FishEvo Zuzana Musilova
@fishevo.bsky.social
Fish evolutionary biologist focused on sensory systems (not only). Ass. Prof. at Charles Uni in Prague. Fish Evolution research group at Dpt. of Zoology.
#deepsea #fish cabinet! In the #evolution exposition of the National Museum of Natural History in Prague. It glows in the dark!!😍 (my primary goal was to see Lucy, the #Australopithecus, but that’s a no photo zone:-)
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#deepsea #fish cabinet! In the #evolution exposition of the National Museum of Natural History in Prague. It glows in the dark!!😍 (my primary goal was to see Lucy, the #Australopithecus, but that’s a no photo zone:-)
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New preprint!
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New preprint!
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our Special issue on Visual Ecology in Challenging Environments is out: #coral reef & #deep-sea fishes, #reindeers on polar daylight, #bioluminescence, non-visual #pigments & life in dark caves. Happy to co-edit with Sara Stieb + thks to all contributors! See in Functional Ecology: buff.ly/z5AYxZQ
October 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Our Special issue on Visual Ecology in Challenging Environments is out: #coral reef & #deep-sea fishes, #reindeers on polar daylight, #bioluminescence, non-visual #pigments & life in dark caves. Happy to co-edit with Sara Stieb + thks to all contributors! See in Functional Ecology: buff.ly/z5AYxZQ
So many diverse cory catfishes!!!😍 (no longer all in the Corydoras genus). Fascinatingly, their color mimicry evolved in parallel across different "cory" lineages. Spotted at the aquarium convention in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Czechia 🐟🐟🐟.
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So many diverse cory catfishes!!!😍 (no longer all in the Corydoras genus). Fascinatingly, their color mimicry evolved in parallel across different "cory" lineages. Spotted at the aquarium convention in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Czechia 🐟🐟🐟.
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Nobel laureate 🏅 Prof. Victor Ambros visited Charles University’s Faculty of Science, giving a packed lecture on “Development timers in a tiny worm!” 🪱 followed by lively discussion 💬. A big day for science 🔬✨
👉 1url.cz/TJV4P
👉 1url.cz/TJV4P
August 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Nobel laureate 🏅 Prof. Victor Ambros visited Charles University’s Faculty of Science, giving a packed lecture on “Development timers in a tiny worm!” 🪱 followed by lively discussion 💬. A big day for science 🔬✨
👉 1url.cz/TJV4P
👉 1url.cz/TJV4P
FishEvo team at the #eseb2025 congress! We presented research on barbel, sturgeons, cichlids and deep-sea fishes. What a cool meeting and an inspirative atmosphere! Thanks everyone!
August 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
FishEvo team at the #eseb2025 congress! We presented research on barbel, sturgeons, cichlids and deep-sea fishes. What a cool meeting and an inspirative atmosphere! Thanks everyone!
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Excited to announce that our new paper is now published in Science Advances 🚀🧠 ‘Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle’ — check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle
Integration of neural crest cells into the endostyle developmental program promoted its evolution into the thyroid gland.
www.science.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Excited to announce that our new paper is now published in Science Advances 🚀🧠 ‘Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle’ — check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Endless thanks to the incredible collaborators who brought this project to life—you’re the magic behind it all @dayyapparaja.bsky.social @urrutiahugo.bsky.social @jakeleyhr.bsky.social J.Stundlova, T. Solovieva, T. Haitina, S. Sanchez @fishevo.bsky.social M. Martik and my great boss Marianne Bronner
August 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Endless thanks to the incredible collaborators who brought this project to life—you’re the magic behind it all @dayyapparaja.bsky.social @urrutiahugo.bsky.social @jakeleyhr.bsky.social J.Stundlova, T. Solovieva, T. Haitina, S. Sanchez @fishevo.bsky.social M. Martik and my great boss Marianne Bronner
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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 and @drfishvis.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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 and @drfishvis.bsky.social
Pocket shark alert!:-) 😱😱😱 One of the gems found at a Taiwanese fish market: a tiny #lanternshark (Etmopterus). Some species mature at just ~20 cm - this one’s head was thumb-sized😍:) Deep sea never stops surprising:-) #DeepSea #shark💚💚💚
June 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Pocket shark alert!:-) 😱😱😱 One of the gems found at a Taiwanese fish market: a tiny #lanternshark (Etmopterus). Some species mature at just ~20 cm - this one’s head was thumb-sized😍:) Deep sea never stops surprising:-) #DeepSea #shark💚💚💚
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...
