A promise is a promise. Now, you can read about my research explained in plain English, listen to the #coqui #frog from #PuertoRico, and see how tiny they are at hatching. You can access the articles published today in #TheConversation.

Young frogs prioritize rapid growth over immune defense, only shifting energy toward fighting infection when disease becomes severe. The study shows how these energy trade-offs—shaped by environmental conditions and timing—affect survival, development, and broader population health.

🚨New publication alert🚨 Life starts as a 👾strategy-game under pathogen pressure: grow or fight. We show that 🐸investing ⚡energy into growth during mild 🦠infections can 📈increase fitness, but whether this pays off depends on the ☀️❄️season they hatch. #coqui #chytrid #PuertoRico #science #infection

Young frogs "play it safe" when disease strikes | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Read about our publication in @animalecology.bsky.social in the UF CLAS news! #amphibian #coqui #frog #chytrid #fungus #puertorico #CienciaPR @ecological-nich.bsky.social, Travis Klee, @brittbuchanan.bsky.social, @colettestm.bsky.social, @miguelacevedo.bsky.social, Patricia Burrowes, and Ana Longo

I am happy that this is out!

Hace dos fines de semana estuve hablando sobre mi camino en #ciencia con El Consorcio de Historia Natural de #PuertoRico (elconsorcio.org) en español. Puedes verla en www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4pZ.... El sábado 23 de mayo, le toca a @oacevedocharry.bsky.social. Stay tuned; vienen con #podcasts.

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Hey! Anyone attending SICB in January or the Latinamerican Congress of Herpetology in February? Alguien por aquí piensa ir a SICB en enero o almCongreso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia en Febrero?

Many mixed emotions. Getting ready for my defense on Monday!🤭😲🤗🥰🥹 Demasiadas emociones encontradas. Aquí estoy preparándome para defender mi doctorado el lunes! 🤭😲🤗🥰🥹

ESTRENO. Visualiza #GRATIS Webinar: Explorando el Potencial de las Series Temporales. #SpatialLab www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eJQ...

So sad! 🤮

Are you a PhD student interested in expanding your modeling skills and building your #international scientific network? Apply to the YSSP program to spend 3 months next summer working on a #research project with IIASA scientists.

❗️New paper alert❗️ We did a huge evolution experiment to study the effect of high fat and high sugar diet in housefly. High sugar diet causes the loss of beneficial microbiota and lower developmental success. #evolution #microbiome academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

For a while now, @lauradee.bsky.social and I have been working on a guide to introduce Ecologists to causal inference tools for observational data that has problematic unobserved confounding variables lurking in the background. And now it's up as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

👩‍🔬Now it’s official. I’m proud to be one of the @asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Awards winners. Looking forward to go to Puerto Rico to measure 🐸🎵, nutrients in the 🥚, and 🔬🍄! Emocionada por esta oportunidad! #womeninSTEM #coqui #100x35

☺️I was one of the 10 inductees from UF into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. It recognizes doctoral students and others who embody the values of scholarship, leadership, character, service, and advocacy by which Bouchet lived and worked as a scholar, educator, and physicist. 👩‍🔬🐸🔬🍄

Excited to share my interview in Defector about a mushroom🍄 on a frog🐸 in India! Thanks for including me, Sabrina @sabs.bsky.social! Come for the 🐸🍄, stay for the pun by Joyce Longcore! defector.com/mushroom-gro...

We have a lab tech position open starting in June. Gain hands-on xp in frog & fly husbandry, genomics, and experimental research. Collab w/ @berkeleyIB @MVZUCB. Get prof development support in a welcoming env! Please RT 🧪🌎🧬 Apply by Mar 15: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPL...

Guest blog from me on Dynamic Ecology, a guide for beginning grads on developing a reading habit and project ideas! Super grateful for reposts :)

Proud mentor moment! Congratulations to all the undergrads (Bella, Faith, Emilio, Anja, and Thien) from the @anavlongo.bsky.social lab, who presented today at the #UF Undergraduate Research symposium! 🐸 🦎 #caecilians and 🐢!! @AmphibiArik @oacevedocharry.bsky.social

Sometimes more important than the content is the story behind. Congratulations on passing your Quals. Felicidades candidato! 🥰