Belinda Chang's Lab

Vision molecular evolution lab @UofT. We investigate natural variation in visual pigments in a variety of vertebrate groups.

[Emily Dong @EmilyMDong]

Hello #SciTwitter! I’m a PhD Candidate at @UofTCellSysBiol studying eye evolution in snakes and lizards. Hoping to connect with more folks exploring the world of #developmentalbiology and #evolution in #reptiles!

[Emily Dong @EmilyMDong]

Why lay in the leaves when there’s a perfectly awkward crevice available🦎🥚
#Geckos #Herpetology

[Belinda Chang's Lab @opsinlab]

Check out our new Chang Lab paper on the molecular basis of photoreceptor evolution in geckoes!
https://t.co/GttOITKbhx
Congrats to Ryan and @niharb!

[Belinda Chang's Lab @opsinlab]

A big congratulations to Iris from our lab!

[GBE (Genome Biology and Evolution) @GenomeBiolEvol]

Congratulations to the #SMBE2019 poster award winners!
Undergraduates: Sarah Medley, Zane Kliesmete, Imtiyaz Enayatali Hariyani
Graduates: @kirvers, Yan Ling Iris Chiu, James Horton
Post-docs: Yevgeniy Raynes, @AprilWangYR, @joachimsurm

[Belinda Chang's Lab @opsinlab]

We are looking for photos of all the SMBE award winners on stage. If you have a photo, please email it Lulu <[email protected]> Thanks! #SMBE2019

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Rhodopsins provide a new example showing how evolution's path can be constrained
https://t.co/FV6H49hxXq

[Belinda Chang's Lab @opsinlab]

An ancient fork in the evolutionary road...check out our new @eLife paper with @giannicast !

[Gianni Castiglione @giannicast]

New eLife paper with @opsinlab "Functional trade-offs and environmental variation shaped ancient trajectories in the evolution of dim-light vision" https://t.co/YPAm31ZOyQ

[Belinda Chang's Lab @opsinlab]

Just published our new paper in @sse_evolution: convergence in high altitude rhodopsins! Congrats @giannicast @rkschott @franceshauser https://t.co/nsy63T0XGg

[Gianni Castiglione @giannicast]

Check out our new paper with @opsinlab demonstrating molecular convergence in the visual system at high altitudes! https://t.co/hyh9OBxlIu

[U of T Alumni @uoftalumni]

🔬 The visionary research being done by @opsinlab provides an interesting glimpse at evolution in action. https://t.co/IRfQ2GkMyo #UofT

[Ecology of Vision @EcologyofVision]

Trevor Price reviews how the environment may drive the evolution of both signals and signal perception. #colsci
https://t.co/mMtQVzTPli

[Belinda Chang's Lab @opsinlab]

Congratulations to @Niharb and @rkschott for their Editor's choice @J_Exp_Biol paper on transmutation! https://t.co/ywDuXvVvSc. Well done!

[why @Tioliah]

@Niharb @opsinlab @rkschott Alex Van Nynatten (@Alexvn) of @opsinlab on evolution of anchovy vision over marine-freshwater transitions
https://t.co/5vA0StQLwb

[why @Tioliah]

@Niharb @opsinlab Ryan Schott (@rkschott) of @opsinlab on rod-cone transmutation in reptiles
https://t.co/97ex72uIaq

[NSERC / CRSNG @NSERC_CRSNG]

Fish living in extreme environments adapt ability to see https://t.co/nqLTWAwxcO @UofT @opsinlab @giannicast @franceshauser

[FEBS Letters @FEBS_Letters]

Is bovine #rhodopsin a reliable model to study retinal disease? New data by @opsinlab https://t.co/boOXSKUzoZ

[Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @OfficialSMBE]

If you see Aoife McLysaght @aoifemcl, Jeff Thorne, Belinda Chang @opsinlab, or Nicolas Galtier at #SMBE17, congratulate them on election!

[David Pollock @GenomesEvolve]

@opsinlab wins for coolest lab icon

[Belinda Chang's Lab @opsinlab]

Latest from our lab, congrats @tioliah! #vision #sensoryecology #whales https://t.co/cbccBVKh5m