Fabio Cortesi
@drfishvis.bsky.social
ARC Future Fellow|Marine Sensory Ecology Group University of Queensland| 🐠🐙🧠👀🧬| 🇨🇭🏔️—> 🇦🇺🌊
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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!
June 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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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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...
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...
June 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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...
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...
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 ;)
Watch the movie for some good entertainment ;)
New from #BiologyLetters: Fiddler crab claws work as a deflection antipredator defence buff.ly/lDqadIG | #AnimalBehaviour #Ecology #Evolution
June 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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 ;)
Watch the movie for some good entertainment ;)
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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...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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...
doi.org
June 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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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/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
💥 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/...
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/...
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.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
💥 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/...
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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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...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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...
www.biorxiv.org
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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
May 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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
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/...
👀📸📞
PR0 = rod photoreceptor
PR1 = formerly lws receptor
PR2 …
PR3 …
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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...
journals.plos.org
May 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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/...
👀📸📞
PR0 = rod photoreceptor
PR1 = formerly lws receptor
PR2 …
PR3 …
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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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...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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...
doi.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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*** 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/...
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/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
*** 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/...
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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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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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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
Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb
The next application deadline is 6 June
Please repost to spread the word
April 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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
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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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
April 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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April 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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#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...
🚨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...
April 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
#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...
🚨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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Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
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.
go.nature.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
April 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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🚨 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...
📍 Hamilton, NZ
Closes: 4th May 2025
🔗 www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
April 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
🚨 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...
📍 Hamilton, NZ
Closes: 4th May 2025
🔗 www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
📑 🚨
#ultraviolet #colour & #vision in colourful #damselfish #Nemo
Go check it out 🐠 👁️ 🌈 @vtettama.bsky.social
#ultraviolet #colour & #vision in colourful #damselfish #Nemo
Go check it out 🐠 👁️ 🌈 @vtettama.bsky.social
First paper of my PhD is finally out in Molecular Ecology!
A mix of UV photography, transcriptomics and phylogenetic reconstructions to investigate development of UV vision and patterns in damselfishes.
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
A mix of UV photography, transcriptomics and phylogenetic reconstructions to investigate development of UV vision and patterns in damselfishes.
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
April 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
📑 🚨
#ultraviolet #colour & #vision in colourful #damselfish #Nemo
Go check it out 🐠 👁️ 🌈 @vtettama.bsky.social
#ultraviolet #colour & #vision in colourful #damselfish #Nemo
Go check it out 🐠 👁️ 🌈 @vtettama.bsky.social
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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
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
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#ZebrafishCareers 🇬🇧 (Postdoc) #killifish
Link to MacDonald Lab website: zebrafishucl.org/macdonald-la...
Link to MacDonald Lab website: zebrafishucl.org/macdonald-la...
April 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#ZebrafishCareers 🇬🇧 (Postdoc) #killifish
Link to MacDonald Lab website: zebrafishucl.org/macdonald-la...
Link to MacDonald Lab website: zebrafishucl.org/macdonald-la...
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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...
April 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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...
Meanwhile, a few months back at home in the 🏔️🇨🇭
March 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Meanwhile, a few months back at home in the 🏔️🇨🇭