PhD candidate in Computational Visual Neuroethology (IMPRS-QBEE) • MSc in Evolutionary Biology (MEME) • Side hustling Phylogenomicshttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.social/post/3muwvgxi2322rGreat work on the effects of desert locust coloration on swarming!! Thanks @sercansayin.bsky.social for including me and @jjfosterlab.bsky.social in this exciting study!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:jhmpefaprw7ikbqvspddxepl/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwvgxi2322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.social/post/3mnf75sunxk2dI am thrilled to share my second PhD manuscript! We modelled bee polarisation vision and tested two navigational models. Many thanks to @jjfosterlab.bsky.social and all our collaborators (@egkanias.bsky.social,@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social,@insectlabsu.bsky.social) for such a productive collaboration! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:jhmpefaprw7ikbqvspddxepl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnf75sunxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.social/post/3mjwzyp77w22vIt was a great honour and pleasure!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:jhmpefaprw7ikbqvspddxepl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwzyp77w22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.social/post/3m7vg354ctc2dReally excited to see this great work published! It was an honor and unforgettable experience to be part of this joint effort in @scottvedwards.bsky.social lab! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2025 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:jhmpefaprw7ikbqvspddxepl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7vg354ctc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.social/post/3lxwbl6ersc2oOur findings on bees' photoreceptors are now officially published in Biology Letters of the Royal Society Publishing!! Thanks again for a productive collaboration @jjfosterlab.bsky.social and @gregoeur.bsky.social !! https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0234 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:jhmpefaprw7ikbqvspddxepl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwbl6ersc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.social/post/3lpllrneayc2gI am excited to share our new paper on anchovy retina connectomics! This was a great collaboration with Prof. Heß at LMU Munich and an incredible opportunity to explore neural circuitry in a unique visual system. https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-025-02242-720 May 2025 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:jhmpefaprw7ikbqvspddxepl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpllrneayc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gkolyfetis.bsky.social/post/3lodgzvmdkk2fI'm really happy to share the first preprint of my PhD work in @jjfosterlab.bsky.social! During a fruitful collaboration with @gregoeur.bsky.social, we uncovered a surprising feature of bees' eyes! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.29.651169v104 May 2025 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:jhmpefaprw7ikbqvspddxepl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lodgzvmdkk2f