16th DrosEU meeting and satellite Drosophila suzukii International conference (13-17 April, 2026 in Montpellier)

We welcome you to the 16th DrosEU Meeting & Drosophila suzukii Satellite Conference 2026 in Montpellier

The European Drosophila Population Genomics Consortium (DrosEU) is a collaborative consortium of scientists and laboratories interested in evolutionary genetics and genomics of Drosophila species. Its main objective is to cooperate closely in collecting, generating and analysing genomic and environmental data for several Drosophila populations across the globe.

Special focus:

Following the general DrosEU meeting on April 13-14, 2026, we will host a dedicated 3-day satellite meeting on April 15-17, 2026, focusing specifically on the insect pest D. suzukii.

A wide range of topics will be covered during this conference, including:
– Population genetics
– Molecular Genetics
– Host-Microbiota Interactions
– Physiology
– Ecology and Population Dynamics
– Integrated Pest Management.

Invited speakers will be:

For the DrosEU general meeting:

Population genetic and speciation:
Title to be announced
Carole Smadja, ISEM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
Molecular genetics and evo-devo:
Title to be announced
Benjamin Prud’homme, IBDM, CNRS, Marseille, France

For the D suzukii satellite meeting:

Molecular and Population Genetics:
Flies in the Frost: Genomic and Phenotypic Signals of Seasonal Adaptive Tracking in an Invasive Drosophila
Joaquin Nunez, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
Host-Microbiota Interactions:
Title to be announced
Laurence Mouton, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Ecology & Populations dynamics:
Wings of Change: the invasion ecology of Drosophila suzukii
Marco Valerio Rossi Staconi, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michelle All’Adige, Italy
Integrated Pest Management:
Title to be announced
Michelle Fountain, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom

FULL PROGRAME

Registration & Fees

Non-DrosEU members are welcome to register to the DrosEU meeting, the D. suzukii meeting or both events. Registration is open until December 19th 2025 via the registration page. Abstract submission is not required for registration to either the DrosEU or the D. suzukii meeting.

To make both meetings accessible to the widest audience, registration is free of charge. Free lunches will be provided during the meetings.

Online attendance

People can select the option to attend the meeting online when registrering via the registration page. A Zoom link will be sent the week before the meeting. Please note that abstract submission will only be possible for in-person attendees.

Abstract submission for contributed talks or posters

Registration and abstract submission occur in two separate steps: upon acceptance of your registration, you will be able to submit an abstract via the abstract submission page until December 19th 2025. When submitting your abstract, you will be asked to indicate to which event it is related. You can submit separate abstracts for the two events. Decision regarding the selection for contributed talks will be made in January 2026.

Cancellation: If you cannot make it to the conference, please be mindful to notify the organizers (droseusuz@sciencesconf.org). Attendance to the meeting is limited to 100 people, so cancelling your participation will save seats for another attendee.

Scientific committee

Simon Boitard, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Séverine Chambeyron, IGH, CNRS, Montpellier, France

Luis-Miguel Chevin, CEFE, CNRS, France

Thomas Flatt, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Mathieu Gautier, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Josefa González, Institut Botànic de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

Martin Kapun, Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria

Nicolas Rode, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Svitlana Serga, CBGP, INRAE, Montpellier, France

Mathieu Sicard, ISEM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Ghais Zriki, CTIFL, Balandran, France