I studied Biology at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands). I performed my PhD at the Institute of Biology in Leiden (with P. Brakefield and P. Beldade; 2005-2010) on the genetic and developmental mechanisms underlying the origin and diversification of colour patterns on butterfly wings. I then made a 3 years Post-Doc in Milinkovitch’s laboratory (LANE) where I investigated structural and pigmentary colours in reptiles. I am now doing a post-doc at the ‘Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution et Biodiversité’ (Paris, France).
Selected publications
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Amelanism in the corn snake is associated with the insertion of an LTR-retrotransposon in the OCA2 gene
Saenko S.V., Lamichhaney S., Martinez Barrio A., Rafati N., Andersson L., M. C. Milinkovitch
Scientific Reports 5, 17118 (2015)
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Photonic Crystals Cause Active Colour Change in Chameleons
Teyssier J., Saenko S.V., van der Marel D., M.C. Milinkovitch
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Precise colocalization of interacting structural and pigmentary elements generates extensive color pattern variation in Phelsuma lizards
Saenko S., Teyssier J., van der Marel D. & M. C. Milinkovitch
BMC Biology 105, 11 (2013)