Matteo Santon

In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack. Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

I am hiring a PhD student to join our group in Lund, Sweden working on an ERC-funded project to untangle color and polarization vision in some amazing crustaceans – minute water fleas and pugnacious mantis shrimp! Please forward this to promising students. Apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Last week we had two fantastic speakers join us at the University of Exeter Penryn campus @uniexecec.bsky.social for our annual Darwin Week celebration! Thank you to both @matteosanton.bsky.social and Andrew Hendry for each of your inspiring seminars and workshops. We have loved hosting you!

I wasn’t aware of how cute and interesting cuttlefish could be until @matteosanton.bsky.social showed us his research at @uniexecec.bsky.social Those pattern changes during predation are really mesmerising!🦑

My collaborator at University of Copenhagen, Anders Garm, is looking for a 3 year postdoc to work on bioluminescence, neurobiology and ecology of ctenophores. More information here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Reposting for the Monday morning scrollers! Funded PhD opportunity with me @multipleye-lab.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - spiders, their eyes, and their babies under long- and short-term light pollution!

🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟 If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...

Our study published in Ecology was recently mentioned in the latest issue of Science.

Science magazine on our latest work!

Great @nytimes.com article on our latest cuttlefish study. Watch this space for more cuttlefish science soon! @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social

New issue of Ecology chose one of my pictures as cover image. Amazing to see hunting broadclub on the cover!! @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social

First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild. Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... Stay tuned for more!! @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social

Our latest paper on the jump kinematics and choreography in the Oz Splendid Peacock spider. We filmed & analysed locomotory jumps in male & female spiders. The males are incredibly light - measuring just 2mg - and oh they can jump! Videos in the thread. Open Access - read here: tinyurl.com/4bnpz9tz

Did you know some single-cell dinoflagellates have a lens eye? Anders Garm at the University of Copenhagen is recruiting a postdoc to help find out why. Check out the advertisement, below 🧪 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... photo: Franz Neidl

Hyperspectral Imager paper out! High sensitivity UV to nearIR, full-field panoramas, radiance & reflectance, runs from a smartphone. Build the system for about $450 from 3D printed parts & off-the-shelf components. Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129... Intro video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8l...

With 12 photoreceptor classes, mantis shrimps have highly complex eyes. A study from Justin Marshall's lab shows behavioral evidence for color opponency, shedding light on visual processing in these eyes. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... 🧠 🧪 @jexpbiol.bsky.social Photo credit: Roy Caldwell