Séminaire GTI 2023

On Wednesday 22 November, GTI fellows, tutors, and friends of CEBioS gathered for the annual GTI Day. This was an excellent opportunity to present their work and research carried out as part of their GTI scholarship in Belgium, their experience as a trainee and as a tutor, and to chat together in a convivial atmosphere.

After the presentations, Wouter Dekoninck took us on a tour of the entomology collection at the Institute of Natural Sciences.

The programme was as follows:

9.30 – 10.00: Welcome

10:00 – 10:15: Welcome by Luc Janssens de Bisthoven, CEBioS coordinator

10:15 – 10:30: Presentation of the GTI programme

10:30 – 11:45: Presentations by each GTI trainee.

• Silue Dolourou: Identification et numérisation des fourmis indigènes et exotiques de la réserve du Haut-Bandama de Côte d’Ivoire.
• Christella Suavis Iradukunda: Ground Ant diversity and Abundance in Nyagasenyi Remnant forest, Rwanda
• Firmin Abandedji: PhytoNokoué – Inventaire taxonomique de la flore phytoplanctonique du lac Nokoué et ses tributaires au Bénin
• Boris Olou: Introduction de quelques nouvelles espèces d’Afrique tropicale des genres Coltricia, Fulvifomes, Ganoderma, et Phylloporia en utilisant une approche intégrative, morphologie et phylogénie moléculaire
• Thierry Agblonon: Taxonomie et catalogue des mollusques des milieux estuariens et lagunaires du Bénin

11.45 – 12.30: Presentations by current tutors (2023).

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30 – 15:00: Visit to the entomology collection

Pictures of the event can be found here.

The GTI Focal Point and CEBioS wish to thank all participants for the enriching presentations and excellent questions.

We hope to see you soon for next year’s edition.