Our most recent work has just been published early access in MBE.

Very excited to see this in print -- it represents more than five years of work from my lab and includes all of my students!

In, "Genomics of Secondarily Temperate Adaptation in the Only Non-Antarctic Icefish" we describe a new chromosome-level genome assembly for Champsocephalus esox, the *only* #icefish outside Antarctic waters.

The study was led by my student (and now postdoc) Angel Rivera-Colón.

https://www.igb.illinois.edu/article/cold-specialized-icefish-species-underwent-major-genetic-changes-it-migrated-temperate

RT @arcolon14
Now available in early access at @molbioevol "Genomics of Secondarily Temperate Adaptation in the Only Non-Antarctic Icefish".

We describe a new chromosome-level genome assembly for Champsocephalus esox, the *only* #icefish outside Antarctic waters. 1/n

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/molbev/msad029/7035026?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=mbe&utm_medium=email

And finally, I went to the lake in my neighborhood to watch folks #IceFish and take in the scenery.
#AlaskaLife #SoldotnaAK

Icefishes are incredible and highly adapted to extreme cold (no haemoglobin or red blood cell). They form huge colonies with millions of nests, as the one discovered in Weddel sea. #science #biology #ecology #fish #icefish #polar
📄 Purser et al (2022) A vast icefish breeding colony discovered in the Antarctic. Current Biology 0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.022