16th DrosEU meeting and satellite Drosophila suzukii International conference>

Welcome!

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED ENQUIRIES CAN BE SENT TO droseusuz@sciencesconf.org

The European Drosophila Population Genomics Consortium (DrosEU) is a collaborative consortium of scientists and laboratories interested in evolutionary genetics and genomics of Drosophila species. Its main objective is to cooperate closely in collecting, generating and analysing genomic and environmental data for several Drosophila populations across the globe.

For the next meeting, a special focus will be put on the insect pest Drosophila suzukii
after the general DrosEU meeting on April 13-14 2026, we will organize a 3-day satellite meeting dedicated to D. suzukii on April 15-17 2026.

A wide range of topics will be covered during this conference, including:
- Population genetics
- Molecular Genetics
- Host-Microbiota Interactions
- Physiology
- Ecology and Population Dynamics
- Integrated Pest Management
.

 

Instructions for talks

Contributed talks

Contributed presentations should be 10-minute long for the DrosEU meeting and 15 minute-long for the D. suzukii meeting. An email with specific instructions will be sent.

Invited talks

Invited presentations should be 40-minute long for both the DrosEU meeting and the D. suzukii meeting. An email with specific instructions will be sent before the meeting.

Location

The DrosEU and D. suzukii meetings will be held in the amphitheater of the CNRS Campus in Montpellier (France).

 

Registration

Non DrosEU members are welcome to register to the DrosEU meeting, the D. suzukii meeting or both events. Registration is open until January 30th 2026 via the registration page. Abstract submission is not required for registration to either the DrosEU or the D. suzukii meeting.

Online attendance

People can select the option to attend the meeting online when registrering via the registration page. A Zoom link will be sent the week before the meeting. Please note that abstract submission will only be possible for in-person attendees.

Fee

To make both meetings accessible to the widest audience, registration is free of charge
Free lunches will be provided during the meetings.

Cancellation

If you cannot make it to the conference, please be mindful to notify the organizers (droseusuz@sciencesconf.org). Attendance to the meeting is limited to 100 people, so cancelling your participation will save seats for another attendee.

 

Invited speakers

DrosEU general meeting

Population genetic and speciation:
Title to be announced
Carole Smadja, ISEM, CNRS, Montpellier, France

Molecular genetics and evo-devo:
Kissing X chromosomes specify sex-specific gene expression patterns in flies
Benjamin Prud'homme, IBDM, CNRS, Marseille, France

D suzukii satellite meeting

Molecular and Population Genetics: 
Flies in the Frost: Genomic and Phenotypic Signals of Seasonal Adaptive Tracking in an Invasive Drosophila
Joaquin Nunez, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

Host-Microbiota Interactions:
Title to be announced
Laurence Mouton, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Ecology & Populations dynamics:
Wings of Change: the invasion ecology of Drosophila suzukii 
Marco Valerio Rossi Staconi, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy

Integrated Pest Management:
Integrated Pest Management of Drosophila suzukii
Michelle Fountain, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom

 

Organizing committee

Local DrosEU committee

Simon Boitard, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Séverine Chambeyron, IGH, CNRS, Montpellier, France

Mathieu Gautier, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Nicolas Rode, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Svitlana Serga, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

External member

Luis-Miguel Chevin, CEFE, CNRS, Montpellier, France

 

Scientific committee

Simon Boitard, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Séverine Chambeyron, IGH, CNRS, Montpellier, France

Luis-Miguel Chevin, CEFE, CNRS, France

Thomas Flatt, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Mathieu Gautier, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Josefa González, Institut Botànic de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

Martin Kapun, Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria

Nicolas Rode, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Svitlana Serga, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Mathieu Sicard, ISEM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Ghais Zriki, CTIFL, Balandran, France

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