Mateo Čupić

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.

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