Pymatuning Lab of Ecology

U of Pittsburgh's biological field station

[Taylor Zallek @TaylorZallek]

Tonight the @PittPymLab Summer Undergraduate Research Program participants presented their findings after nine weeks of hard work!
It’s been a privilege working with them and I’m amazed at what they’ve accomplished! Thank you to all attendees and Nick for the mocktails!

[Pitt Bio Outreach @pittbiooutreach]

Summer teacher workshop 2023: Duckweed Dynamics with @Exp_EvoEco. It was so nice to be back at @PittPymLab working with awesome high school teachers!

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us on Tuesday 7/25 at 7pm in the @PittPymLab dining hall to hear @pshirey talk about his work "Studying the recovery of species and the restoration of stream systems"

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us on Tuesday 7/18 at 7pm in the @PittPymLab dining hall for a seminar by @TaylorZallek entitled "Using experimental evolutionary ecology to understand biological invasions"

[Taylor Zallek @TaylorZallek]

Student volunteers from @PittPymLab conducted outreach at the Linesville Onion Festival where visitors of all ages learned about life at the organismal, cellular, and molecular levels using microscopy and DNA extractions! 🧅 ↔️ 🧬 #SciComm

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us on Tuesday 7/11 at 7pm in the @PittPymLab dining hall for a seminar by PLE Fellow Luci Anaya Morales entitled "Understanding the complex interactions between antimicrobial peptides and thermal physiology in amphibians"

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us on Tuesday 6/27 at 7pm in the @PittPymLab dining hall for a seminar by Amber Stanley entitled "Trait changes and adaptation of Orange Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) to climate change and urbanization".

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us on Tuesday 6/20 at 7pm the @PittPymLab dining hall for a talk by @Trapper_Hobble about his research "Characterizing the role of functional traits and phenotypic plasticity in explaining variation in coexistence parameters"

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us Tuesday 6/13 at 7pm in the @PittPymLab dining hall (11758 Fries Rd., Linesville PA) to hear Dr. Alexa Wagner from Case Western talk about "Management of a secondary, temperate forest impacts population and community dynamics in understory woody plants"

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us on Tuesday 6/6 at the @PittPymLab dining hall (11758 Fries Rd.) at 7pm for a talk by Chris Tracey of NatureServe about his work using biodiversity data to inform conservation decisions.

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us on Tuesday (5/30) at 7pm in the @PittPymLab dining hall (11758 Fries Rd., Linesville PA) to hear Erin Eberhard from Kent State talk about her research on Nitrogen cycling and redox potential in Great Lakes coastal ecosystems

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us Tuesday (5/23) at 7pm at the PLE Dining Hall (11758 Fries Rd.) for a seminar by @cassie_olmsted entitled "Exploring cryptic biodiversity in forests"!

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Join us Tuesday (5/16) at 7pm at the PLE Dining Hall (11758 Fries Rd.) for a seminar by @PittPymLab director @Cori_Zawacki about her lab's research on how amphibians are fighting back against the fungus that has caused their declines worldwide.

[ecoNEWS VT @ecoNEWS_VT]

Researchers across the eastern United States (including #Vermont) found simulated drought has developmental disadvantages, and even increased mortality, in #frogs

Read the story 🐸

https://t.co/AJIRpvZ5rk

#amphibian #drought #newresearch #climatechange #STEM @AemiliaAula

[Kim Rosvall @rosvall_lab]

Sometimes you just need to drive 100 mi to have dinner with your bestie @AndersonLabFAU — officially 20y of friendship, begun as roomies @PittPymLab

[Corinne Zawacki @Cori_Zawacki]

The @PittPymLab is accepting applications for Early Career Research Fellowships through 2/24. Please help us spread the word about this field station opportunity to recent PhDs and early career faculty. More info here: https://t.co/49jYy2SjVZ

[Corinne Zawacki @Cori_Zawacki]

The @PittPymLab's Research Grants program is accepting applications now through Feb. 24th. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity to graduate students and others who may be interested. More info here: https://t.co/7dc8OEbTql

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Field researchers: your valuable input is needed for a study on accessibility… only a few days left to participate!

[Elizabeth Rudzki @ZoomingBio]

!Last day is Nov 18th! Do you conduct field research or work at a field site? Please consider donating 3-5 minutes to complete this survey so we can assess accessibility for scientists with disabilities: https://t.co/22Vbb4DcJY #Academia #research #AcademicTwitter #Science #STEM

[Elizabeth Rudzki @ZoomingBio]

Read how Pitt biologists are making fieldwork more equitable! #research #AcademicTwitter #equity
@PittBioSci @PittPymLab @PittDietrich
https://t.co/HYXXe3xN0t

[Pymatuning Lab of Ecology @PittPymLab]

Paper by @PittPymLab researchers about field work equity was featured today by PittWire!

[Corinne Zawacki @Cori_Zawacki]

Our new paper on how to write a field safety manual was featured in the PittWire today! https://t.co/RIkT3DLdaw