Maxwell Shafer

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Assistant Professor UofT Cell & Systems Biology - 🐟🐠🐡 comparative genomics/ethology & evolutionary cell biology of sleep 💤 😴 + adventures with @hilsawh - https://shafer-lab.netlify.app/

Figure from the paper showing the genomic associations we identified with sleep and activity patterns

Plots demonstrating that temporal activity niches are not confined to specific eco-morphological niches, and examples of diurnal, nocturnal, and crepuscular piscivorous fishes

Ophthalmotilapia boops

Figure showing the phylogenetic relationships between the species in our study, as well as example diurnal, nocturnal, crepuscular, and cathemeral species activity patterns

Example videos from recordings of individuals from each of the 60 species in our study

Whiteboard displaying science in action “big ideas” “innovate!”

Dude with a net