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Welcome!

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 DroEU 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
.

 

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 December 19th 2025 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.

Title/abstract submission for contributed talks or posters

Please note that only titles (but not abstracts) are required for contributed talks for the DrosEU meeting.

Registration and title (DrosEU meeting) or abstract (D. suzukii meeting) submission occur in two separate steps: upon acceptance of your registration, you will be able to submit an title/abstract via the title/bstract submission page until December 19th 2025. When submitting your title/abstract, you will be asked to indicate to which event it is related. You can submit separate title/abstracts for the two events. Decision regarding the selection for contributed talks will be made in January 2026.

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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