The Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory studies the incredible array of biodiversity and the adaptations, physiology, and behavior that make species unique
Joined August 2019
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Bringing formalin-preserved specimens back to life! 🧬🦎 Once thought to be DNA’s final resting place, these jars hold the secrets to past gene expression and adaptation.
Who said formalin was just a preservative? 🤔
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#Museomics #Epigenetics
Undergrads in my #genomics class presented their new genome sequencing competition proposals today. All proposed using @PacBio and @oxfordnanopore tech. I was impressed by their creativity! They have virtual 💰 to distribute to 'fund' their favorite proposals. Species include:
Great work @scales_genomics!!!
Had a great time talking conservation genomics and listening to some amazing talks at @theAGA_org 2024!
First day of 35th grade (I counted), and 6th year at @UCFBiologyDept. Welcome back students!
Yes! I've ben waiting for this ever since @erin_e_hahn gave a seminar to our department on museum #epigenomics!
The Epigenetic Time Machine has officially launched! Out today in Nature Communications - our chromatin profiles from century-old FIXED specimens! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
A game-changer for museums! @erin_e_hahn @mralexandervir @c_frere @NicolaEKent
ALT "Shedding new light on old specimens". Light passes through a jar containing a preserved lizard. The shadow that is cast on the table is that of the lizard, but also a DNA molecule and chromatin structure. Image by Julian Teh.
A great #WildlifeConservation #microbiome article by my unofficial MS Student @SA_Gaspar_ "What a waste: poop and plastic in the study of purple martin microbiomes the-microbiologist.com/featu…
Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory retweeted
Would love to host a #SmithFellow interested in genomics & Endangered Species Act implementation, perhaps with a special focus on bats. Reach out if interested :)
2025 @SmithFellows Request for Proposals Announced! Deadline is September 30, 2024. View the proposal guidelines here: conbio.org/mini-sites/smith-…
ALT A group of Fellow's circled around a park ranger speaking atop a peak overlooking the ocean.
Happy World Snake Day🐍🌎🥳!!! But make sure to appreciate these splendid creatures every day! #WorldSnakeDay
Cool research ongoing by my PhD student Julianna!
What are magnetic bacteria 🧲🦠 and what do they do? 🤔
@UCF biologist Bob Fitak recently compiled a database of these unique organisms and the animals they reside in to determine their function & if they may help host animals navigate!
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Check out the newest range map of Ro in Florida on the SLAM website. You can also find resources to learn more about Ro and report potential infections. invasionscience.ufl.edu/slam…. We have 2 additional northern counties not shown on this map, found just last week.
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A short article I was interviewed for last week. So cool to see my photographs in the news!! sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/02/…
congrats!!!
I’m truly honored to win the Megan A. Fairlie Professor of the Year Award @FIULaw . It is an absolute privilege working with our incredible students.
Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory retweeted
So excited to have this out! Such a privilege to work with this amazing group of scientists; every single one of them was vital to making this happen! You never know what might be 'critical' in guiding evolution's paths!
It was a loonnnnnng time coming but our paper on path dependent evolution of visual systems is out in Science! @RebeccaMVarney @joie_cannon @Morris_Glr Dan Speiser Doug Eernisse.
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Also, nice Perspective piece by @lauren_hsr !
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I've been thinking about the transience of life, and you can't take it with you, so I'll be tweeting my own deep-sea photos about one-a-day for people to use however they want (just credit me). This is a sequence of the light emission of the shrimp Heterocarpus ensifer.
Where can you find magnetotactic bacteria? Check out our new database to find out. We mined >26 million datasets in NCBI and nearly 80 petabases of DNA to find out. We call it the "magneto-microbiome". #Bioinformatics #magnetoreception #microbiome
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Just got reviews back on a paper I co-authored. One reviewer returned a 12-page review, complete with subheadings and 2 new figures. We appreciate all the time they spent.... but 12 pages... really?! BTW - the editor asked for a detailed line-by-line response. 🤣
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All are very welcome to create their own PhD project in my Duke Biology lab in in vision/signaling/camouflage/biophotonics/navigation. Stipend ($38,500 USD) is guaranteed for six years via TA/RA/fellowship. Current one-bedroom rent is ~$1600. DM me if interested. #scitwitter