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See the latest work from former graduate student Emily Hall, undergraduate researcher Brandon Hutzenbiler and collaborator Jesse Brunner (WSU) that connects how the non-lethal effects of elevated salinity due to de-icing road salt run-off can increase the likelihood of mass mortality events  in wood frog tadpoles, providing rare empirical evidence supporting the stress-induced susceptibility hypothesis:

Press coverage for this research article includes:

Science Daily

Forbes

Phys.org

EurekaAlert/AAAS

De-icer may intensify tadpoles’ viral infections

Congratulations to newly elected BGSA leaders in our lab:

Jen Madigan the new elected President

Grace Curtis the new Information Officer

Bernie Traversari the new Seminar representative

Robyn’s talk, titled, “Leptin: Integrator of immune response and regeneration,” took the top prize and the People’s Choice Award, which was voted by audience members at the competition. She ultimately placed 3^rd in the university-wide competition!  See her talk at:

https://cas.wsu.edu/graduate-studies/3-minute-thesis/

Bernie Traversari was awarded the Northwest Scientific Association Student Research Grant for his research investigating the impact of the larval environment on post-metamorphic behaviors of the Northern Leopard Frog.

Grace Curtis was awarded a Grant-in-Aid of Research from the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology for her work investigating whether leptin promotes angiogenesis in embryonic development and during regeneration in amphibians.

Grace Curtis received an Outstanding Service Award recognizing her work with Scientista to promote women in science.

Kourtnie Whitfield received a Notable Achievement Award in recognition of her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention.

Bernie’s poster, titled, “Importance of the early environment on amphibian development: Application for head-start, translocation, and reintroduction programs,” won one of two best poster prizes at the event. Bernie presented research that bridged the basic science our lab has conducted on the impact of the larval environment on post-metamorphic traits with the work Bernie conducted with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Northern leopard frog reintroduction program in 2019.