On April 2nd, the Centre for Integrative Conservation organized a one-day meeting to bring together all the research groups working on figs (Ficus).The theme of the seminar was “How to be a fig”. 

19 presentations were made by professors and students. Professors Yang Darong, Peng Yanqiong, Wang Ruiwu, Yann Surget-Grob made presentations entitled “Geographic and morphological variation of Ficus auriculata in China”, “Absence of host sanctions promotes the evolution of pollinator wasp cheating in Eupristina wasps associated with two Asian Ficus species”, “Asymmetric selection in fig-fig wasp mutualism”, “Genomic adaptations to environmental factors in tropical trees: Ficus auriculata as a model species”, “threats to figs in equatorial Singapore” respectively.  

 The seminar covered such research topics relevant with figs as: systematics, biogeography, ecology, physiology, ethnobotany, paleoecology, frugivory, cultivation, in- and ex-situ conservation, etc.  

Prof. Yang Darong making presentation