scientifique se mobilise à Toulouse.
@standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social

04.03.2025 21:55 👍 25 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0

Abeilles à miel : comment les humains ont bouleversé leur histoire et leur diversité Comprendre l’histoire des abeilles à miel et l’impact humain sur leur diversité est essentiel, tant du fait de leur rôle écologique que leur importance en agriculture.

30.01.2025 15:36 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Merci Thibault de m'avoir impliqué dans ce travail 😉

30.01.2025 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Happy new year to us 🎊 it's finally out doi.org/10.1111/mec....

03.01.2025 17:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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