Last week, part of the META-MORPHOSIS team attended the 13th Symposium de Morphométrie et d'Évolution des Formes (SMEF) in Lyon, France. I was truly honored to be invited to deliver the keynote lecture at a meeting that holds a very special place in my scientific journey.
The “Fourth Elements” was the theme of this year’s Museumnacht. Inspired by this theme, we developed a variety of games for different age groups to introduce the public to salamander diversity, ecology, and conservation.
I co-organized a symposium at the SICB meeting with Ronald Bonett and Molly Womack on The Evolutionary Consequences of Metamorphosis in Metazoans! We ran the event in a hybrid format to ensure participation from speakers facing travel or weather disruptions...
Morgane Fournier and I participated in the Nacht der Forschung event with the University of Bern, where we had the opportunity to present our research projects and discuss our work directly with the public...
From August 17 to 22, 2025, Morgane Fournier, Vivien Louppe, and I attended the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) Congress in Barcelona. I was invited to give a talk as part of a symposium on craniofacial evolution organized by…
Morgane Fournier and I recently traveled to Madrid to visit the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, where we acquired an important new collection of Fire Salamander and Alpine Newt samples. Thanks to the invaluable support of Marta Calvo...
A few weeks ago, the entire team took part in the Museum Night at the Natural History Museum in Bern. The public were actively involved in talking to us about our research. In addition, we developed a game to learn…
We are back with Morgane at one of our favourite museums, La Specola in Firenze!!!! This time, we were there to loan Fire salamander specimens! We spent the day...
I was in Dijon to CT-scan salamander specimens at the GISMO platform of the University of Burgundy, and I was truly impressed by the CT scanner they use there! I spent two days working with Lauriane Poloni...
I spent two weeks in Berkeley expanding the salamander database! The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology houses one of the world’s finest collections of salamanders and ontogenetic series. It also carries the remarkable legacy of Dave Wake, one of the most…
