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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…
- 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.…
Photo by Daniel Shaykevich
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…
Nora Moskowitz, PhD, defended her dissertation this week! Her work brought us more in depth knowledge of poison frog prey preference and selectivity. Like all good science, it opened many new questions that will be asked by current and future lab…
We have a lot of new lab members this Quarter!
Dr. Najva Akbari joined our lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Najva is an optical physicist and will be setting up in vivo imaging in tadpoles.
Dr Katie Fiocca joined our lab as…
Lauren received a Pew Biomedical Scholar award to fund work on how nutrition circuits influence behavior in tadpoles.
Dr. Julie Butler led a lab reflection about our lab values, professional needs, and overall balance. It was a great time to reflect on what we are all doing here and why we are passionate about our work.
Check out our word cloud,…