Emília Santos
@emiliapsantos.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at @CamZoology studying pigmentation and neural crest evolution in cichlids.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY! Senior Researcher in Freshwater Environmental Genetics to work with us on the ERC REFRESH Programme studying the role of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems shorturl.at/zOajg @pennyjohnes.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @ercrefresh.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY! Senior Researcher in Freshwater Environmental Genetics to work with us on the ERC REFRESH Programme studying the role of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems shorturl.at/zOajg @pennyjohnes.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @ercrefresh.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
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I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
Insertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish
For over a century, evolutionary biologists have been motivated to understand the mechanisms through which organisms adapt to their environments. Coloration and pigmentation are remarkably variable wi...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
New preprint led by the brilliant @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social on cichlid brain diversification, fgf8a signalling and regulatory divergence with TEs on the mix! All part of a wonderful collaboration with @ebablab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New preprint led by the brilliant @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social on cichlid brain diversification, fgf8a signalling and regulatory divergence with TEs on the mix! All part of a wonderful collaboration with @ebablab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
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Interested in understanding how new cell types evolve? Consider joining our group for a PhD!
2026 PhD recruitment is now open.
As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
PhD student recruitment
PhD recruitment information.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Interested in understanding how new cell types evolve? Consider joining our group for a PhD!
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If you are from the US and interested in applying for a PhD with me (or anyone else @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social), your deadline for the gates scholarship is October 15!
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
Postgraduate Cambridge University Scholarship | Gates Cambridge
A fully funded graduate education for future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
www.gatescambridge.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you are from the US and interested in applying for a PhD with me (or anyone else @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social), your deadline for the gates scholarship is October 15!
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
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How does cell end developmental biology inform our understanding of evolution? Join us for an afternoon of discussion about #cells, #development, #plasticity and #evolution.
Zoomlink Sep 25th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/62473328732
Zoomlink Sep 26th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/67411449026
#EvoDevo @biologylu.bsky.social
Zoomlink Sep 25th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/62473328732
Zoomlink Sep 26th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/67411449026
#EvoDevo @biologylu.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
How does cell end developmental biology inform our understanding of evolution? Join us for an afternoon of discussion about #cells, #development, #plasticity and #evolution.
Zoomlink Sep 25th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/62473328732
Zoomlink Sep 26th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/67411449026
#EvoDevo @biologylu.bsky.social
Zoomlink Sep 25th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/62473328732
Zoomlink Sep 26th: lu-se.zoom.us/j/67411449026
#EvoDevo @biologylu.bsky.social
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Do you like cichlids? Fossils? Fossil cichlids? Would you like to study them as part of a graduate degree at the University of Michigan, joining an NSF-funded project? Get in touch.
September 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do you like cichlids? Fossils? Fossil cichlids? Would you like to study them as part of a graduate degree at the University of Michigan, joining an NSF-funded project? Get in touch.
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I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
Very proud of this extremely collaborative piece: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Here, we show that divergence in visual systems - in response to differences in the light environment - leads to rapid divergence in sexually selected colour traits. Work brilliantly led by Madeleine Carruthers. 🐟👀🎨
Here, we show that divergence in visual systems - in response to differences in the light environment - leads to rapid divergence in sexually selected colour traits. Work brilliantly led by Madeleine Carruthers. 🐟👀🎨
Rapid Divergence of Visual Systems and Signaling Traits to Contrasting Light Regimes During Early Speciation of African Crater Lake Cichlid Fish
Abstract. Sensory adaptation is widely hypothesized to drive ecological speciation, yet empirical evidence from natural populations undergoing early stage
academic.oup.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Very proud of this extremely collaborative piece: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Here, we show that divergence in visual systems - in response to differences in the light environment - leads to rapid divergence in sexually selected colour traits. Work brilliantly led by Madeleine Carruthers. 🐟👀🎨
Here, we show that divergence in visual systems - in response to differences in the light environment - leads to rapid divergence in sexually selected colour traits. Work brilliantly led by Madeleine Carruthers. 🐟👀🎨
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Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
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Sinead English discusses part-time and flexible working in academia at #ESEB2025 - I'm really looking forward to reading this article: elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
August 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Sinead English discusses part-time and flexible working in academia at #ESEB2025 - I'm really looking forward to reading this article: elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Unfortunately I cannot be at #ESEB2025, one of my favourite conferences, but the lab is well represented with @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social presenting her work today on S29 @3.45pm on Transposable elements and nervous and sensory system diversification in cichlid fishes.
@eseb2025.bsky.social
@eseb2025.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Unfortunately I cannot be at #ESEB2025, one of my favourite conferences, but the lab is well represented with @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social presenting her work today on S29 @3.45pm on Transposable elements and nervous and sensory system diversification in cichlid fishes.
@eseb2025.bsky.social
@eseb2025.bsky.social
Today @englishse.bsky.social will be at #ESEB2025 discussing the challenges and opportunities for flexible and inclusive working patterns in academia💪🏼Join in the discussion on S11 Room 122+123 @ 2.30pm! @eseb2025.bsky.social
To be, or not to be, part-time in academia?
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
August 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Today @englishse.bsky.social will be at #ESEB2025 discussing the challenges and opportunities for flexible and inclusive working patterns in academia💪🏼Join in the discussion on S11 Room 122+123 @ 2.30pm! @eseb2025.bsky.social
Check the beautiful microscopy work at @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social with a very special cichlid fish contribution from @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
Check it out!!
