Dr. Zuzana Musilová’s group focuses on fish evolution and adaptations of sensory systems, particularly vision.
Fish living in extreme conditions often have unusual adaptations, and research on the eyes of deep-sea fish aims to reveal the limits of the vertebrate chamber eye. This may ultimately lead to insights into our own visual system.
Dr. Zuzana Musilová
Zuzana Musilová studied zoology at Charles University and completed her Ph.D. at the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences. She then spent 4.5 years as a postdoctoral researcher in Basel, Switzerland with Professor Walter Salzburger. Since 2015, she leads her own lab at the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University.
She is a laureate of the ERC Consolidator Grant 2023 (SensingDEEP), Neuron Award 2021 for young promising scientists, and the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science 2020. Her work is internationally recognized, with publications in journals such as Science and PNAS.
Learn more: Fish Evolution Research Group
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