
Joel Elkin
@joelelkin416
Aspiring biologist and fish-wrangler interested in the genetic bases for speciation and morphological diversity. He/Him
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20-01-2022 21:35:32
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So happy to present Joel Elkin meta analysis of the geneti loci of vertebrate pigmentation at #TiBE2022. Only possible due to @gephebase @evolvwing and Virginie Courtier Orgogozo.

And it is finally out!!! 🥳A humongous effort led by Joel Elkin summarising what we know and what we don't know about the loci underlying variation in vertebrate pigmentation🎨 @gephebase @evolvwing Virginie Courtier Orgogozo onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations M. Emília Santos @joelElkin416 on the new paper #vertebratepigmentation



So much goodness in one paper only! Cichlid neural crest, comparative genomics, gene duplications, sox10s and craniofacial skeleton. All led by brilliant Aleksandra Marconi and @gregverne with an amazing team of collaborators. She is on the look out for postdocs...just saying...




RNA fans in Norwich, don’t miss these two excellent talks today by Miguel V. Almeida and Haopeng Yu about TEs in 🐟 and AI in 🌱. Norwich Research Park @biouea UEA Research NRPDTP John Innes Centre Earlham Institute

After organising the Cambridge RNA Club club for a few years, it's great to finally be on the other side. Looking forward to sharing my work on this small RNA-filled session.


Interested in eco-evo-devo? We would be delighted to support projects Dept of Zoology ranging from genetics & plastic control of development to the genomic basis of male ornament variation & sexual conflict.🐠📷🎨 #cichlids are cool!

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! Connie Whiting Aleksandra Marconi Joel Elkin Aaron Hickey Patrícia Duarte




We have new lab members this week! Tropheops macrophthalmus! They will be joining Patrícia Duarte and Connie Whiting on a quest to uncover mechanisms underlying cranial neural crest divergence and phenotypic plasticity #cichlids Dept of Zoology


What a day 🤗 discussing cichlid research with close collaborators across the UK, Switzerland and Malawi. A big thank you to Bettina, Richard Durbin and Moritz Blumer for organising! #cichlidscience School of Biological Sciences Dept of Zoology GeneticsCambridge



Many moons ago I asked M. Emília Santos if she could help me study evo-devo of neural crest using African cichlids for my PhD… and the main results are now published in Molecular Biology and Evolution 🎉 doi.org/10.1093/molbev… Thank you @gregverne for joining this chapter of my fishy adventure 🐠
