ILEE Research Day 2023

The annual scientific meeting of ILEE
  • When Mar 31, 2023 from 09:00 AM to 04:30 PM (Europe/Brussels / UTC200)
  • Where Le Delta, Avenue Golenvaux 18, Namur
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ILEE's annual Research Day, edition 2023, was a very exciting event!

We were lucky to hold it in a beautiful location - le Delta of Namur!

Theodoros Iliopoulos was the invited keynote speaker, who gave an exciting and very informative talk from the field of environmental law. A good occasion as well to further reinforce our links with the CMK (Center of Environmental Sciences) at UHasselt where Theodorus is working as FUW researcher.

Another invited talk was given by Mathias Lucas from the NCP Wallonie (National Contact Point), where we learned about the European programmes that support research.

And of course, there were prices to win! Corentin Visée (Geography) and Martin Vlieghe (Geology) convinced the jury to merit the prices for the best poster and best oral presentation! Congratulations!!

Well done as well ALL other speakers, the quality of presentations was very high.

See photographs here!

Programme:

 8h30

Welcome with coffee & bits

 9h00

Workshop summary: Where do you go to my ILEE? – Carolin Mayer

 9h15

Design of bio-controlled insecticides based on bug chitin disruption strategies – Laurane Guillaume

 9h35

Malaria risk mapping in Senegal: combining environmental and human factors – Camille Morlighem

 9h55

Flash: Genome assembly of the three cryptic freeze tolerant species of Melampus snail – Jessica Ody (Poster)

10h00

Flash: Effects of natural and synthetic estrogens on the immune system of zebrafish - Laura Burattin (Poster)

10h05

Flash: Effects of natural and synthetic estrogens on the metamorphosis of zebrafish - Nathalie Leroux (Poster)

10h10

Flash: Monitoring microplastics in Ikopa river (Madagascar) – Andry Rabezanahary (Poster)

10h15

Invited talk: European financial programmes – Mathias Lucas, NCP Wallonie (National Contact Point)

10h45

Coffee break

11h15

Climate impact on agricultural land use change and pollinator’s distribution – Sarah Smet

11h35

Impact of restoration efforts on invertebrate composition in a Belgian stream – Lievin Castelain

11h55

Effects of low temperature on sexual and methylation genes in mangrove rivulus embryos – Ivan Blanco Alvarez

12h15

Flash: Importance of water related predictors on population distribution in Senegal – Corentin Visée (Poster)

12h20

Flash: The challenge of the physic team in ILEE: to better understand the gas phase in order to better quantify atmospheric pollutants – Bastien Vispoel, Jean Clément, Nicolas Dricot, Emile Ducreux, Loïc Trompet, Olivier Browet, and Muriel Lepère (Poster)

12h25

Keynote: The promotion of renewable energy and the challenges for biodiversity - Theodoros Iliopoulos, CMK UHasselt

13h05

Lunch & Poster Session

14h00

The role of traits in predicting population growth – Daniel Oluwafemi Olusoji

14h20

Exceptional occurrence of nepouite in the Grand Aven du Mont Marcou (Hérault, France) – Martin Vlieghe

14h40

Trait plasticity effects on the stability of phytoplankton communities – Mark Holmes

15h00

Film: Searching for the mangrove rivulus – Frédéric Silvestre

15h45

General Annual Meeting ILEE

16h00

Award ceremony

16h10

Closing Drink