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Shannon Buttimer, PhD @shannonbuttimer

🐸🎃🍄 she/her 👩🏼‍🔬 shannonbuttimer@bsky.social

Joined October 2012
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Shannon Buttimer, PhD@shannonbuttimer
10 May 2024
The short film about our work is out just in time for #AmphibianWeek! 🐸🎃⛺️🌧️ @bioGraphic @Becker_Lab youtube.com/watch?v=cSgmBytX…
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Nicholas Wu@NicholasWuNZ
18 Jun 2025
Developed from the #WCH10 symposium, we provide a guide for researchers & managers on current advances for assessing the vulnerability of reptiles 🐍 & amphibians 🐸 to water stress | academic.oup.com/conphys/art… | Published in @conphysjournal
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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome
11 Jun 2025
🐸💧 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/…

Experimental Drought Suppresses Amphibian Pathogen Yet Intensifies Transmission and Disrupts...

This study used ecologically realistic enclosures with pumpkin toadlets to simulate short-term drought conditions in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Drought reduced the overall levels of a harmful amphib...

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I had the opportunity to share the joy of amphibians with some K-2nd graders after Penn State's Frog and Toad play last week. Jack and I showed off our lab's new children's book about pumpkin toadlets and I talked about some of our research. I even brought my pet frog along!
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I think it’s safe to say they liked the jumping videos.
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long overdue, but I'm moving to 🦋 (shannonbuttimer)
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It was an honor to be the TA for this class! I had so much fun teaching the students how to run experiments in the field and talking their ears off about Costa Rica’s herps. Thank you to CR profs José M Mora, Jenny Stynoski, and Eduardo Carrillo for their company & mentorship 🇨🇷
Penn State Biology@PennStateBio
13 Jan 2025
This year’s Tropical Field Ecology course was a blast! Students explored Costa Rica, gaining hands-on experience in tropical research. A special thanks to Dr. Jim Marden for 30 incredible years of teaching—what a legacy to celebrate in his final course! 🌿🐬🦜🦋🐸
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not sure why the flag is showing up as a North Korean flag on web but a Costa Rican flag on mobile 😂
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Becker Lab@Becker_Lab
3 Jan 2025
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-scarclif… #Conservation #KidsBooks
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happy pumpkin day!!!
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brat summer is officially over… now I’m gonna be
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I was lucky enough to see a flying gecko (Gekko rhacophorus) in Malaysia! What a stunning animal 🤩
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I just tested positive for COVID. I wish, as scientists (esp. DISEASE ecologists), more people would be masking at an international conference where people who have just traveled for days are in a big room together. #WCH10 @WCHerp
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I totally understand taking the masks off to eat, present, and take photos. But it just seems like people have amnesia about the last 4 years. I’ve seen so many people cough and not even cover their mouths 😖
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Have we learned nothing? How are we going to prevent and slow the spread of Bsal onto new continents if we can’t even learn from a pandemic in our own species???
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Nicholas Wu@NicholasWuNZ
6 Aug 2024
A very cool talk by @shannonbuttimer on how future droughts will influence disease risk of frogs to #chytrid fungus 🐸 #WCH10
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if you want to learn about how pumpkin toadlets, their skin bacteria, and chytrid fungus respond to experimental drought, come see my talk at @WCHerp #WCH10 at 12:30 in room 2 🎃🐸
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Nicholas Wu@NicholasWuNZ
29 Jul 2024
One more week until #WCH10! Check out our symposium S2 on Tuesday with an amazing lineup of speakers. Stay hydrated 🥤and see you in #Kuching!
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Penn State Biology@PennStateBio
8 Jul 2024
Jack Boyette, doctoral student in the department of biology, led a study that found a shocking number of nonvisual opsins — light-sensing proteins — in frogs. Read more at buff.ly/3XD0oc4
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I finally made some pumpkin toadlet merch! 📢 Brachycephalus pitanga and their namesake, the pitanga berry 🍒 redbubble.com/shop/ap/162132…

Pumpkin toadlet and pitanga fruit collage by Shannon Buttimer | Redbubble

A collage of pumpkin toadlets (Brachycephalus pitanga) and their namesake, the Pitanga fruit, both of which are native to Brazil.

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Wes Neely@wesleyjneely
12 Jun 2024
Super excited to have the final chapter of my dissertation out! Give it a read if you enjoy frogs, microbiomes, or helminths! doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240530
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