Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroSociety for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026#SICB Pittsburgh Abstract submission is open for SICB 2027! www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/abstrac... Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, & organismal #biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST. 0510
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We are accepting proposals for a Special Feature celebrating 100 years since the publication of Charles Elton's Animal Ecology. We're interested in contributions that return to Elton’s text and use it as a starting point to ask what we have learned over the past century. buff.ly/PMAqfUC 067
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026A promise is a promise. Now, you can read about my research explained in plain English, listen to the #coqui #frog from #PuertoRico, and see how tiny they are at hatching. You can access the articles published today in #TheConversation. 120
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroUniversity of Florida Research @ufresearch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Young frogs prioritize rapid growth over immune defense, only shifting energy toward fighting infection when disease becomes severe. The study shows how these energy trade-offs—shaped by environmental conditions and timing—affect survival, development, and broader population health.news.ufl.eduYoung frogsNew research from the University of Florida shows that young frogs prioritize growing quickly even when infected with a deadly pathogen, shifting energy toward immune defense only when infections beco... 021
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026🚨New publication alert🚨 Life starts as a 👾strategy-game under pathogen pressure: grow or fight. We show that 🐸investing ⚡energy into growth during mild 🦠infections can 📈increase fitness, but whether this pays off depends on the ☀️❄️season they hatch. #coqui #chytrid #PuertoRico #science #infection 185
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Young frogs "play it safe" when disease strikes | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...eurekalert.orgYoung frogs "play it safe" when disease strikesYoung frogs prioritize growing quickly even when infected with a deadly pathogen, shifting energy toward immune defense only when infections become severe. 010
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Read about our publication in @animalecology.bsky.social in the UF CLAS news! #amphibian #coqui #frog #chytrid #fungus #puertorico #CienciaPR @ecological-nich.bsky.social, Travis Klee, @brittbuchanan.bsky.social, @colettestm.bsky.social, @miguelacevedo.bsky.social, Patricia Burrowes, and Ana Longo 063
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Hace dos fines de semana estuve hablando sobre mi camino en #ciencia con El Consorcio de Historia Natural de #PuertoRico (elconsorcio.org) en español. Puedes verla en www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4pZ.... El sábado 23 de mayo, le toca a @oacevedocharry.bsky.social. Stay tuned; vienen con #podcasts. 073
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroNicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪 40552633
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Hey! Anyone attending SICB in January or the Latinamerican Congress of Herpetology in February? Alguien por aquí piensa ir a SICB en enero o almCongreso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia en Febrero? 000
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Many mixed emotions. Getting ready for my defense on Monday!🤭😲🤗🥰🥹 Demasiadas emociones encontradas. Aquí estoy preparándome para defender mi doctorado el lunes! 🤭😲🤗🥰🥹 070
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroCódigo Abierto @codigoabierto25.bsky.social · 12/12/2024ESTRENO. Visualiza #GRATIS Webinar: Explorando el Potencial de las Series Temporales. #SpatialLab www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eJQ...youtube.comWebinar Explorando el Potencial de las Series TemporalesYouTube video by Spatial Lab Analytics 011
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroKaren R. Lips @karenrlips.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Are you a PhD student interested in expanding your modeling skills and building your #international scientific network? Apply to the YSSP program to spend 3 months next summer working on a #research project with IIASA scientists. 2107
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroJacintha Ellers @jellers.bsky.social · 15/11/2024❗️New paper alert❗️ We did a huge evolution experiment to study the effect of high fat and high sugar diet in housefly. High sugar diet causes the loss of beneficial microbiota and lower developmental success. #evolution #microbiome academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...academic.oup.com 182
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroJarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 29/02/2024For a while now, @lauradee.bsky.social and I have been working on a guide to introduce Ecologists to causal inference tools for observational data that has problematic unobserved confounding variables lurking in the background. And now it's up as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 13114
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 20/04/2024👩🔬Now it’s official. I’m proud to be one of the @asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Awards winners. Looking forward to go to Puerto Rico to measure 🐸🎵, nutrients in the 🥚, and 🔬🍄! Emocionada por esta oportunidad! #womeninSTEM #coqui #100x35 1185
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 11/04/2024☺️I was one of the 10 inductees from UF into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. It recognizes doctoral students and others who embody the values of scholarship, leadership, character, service, and advocacy by which Bouchet lived and worked as a scholar, educator, and physicist. 👩🔬🐸🔬🍄 132
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroRabern Simmons, PhD🔬💧🍄 @drrabern.bsky.social · 13/02/2024Excited to share my interview in Defector about a mushroom🍄 on a frog🐸 in India! Thanks for including me, Sabrina @sabs.bsky.social! Come for the 🐸🍄, stay for the pun by Joyce Longcore! defector.com/mushroom-gro... 032
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroDr. Rebecca (Becca) Tarvin @rdtarvin.bsky.social · 23/02/2024We have a lab tech position open starting in June. Gain hands-on xp in frog & fly husbandry, genomics, and experimental research. Collab w/ @berkeleyIB @MVZUCB. Get prof development support in a welcoming env! Please RT 🧪🌎🧬 Apply by Mar 15: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPL... 22524
Reposted by Zuania Colón-PiñeiroGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 19/02/2024Guest blog from me on Dynamic Ecology, a guide for beginning grads on developing a reading habit and project ideas! Super grateful for reposts :)dynamicecology.wordpress.comNon-definitive guides on developing a reading habit & generating project ideasNote from Meghan: This is a guest post by my colleague Gina Baucom on a topic that's sure to be of interest to lots of readers! *** I lead a graduate-level professional development seminar* where we r... 27270
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 02/04/2024Proud mentor moment! Congratulations to all the undergrads (Bella, Faith, Emilio, Anja, and Thien) from the @anavlongo.bsky.social lab, who presented today at the #UF Undergraduate Research symposium! 🐸 🦎 #caecilians and 🐢!! @AmphibiArik @oacevedocharry.bsky.social 021
Zuania Colón-Piñeiro @zuaniacolon.bsky.social · 21/03/2024Sometimes more important than the content is the story behind. Congratulations on passing your Quals. Felicidades candidato! 🥰 040