Jason Gallant, assistant professor of integrative biology, studies the genomic basis of electric signal diversity in mormyrid electric fish. Electric fish, such as mormyrids, produce weak electric fields for the purposes of communication and navigation through their environments.

To highlight his research, Gallant and his students created an electric fish Christmas tree. However, this christmas tree is not “powered” by electric fish, rather it is controlled by an electric fish. Weakly electric fish continuously produce pulses of electricity for communication and navigation in their environments– every time the fish produces a pulse, the tree lights up.

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