FishEvo team at ESEB 2025 conference in Barcelona
In August we attended the Congress of European Society for Evolutionary Biology, and we presented several stories on fish vision and bioluminescence based on our research! Our group photo: Pau […]
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Double success: Zuzka and Pau win Poster Awards at the FASEB Biology and Chemistry of Vision 2025 conference in Massachusetts
Zuzka and Pau presented their research at the Biology and Chemistry of Vision 2025 conference and based on their words – the conference has been phenomenal so far!!! And both […]
Open postdoctoral position – evolution of function of (deep-sea) fish vision
Start date: 1st January 2026 Application deadline – 14th of July 2025 (the candidate has to be selected by 1st of August) Duration: up to 2 years (with possibility for […]
Visual ecology of cichlids in the Bermin crater lake
Monika’s manuscript and her first chapter is on BiorXiv. Colorful cichlids from Cameroon’s Bermin crater lake were examined for visual adaptations to deep-water environments. Our findings reveal both common and […]
PhD position on evolution of the deep-sea fish vision in Prague (ERC-funded) <°°)))><
Application deadline: passed, the candidate for the position has been selected Start date: 1st October 2025 Duration: 4 years Location: Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, EU Research […]
Hemoglobin gene repertoire in teleost fishes published
Dima’s article on the hemoglobin gene evolution is finally out in Molecular Ecology! Congrats Dima to his first thesis chapter!!
Gina published her new paper on trophic ecology of the elephant fishes from Cameroon .
Gina is a lead author on our new paper on the paper entitled Trophic ecology of the African riverine elephant fishes (Mormyridae). We used the stable isotopes to reveal differences […]
Four members of our team attended the International Congress of Neuroethology in Berlin
Four FishEvo PhD students presented their work at the ICN 2024. It was all about fish and visual adaptations in deep-sea fishes, cyprinids and sturgeons. Zuzka Konvičková gave her talk […]
Zuzka Konvičková won the best poster prize!
The annual departmental meeting at the Department of Zoology aims to evaluate phd projects in the form of poster session. Our member, Zuzka, won the best poster prize this year! […]
ERC-funded postdoctoral position on deep-sea fish vision genomics in Prague <°°)))><
Application deadline: anytime from now till April/May 2024 (the selection will start in March and will continue until the suitable candidate is found, so the earlier you apply the better) […]