The genetic origins of the world's first farmers clarified
17.06.2022
The genetic origins of the first agriculturalists in the Neolithic period long seemed to lie in the Near East. A new study published in the journal Cell shows that the first farmers actually represented…
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Professor LeBoeuf awarded HFSP Grant: Exchange as key to Research Excellence
17.06.2022
Adria LeBoeuf is Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg's Department of Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, where she is a recipient of a SNSF PRIMA grant since 2019 and has just been awarded a…
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Understanding the factors influencing the growth of Zelkova abelicea in browsing exclosures
10.06.2022
Scientific article written by Laurence Fazan, Gregor Kozlowski and co-authors, published in the journal "Global Ecology and Conservation"
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Mais que peuvent bien se dire les fourmis?
03.06.2022
Les fourmis ont mis au point un système de communication pour le moins étonnant: pour transmettre un message, elles vomissent dans la bouche de leurs congénères. Ce comportement répond au doux nom de trophallaxie.…
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The New UniFR Grant Tool is finally here!
07.04.2022
A new tool has been developed by the DIT in collaboration with the SPR in order to help UniFR researchers find and apply for funding. The new grant tool is very easy of access and handily regroups in one…
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Ecology & Evolution research groups have moved to building PER23
05.04.2022
The Ecology & Evolution research groups of Sven Bacher, Louis-Félix Bersier, Thomas Flatt, Kimberly Gilbert, Christian Parisod, Rudolf Rohr and Daniel Wegmann groups are now working in the former laboratoire…
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Biodiversity: using artificial intelligence to better identify areas to protect
01.04.2022
Can more species be saved from extinction by using artificial intelligence? A team of researchers, led by SIB Group Leader Daniele Silvestro of the University of Fribourg and University of Gothenburg,…
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Des ascidiens made in Fribourg
25.03.2022
Parce qu'il ne savait pas que c'était impossible, Simon Blanchoud l'a fait! Le chercheur fribourgeois a réussi à élever des ascidies coloniales en captivité, ces invertébrés marins aux propriétés régénératives…
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«Alien Species» - ein Thema, das den Leuten unter den Nägeln brennt
04.03.2022
Der Biologe Sven Bacher gehört zu den meistzitierten Wissenschaftler_innen der Welt. Im Interview erklärt er, warum sein Spezialgebiet «Alien Species» auf so viel Interesse stösst und wie er bei seiner…
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