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Scientific community - Biology of Reproduction - Development VSD 2026 symposium - 23rd-27th March, Crete, Greece

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🚨 LAST DAY 🚨 Time flies, it's already the last day of the meeting 🥹 But we still have some wonderful talks ahead of us, starting with Diego Cortez Quezada about sex chromosome regulation in reptiles 🦎 Reminder : don't forget to bring us your bingo cards before 11am. #VSD26 #Reptiles #theEnd

HERITAGE NIGHT ! 🤍 We are now celebrating the remarkable careers of wonderful scientists that left a deep print in our community. Thank you for your legacy : Blanche Capel, Arthur Arnold, Jenny Graves, Marilyn Renfree, Tanaka Minoru & Eric Pailhoux ! 🙏 #VSD26 #heritage

🚨 VSD26 Day 3 ! It's a busy day and we are starting it with a very interesting talk from Eric Vilain about Sry genetic testing in sport. 🏅🧬 A very important topic, and definitely leaving us with many things to reconsider 🤔 #VSD26 #day3

🚨 ECR event after coffee break 🚨 We encourage all ECRs and non ECRs to attend the workshop : It's time to move on - Getting the next position in Academia ✨ We all have questions, doubts, imposter syndrome... 🤯 These discussions are important and helpful to our young members. ✊ #VSD26 #ECR

🚨 VSD26 DAY 4 🚨 We are starting the day with a keynote lecture by Minoru Tanaka. He will tell us about the origin of sex and reproduction. ✨ Reminder : Don't forget to add your team to the Academic tree🌲 Enjoy the day ! Thanks again to our sponsors @biologists.bsky.social SSR #VSD26 #day4

🚨 IT'S DAY 2 of VSD26 After a successful start, we are continuing today with our second plenary speaker. Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes is presenting her amazing work on sex-specific features and reaggregation of human fetal gonads. 🧬 Enjoy day 2 ! ✨ #VSD26 #crete #day2

🚨 VSD party 🚨 It's time to join the celebration of our 10th edition of VSD, for a good time fun ! 🎉 Enjoy ✨ #VSD26 #VSD #crete #fun

What a beautiful day in Crete ! ✨ We are all happy to share these special moments with you Photo by @gunes-taylor.bsky.social #VSD26 #Crete

2mo

Presenting our latest turtle sex determination preprint at the @biol-vsd.bsky.social meeting in beautiful Crete 😊. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

2mo

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There are several gecko species native to Crete and they have different sex-determining systems. The Common Wall Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) has TSD. The Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) has XX/XY sex chromosomes. We found both at the conference hotel! 🧪🦎 @biol-vsd.bsky.social

Rafael D. Acemel

2mo