Scientist Spotlight: Dr. Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis doi.org/10.1643/t20210… Until 1 Dec, access free PDF: bit.ly/3izfB8Y Photo by Brian M. Katona #asihpub

HEY ASIH student members! Our society will deeply benefit from student voices – JOIN our ASIH-DEIB Committee. Contact us:🐠 Dr. Kassandra Ford @aroavaron Hank Bart Christopher Martinez Cori Black 🐍Matthew L Holding 🦎 Matthew Fujita if interested! More Info: tinyurl.com/ASIH-DEIB

The next installment of ASIH Scientist Spotlights is here! Featuring two wonderful humans doing great work and illustrating different ways one might develop an interest in 🐢🐟🐍🐡🦎🦈🐠🐸 and decide to pursue a career as a herpetologist or ichthyologist.

"Transcriptomic analysis reveals potential candidate pathways and genes involved in toxin ☠️ biosynthesis in true toads 🐸" based on #RNAseq data from parotoid gland of 10 🇺🇸 toad species. From Matthew Fujita lab this week in J. Heredity American Genetic Association academic.oup.com/jhered/advance…

Consider applyinig for the ASIH Cashner Student Award! It gives financial support to historically excluded scientists @ ASIH 2022 in Spokane, Washington. DUE 30 APRIL 2022! See our website for application details: tinyurl.com/3v9vndzt /1

🐠REMINDER!!🦎 If you are a student and a member of ASIH, don't forget to apply for the Cashner Award! Quick app & a lottery system for choosing awardees who receive meeting/travel support and membership dues for the year. Deadline is April 30th! tinyurl.com/496585yv

Shoutout to UTAherpetology and UTA Science for this awesome Science Week art display showcasing the Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center at The University of Texas at Arlington!

The Mydlarz Lab Matthew Fujita Matthew Walsh spent the weekend at #EarthX expo showing the public what amazing research we have going on at UTA Science UTA Biology

Congratulations to JM for publishing one of his dissertation chapters in Evolution Journal! UT Arlington Graduate School UTA Science UTA Biology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Check out the awesome job Lilia did painting 🎨 this 3D printed gecko for Pride Month! 🌈 The ARDRC had these 🦎 painting kits available at EarthX Dallas 2022 EarthX. 📸 Dr. Laura Mydlarz #happypride #happypridemonth #uta #utascience #specimens #herpetology #geckos

New🐸👀paper out in BMC Biology w/ Rayna Bell Matthew Fujita. We found large changes in eye gene expression as leopard🐸s shift from aquatic tadpoles to terrestrial juveniles associated with improved vision in these distinct environments 📷: Todd Pierson doi.org/10.1186/s12915…

Did you know UTA has Texas largest herpetological collection and 10th largest in the US. @utaherpetology gave a wonderful tour and shared the exciting research collection we have supporting researchers around the world. UTA Biology

I was fortunate to participate in the awesome whiptail symposium at #JMIH2022. What an awesome and group of scientists with so many rich opportunities for collaboration! @rcthomson @katcurrie @R_Klabacka

UT Arlington is hiring a microbiologist at the Assistant Professor level, broadly defined. Please share if you know someone who might be interested or if they have any questions, send them my way! uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/19200

Excited to start at NSF as a Program Director in the Systematics and Biodiversity Science Cluster! Looking forward to working with my awesome colleagues! Meet DEB: Kari Segraves, Matthew Fujita, and Kirsten Schwarz debblog.nsfbio.com/2022/09/21/mee…

Lots of interest in our first graduate programs showcase and info session. Join us in your journey to PhD. UTA Biology UTA Science askbiology(at)uta(dot)edu uta.edu/academics/scho…

This was a collaborative effort involving @MollyCWomack, David Gower, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Brett Clark, Rayna Bell, Ryan Schott, and Matthew Fujita as well as scans deposited on MorphoSource like this rain frog from California Academy of Sciences morphosource.org/concern/media/…

Just joined Mastodon so that I can be bad at social media on a new platform. @[email protected]

So this is a thing Chris & I have been working on this book project for several years Apparently it's available for pre-order! Wonderful work from phenomenal contributors in this book! 💜 #UrbanConservation #UrbanEvolution #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife global.oup.com/academic/produ…

That’s a wrap for the #amphibian #frog vision symposium! #JMIH23 SSAR Rayna Bell Jeffrey W. Streicher