

Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory
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@Fitaklab
The Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory studies the incredible array of biodiversity and the adaptations, physiology, and behavior that make species unique







The Epigenetic Time Machine has officially launched! Out today in Nature Communications - our chromatin profiles from century-old FIXED specimens! nature.com/articles/s4146… A game-changer for museums! @erin_e_hahn @mralexandervir @c_frere @NicolaEKent




2025 @SmithFellows Request for Proposals Announced! Deadline is September 30, 2024. View the proposal guidelines here: conbio.org/mini-sites/smi…


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! ucf.edu/news/ucf-biolo…





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. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Also, nice Perspective piece by @lauren_hsr ! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…