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i don't want it
I JUST NEED IT
TO BREATHE TO FEEL TO KNOW I'M ALIVE
I JUST NEED IT
TO BREATHE TO FEEL TO KNOW I'M ALIVE
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
i don't want it
I JUST NEED IT
TO BREATHE TO FEEL TO KNOW I'M ALIVE
I JUST NEED IT
TO BREATHE TO FEEL TO KNOW I'M ALIVE
An amazing talk on mesophotic fish given by @kaithefishguy.bsky.social 😱 at #IPFC12 in Taiwan. So many new records for Australia from the deep(er) sea😍
June 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
An amazing talk on mesophotic fish given by @kaithefishguy.bsky.social 😱 at #IPFC12 in Taiwan. So many new records for Australia from the deep(er) sea😍
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/...
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Seeing in the deep: evolution of the opsin gene expression in Bermin crater lake cichlids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640660v1
March 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Seeing in the deep: evolution of the opsin gene expression in Bermin crater lake cichlids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640660v1
New preprint! Evolution of vision in cichlids from the crater lake Bermin, Cameroon. A case of young adaptive radiation with species in the deep to see more red -unexpected and opposite to other deepwater groups. Thks to coauthors!😍 Look how cool is the fish:-)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New preprint! Evolution of vision in cichlids from the crater lake Bermin, Cameroon. A case of young adaptive radiation with species in the deep to see more red -unexpected and opposite to other deepwater groups. Thks to coauthors!😍 Look how cool is the fish:-)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Loving deep-sea fish and molecular evolution?
We're hiring!:-) Looking for a motivated PhD student to join us to study evolution of vision & to explore limits of vertebrate eye in extreme environment. Deadline 15th March. Thanks for applying and sharing!
more info: www.fishevo.com/erc-funded-p...
We're hiring!:-) Looking for a motivated PhD student to join us to study evolution of vision & to explore limits of vertebrate eye in extreme environment. Deadline 15th March. Thanks for applying and sharing!
more info: www.fishevo.com/erc-funded-p...
February 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Loving deep-sea fish and molecular evolution?
We're hiring!:-) Looking for a motivated PhD student to join us to study evolution of vision & to explore limits of vertebrate eye in extreme environment. Deadline 15th March. Thanks for applying and sharing!
more info: www.fishevo.com/erc-funded-p...
We're hiring!:-) Looking for a motivated PhD student to join us to study evolution of vision & to explore limits of vertebrate eye in extreme environment. Deadline 15th March. Thanks for applying and sharing!
more info: www.fishevo.com/erc-funded-p...
