Frog lover by nature, frog scientist by training 🇲🇽. Assistant Professor @swarthmore
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Women in Herpetology Book is OUT📗🐸🐍🐢🦎
Buy your copy here shorturl.at/lrDHM
All profits will help create a scholarship to attend the @WCHerp
SO proud of the final product of 3 years of hard work with 50 amazing #HERpers + 17 illustrators.
Thanks @SinlanPoo & U. Arifin
Today "Women in Herpetology" is officially released and available for order online! 🥳📕💻
Order your copy direct at lulu : shorturl.at/lrDHM This #book focuses on what inspired and motivates these 50 women and will encourage generations of future #herpetologists! 👩🏾🔬👩🏿🏫👩🏽💼👩🏼💻
ALT Screenshot of the webpage where copies of "Women in Hereptology: 50 Stories from Around the World" can be purchased online for 27.99 USD plus shipping on the lulu website: https://shorturl.at/lrDHM
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Don’t miss the story of the wonderful @majonavarrete4 🇪🇨featured by @ligaze in @forbes 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽 @CientificasEC
How Could Tetrodotoxins From Frogs In Ecuador Help Treat Pain?
A scientist from Ecuador is studying frogs covered in a potent neurotoxin—first found in puffer-fish—that could hold the key to a range of new medical treatments.
My latest from @ForbesScience
forbes.com/sites/andrewwight…
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The @ssarherps DEI Committee's third 'applying to grad school' workshop -- this time focused on preparing your application materials -- will be held on Friday, September 20, from 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET.
Please share widely and let me know if you have any questions! 🦎🐍🐢🐸💚
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EXCITING NEWS!
We are accepting applications for a special funding round - Women in Fieldwork. If you identify as a woman conducting animal behaviour-related fieldwork, we welcome your application for one of four grants of £400 each. Deadline September 1st, 2024.
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ALT EXCITING NEWS! We are accepting applications for a special funding round - Women in Fieldwork. If you identify as a woman conducting animal behaviour-related fieldwork, we welcome your application for one of four grants of £400 each. Deadline September 1st, 2024.
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Are you a student or postdoc looking for opportunities in herp-focused labs? 🐸
Check out this spreadsheet for labs that are currently recruiting: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Check out @NatureBookGuide's interview with @ItzueCS, author of Frogs (A Day in the Life). 🐸
You'll read about Itzue's first-hand experience of seeing the behavior of some of the species in the book!
naturebookguide.com/blog-1/a…
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🐸 Jump like a frog or learn more about frogs on Frog Jumping Day with FROGS (A DAY IN THE LIFE) by @itzuecs & @henry__rancourt. Meet see-through frogs, tiny tadpoles, and rampaging toads in this kids' nonfiction book! bit.ly/3LL4ZTa
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ALT SSAR "Navigating the grad school interview" event flyer. More info in quoted tweet.
SSAR Virtual Event on 1/18: “Navigating the Grad School Interview”
SSAR’s DEIC Committee will host a virtual panel & discussion about preparing for grad school interviews. To join us, fill out this form. We'll send a Zoom link as the event approaches.
forms.gle/dTGTuz7vPcna99CQA
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Virtual Book Launch with Authors and Artists of Global Women in Herpetology- a series of 5 Zoom sessions over 24 hrs from Nov 3- Nov 4! Ever wondered what it is like to be a #womaninherpetology? What are the challenges and rewards that come with it?
ALT Series of 5 images announcing the schedule of speakers for the 5 Zoom sessions of the Global Women in Herpetology Virtual Book Launch, times for the Zoom sessions listed here are in GMT-7 time zone: the sessions will be Nov 3rd 9-10 am, Nov 3rd 3-4pm, Nov 3rd 9-10 pm, Nov 4th 3-4 am, and Nov 4th 9-10 am.
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Join us for a talk by editor and author of The Women in Herpetology Book, @ItzueCS and a discussion panel on inclusivity and other related topics October 30th at Villanova University. @VillanovaU @VU_Biology @CBEST_nova @swarthmore @TempleUniv @phillyzoo
Come work with @SinlanPoo @MemphisZoo on #amphibian #conservation! She is an amazing scientist and mentor!
#HERper #womeninSTEM #womeninscience
Memphis Zoo is looking for a 3-year Postdoc in #AmphibianConservation and Research! 🐸🐸🐸
More info: shorturl.at/hmSU6
Please help spread the word! @MIAZS_Now @thezooscientist @zoos_aquariums @MemphisZoo
#ZooResearch #ZooScience #Herpetology
Thanks to @KRuthsatz for presenting the @GlobalWomenHerp book project at @SEH_2023!!
"Women in Herpetology Book: 50 stories from around the world" is coming out in less than a month!
#HERper #womeninscience #womeninSTEM
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We’re halfway through our 50 contributing authors for the #GlobalWomeninHerpetologyBook!! instagram.com/reel/Cs-Dmn2gR…
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Take a look at some of the amazing #Herpetologists contributing to our book!! #GWH #WomenInScience #HERper 🐸👩🏾🔬🦎👩🏻🌾🐢👩🏼💼🐍👩🏽🏫
We’re working hard to get this book published soon and fund the #GWH student scholarship!!
@ItzueCS #UmilaelaArifin
We’re halfway through our 50 contributing authors for the #GlobalWomeninHerpetologyBook!! instagram.com/reel/Cs-Dmn2gR…
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Just when you thought #amphibians couldn't get any cooler! 🌺🐸🍒
Researchers have discovered that a fruit-eating Brazilian #frog may be the world's first pollinating amphibian!
Nature's diversity never ceases to amaze us!
bit.ly/3LMksT6
If you like the @scifri episode and want to learn more about #frogs superpowers, and why we should respect them and adore them check out my new kids book! Coming out May 2nd @neonsquidbooks!
neonsquidbooks.com/books/fro…
#scicomm
#HERper #womeninscience
Frogs have been around for millions of years, they can be nocturnal, make their own sunscreen, and should be adored for these and many other reasons argues our guest @ItzueCS (successfully). sciencefriday.com/segments/b…
I had a blast talking about how cool an important #frogs are today @scifri @NPR !🐸📻
If you want to learn more about frog ponds and #Frogwatch @AkronZoo you can still listen to the episode online!
#SciComm #HERper
#WomenInSTEM
We're closing this hour with a froggy celebration! 🐸 Itzue Caviedes-Solisz from @swarthmore and Carrie Bassett from #FrogWatch USA + @AkronZoo tell us how you (yes, YOU!) can lend their eyes and ears to help scientists study frogs
sciencefriday.com/segments/b…
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We are looking for a motivated undergraduate student that is interested in conducting research and outreach activities that are associated with an amphibian project in Panama!!🐸 #REU Please retweet and share with potential applicants!!
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! We can never say enough that the #GWHproject would not be possible without the leadership, creativity, and intellectual input of our #GWHbook authors, project management team, and contributing artists! #IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity
ALT International Women's Day 8 March Thank you for supporting the Global Women in Herpetology Project! Cartoon drawing image of three women withe their arms around each other. On either side of them are cartoon drawings of a snake, turtle, axolotl, frog, chameleon and crocodile