University of Aberdeen
| Pronouns | She/Her/Hers |
| Current Position | Lecturer |
| Previous Position | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge |
| Victoria.sleight@abdn.ac.uk | |
| Departments | School of Biological Sciences |
| ECR | Yes |
| Quadrat Core Themes | Biodiversity, Earth Systems, Environmental Management |
| Methods I Use | 'in vivo' experiments, Developmental Biology, Imaging, Molecular Biology, Omics and Informatics |
Key Research Interests
Research lab website: http://sleightlab.com/
- Evolution and development of marine skeletons (biomineralisation)
- Adaptation to climate change – primarily in marine systems
- Evo-Devo
- Organismal biology in the context of varying environmental conditions (temp., pH, oxygen, pollution)
- Functional genomics – transcriptomics, gene network analyses and proteomics in “non-model”/environmental/ecological organisms
Recent Key Papers
- Sleight et al. (2020) Computationally predicted gene regulatory networks in molluscan biomineralization identify extracellular matrix production and ion transportation pathways – Bioinformatics
- Sleight and Gillis (2020) Embryonic origin and serial homology of gill arches and paired fins in the skate (Leucoraja erinacea) – eLife
- Sleight et al. (2016) An Antarctic molluscan biomineralisation tool-kit – Scientific Reports
