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ARC Future Fellow|Marine Sensory Ecology Group University of Queensland| 🐠🐙🧠👀🧬| 🇨🇭🏔️—> 🇦🇺🌊
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Cynthia Riginos
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Three-way hybridization of table corals in the Acropora hyacinthus group from the southern Great Barrier Reef results in parallel adaptive introgression. Check out our new preprint:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
#CoralSky
#MarEvol
#coral
#popgen
#consgen
#genomics
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#LilyFogg
and I wrote a
#popscience
article about the recent
#deepsea
#fish
visual development paper in
@theconversation.com
Study in
@science.org
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tinyurl.com/ytxtttft
theconversation.com/deep-sea-fis...
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Deep-sea fish larvae rewrite the rules of how eyes can be built
Deep-sea fish larvae combine features of both rods and cones into a single, highly specialised cell that is optimised for life in between light and darkness.
https://theconversation.com/deep-sea-fish-larvae-rewrite-the-rules-of-how-eyes-can-be-built-275552?utm_medium=article_native_share
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Todd Oakley
7 months ago
I am happy to share a new review article, as part of a future special issue on vision in challenging environments, led by
@fishevo.bsky.social
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Adam T. Downie
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@biologyopen.bsky.social
highlighting our new
#OA
paper on the impacts of uvr☀️on clownfish embryo development 🐠🥚
@craigefranklin.bsky.social
@drfishvis.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1242/bio....
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Fresh off the press 💥 Deep-sea fish reveal an alternative developmental trajectory for vertebrate vision | Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Deep-sea fish reveal an alternative developmental trajectory for vertebrate vision
Hybrid photoreceptors in larval deep-sea fish reveal evolution of an alternative developmental trajectory for vertebrate vision.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx2596
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Michi Forsthofer
8 months ago
This Thursday, 13:00 GMT+1 (1pm UK, 2pm Europe) we have the Sussex Vision series coming back. Tune in at
m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
to hear Fabio Cortesi talk about vision in coral reef fishes. See you there!
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FishEvo Zuzana Musilova
8 months ago
We're hiring a postdoc!👀 Join us to explore the amazing world of (deep-sea) fish vision! We're looking for a curious researcher to work with histology, FISH, and even crispr! Apply by 14 July 2025. Thks for sharing!
#PostdocJobs
#DeepSea
#FishVision
#Evolution
www.fishevo.com/open-postdoc...
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Our latest on the use of colour in marine critters - this one is about fiddler crabs waving their enlarged claw as a predator distraction 🦀 Watch the movie for some good entertainment ;)
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Yoav Gilad
9 months ago
We developed CrossFilt, a read-level, cross-species filtering approach that avoids these errors without sacrificing usable data. It outperforms all existing strategies and exposes just how much signal in comparative genomics has been misread.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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CrossFilt: A Cross-species Filtering Tool that Eliminates Alignment Bias in Comparative Genomics Studies
Comparative functional genomic studies are often affected by biased read mapping across species due to inter-species differences in genome structure, sequence composition, and annotation quality. We d...
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.05.654938
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FishEvo Zuzana Musilova
9 months ago
New review on deep-sea fish vision and the contribution of genomic and transcriptomic data. Part of the future special issue on vision in challenging environments in Functional Ecology:-). With
@drfishvis.bsky.social
in
@funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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💥 New perspective out in
@functionalanalysis.bsky.social
w.
@fishevo.bsky.social
An (omics) perspective on the evolution of vision in deep‐sea fishes reveals exceptional adaptations to life in the extreme 🐟🧬👀
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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An (omics) perspective on the evolution of vision in deep‐sea fishes reveals exceptional adaptations to life in the extreme
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.70074
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Steven Robbins
9 months ago
Very excited to present the Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database (GBR-MGD), a comprehensive DB of 1000s of high-quality prokaryote, virus, plasmid, and chromosome-level eukaryote MAGs using Nanopore long reads. Subthreads incoming. Please share widely. 🙂
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef
Large genome databases have markedly improved our understanding of marine microorganisms. Although these resources have focused on prokaryotes, genomes from many dominant marine lineages, such as Pela...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653689v1.full-text
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1/n Amphiprion percula aka
#nemo
ready to spawn. This is one of our most proficient breeding pairs in the University of Queensland breeding colony. The female will adhere her eggs to the pot for the male to fertilise —> see next post
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A vertebrate
#vision
community effort to standardise the way we call image forming photoreceptors, with new marker genes to delineate the receptor types. 👀📸📞 PR0 = rod photoreceptor PR1 = formerly lws receptor PR2 … PR3 …
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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A standardized nomenclature for the rods and cones of the vertebrate retina
Vertebrate photoreceptors have been studied for well over a century, but a fixed nomenclature for referring to orthologous cell types across species has been lacking. In this Consensus View, the autho...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003157&?utm_id=plos111&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author
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Alex Maile
10 months ago
1/11 New
#OpenAccess
#anglerfish
paper in
@plosone.org
! We combine genomic, mitochondrial, and morphological data to produce the most complete evolutionary hypothesis for anglerfishes! Includes new body shape, habitat analyses, and a new frogfish subfamily) 🦑
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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A total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei)
The anglerfishes and allies (Lophioidei) are a diverse group of fishes with over 400 carnivorous species that are renowned for their remarkable hunting behavior employing a modified first dorsal-fin s...
