Check out our new paper, out now Current Biology "A mechanism for red coloration in vertebrates" cell.com/current-biolog… Follow this thread for more on this story co-led with Matthew Toomey and Corbo Lab at Washington University in St. Louis: #colsci

But how is this conversion done? Previous studies by us (tinyurl.com/redcanary) and other groups have highlighted the role of CYP2J19 as a key enzyme that does this in birds, but additional data suggested that it could not be the sole agent of this process

I am for the third time in the organising team of a TiBE Conference. This time engaging people working on the biology of colour. Join us in December 5-7 in Portugal, at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO, for #TiBE2022!

“Good people do things for other people. That’s it. The end” #AfterLife x.com/MichaelWarbur1…

We are very proud to have our paper by Matthew Toomey et al. on the genetics of red colouration in vertebrates as the cover of Current Biology! 📸 Miguel Araujo