Anna Savage retweeted
today I am extracting DNA from a large female Ro that was removed from the lung of a captive garter snake that died… the pet trade likely has a great influence on the spread of this invasive snake parasite. though morphology is consistent w Ro, I will confirm ID molecularly.
Anna Savage retweeted
Here's the dissection video I've been promising! In this, @TerryFarrellSU & I show several snake dissections & discuss the differences between native & invasive snake pentastomes. The updated fact sheet & webinar details (5/24 at 4 PM ET) coming soon...
youtu.be/qMiEnSrapFc
Anna Savage retweeted
Dr. Anna Savage (@savagevolution), Associate Professor of Biology at @UCF with a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at @Cornell shares the contribution she has made to the UN SDG 15: Life on Land. @SustDev
#womeninscience
Anna Savage retweeted
I started an invasive snake lung parasite monitoring project a year ago with @TerryFarrellSU & now it’s grown big enough to have a name.
SLAM - snake lungworm alliance & monitoring.
Pictured are some pentatomes delivered by @am_durso & his students at FGCU !!
Anna Savage retweeted
If you work with #seaturtle mtDNA, see supplement for tables of long-fragment haplotypes (>550bp) across species with GenBank accession # and synonymous names. 🐢🧬
For each haplotype, we included: life stages, countries, & ocean basin(s) where it's been found + citation.
🧵3/5
Anna Savage retweeted
Invasive species often have lower genetic diversity, despite adapting to new conditions. How?
Lafond 2022 found bullfrogs maintained diversity at important functional loci involved with immunity.
These genes help the frogs combat the fungal disease Bd.
amphibiaweb.org/
Anna Savage retweeted
Cool to see my picture (Top) being used at the Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference! 😎 #ConservationPhotography #GARD2022
Anna Savage retweeted
Ecstatic that my first North American snake is the black racer, this guy has obviously heard about me through the colubrid grapevine! What a welcome! The snake is part of a monitored population, just outside of Knoxville. #GARD2022 #Herpetology #Reptiles #Snakes – at Knoxville, TN
Anna Savage retweeted
We've had a wonderful summer working with our very first REU student, Karen Paniagua Torres! Karen has been a total rockstar working on Cuban treefrog genetics, and we can't wait to see where her career takes her. We'll miss you, Karen!
ALT Karen pipetting at the lab bench during PCR
ALT Karen smiling and standing proudly in front of her poster summarizing her project. The poster has a yellow color theme and a prominent picture of a Cuban treefrog on it.
ALT Karen processing frog samples in the field at night. She wears a headlamp and a pair of gloves.
ALT Karen standing at a lectern and presenting a PowerPoint on a large television of her project on Cuban tree frog genetics.
Anna Savage retweeted
This is incredible and important work! Small population size ≠ extinction vortex for the vaquita, as long as there is sufficient genetic diversity remaining and as long as swift action is taken to reduce bycatch!
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Anna Savage retweeted
Are you a young amphibian conservationist from a developing country working on infectious diseases?
Then apply for a Travel Grant to attend @GARD2022!
ASA will cover your costs and you will be recognized as a Future Leader of Amphibian Conservation!
bit.ly/38jAov2
Anna Savage retweeted
43 US-based Biology PhD programs, only 1 is paying a living wage.
ALT Dot plot of MIT living wage and annual salary, shows all but a single private non-land grant AAU university is paying below the minimum living wage.
Anna Savage retweeted
From our #DiseaseEcology track:
A #HierarchicalModel of disease state change predicts virtually all juvenile #GreenTurtles in Florida's Indian River Lagoon develop FP disease
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4000
#OpenAccess @UCFTurtleLab @silverside_11 @SavagelabUCF @savagevolution
ALT Images of juvenile green turtles afflicted with fibropapillomatosis
Anna Savage retweeted
We're so proud of our undergraduates who presented their research yesterday and today at the @ucf_research Student Scholar Symposium! Well done all of you!
Anna Savage retweeted
I am asking my colleagues to read this carefully and not respond with defensiveness. I understand that this is difficult. But there is room at the table for everyone in this conversation.
This article may help us contexualize Wilson's legacy and lasting influence on scientific racism. @stacyfarina spent months scrutinizing the Library of Congress archive that contains Wilson's correspondences with white supremacists. @mclemoremr @sciam
magazine.scienceforthepeople…
Anna Savage retweeted
We are now calling for workshop proposals to be held at the first Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference 4-10 August 2022. Please share and send us your workshop ideas! #GARD2022
Anna Savage retweeted
DNA #metabarcoding AND #MHC?? That's right! @savagevolution is showing us the way at #SICB2022, together with @KaptainRose and Jacob LaFond. Post your questions for Anna Savage in this thread (#SICBmetabarcoding) and/or through the conference Pathable app.
Anna Savage retweeted
Know a high school student interested in #herpetology? Please direct them to @ssarherps Pre-College and Founders Fellow programs. Expanded opportunities to explore the field and careers. Please share. Questions can be directed to me.
Anna Savage retweeted
I’m Faith, a 1st year Biology MS student at UCF! Im primarily interested in how anthropogenic change is influencing wild bird populations in terms of their genetics & behavior. 🐦
@BlackInEnviron #BlackInEnvironWeek #BlackEnvironRollCall
