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

🚨 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

🚨 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

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...

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

🚨 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

🚨 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 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

🚨 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

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

🏝️ In Crete island, enjoying the iconic Vertebrate Sex Determination Synposium @biol-vsd.bsky.social Thanks to the organizers for the invitation and especially to @nitzan-gonen.bsky.social & Humphrey Yao for making this meeting a reality

VSD SOUVENIR ! 🎁 For this 10th edition of the VSD meeting, we designed a special bottle for each one of you ! 🥰 You can get your bottle in front of the Athena room from now on (and as such stay hydrated ) ! Thanks to our VSD23 logo winner Somboon Wankanit 🎉 #VSD26 #souvenirs #crete

🚨 It's officially the start of the conference ! Our first keynote speaker is Marilyn Renfree, who is going to talk to us about Marsupials. 🦘 Enjoy the conference ! #VSD2026

📢 ECR Meet & Greet It's still time to join us and meet with other ECRs around a drink ! 🍺 You'll get the opportunity to meet and reconnect with members of the VSD community and share your experiences ! #VSD26 #ECR #Greece

🚨 IT'S TIME 🚨 We are all so pleased to welcome you to the 10th edition of the VSD symposium ! Registration has now started next to the Athena lounge. Enjoy the conference ! #VSD2026 #science #greece @nitzan-gonen.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social

🚨 D-2 before our meeting VSD26 🚨 Few reminders : - Need a ride from the airport ? you can ask/check for it in our slack group / or contact the hotel. -registration desk opens on Sunday from 6-7pm. - Meet & greet event for ECRs starts at 8:30pm. We look forward to seeing you 🇬🇷 #VSD26

📣 Dear attendees D-28 until we meet in Crete ! 🇬🇷 During the conference, you'll have the opportuniy to join several events. To help us organize things smoothly, please fill out the survey sent by email by February 28th. We cant wait to see you there ! #VSD26 #ScientificMeeting #Crete

🚨 Last call for registrations 🚨 Only D-39 days to go until our conference !! ⏳ Don't forget to register - February 20th is the deadline ! ⏰👇 📍https://biology-of-vsd.my.canva.site/ We are looking forward to see you all in Crete ! #VSD2026 #RegisterNow

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