Evo-Eco-Paleo laboratory (EEP, Evo-Eco-Paléo)

Contact name	Email	phone number
VEKEMANS Xavier	eep-dir@univ-lille.fr	(+33) 3 20 43 67 53

http://eep.univ-lille.fr/fr

Bâtiment SN2, Avenue Mendeleïev
Campus Cité Scientifique, Université de Lille
59655 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ

• Evolution of reproductive systems in plants and its consequences on genome evolution • Evolution of paleo-biodiversity in relation to changes of the environment • Identification of acclimation or adaptation processes in populations of plants and marine annelids in response to recent global changes • Dynamics of mutualistic interaction networks including plant-pollinator networks • Reconstitution of paleo-ecosystems • Bioinformatics • Morphological evolution

Nombre de chercheurs : 32
Nombre de doctorants :
Nombre de personnel d'appui à la recherche : 19
Effectif total : 73

• ERC Consolidator NOVEL project "Emergence of novel phenotypes in co-evolving biological systems: allelic diversification and dominance at the Self-incompatibility locus in Arabidopsis" 🡭 • CNRS 80_PRIME project EnviroMolSed "Reconstructing Plio-Pleistocene hydrosystemsin the Omo-Turkana Basinwith integrative studies of sedimentology and freshwater mollusks" 🡭 🡭 • CPER CLIMIBIO project "Climate change, Atmospheric dynamics, Impacts on biodiversity and human health" 🡭 • ANR EARTHGREEN project "Understanding the greening of the early Earth" 🡭

• Faucher, L., Hénocq, L., Vanappelghem, C., Rondel, S., Quevillart, R., Gallina, S., … Arnaud, J.-F. (2017). When new human-modified habitats favour the expansion of an amphibian pioneer species: Evolutionary history of the natterjack toad ( Bufo calamita ) in a coal basin. Molecular Ecology, 26(17), 4434–4451. doi: 10.1111/mec.14229 🡭 • Fisogni, A., Hautekèete, N., Piquot, Y., Brun, M., Vanappelghem, C., Michez, D., & Massol, F. (2020). Urbanization drives an early spring for plants but not for pollinators. Oikos, 129(11), 1681–1691. doi: 10.1111/oik.07274 🡭 • Saumitou-Laprade, P., Vernet, P., Vekemans, X., Billiard, S., Gallina, S., Essalouh, L., … Baldoni, L. (2017). Elucidation of the genetic architecture of self-incompatibility in olive: Evolutionary consequences and perspectives for orchard management. Evolutionary Applications, 10(9), 867–880. doi: 10.1111/eva.12457 🡭 • Van Bocxlaer, B., Clewing, C., Duputié, A., Roux, C., & Albrecht, C. (2021). Population collapse in viviparid gastropods of the Lake Victoria ecoregion started before the Last Glacial Maximum. Molecular Ecology, 30(2), 364–378. doi: 10.1111/mec.15599 🡭 • Zacaï, A., Monnet, C., Pohl, A., Beaugrand, G., Mullins, G., Kroeck, D. M., & Servais, T. (2021). Truncated bimodal latitudinal diversity gradient in early Paleozoic phytoplankton. Science Advances, 7(15), eabd6709. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd6709 🡭 Discover the complete list of publications here.

National: ENS Lyon; Lab. De Géologie de Lyon; LGDP Perpignan; LBBE Lyon; INRA Rennes; Ecole Polytechnique; ISYEB MNHN; CR2P MNHN; CEFE Montpellier; ISEM Montpellier; ECOBIO Rennes; ESE Orsay; Biogéosciences Dijon; LEMAR Brest; CEREGE Poitiers International: Natural History Museum of Berlin (Germany), Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (Germany), Max Planck Potsdam (Germany), Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), The University of Queensland (Australia), Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles (Belgium), Ghent University (Belgium), Meise Botanic Garden (Belgium), University of Liège (Belgium), Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), McGill University (Canada), University of Toronto (Canada), UC Davis (USA), Colorado state University (USA), University of Nevada Reno (USA), Ohio University (USA), Indiana University (USA), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), University of Tokyo (Japan), Ehime University (Japan), Shiba University (Japan), Institute of Biophysics (Czech Republic), University of Edinburgh (UK), Durham University (UK), University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

AFIDOL, Bureau d'études OGE, Keygene (Netherlands), SESVanderHave (Belgium)

• Extraction of micro-fossils (including palynomorph fossils) and preparation for their observation • Observation and image processing of fossil and current organisms (SEM, 3D scanner) • Cultures in experimental greenhouses (Greenhouses platform, experimental crops and land)

We provide consulting services related to all our areas of expertise.

• University of Lille
• CNRS

FED 4129 IREPSE - Institut de Recherche Pluridisciplinaires en Sciences de l’Environnement GDR 3692 GE - Génomique Environnementale GDR 3645 - Ecologie statistique GDR TheoMoDive - Théorie et Modélisation de la Biodiversité GDR POLLINECO GDR 3024 RESODIV - Approches méthodologiques des dynamiques de l'agrobiodiversité : terrains, réseaux, modèles GDR 3765 AIEM - Approche Interdisciplinaire de l'Evolution Moléculaire IRN Silene

• Health and Nutrition
• Energy and Environment
• Maritime Ambitions
• Biodiversity
• Food ingredients
• Societal and economic transition & Risk management
• Territories, heritage and culture
• Industrial and territorial ecology
• Observation, monitoring and management of the environment
• Digital World and Robotics
• Artificial intelligence, image processing, data science
• Protection and development of the coastline