on the 19th of April, the BDIV PhD day will take place in seminar room b.059 (Université catholique de Louvain, Carnoy building, Croix du Sud 4). We would like to heartily invite all BDIV members to listen to series of talks given by the PhD students. For details, please check the attached program and abstracts.
Day Progam
The day program 
and the abstract book of the PhD day
9h – 9h15 Welcome coffee
9h15 – 9h30 Introduction to the PhD day
9h30 – 11h Long presentations (45 min)
“Predicting climate and land-use change related range expansion in the Large Copper, a butterfly of European conservation concern” by Youri Martin
“Conditional dispersal in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae: effects of genetic relatedness and population density on dispersal distance” by Ellyn Bitume
Coffee and tea available in the room – free service
11h – 11h40 Technical workshop (40 min) by Sébastien Combéfis (INGI)
“Introduction to LaTex”
11h40 – 12h Short presentations (20 min) – Session 1
“Butterfly resource-use in intensively and extensively managed meadows: observational and experimental data with Maniola jurtina as a model” by Julie Lebeau
12h – 13h Lunch at the Cafetaria - sandwiches
13h – 14h30 Meet the expert by Pierre Legendre
Seminar on multivariate analysis: "What are the important spatial scales in an ecosystem ?"
14h30 – 15h30 Short presentations (20 min) – Session 2
“Insects-endosymbionts relationships: mechanisms and phenotypes associated with the secondary endosymbiont Serratia symbiotica in several aphid species” by François Renoz
“Impact of parasitoids on wing development in different clones of Aphis fabae: implication of alarm and sexual pheromones” by Jennifer Pirotte
“Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of ant-eating spiders (Zodariidae) with special reference to forest dwelling Afrotropical taxa” by Arnaud Henrard
14h50 – 15h Coffee/tea break
15h30 – 16h30 Short presentations (20 min) – Session 3
“Geographic variation of olfactory communication in butterflies: the male sex pheromones in the Bicyclus genus” by Paul Bacquet
“The influence of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of life history traits in Tetrahymena thermophila” by Virginie Thuillier
“Swimming with protists: from individual movement behaviour to population spread” by Frank Pennekamp
Coffee and tea available in the room – free service
16h40 – 17h30 Workshop (40 min) by Walid Sadok
“The next steps in your career. What is the path?”
17h30 Award for the best presentation and conclusions
