Excited to share our recent preprint about opsin gene expression plasticity, vision, female colour polymorphism and male mate search in my favourite insect species: the Common Bluetail Damselfly (Ischnura elegans).

A collaboration between #SvenssonLab and Lund Vision Group, led by our incoming postdoc Natalie Roberts and with Dr. Marjorie Lienard #Odonata #damselflies #opsins #insects #evolution

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.31.551331v1

Controlling #nematode worm #behavior using two different light-sensitive #proteins called #opsins.

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-nematode-worm-behavior-light-sensitive-proteins.html