I joined the lab because of my keen interest in genetics.
In earning my Master of Science degree, I gained skills in experimental laboratory work, many of which I will apply in this research.
Specifically, I will be conducting experiments on the teleost fish Astyanax mexicanus, an ideal model organism for studying evolution in caves and adaptation in such an environment.
My team and I will focus on phenotypic plasticity, where phenotypes change under the influence of environmental variation, and the corresponding molecular mechanisms underlying such changes.
In addition, I will work with many bioinformatics tools, especially those required for the analysis of data from next-generation sequencing.
Email: Mateo.Cupic@irb.hr