Emília Santos
Assistant Professor at @CamZoology studying pigmentation and neural crest evolution in cichlids.
- Very 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 1/3
- Getting this grant was a true team effort. I’m most grateful to my research group, who generated all the beautiful preliminary data and keeps telling me that “any fin is possible”. I also want to thank my collaborators and colleagues for the coaching, endless drafts and mock interviews. 2/3
- Reposted by Emília Santos🚨RA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology 🚨 Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social - employment benefits - 4 years funding - 1000% fun Deadline: 14/1/2026 Details: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
- Reposted by Emília SantosJOB 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
- Reposted by Emília SantosI 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
- Reposted by Emília Santos🚨 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!
- 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
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- Reposted by Emília SantosIf 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...
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- Reposted by Emília SantosI 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. 🐟👀🎨
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[Not loaded yet] - 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
- 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!!
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- Reposted by Emília SantosWe 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:
- Hi all, I am reposting this, as it is Christmas and we will only be closing the fundraising page in late January. If you can help click on the link below! Asante sana!
- We are fundraising for the Kisiba Secondary School, which is located next to the iconic crater Lake Kisiba (also known as Masoko), home to a cichlid species used in speciation genomics and evo-devo research. If you can help click on the link below gofund.me/0c1bda3d
- Reposted by Emília SantosWe want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
- This past Friday we celebrated Aaron's PhD viva 🎉 it was awesome and we all did Thyroid Hormone tattoos!! Congrats to the TH aficionado and thank you to @bensteventon.bsky.social and Claudius Kratochwil for being such great examiners.
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- Reposted by Emília SantosThere are a lot of new people here, so I've set up a starter pack on Mating Systems, including sexual selection and conflict, sex differences and determination. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/QXrYoQYat://did:plc:mbntwyftspb3afrzyqdk7xnb/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lamashtccn2t
- We are fundraising for the Kisiba Secondary School, which is located next to the iconic crater Lake Kisiba (also known as Masoko), home to a cichlid species used in speciation genomics and evo-devo research. If you can help click on the link below gofund.me/0c1bda3d
- We celebrated our 2nd lab retreat in Morston, Norfolk. Lots of productive discussions about science and the lab's future. Plenty of seal sightings, good food, and the weather almost held up!! #GreatBritishSummer! @C__gw @marconi_aleks @JoelElkin416 @AaronHicke62497 @patrsduarte
