RZ Amphibian Lab

Mom I’m on @netflix. David Attenborough narrated my research I can die happy now. #lifeincolor #colsci @RZ_Lab

Check out our article in @NSTA Science Scope highlighting the inquiry-driven module we created with the @RZ_Lab, Ectotherm ER: Frogs Under the Weather, connecting amphibian decline with climate change nsta.org/science-scope/…

Our science module has now been published! It was such a fun project and we’re so proud of the module we created. Thanks so much to our teacher co-authors and NSF for allowing us to assist science education in middle school on such important topics! nsta.org/science-scope/…

So excited about Sir David Attenborough's new nature documentary "Life in Colour"!! Super happy to be involved a tiny bit (scientific consultant) and can't wait to see all of the episodes when it airs in the US!! #colsci #poisonfrog #sexualselection bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…

Congratulations to @la_brannelly and @Lea_C_Hannah, recipients of our 2021 Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award!

It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science and we are proud to introduce some of the women of Australian ecology. To read more, click the link below 👇 ecolsoc.org.au/blog/internati… #WomenInScience @LA_Brannelly @OneHealthRes @FVASunimelb @WomenSciAUST

#SICB2021 is starting! Time to start binge-watching talks 🤓 Check out my talk of my PhD projects with @Cori_Zawacki on the evolution of color polymorphism and reproductive isolation in the strawberry poison frog here: sicbannualmeeting.pathable.co/meetings/virtu… #colsci @RZ_Lab @SICB_

This episode also features research by @yusan_yang on my new favourite furious frogs! Preview of her paper and experiment in the thread below - make sure to tune in on Monday to hear more: twitter.com/yusan_yang/sta…

👏👏 @LA_Brannelly gave a great keynote presentation as the Wiley #NextGenerationEcologist award winner at #ESAus20 this morning! Alpine tree frogs have a plastic reproductive response to chytrid infection and understanding this mechanism helps us protect the endangered species🐸

Here’s 40” by 40” of amphibian admiration! This piece is from my 2018 artist residency at @RZ_Lab . It’s included in a catalog of works from 2018 and prior. Message me here or at ashleycecil.com/contact to get the PDF with prices for your holiday shopping.

Happy to announce a PhD position available in my lab to work on an NSF funded project studying the role of learning in speciation (using poison frogs as a model system) in @PittBioSci in the @RZ_Lab

The last of my main thesis chapters now published in @BehavEcol 🎉 Females prefer same-colored males in the polymorphic strawberry poison frog, but male territorial competition can limit pref expression. #colsci w/ @Cori_Zawacki in @RZ_Lab @PittBioSci academic.oup.com/beheco/advance…

I'm giving a talk this Thursday (10/29) 4pm CT at the @LECBiodiversity and @WUSTLBio's #EEPB seminar series. It will be streamed through youtube, so tune in if you are interested in #colsci #poisonfrog #guppies #sexualselection😊 youtube.com/watch?v=1eCYcB…

Has fun celebrating @Layla_Freeborn with @RZ_Lab members past and present tonight. Cheers Dr. Freeborn!🥂

Please retweet! Pitt BioSci is hosting a Virtual Open House on Nov 6, 4pm EST, for folks interested in applying to the EE or MCDB Ph.D. programs. Register here - biology.pitt.edu/graduate/how-a…

Curious about #amphibians, #disease #ecology, and #ecophysiology? Then join @LECBiodiversity and @WUSTLBio's #EEPB group in welcoming: Dr. Michel Ohmer (@m_ohmer) - Ecophysiology meets disease ecology. Thurs., Oct. 22, 4 pm CST: youtu.be/wC38DDX8unk

So incredibly proud of @Layla_Freeborn, who defended her dissertation today and became the newest Dr. to emerge from the @RZ_Lab ! 🐸❤️🤗🤓🙌

Paper out 🥳 Prior residence effect, not color or body size, determines success in male-male territorial competition in the wild in a polymorphic poison frog population. doi.org/10.1111/eth.13… with @PremelV and @Cori_Zawack @RZ_Lab @PittBioSci @stri_panama #colsci #poisonfrog

Inspired by how happy I was finding guppy silhouettes yesterday, here's my contribution: poison frog researchers, here are some strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio) silhouettes if you need it for making figures. Uploaded to @PhyloPic: phylopic.org/name/86d8b3de-… #poisonfrog

An international collaboration of researchers has found that frog diseases can be detected in environmental samples like soil and water @LA_Brannelly @onehealthres @FVASunimelb → go.unimelb.edu.au/wk9j