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Tropical ecology & biodiversity group at @PennStateBio.
State College, PA
Joined January 2018
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: #Conservation #KidsBooks
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📢 The Becker Lab is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2025! Join us to study how global change impacts tropical wildlife, emerging diseases & the microbiome. 🌎🐸.Interested? Send 1-2 paragraphs outlining your research/career goals to guibecker (AT) psu . edu
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The 2024 field season is in full swing for the @Becker_Lab! Exciting breakthroughs are on the horizon thanks to the hard work of our amazing field team!
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RT @maapontes: First official postdoc fieldwork 🐸📷 Released a Melanophryniscus setiba right where he was found (I did not touch them withou….
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Ecosystem engineers altering the phyllosphere microbiome? Check out this new study led by the Kersch-Becker Lab! 🌿🐛🕷️.
Fresh from the Kersch-Becker Lab! 🌿Our latest research @Ecology_Letters shows how leaf shelters boost microbial diversity in the phyllosphere. Congrats to @daniloentomo on this exciting work! 👏🎉 #latinosinSTEM #diversityinSTEM @PSUmBiome @PSU_Entomology.
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Shoutout to @dmoura_campos for an excellent presentation on drought-driven disease outbreaks in Brazilian amphibians! #WCH10
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Kudos to @shannonbuttimer for representing @Becker_Lab at the @WCH10! She presented on the impact of drought on animal behavior and disease transmission in tropical frogs.
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RT @NicholasWuNZ: A very cool talk by @shannonbuttimer on how future droughts will influence disease risk of frogs to #chytrid fungus 🐸 #WC….
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Really cool links found between host-associated helminths and skin/gut microbiomes in tropical amphibians. Kudos to @wesleyjneely for leading this fascinating study! 🐸🔬.@PSUmBiome, @PennStateBio, @ciddpsu
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RT @shannonbuttimer: The toadlets made @Forbes! Thanks for the feature @GrrlScientist 😁 @Becker_Lab @RaynaCBell
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Recent field experiments focusing on a tiny, charismatic frog in southeastern Brazil are beginning to shed light on a disease that has decimated amphibian populations around the world.
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Vertebrate #microbiomes may play a crucial role in detoxifying environmental contaminants like metalloids, revealing key pathways for vertebrate resilience. Check out our new collaborative study led by the Moreira Lab. @PSUmBiome, @PennStateBio, @ciddpsu
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Exciting collaboration led by the Bell Lab (@RaynaCBell) and a team of outstanding scientists unveils the intricate adaptations of frog vision, shedding light on opsin gene evolution and spectral sensitivities! 🌈🐸 #VisualEvolution, @PennStateBio
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RT @RIBBiTR_BII: Are you interested in integrative biology and amphibian conservation? RIBBiTR is hosting a training workshop at SNARL in C….
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An insightful news piece discussing our research on the harmful effects of droughts, disrupting host-microbiome interactions and triggering disease in tropical amphibians. 🌿🐸 .
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🌍Continental-scale shifts in rainfall patterns due to land use could indeed lead to microbiome-scale dysbiosis and disease in endemic tropical amphibians in natural forests. Kudos to @shannonbuttimer and Diego @LaHNAB_UNICAMP for leading! @PennStateBio
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RT @Symbionticism: Just released: Project Guide that introduces students to bioinformatics, DNA Sequencing to determine taxonomic identity….
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New paper out!📄Using museum specimens, we demonstrate that cool-adapted, high-elevation tropical frogs historically had higher pathogen prevalence in abnormally warm years.🐸🌡️.Kudos to Tamilie @LaHNAB_UNICAMP, @PSUmBiome @PennStateBio @ciddpsu
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🔥New paper alert! Former @TozettiLab undergraduate prodigy 🌟Laura Schuck leverages data from a controlled fire experiment to unveil how #wildfires trigger microbiome #dysbiosis and disease in tropical amphibians. @PSUmBiome, @PennStateBio, @ciddpsu
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Flashback to our 2023 field season in Brazil's Atlantic Forest! 🌿 Exciting @RIBBiTR_BII science on the horizon—stay tuned! Wishing you all happy holidays! 🎉 #Biodiversity #Rainforest
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