How cute!! This female sea devil has just 1,5 cm 😱😱😱
Triggered by the recent fascinating spotings of Melanocetus in Tenerife (blue pics), I digged in our past sampling photos to show how monsterous they are even in a small size!😍😍😍
Blue photos: (c) Vida Marina Tenerife (M. M. Solà)
Triggered by the recent fascinating spotings of Melanocetus in Tenerife (blue pics), I digged in our past sampling photos to show how monsterous they are even in a small size!😍😍😍
Blue photos: (c) Vida Marina Tenerife (M. M. Solà)
February 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How cute!! This female sea devil has just 1,5 cm 😱😱😱
Triggered by the recent fascinating spotings of Melanocetus in Tenerife (blue pics), I digged in our past sampling photos to show how monsterous they are even in a small size!😍😍😍
Blue photos: (c) Vida Marina Tenerife (M. M. Solà)
Triggered by the recent fascinating spotings of Melanocetus in Tenerife (blue pics), I digged in our past sampling photos to show how monsterous they are even in a small size!😍😍😍
Blue photos: (c) Vida Marina Tenerife (M. M. Solà)
When you buy an interactive kid book on the oceans - and you find the results of your research there (on how deep-sea fish see their world:-). That’s the real impact!:-) hope it gets translated in Eng eventually:-)
February 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
When you buy an interactive kid book on the oceans - and you find the results of your research there (on how deep-sea fish see their world:-). That’s the real impact!:-) hope it gets translated in Eng eventually:-)
Reposted by FishEvo Zuzana Musilova
Vychází únorový Vesmír.
Tentokrát je hlavním tématem SKLO. Poznáte, co je na obálce?
Dále mimo jiné:
🔹 rozhovor se Zuzanou Musilovou @fishevo.bsky.social
🔹 jihomoravská mikrorefugia, v nichž poslední dobu ledovou přečkaly i duby nebo jasany
🔹 LISA: okno do raného vesmíru
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...
Tentokrát je hlavním tématem SKLO. Poznáte, co je na obálce?
Dále mimo jiné:
🔹 rozhovor se Zuzanou Musilovou @fishevo.bsky.social
🔹 jihomoravská mikrorefugia, v nichž poslední dobu ledovou přečkaly i duby nebo jasany
🔹 LISA: okno do raného vesmíru
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Vychází únorový Vesmír.
Tentokrát je hlavním tématem SKLO. Poznáte, co je na obálce?
Dále mimo jiné:
🔹 rozhovor se Zuzanou Musilovou @fishevo.bsky.social
🔹 jihomoravská mikrorefugia, v nichž poslední dobu ledovou přečkaly i duby nebo jasany
🔹 LISA: okno do raného vesmíru
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...
Tentokrát je hlavním tématem SKLO. Poznáte, co je na obálce?
Dále mimo jiné:
🔹 rozhovor se Zuzanou Musilovou @fishevo.bsky.social
🔹 jihomoravská mikrorefugia, v nichž poslední dobu ledovou přečkaly i duby nebo jasany
🔹 LISA: okno do raného vesmíru
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...
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GRC on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction 2026 announced! www.grc.org/photosensory...
2026 Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
GRC on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction 2026 announced! www.grc.org/photosensory...
Reposted by FishEvo Zuzana Musilova
On a related note to last night's rant, I dissected some elongate fangjaws (Sigmops elongatus) earlier this week. This species is a protandrous hermaphrodite - juveniles are male and become female later. Also, can confirm the teeth are v. sharp - I stabbed myself in the thumb and it hurt real bad!
January 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
On a related note to last night's rant, I dissected some elongate fangjaws (Sigmops elongatus) earlier this week. This species is a protandrous hermaphrodite - juveniles are male and become female later. Also, can confirm the teeth are v. sharp - I stabbed myself in the thumb and it hurt real bad!
Reposted by FishEvo Zuzana Musilova
Rybičko, proč máš tak velké oči? V PANTu v Ostravě jsme se se @fishevo.bsky.social ponořily v batyskafu do hlubin kolem tisíce metrů za beztrnovkama a spol, jednou dokonce až do 8836 za vůbec nejhlouběji zaznamenanou rybou. Skvělý otázky z publika,hezký reakce. Více v knize Zvířata v éře lidí...
January 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Rybičko, proč máš tak velké oči? V PANTu v Ostravě jsme se se @fishevo.bsky.social ponořily v batyskafu do hlubin kolem tisíce metrů za beztrnovkama a spol, jednou dokonce až do 8836 za vůbec nejhlouběji zaznamenanou rybou. Skvělý otázky z publika,hezký reakce. Více v knize Zvířata v éře lidí...