Virginie Courtier Orgogozo

@IJMonod @CNRS #genetics #evolution #biology #drosophila #genedrive #biodiversity @AdiosCoronaFR - COVID origin: lab or zoonotic? Views my own. RT≠endorsement

[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Wonder about living diversity?
The genes and mutations underlying Phenotypic Variation Evolution and Domestication in *all* Eukaryotes are compiled in @Gephebase https://t.co/oo2AcNSU5K - Check our white paper @biorxivpreprint https://t.co/yAf0fMg5hb #LociOfEvolution @evolvwing

[The Seeker @TheSeeker268]

"There was only a one-sided view and that the discussion was dominated by certain virologists... But the leading virologists, including my favorite virologist, never took a step back and said: Be careful! There is a second possibility. Let's all roll up our sleeves and conduct research with an open mind."

[The Seeker @TheSeeker268]

A good interview with Günter Theißen, professor and chair of genetics at the Friedrich Schiller University in Germany:

"If you read and informed yourself, then you already knew in 2020 about the possibility of a laboratory origin."
https://t.co/72T5oZF0Pk

[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

@TheSeeker268 Plus la science évolue, plus les questions deviennent pluridisciplinaires, et plus les sciences participatives prennent de l'ampleur. "
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[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Cet article @Willvs @decodeurs @Lemondefr est truffé de désinformation visant à décrédibiliser DRASTIC, mes collègues et moi-même.
https://t.co/pMARt8SHUd
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[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

@TheSeeker268 .. l'idée des #sciencesparticipatives, aussi appelées #sciencescitoyennes. L'anthropologue Lucie Gélineau, qui a étudié les sciences participatives, parle du "droit de penser des acteurs profanes et d’être reconnus dans leur capacité d’analyse critique".
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[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

The European Drosophila Society @Fly_EDS has just launched a #prize to the best #PhD thesis using #Drosophila.
🏆🪰
Deadline is Feb 2025.
Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025!
More info here: https://t.co/ietbtDdNwK

[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Le 12 décembre à Paris : une conférence grand public par notre ancienne étudiante en thèse @ManonMonier6 sur notre travail sur les colles de drosophile ⤵️

[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Several scientists who previously seemed aware of the risks and cons have now turned to such risky research. The gain for them (as individuals) is so high in our current societies.
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[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Virologist James Le Duc about recent paper manipulating coronaviruses published in @Nature : "our national and international policies to mitigate risks are failing to keep up with the rapidly advancing technology"
https://t.co/ptBKreII2e
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[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Pros: publication in top journal, high fame, more money <<< scientists

Cons: increased risk of lab accident & malevolent use <<< general public

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[Mark Rebeiz @RebeizLab]

Our new @CurrentBiology paper provides a rare glimpse into a morphological novelty in Drosophila eugracilis

In it, @gavinrrice and colleagues, infer and reproduce the likely initial steps of a novelty's formation

https://t.co/wM62RIZ6lT

[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

@gephebase Great work! @ScienceMagazine
@jon_waters_nz @peterkdearden @GrahamMcC_NZ @ludo_dutoit @TK_Dunedin @BrodieFoster @GracieKroos @Mei_Peng_Otago @TheWaspLady
Will definitely use this exemplary case for teaching!
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[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Loss of black color in Zelandoperla insects when deforestation is due to repeated selection on standing variation at an ebony allele https://t.co/J8V6eDtzws
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[Virginie Courtier Orgogozo @Biol4Ever]

Ebony is among the top 30 #HotspotGene in @gephebase!
https://t.co/QXCqfnykBT
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