Gaël, Marc and I have been pretty busy talking with SAIAB and Isimangaliso Reserve about our current project on coelacanths. That offered us a nice trip in South African lands. If everything works through, I should be able to let you know more about it soon.

October 17-21, 2011 Whole genome analysis of ancient organisms I take part to the Paleogenomics summer school , organized by the “RTP Paléogénétique” of the CNRS at the “centre d’études scientifiques” of Cargese (Corsica). As an instructor, I present two communications:

Third and last episode of the mammoth story in Neopodia, Le savoir à emporter. I guess I could not escape the “cloning” topic! In case you’d experience issues with vizualizing this video, check it out directly from Neopodia.

Citation Antibiotic resistance is ancient. D’Costa Vanessa, Christine E. King, Lindsay Kalan, Mariya Morar, Wilson W.L. Sung, Carsten Schwarz, Duane Froese, Grant Zazula, Fabrice Calmels, Régis Debruyne, Brian G. Golding, Hendrik N. Poinar, Gerard D. Wright. Nature 2011, 477(7365):457-461. DOI: 10.1038/nature10388

Second slice of the three-episodes show dedicated to the mammoth in Neopodia, Le savoir à emporter. Not only do we currently find more and more mammoth carcasses, but we also know better what to do out of them, on molecular grounds.