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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.
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