The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Symposium 21 May 2026 Denis Duboule The Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms Guest lecturer 28 May 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Claude Desplan Spatial and temporal contributions to neural diversification Guest lecturer 4 Jun 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Claude Desplan From the visual system to the cortex: Stochastic lineages in invertebrates and mammals Guest lecturer 11 Jun 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Claude Desplan Evolutionary adaptation of neurogenesis in learning centers Guest lecturer 18 Jun 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Claude Desplan Pheromones and societies Next 9 series Filters Event type Event type (-) Lecture (9) Symposium (10) Opening lecture (2) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (1) 2024 - 2025 (1) 2023 - 2024 (1) 2022 - 2023 (1) 2021 - 2022 (1) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (1) 2017 - 2018 (1) Active filters Lecture 2025 - 2026 Lecture DNA, a witness to the evolution of animals Denis Duboule 06 Mar 2026 → 27 Mar 2026 06 Mar 2026 → 27 Mar 2026 2024 - 2025 Lecture Regulation of embryonic development genes ; enhancer sequences Denis Duboule 21 Feb 2025 → 28 Mar 2025 21 Feb 2025 → 28 Mar 2025 2023 - 2024 Lecture The embryo factory Denis Duboule 14 May 2024 → 04 Jun 2024 14 May 2024 → 04 Jun 2024 2022 - 2023 Lecture The stages of embryonic development Denis Duboule 16 May 2023 → 13 Jun 2023 16 May 2023 → 13 Jun 2023 2021 - 2022 Lecture Developmental genes and evolution. The transition from fins to limbs in tetrapods Denis Duboule 17 May 2022 → 21 Jun 2022 17 May 2022 → 21 Jun 2022 2020 - 2021 Lecture Developmental gene regulation and genetic syndromes : mechanisms, constraints and atavisms Denis Duboule 04 May 2021 → 08 Jun 2021 04 May 2021 → 08 Jun 2021 2019 - 2020 Lecture Genetic regulation and development : enhancer sequences Denis Duboule 12 May 2020 → 02 Jun 2020 12 May 2020 → 02 Jun 2020 2018 - 2019 Lecture Organoids, embryoids and in vitro development Denis Duboule 07 May 2019 → 11 Jun 2019 07 May 2019 → 11 Jun 2019 2017 - 2018 Lecture Evolution and development (evo-devo) : A history, some principles and current examples Denis Duboule 07 Mar 2018 → 11 Apr 2018 07 Mar 2018 → 11 Apr 2018