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May 5
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Funded! Thais Sasso awarded the eDNA microgrant in 2023!

Thais Sasso was recently awarded a US$1,000 grant from the eDNA Collaborative team. The fund covered laboratory material to analyse...

Apr 18
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Media release: Bushfire fighting chemicals extinguish frog development

"A new Griffith study has found that bushfire fighting chemicals commonly marketed as environmentally friendly can severely affect frog...

Dec 5, 2022
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First in-person WDA-A conference since Covid!

Over the last week (27th Nov to 2nd Dec 2022) members of our team attended the Wildlife Disease Association Australasian section's annual...

Nov 15, 2022
1 min

Funded! Dr. Chantal Lanctot awarded Australian Rivers Institute equipment grant!

Dr. Chantal Lanctot was recently awarded almost $9,000 as part of the 2022 Australian Rivers Institute annual equipment grant round! The...

Nov 3, 2022
1 min

Funded! Dr. Laura Grogan awarded GSC 2022 Advancing Women's Research Success Grant!

Dr. Laura Grogan was recently awarded $5,000 as part of the 2022 Griffith Sciences Advancing Women's Research Success grant scheme! The...

Oct 28, 2022
2 min

New paper! Recovered frog populations coexist with endemic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Congratulations to PhD candidate Matthijs Hollanders on publishing this new paper examining infection dynamics in adult Fleay's barred...

Oct 21, 2022
1 min

Awesome poster presentations!

Congratulations to our undergrads, Jack Arbuckle, Jordan McGrath and Amelia Cook for giving excellent poster presentations at the BSc...

Oct 19, 2022
2 min

New paper! Effects of common firefighting chemicals on tadpoles!

Congratulations to Honours alumna Kate Tunstill for publishing her first first-author paper!! Tunstill, K., Grogan, L. F., Morrison, C.,...

Aug 21, 2022
1 min

New paper! Immune system changes at metamorphosis and vulnerability to chytridiomycosis!

Congratulations to PhD candidate Josie Humphries for publishing her first first-author paper!! Humphries, J.E., Lanctôt, C.M., Robert,...

Aug 18, 2022
1 min

Frog team at 1st Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference!

Three members of the frog research team presented their work at an international conference dedicated to the study of infectious diseases...

Aug 5, 2022
1 min

Funded! Dr. Laura Grogan awarded the ESC Small Equipment Grant 2022!

Dr. Laura Grogan was recently awarded $5,000 in the School of Environment and Science's Small Equipment Grant Round 2022. She will use...

Jul 20, 2022
1 min

Funded! Madelyn Mangan awarded the Holsworth grant for a second year!

Congratulations to our PhD candidate Madelyn Mangan who has recently been awarded $7,500 by The Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment in...

Jul 14, 2022
1 min

Article published in "Australian Wildlife" magazine: "La Resistance! Bolstering frog recoveries...

Our article "La Resistance! Bolstering Frog Recoveries through Applied Field Research" has recently been published in the Winter 2022...

Jul 14, 2022
2 min

Welcome to our new Honours student - Natalie McLeod!

In this post our new Honours student, Natalie McLeod, will introduce herself and share what brought her to research with our team!...

Jul 14, 2022
1 min

Natalie McLeod awarded the PVC's Griffith Sciences Academic Excellence Honours Scholarship!

We're thrilled to announce that our commencing Honours student, Natalie McLeod, has been awarded the Griffith University Pro Vice...

May 5, 2022
1 min

Honours student Simon Roach awarded Lamington Natural History Association Bursary!!

Congratulations to our recently commenced Honours student, Simon Roach, for being awarded the competitive Lamington Natural History...

Mar 9, 2022
2 min

Welcome to our new Honours student - Simon Roach!

In this post our new Honours student, Simon Roach, will introduce himself and share what brought him to research with our team! "My first...

Jan 11, 2022
1 min

Funded! Dr. Laura Grogan awarded GSC 2021 Advancing Women's Research Success Grant!

Dr. Laura Grogan was recently awarded $4984.65 as part of the 2021 Griffith Sciences Advancing Women's Research Success grant scheme! The...

Jan 6, 2022
1 min

Newspaper article: "Hop to it ... Aussie frogs are in trouble and need your help"

Our team was recently invited by Australian Community Media to put together a feature article on Australia's frogs! Australian Community...

Dec 2, 2021
1 min

Congratulations to Steve Molan for First Class Honours and an Academic Excellence Award!!

Huge congratulations to our Honours student, Stephen Molan who has just been awarded First Class Honours AND an Academic Excellence Award...

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