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322369
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Eliot Miller
10 months ago
*** Academic BFD alert *** We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time.
@snacktavish.bsky.social
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Adam T. Downie
10 months ago
Our 🚨new paper🚨 in
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
reviews & roadmaps how physiology can improve our understanding of 🔥#climatechange🔥 induced
#tropicalisation🔃
of marine fishes🐟 & help inform management!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Physiological Traits for Predicting Poleward Extensions in Tropical Fishes: From Lab to Management
We review the physiological mechanisms that permit poleward range expansions of tropical reef fishes into temperate waters. Filling in key knowledge gaps, we develop a framework to improve the implem...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.70213
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Journal of Experimental Biology
10 months ago
If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant & ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at
biologists.com/grants/#jeb
The next application deadline is 6 June Please repost to spread the word
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Thorsten Reusch
10 months ago
Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics
@geomarkiel.bsky.social
/ University of Kiel
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June
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Blue-lined
#octopus
🐙 That’s the post…
@wensungceph.bsky.social
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Monday blues 🐢
#turtle
#heronisland
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Australian Society for Fish Biology
11 months ago
#JobOpportunity
at University of Tasmania… 👋🐟🌿 🚨Deadline: Wed 9 April 🚨 🎣
#Postdoc
in Seagrass Restoration, to aid recovery of red
#handfish
🗓️ Fixed, full time – to June 2026 💰 $121,737 👀
careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50094...
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Nature
11 months ago
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
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Bad romance: male octopuses inject deadly venom into their mates
Nature - The paralysing toxin deployed by the male blue-lined octopus might help to protect him from being eaten.
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
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Blue-lined
#octopus
🐙 That’s the post…
@wensungceph.bsky.social
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Nicholas Wu
11 months ago
🚨 Lecturer in Animal Behaviour position
@waikatouniversity.bsky.social
. Fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about teaching & research in animal behaviour, preferably on birds, amphibians, reptiles or bats. 📍 Hamilton, NZ Closes: 4th May 2025 🔗
www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
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#ultraviolet
#colour
&
#vision
in colourful
#damselfish
#Nemo
Go check it out 🐠 👁️ 🌈
@vtettama.bsky.social
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Danni Thompson
11 months ago
1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting.
#BOU2025
#ornithology
#seabirds
#ecology
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Zebrafish Rock!
11 months ago
#ZebrafishCareers
🇬🇧 (Postdoc)
#killifish
Link to MacDonald Lab website:
zebrafishucl.org/macdonald-la...
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Rodrigo Suárez, PhD
11 months ago
Two more weeks before the deadline to recruit a 3-year Postdoctoral position in Systems Neuroscience - Bioinformatics applied to Brain Evo-Devo. Please RT and/or apply at:
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
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Meanwhile, a few months back at home in the 🏔️🇨🇭
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Randall Munroe
about 1 year ago
Incoming Asteroid
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The story as an audio 🐙💉☠️❤️
@currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
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Male octopuses are usually killed by females after mating. Now, they may have found a way out
A male blue-lined octopus often becomes their partner's meal after mating but the University of Queensland's Fabio Cortesi tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe some males have found a way to survive.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5334490/male-octopuses-are-usually-killed-by-females-after-mating-now-they-may-have-found-a-way-out
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Randall Munroe
11 months ago
Lungfish
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Rodrigo Suárez, PhD
12 months ago
Interested in complex systems, brain evo-devo, and/or computational approaches to big questions in neuroscience? Check out new opportunities in our lab! 🧠🧬💻🦘🔬🏝️🏄♀️😍 Further details and deadlines will be announced soon!
#PhD
#Postdoc
#NeuroJobs
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Pranesh Padmanabhan
11 months ago
📣 PhD Opportunity in Mathematical Modelling at The University of Queensland
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Olivia Bernauer, PhD
11 months ago
Two PhD Scholarships to study Australian stingless bees 🐝 and crop pollination at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney Uni - deadline March 31. Sounds like a great project - reach out with questions - I did my PhD in this lab!
www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...
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Native bees and crop pollination - Two PhD scholarships available | Western Sydney University
https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/scholarships/current_scholarships/current_scholarships/native_bees_and_crop_pollination_-_two_phd_scholarships_available
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The actual study 🐙💉❤️
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate females to facilitate copulation
Chun et al. show that in the blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate females during copulation, most likely as a defense against being cannibalized.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00057-0
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Our recent effort in the octopus 🐙 space. Published in
@currentbiology.bsky.social
and written up in
@cnn.com
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
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This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten | CNN
Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/13/science/blue-lined-octopus-venom-mating-scli-intl
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First post is of these lil beauts! F1 orange x black Amphiprion ocellaris aka. moccha morph. They’ve finally started breeding 🤩 Fresh clutch on the right side of the pot, yay
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