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By the PhD student Aleksandra Marconi My visit to Juntti lab at the University of Maryland, US (November 7-18, 2018) I definitely did not expect that a mere month into my PhD at the Department of Zoology in Cambridge, I will be on my way to visit Scott Juntti’s laboratory at the University of MarylandContinue reading “Crossing the pond”

Working in a Department of Zoology means interacting with very enthusiastic people that love nature and being outside. I was lucky that I got to hitchhike on someone else’s adventure. Prof. Bill Amos loves mushroom hunting for both research and culinary purposes. Apart from the rather early start, the outings are very enjoyable! We mustContinue reading “Mushroom hunting”

Soon I will be starting my own research group at the Zoology Department at the University of Cambridge. Exciting times ahead! I will be joining the exciting Cambridge Cichlid community, collaborating with Eric Miska (Gurdon Institute) and Richard Durbin (Genetics Department) groups.  Lots of more pigmentation evolution work lies ahead. The theme of the lab isContinue reading “Starting a research group”