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!
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"
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"
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
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"
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".
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"
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"
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.
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
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"!
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.
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
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
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
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