So excited to share that I am officially a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at James Cook University ✨
Excited for the next few years, working across several exciting projects, not just 🐸, but 🪰🦐🐨🐠🐕🪸🦪 in the Animal Genomics & Breeding Laboratory!
It’s the first #frogfriday for 2025, so what better way then to share our new preprint 🐸🍄
We exposed corroboree frogs to a low dose of #chytrid to detect variation in individual responses using a genetic representation of almost the entire species… ⬇️
shorturl.at/GJQtI
And not only did we find a range of phenotypic variation across the species, from susceptible
➡️ tolerant ➡️ resistant.
But we also found significant differences in outcomes and influences between repeated experimental exposures in this Critically Endangered #frog 🐸
Our new preprint on designing and applying the first custom SNP array for a #frog is out now! 🤩🐸🧬
We then genotyped >900 Endangered corroboree frogs & looked at their population structure and diversity… with more exiting working coming soon 🤞
doi.org/10.22541/au.17337459…
Check out our new preprint on the first frog SNP array we designed to help improve conservation efforts for corroboree frogs. Big shoutout to Miki Davidson @MicrobeMikfor for her awesome work leading this project! @Keogh_Lab@UniMelb @SciMelb
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Elated to share the 2nd chapter of my #PhD was just published 🎉
We looked at the impacts of Bd isolate and dose used in experimental exposures, and found they have significant impacts on infection outcomes 👎🐸🍄
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Yesterday was a deeply proud moment for me—my first PhD student, Miki Davidson @MicrobeMik, presented her completion seminar, showcasing all her incredible work on developing a selective breeding approach to enhance chytrid resistance in corroboree frogs. @UniMelb @SciMelb
#frog 🐸 & #herpetology 🐍 people has anyone got a list of all the amazing researches going on .bsky? The only sad thing I’m feeling is the thought of loosing you all on here 😢
The end is in sight!!! 🐸🎓🥳
If anyone is interested in coming along to my #PhD completion seminar, it’s this Thursday at 12pm AEDT
Link to join Zoom below, or in person on the Werribee campus!
Come check out the excellent talks we have lined up from AGC members Miki Davidson @MicrobeMik, Ying Chen @Ying_hhh,and Hayley Beth Free @hayleybethfree today at #BG24.
I never thought I would design a custom genotyping array to try and save a species, but here we are! 🐸
So if your interesting in breeding for conservation and hearing me bug out about #frogs register here: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com…