A little delayed on posting this due to the holidays, but my 2nd dissertation chapter is officially published! We found that one of two common antiparasitics we tested changed the mouse gut microbiota. Check out the full paper: https://t.co/JO2Pa6Yfc8
Lots of enthusiasm for learning about #DNAextraction and #mammals at Dylan Klure's Scientist in the Spotlight at @NHMU last week. Thanks to Noah and @mdoolin23 for helping out.
New paper alert: Congrats to Maggie Doolin and Dr. Sara Weinstein (USU) on their new paper, "Pinworms are Associated with Taxonomic But Not Functional Differences in the Gut Microbiome of White-Throated Woodrats [...]" published in the J. of Parasitology!
https://t.co/F8BTtIW8B2
APOPO is training HeroRATs for Search & Rescue. The rats have a great sense of smell, and can move through small spaces to search for survivors. The basic behavioral sequence is: search for victim, pull ball to communicate victim has been found, then return to trainer for reward.
New paper alert! Tess publishes another chapter of her thesis in Molecular Ecology Resources. In this study, we assessed the accuracy of plant metabarcoding for diet determination in non-ruminant herbivores. Go Tess and coauthors!
https://t.co/2GBLFdXVho
Congrats to our graduate student Tess Stapleton (@Stealth_Peanut) on the acceptance of her first, first author paper in FEMS Microbiology Ecology!! Raise your glass!
Monarch munching mice, oh my! ICYMI, check out the press release highlighting the new Ecology paper from @SaraBWeinstein and @MDeniseDearing last month. Cute mouse videos included!
https://t.co/rscGeM5bB3
Congratulations to graduate student @mdoolin23 for her recent @nanostringtech grant award! This will be used to gain a more complex dataset to understand host response to parasite infection, with varied microbiome starting points. 🎉
Wow, now an interview on @NPR! Great clips, Dr. Weinstein!
For Rats That Coat Themselves In Poison, These Rodents Are Surprisingly Cuddly https://t.co/fvzHcS7txW
#science#Lophiomys#poisonrats
Congratulations to post-doc Sara Weinstein on her recent publication on African crested rats! Great video below, and check out the paper too: https://t.co/MHHwElnPp6
Bioanths or primatologists moving online? Here is a squirrel posture/locomotion figure to provide to students to study squirrels outside. A: Sit, B: Stand, C: Quad stand, D: Vertical hang, E: Climb, F: Vertical cling, G: Squat, H: Walk, I: Run. DM me for a full assignment.