Paulo Gama Mota currently works at the Department of Life Sciences , University of Coimbra. Paulo does research in Animal Communication, Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Their current projects are 'Colouration as a signal of health status. The effects of diet, parasites and androgens on the expression of colour in the European Serin (Serinus Serinus).', 'Genetic basis for the development of song in songbirds'.