Postdoctoral Fellow
Research group | Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (IBV-CEES)
Main supervisor | Kjetill Sigurd Jakobsen
Co-supervisor | -
Affiliation | Department of Biosciences
Contact | i.a.f.steindal@ibv.uio.no
Short bio
I have a PhD from University College London in circadian and light biology in cavefish and deep-sea fish. Following that, I did a Human Frontier Science Programme funded postdoc on the timing mechanism on coral spawning at James Cook University in Australia. With the DS Train Fellowship, I have now moved into working with seasonality in Atlantic Cod.
Research interests and hobbies
I am very interested in light-based biology and how light impacts many aspects of biology, from UV-mediated responses to circadian biology to seasonality. I am also very fond of fieldwork-based biology whether that is diving on tropical reefs, deep-sea research vessels or fishing boats. Furthermore, I also take an interest in research politics and I am a member of the Young Academy of Norway. In my spare time I like the finer things in life like bird watching.
DSTrain project
Deciphering the genetic variation of seasonal breeding across Atlantic cod populations
Publications
DSTrain publications
Previous publications
Frøland Steindal IA., (2023) The dark side of the fish: Common adaptations in cavefishes from around the world. Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology Vol II. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90801-6.00144-0
Frøland Steindal IA., Yamamoto Y and Whitmore D. (2023) Blind fish have cells that see light. Proc. R. Soc. B. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0981
Fong CK, Hearn T, Webb SE, Frøland Steindal IA, Miller AL, Whitmore D. Daily rhythms in heartbeat rate are intrinsic to the zebrafish heart. (2021) Curr Biol. Mar 8;31(5):R239-R240. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.106. PMID: 33689719.
Frøland Steindal IA, Whitmore D. Zebrafish circadian clock entrainment and the importance of broad spectral light sensitivity. (2020) Frontiers in Physiology, Aug 14;11:1002. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.01002.
Frøland Steindal IA, Whitmore D. Circadian Clocks in Fish-What Have We Learned so far? (2019) Biology. Mar 19;8(1). pii: E17. doi: 10.3390/biology8010017. Review.
Frøland Steindal IA, Beale AD, Yamamoto Y, Whitmore D.
Development of the Astyanax mexicanus circadian clock and non-visual light responses. Dev Biol. 2018 Sep 15;441(2):345-354. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.06.008. Epub 2018 Jun 23.