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Belinda Chang's Lab

@opsinlab

Vision molecular evolution lab @UofT. We investigate natural variation in visual pigments in a variety of vertebrate groups.

 Toronto, Ontario
labs.eeb.utoronto.ca/chang/
Joined June 2015
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Emily Dong@EmilyMDong14 Jul 2022
Hello #SciTwitter! I’m a PhD Candidate at @UofTCellSysBiol studying eye evolution in snakes and lizards. Hoping to connect with more folks exploring the world of #developmentalbiology and #evolution in #reptiles!
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Emily Dong@EmilyMDong17 Jul 2022
Why lay in the leaves when there’s a perfectly awkward crevice available🦎🥚 #Geckos #Herpetology
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Check out our new Chang Lab paper on the molecular basis of photoreceptor evolution in geckoes! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Congrats to Ryan and @niharb!
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A big congratulations to Iris from our lab!
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@GenomeBiolEvol25 Jul 2019
Congratulations to the #SMBE2019 poster award winners! Undergraduates: Sarah Medley, Zane Kliesmete, Imtiyaz Enayatali Hariyani Graduates: @kirvers, Yan Ling Iris Chiu, James Horton Post-docs: Yevgeniy Raynes, @AprilWangYR, @joachimsurm
We are looking for photos of all the SMBE award winners on stage. If you have a photo, please email it Lulu <[email protected]> Thanks! #SMBE2019
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eLife - the journal@eLife29 Oct 2018
Rhodopsins provide a new example showing how evolution's path can be constrained elifesciences.org/digests/35…

Shedding light on evolution’s unexplored options

Though many land animals could in theory have better vision in dim light, evolution has been unable to reach an alternative solution.

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An ancient fork in the evolutionary road...check out our new @eLife paper with @giannicast !
Gianni Castiglione (@giannicast) profile pictureGianni Castiglione@giannicast26 Oct 2018
New eLife paper with @opsinlab "Functional trade-offs and environmental variation shaped ancient trajectories in the evolution of dim-light vision" doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35957
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Just published our new paper in @sse_evolution: convergence in high altitude rhodopsins! Congrats @giannicast @rkschott @franceshauser xitter.gq/giannicast/status/9522…
Gianni Castiglione (@giannicast) profile pictureGianni Castiglione@giannicast13 Jan 2018
Check out our new paper with @opsinlab demonstrating molecular convergence in the visual system at high altitudes! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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U of T Alumni@uoftalumni21 Jul 2017
🔬 The visionary research being done by @opsinlab provides an interesting glimpse at evolution in action. ow.ly/IPeC30dt3Y4 #UofT
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Ecology of Vision@EcologyofVision19 Jun 2017
Trevor Price reviews how the environment may drive the evolution of both signals and signal perception. #colsci journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ab…
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Congratulations to @Niharb and @rkschott for their Editor's choice @J_Exp_Biol paper on transmutation! jeb.biologists.org/content/2…. Well done!
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why@Tioliah25 Jun 2017
Replying to @Tioliah @Niharb @opsinlab @rkschott
Alex Van Nynatten (@Alexvn) of @opsinlab on evolution of anchovy vision over marine-freshwater transitions xitter.gq/Tioliah/status/8786712…
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Replying to @Tioliah @Alexvn
Alex VN: Dim light vision achieved by rhodopsin, in the rod cells; evolves to be spectrally tuned to different wavelengths #evol2017
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why@Tioliah25 Jun 2017
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Ryan Schott (@rkschott) of @opsinlab on rod-cone transmutation in reptiles xitter.gq/Tioliah/status/8786639…
why (@Tioliah) profile picturewhy@Tioliah24 Jun 2017
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Schott: Rods can evolutionarily transition into cones (transmutation) when light environment switches dim-to-bright and vice versa #evol2017
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@NSERC_CRSNG27 Jun 2017
Fish living in extreme environments adapt ability to see ow.ly/Q9l330cVGnS @UofT @opsinlab @giannicast @franceshauser
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FEBS Letters@FEBS_Letters3 Jul 2017
Is bovine #rhodopsin a reliable model to study retinal disease? New data by @opsinlab bit.ly/2roiDku
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If you see Aoife McLysaght @aoifemcl, Jeff Thorne, Belinda Chang @opsinlab, or Nicolas Galtier at #SMBE17, congratulate them on election!
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David Pollock@GenomesEvolve11 Apr 2017
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Latest from our lab, congrats @tioliah! #vision #sensoryecology #whales rspb.royalsocietypublishing.…
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