Assistant Professor at @CamZoology studying pigmentation and neural crest evolution in cichlids.https://bsky.app/profile/emiliapsantos.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emiliapsantos.bsky.social/post/3m7lgmscp622yVery happy to share that I have been awarded an ERC CoG to build predictive and mechanistic models of pigment pattern development and evolution across cichlids!! 🐠🎨 I've been dreaming about this for a long time, and I’m incredibly excited that we can now pursue it in full. #ERCCoG @erc.europa.eu 1/309 Dec 2025 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:2kayc7deubcknox7yihicddv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7lgmscp622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/emiliapsantos.bsky.social/post/3m3xqkuxnak2jNew 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 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.13.682009v1.full @camzoology.bsky.social24 Oct 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:2kayc7deubcknox7yihicddv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xqkuxnak2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emiliapsantos.bsky.social/post/3lyxq7fbnts26Very proud of this extremely collaborative piece: https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/9/msaf204/8238158 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. 🐟👀🎨16 Sep 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:2kayc7deubcknox7yihicddv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxq7fbnts26https://bsky.app/profile/emiliapsantos.bsky.social/post/3lwqhmnuzcc22Unfortunately 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.social19 Aug 2025 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:2kayc7deubcknox7yihicddv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwqhmnuzcc22https://bsky.app/profile/emiliapsantos.bsky.social/post/3lwqg45rwmk22Today @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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2025 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:2kayc7deubcknox7yihicddv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwqg45rwmk22