Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social

Come for the frogs, follow me to Insta @microbemik or where the sky is blue @microbemik.bsky.social 🐸🧬👩🏼‍🔬

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

So excited to share that I am officially a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at James Cook University ✨

Excited for the next few years, working across several exciting projects, not just 🐸, but 🪰🦐🐨🐠🐕🪸🦪 in the Animal Genomics & Breeding Laboratory!

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

@NicholasWuNZ Thanks Nic!! 🥳

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

And just like that, I am #PhDone 🥳

Couldn’t be prouder, happier or more
tired. So much to be said, but for now we celebrate and we sleep 💃🍸😴

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

@Keogh_Lab Thanks Scott! Big relief 🥳

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

@NatureArtVic Amazing!! I just emailed you 🥰🥰

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

And not only did we find a range of phenotypic variation across the species, from susceptible
➡️ tolerant ➡️ resistant.

But we also found significant differences in outcomes and influences between repeated experimental exposures in this Critically Endangered #frog 🐸

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

It’s the first #frogfriday for 2025, so what better way then to share our new preprint 🐸🍄

We exposed corroboree frogs to a low dose of #chytrid to detect variation in individual responses using a genetic representation of almost the entire species… ⬇️

https://t.co/LLAobF6dO4

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

Our new preprint on designing and applying the first custom SNP array for a #frog is out now! 🤩🐸🧬

We then genotyped >900 Endangered corroboree frogs & looked at their population structure and diversity… with more exiting working coming soon 🤞

https://t.co/D2Qdc94ikJ

[Dr Tiffany Kosch (tiffanykosch.bsky.social)👩‍🔬🤿 @TAKosch]

Check out our new preprint on the first frog SNP array we designed to help improve conservation efforts for corroboree frogs. Big shoutout to Miki Davidson @MicrobeMikfor for her awesome work leading this project! @Keogh_Lab @UniMelb @SciMelb

https://t.co/XA78fY4wRl

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

Elated to share the 2nd chapter of my #PhD was just published 🎉

We looked at the impacts of Bd isolate and dose used in experimental exposures, and found they have significant impacts on infection outcomes 👎🐸🍄

https://t.co/NXyUw7BwmY

[Dr Tiffany Kosch (tiffanykosch.bsky.social)👩‍🔬🤿 @TAKosch]

Check out the new paper by @MicrobeMik and colleagues from @OneHealthRes on the impact of Bd strain and dose on infection outcomes in corroboree frogs 🐸🐸🐸 @UniMelb @SciMelb

https://t.co/t7kK0vQX8l

[Dr Tiffany Kosch (tiffanykosch.bsky.social)👩‍🔬🤿 @TAKosch]

Yesterday was a deeply proud moment for me—my first PhD student, Miki Davidson @MicrobeMik, presented her completion seminar, showcasing all her incredible work on developing a selective breeding approach to enhance chytrid resistance in corroboree frogs. @UniMelb @SciMelb

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

You can find me @microbemik.bsky.social for all the corroboree frog goodness 🐸

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

#frog 🐸 & #herpetology 🐍 people has anyone got a list of all the amazing researches going on .bsky? The only sad thing I’m feeling is the thought of loosing you all on here 😢

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

Zoom link:

https://t.co/xeM6w7KHtb

[Mikaeylah Davidson @microbemik.bsky.social @MicrobeMik]

The end is in sight!!! 🐸🎓🥳

If anyone is interested in coming along to my #PhD completion seminar, it’s this Thursday at 12pm AEDT

Link to join Zoom below, or in person on the Werribee campus!

[Nicholas Wu @NicholasWuNZ]

The @batslab is seeking a PhD candidate (stipend provided) to work on the ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat🦇 & its sensitivity to the impacts of fire 🔥 | https://t.co/SQgCCXx25F | @westsyduhie @AusBats 📷 A. Musser

[Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @EBPgenome]

LIVE at #BG24 : Join us now to hear from #amphibian and #conservation researchers : @MicrobeMik, @Ying_hhh and @hayleybethfree

#genomics #genome #biodiversity #bioconservation

[Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @EBPgenome]

Learn more about #amphibian #genomics from @TAKosch @TorresSanchezM and @CrawfordAJ this Thursday.

Register today for #BG24 to tune in : https://t.co/zlQsJvuK6r