David Rodriguez

@_jreneyates_ Congrats!!!!🎉🍾

Candidate of crocodilians, reporting for duty 🫡🐊 I passed my dissertation proposal defense ☺️🐊🎉🍾

New #RDZLab pub out on snake parasites! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Tech job in our dept! jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/53930

On Sat @anuradelmar officially became Dr. Moretta-Urdiales & also won the Grad College's Outstanding Dissertation Award! I sincerely wanted to thank @txst Pres. Damphousse @kdamp for highlighting her story of tenacity, generosity, perseverance, and productivity. #ProudPI #RDZLAB

Check out these grants for amphibian research 🐸🐸🐸

"Effects of parental care on skin microbial community composition in #poisonfrogs" by MT Fischer et al. , out @eLife doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

New pub alert! Out in early online view (dm for pdf if you need access). This is work that began in my PhD and represents the most complete microbiome sampling of snake communities to date. Thanks to ⁦@SICB_⁩ & the wonderful symposium organizers. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-ar…

📢2026 EDGE Fellowship Applications are open for the 2026 @EDGEofExistence Fellowship! Fellows receive funding, training, and mentorship to implement a 2-year project focused on a species from the EDGE list. EOI deadline: 21 July 2025 Apply here: edgeofexistence.org/edge-fellowshi…

Also posted to #evol2025 app social feed, but in case anyone's looking on here, I'd like to give away a copy of my book to a non-U.S./Canada grad student, since I know it can be harder to get outside N.A. Respond here or on the app want it! I'll pick the recipient at random. 🎲

🐸💧 New from @Becker_Lab @PennState: Drought reshapes amphibian behavior, skin microbiomes, & disease risk. In pumpkin toadlets, less rain = lower fungal loads but disrupted microbiomes & more time in wet spots. Full paper 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

The P.E.O. Scholar Awards are competitive, merit-based awards intended to recognize academic excellence by women in doctoral-level programs. #TXSTNews #TXSTStudentExperience news.txst.edu/student-experi…

Last week #RDZLab student @anuradelmar defended her PhD! Hard to describe how incredibly proud I am of this young woman & what she has accomplished in 5 yrs. Thanks to @TXSTGradCollege, @Txstbiology, collaborators=friends, funders, Ken & Verena Wilson, and her committee🐸🌳🍄🧬

Amphibian research 🐸: Bd in Ecuadorian Forests 🇪🇨. #USFQ_Reseach Great collaboration with @anuradelmar, @texcroc, Third Millennium Alliance (Shawn/Ryan)! Acceso libre: doi.org/10.1007/s10393…

Nuevo Doctarado en la USFQ 🇪🇨! Ecología y Soluciones Globales Abre en agosto 2025 usfq.edu.ec/es/posgrados/d…

Acabo de recibir este libro maravilloso: An Introduction to the Amphibians of Ecuador: Diversity, Conservation, and Cultural History. Volume I. Autores: Luis A. Coloma & W. E. Duellman A leer! 🐸🇪🇨

@txst @Txstbiology Update: Thanks to all who applied, we are currently ranking candidates and hope to send invites next week!

@TXST and @Txstbiology invites applications for an open rank position in Aquatic Microbiology specializing in the study of microbiomes of aquatic resources (broadly defined) 🦠🧬🖥️🌊🚰🚱🏊‍♂️🔬🐸🐟🦐🪼🌱👨‍🌾🦟 More info here: microbiology.wp.txstate.edu Apply here: jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/50377

Summer undergrad research opportunities in #microbiology!!: med.uth.edu/mmg/summer-res…

🚨 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬! 🚨 The Fonseca Species Conservation Fund is accepting proposals from early-career conservationists in the 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻! Apply by: March 30, 2025 Read more and apply: rewild.org/the-fonseca-sp…

Our @RIBBiTR_BII children's book about Pitanga, the pumpkin toadlet, is out! 🐸 Follow his adventures as he faces challenges after losing his home.🍃 Download it for free here: lulu.com/shop/sarah-sca… #Conservation #KidsBooks