@Becker_Lab

Tropical ecology & biodiversity group at @PennStateBio.

 State College, PA
guibeckerweb.wixsite.com/thebeckerlab
Joined January 2018
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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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📢 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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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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A very cool talk by @shannonbuttimer on how future droughts will influence disease risk of frogs to #chytrid fungus 🐸 #WCH10
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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! 🐸🔬 royalsocietypublishing.org/d… @PSUmBiome, @PennStateBio, @ciddpsu
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Replying to @texcroc @fvelasquez98
Looking good bro!
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The toadlets made @Forbes! Thanks for the feature @GrrlScientist 😁 @Becker_Lab @RaynaCBell forbes.com/sites/grrlscienti…

Watch: How A Frog Is Helping Scientists Understand A Deadly Amphibian Pandemic

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.

forbes.com
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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. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-6…, @PSUmBiome, @PennStateBio, @ciddpsu
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Replying to @Eli_Ecology
It wasn't recorded, unfortunately.
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Today :-)
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Replying to @Symbionticism @MollyBletz @PSUmBiome
Two of my favorite people :-)
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Replying to @diegojsantana @ceronkarol
Parabens, aos dois!!💫✨:-)
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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! 🌈🐸 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae0… #VisualEvolution, @PennStateBio
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Are you interested in integrative biology and amphibian conservation? RIBBiTR is hosting a training workshop at SNARL in California for grad students and postdocs! Applications accepted in English, Português, and Español. Application deadline: April 5, 2024
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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. 🌿🐸 psu.edu/news/huck-institutes…
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Replying to @fisher_mat
wanna help us ID the fungus?
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Replying to @fisher_mat
Cool! We've seen a large one coming out of a treefrog's belly.
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Replying to @BritishEcolSoc @JAppliedEcology
Amazing! Congrats, Paula!!!!
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