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Lauren and Daniel visited long term collaborator Mike Gardner for some field work in Australia. Sleepy lizard season is in full swing and our collaboration to investigate how these lizards maintain long term pair bonds is going strong.…
Introducing Dr. Daniel Shaykevich!
Daniel defended his dissertation on cane toad spatial navigation! He will be finishing up his manuscripts this Fall Quarter while searching for opportunities in science communication…
The BioRETs INSPIRE program wrapped up this summer! We hosted 6 middle and high school STEM teachers in the Dept of Biology.
Our lab hosted Aayesha who teaches middle school science in San Jose. Her work focused on analyzing ant…
Lauren was the scientific advisor on a children's comic book on amphibians that came out recently! It follows a girl who moves to a rural location and learns all about the biology of amphibians. Lauren wrote a forward for this first addition on…
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A documentary film crew from Tangerine was in the lab for a few days filming parental care in poison frogs! Our lab's research will be highlighted in the upcoming documentary Father Time - to be released summer 2025!…
- Awards
The Amphibian Survival Alliance selected two herpetologists as the Future Leaders of Amphibian Conservation - and both of these amazing scientists are in our team! Congratulations to Jenni and Mile for this honor.…
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Our quarterly lab hangout trip was to Monterey Bay, where we hung out at the aquarium and went tide pooling!…
LOBSU FROG-tastic nailed it invitation
Julie hosted a frog-themed Nailed It! event for our holiday get-together. Amateur bakers compete to replicate complicated cookie decor in order to win a frog-themed kitchen appliances. Expert cookie decorated Julie had us replicate decorations.…
Dr Stephanie Caty
Introducing Dr. Stephanie Caty
Steph defended her dissertation on poison frogs and microbes! She will be writing up her manuscripts this Autumn and then will pursue opportunities in industry.
We so cherish…
Aurora and her defense seminar
Introducing Dr. Aurora Alvarez-Buylla
Aurora defended her dissertation! "Dealing with a deadly diet: molecular mechanisms of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs."
She will be in the lab for the rest of the…