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General Information

Full Name Julien Devilliers
Languages French (native), English (fluent), Italian (basis)

Education

  • 2021-
    PhD Genetics
    University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
  • 2019-2021
    MSc Systematic, Evolution and Systematic
    Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
  • 2018-2019
    BSc Population Biology and Behaviour
    Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne, France

Positions

  • 2022 -
    Post Graduate Researcher representative
    University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    • PGR rep for the Departement of Genetics and Genomes Biology, including Safety Team, PGR and Academic Staff contributions.

Communication

  • 2022
    Talk
    Ento22 (Royal Entomological Society)
    • Evolution of the sensory system in dipterans and origin of hematophagy
  • 2022
    Poster
    EuroEvoDevo2022 (European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology)
    • Evolution of the sensory system in mosquitoes
  • 2023
    Talk
    Ento23 (Royal Entomological Society)
    • Anopheles gambiae, male vs. female: a single cell transcriptomic approach
  • 2023
    Poster
    SMBE23 (Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution)
    • Multiple emergences of hematophagy in Diptera: Is there a genetic background required for such behaviour?
  • 2024
    Talk
    3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology (ESEB/ASN/SSB/SSE)
    • Molecular evolution of vision in mosquitoes (record)
  • 2024
    Talk
    Ento24 (Royal Entomological Society)
    • Molecular evolution of vision: combining single-cell, bulk RNA-seq and microscopy to unravel the visual system in mosquitoes.

Talks as invited speaker

  • 2023
    Evolution et Développement des Variations Phénotypiques (EDVP), Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (MNHN, Paris, France)
    • Presentation mosquito work with phylogenomics and single cell projects (13/03/2023) / Invited by PhD students
  • 2024
    Vice-chancellor’s visit Department of Genetics and Genomes Biology (University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)
    • Molecular investigation of the sensory system in mosquitoes (PhD work) presentation (11/01/2024) / Invited by Dr Jacqui Shaw (Head of the Department)
  • 2024
    Lab visit Centre for Advance Study of Collective Behaviour (University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany)
    • A multidisciplinary approach of the evolution of vision in butterflies and mosquitoes (MSc and PhD work) presentation (16/05/2024) / Invited by Dr James Foster