Melissa Hernández Poveda

Evolutionary biologist, passionate about life and in love with frogs and birds. PhD student at @UniMelb. #Genomics #Evolution and #Conservation 👩🏻‍🔬🐸🇨🇴

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

After nearly a decade of work, I’m thrilled to share the publication of the southern corroboree frog genome—a high-quality, chromosome-level assembly made possible by an incredible team from @UniMelb, @genomeark, @sangerinstitute, @ZoosVictoria & more.

https://t.co/lNq5Br4CSV

[Melissa Hernández Poveda @hpymel]

By sequencing the genome of the endangered Southern Corroboree Frog, we could save it https://t.co/H8JpixzQcT

[Vicky Flechas, PhD @vickyflechas]

Más sobre los increíbles sapos del género Atelopus. Estos sapitos enfrentan una crisis y la mayoría de las especies están bajo alguna categoría de amenaza!

[Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana]

.@CarolinDittrich's paper listed as one of the most popular papers published over the past 10 years in @RSocPublishing Royal Society Open Science🏆 https://t.co/nWk2PMDSis #RSOS Congrats, Caro! @roedel_lab

[Suvi Ruuskanen @RuuskanenSuvi]

Open #PhD researcher position in my group @uniofjyvaskyla FINLAND:Contribution of #genetic and #environmental factors on #microbiome variation in birds, and its associations with #thermal #physiology. DL 13th Oct, starting in Jan25/flexible
https://t.co/vWXaBoYrcV

[Ole Seehausen @OleSeehausen]

Postdoc position for modeling biodiversity and ecosystem responses to climate change. Nanyuki/Kenya and Bern/Switzerland https://t.co/5rwRhzVv8G

[Felipe Floreste 🐸🇧🇷🇦🇺 @florestefr]

So happy to announce that I was awarded a Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment grant from @EcolSocAus to fund my research on immune traits of invasive cane toads in Australia. Thanks to my supervisor @rollins_lee and Dr. Bill Holsworth for the support to my PhD research!

[Shaun Welman, PhD @ShaunWelman]

I'm excited to announce that our manuscript in the Journal of Thermal Biology @J_Therm_Biol, debunking the idea that TUC = Thermal tolerance in mammals, is available as Open Access. https://t.co/szEtESPyN4

I will be presenting this work in Tarragona, Spain, 3rd Sept @ebrs2024

[Maria Isabel Castaño @MariaCastanoGal]

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Back on X to share that our paper with @AvispaTica at @TropBioLab was published @ScientificData! I wanted to learn bioinformatics during my first year PhD rotation, and we ended up doing the first long read de novo genome assembly of a whole order of insects! #Strepsiptera

[SELVA @selvaorgco]

Ayer se inauguró la 'Biblioteca Sé' en la vereda Vista Nieves y La Tagua, en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. SELVA, entre otros, apoyamos con una donación de libros para este lindo espacio. ¡Maravillosa iniciativa!

[Amphibian Survival Alliance @amphibiansorg]

🚨 Whitley Fund for Nature 🚨

Applications are open for the #WhitleyAwards. The fund supports #GrassrootsConservationist working in the Global South. Apply now for a chance to win £50,000 in funding & global recognition. Deadline: Oct 31st. Apply here: https://t.co/hw0gRiCrpI

[Ariel Camp @CampAriel]

4-year postdoc job now advertised in my lab to study the 3D neck motions in salamander feeding!#biomechanics #XROMM #vertebrae – see job link and thread below for details

https://t.co/QcTIFWdYoK

Applications close 27 September. Please contact me with any questions!

[Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana]

Want to know more about our study on habitat selection in dyeing #poisonfrogs? Have a look at our new #preprint, led by @eco_mayer 👉 https://t.co/nQkM6iuKAb We show that despite huge variation in size and colour patterns, habitat selection is similar across populations (1/3)

[Science News @SciencNews]

Scientists should get paid for thinking time @Nature

#PhD #PhDlife #academics #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #Postdocs #Research #Science

[Susanne Pfeifer @susanneppfeifer]

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher in Computational Genomics to join our team.

Please check out our lab webpage for details: https://t.co/2EPqWIH8k8

[Emilie Joetzjer @EJoetzjer]

We have a PHD position open on European forests responses to Drought. Don't hesitate to share or apply !

[Lisanne Petracca @LisannePetracca]

🐆 🐆 Ph.D. announcement is here! Come join our fun & talented team. Deadline for full consideration is Sep 29.

Full position posting:
https://t.co/qeOu52hquQ

Please share widely! 🐆 🐆

[Teresa Camacho Badani @TeresaCamacho_B]

Qué experiencia tan maravillosa!!
Tuve el honor de dar una Plenaria en el @WCHerp y hablar sobre las ranas acuáticas del g��nero #Telmatobius.
Gracias a todos los que creen en mi trabajo y el equipo de #Bolivia, el apoyo que recibí durante este tiempo me deja sin palabras 🐸🇧🇴

[Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana]

HerpetólogAS de la tierrita en Kuching! #WCH10 💛💛💙❤️ #CienciaCriolla🇨🇴

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

I'm so excited to get to introduce the AGC today at our first ever symposium at the World Congress of Herpetology #WCH10.