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
Check it out!!
Taking a closer look at life
Incredible images created by our scientists using advanced microscopes are helping to drive biological discovery
www.cam.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Check the beautiful microscopy work at @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social with a very special cichlid fish contribution from @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
Check it out!!
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
Check it out!!
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🐟 I’ve been herring all about it!
Fish satellite symposia speaker talks at #PASEDB
Invited speaker: @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social
Organizers: @nakamuralab.bsky.social @patyschneider22.bsky.social & Joaquín Letelier
Register: evodevo.wildapricot.org/event-6007396
Fish satellite symposia speaker talks at #PASEDB
Invited speaker: @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social
Organizers: @nakamuralab.bsky.social @patyschneider22.bsky.social & Joaquín Letelier
Register: evodevo.wildapricot.org/event-6007396
June 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🐟 I’ve been herring all about it!
Fish satellite symposia speaker talks at #PASEDB
Invited speaker: @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social
Organizers: @nakamuralab.bsky.social @patyschneider22.bsky.social & Joaquín Letelier
Register: evodevo.wildapricot.org/event-6007396
Fish satellite symposia speaker talks at #PASEDB
Invited speaker: @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social
Organizers: @nakamuralab.bsky.social @patyschneider22.bsky.social & Joaquín Letelier
Register: evodevo.wildapricot.org/event-6007396
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🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th in London to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science!
-Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL
-More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk
-Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL
-More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th in London to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science!
-Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL
-More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk
-Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL
-More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk
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Latest from the lab: a review led by @jamesehammond.bsky.social on the evolvability of vertebral counts and the developmental processes that make it possible.
Latest work:
Review on the evolvability of vertebral number, and the developmental processes underpinning it
Written by Callum Bucklow, @bertaverd.bsky.social, and myself
Check it out here: doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
Review on the evolvability of vertebral number, and the developmental processes underpinning it
Written by Callum Bucklow, @bertaverd.bsky.social, and myself
Check it out here: doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
March 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Latest from the lab: a review led by @jamesehammond.bsky.social on the evolvability of vertebral counts and the developmental processes that make it possible.
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Terrific and honest perspectives from several outstanding Scientists including three from the #zebrafish community:
@hammofish.bsky.social
@emiliapsantos.bsky.social
@buckleylab.bsky.social
Give them a follow and amplify their voices 🙏 🧪
@hammofish.bsky.social
@emiliapsantos.bsky.social
@buckleylab.bsky.social
Give them a follow and amplify their voices 🙏 🧪
To be, or not to be, part-time in academia?
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Terrific and honest perspectives from several outstanding Scientists including three from the #zebrafish community:
@hammofish.bsky.social
@emiliapsantos.bsky.social
@buckleylab.bsky.social
Give them a follow and amplify their voices 🙏 🧪
@hammofish.bsky.social
@emiliapsantos.bsky.social
@buckleylab.bsky.social
Give them a follow and amplify their voices 🙏 🧪
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In elifesciences.org/articles/106..., @englishse.bsky.social and colleagues discuss the advantages of working part-time, and outline what individuals, employers and funders can do to promote and support part-time working in academia. @elife.bsky.social
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In elifesciences.org/articles/106..., @englishse.bsky.social and colleagues discuss the advantages of working part-time, and outline what individuals, employers and funders can do to promote and support part-time working in academia. @elife.bsky.social
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Something a little different - this on working part time in academic research. Some of the pleasures but also the challenges. Was lucky to work with some brilliant people on this and we had a great experience with @elife.bsky.social
To be, or not to be, part-time in academia?
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Something a little different - this on working part time in academic research. Some of the pleasures but also the challenges. Was lucky to work with some brilliant people on this and we had a great experience with @elife.bsky.social
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Working part-time in #academia can be a means for some to enhance well-being, inclusivity, and career sustainability. Here, six researchers call for systemic changes to better support flexible working arrangements. #AcademicSky
February 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Working part-time in #academia can be a means for some to enhance well-being, inclusivity, and career sustainability. Here, six researchers call for systemic changes to better support flexible working arrangements. #AcademicSky
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Happy to share our new paper about working part-time in academia. We hope it can help to get the conversation going about this important aspect of EDI and research culture elifesciences.org/articles/106... @elife.bsky.social @emiliapsantos.bsky.social @englishse.bsky.social @hammofish.bsky.social
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy to share our new paper about working part-time in academia. We hope it can help to get the conversation going about this important aspect of EDI and research culture elifesciences.org/articles/106... @elife.bsky.social @emiliapsantos.bsky.social @englishse.bsky.social @hammofish.bsky.social
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To be, or not to be, part-time in academia?
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
To be, or not to be, part-time in academia?
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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We are pleased to announce Prof Jon Simons as the new Head of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
Prof Simons will lead the implementation of the School’s academic vision across research, undergraduate, and postgraduate education.
Read more:
Prof Simons will lead the implementation of the School’s academic vision across research, undergraduate, and postgraduate education.
Read more:
Professor Jon Simons appointed Head of the School of Biological
Jon Simons, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, has been appointed Head of the School of Biological Sciences from 1st February 2025, for a period of 4 years.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We are pleased to announce Prof Jon Simons as the new Head of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
Prof Simons will lead the implementation of the School’s academic vision across research, undergraduate, and postgraduate education.
Read more:
Prof Simons will lead the implementation of the School’s academic vision across research, undergraduate, and postgraduate education.
Read more: