#ESAus18 conference
I recently attended the Ecological Society of Australia's annual conference held at the Royal International Convention Centre in Brisbane (25-29th Nov, 2018)! I gave a presentation during the "Parasite ecology In the Anthropocene" symposium on Wednesday afternoon on some of my recent koala chlamydiosis modelling work. Natural history of disease is central to investigating wildlife disease dynamics: examples from koala chlamydiosis Dr. Laura Grogan (1), Dr. Alison Peel (1), Dr
Pilot site visits in Lamington National Park!
Sometimes on fieldwork you just have to visit stunningly beautiful places... (and sometimes the road is so eroded that your car won't make it down the track!). Yesterday, Thais and I, and QPWS Senior Conservation Officer Harry Hines (and a few others) ventured to the highlands of the Lamington NP plateau to investigate some potential field sites for Thais' PhD occupancy survey frog disease research. We found some stunning creeks, and spent some time looking for tadpoles and e
Chytridiomycosis immunity review now published!
I've just published an up-to-date comprehensive review and synthesis of the amphibian immune response to chytridiomycosis in the prestigious open-access journal, Frontiers in Immunology (Impact Factor 5.511 in 2018)! Review of the Amphibian Immune Response to Chytridiomycosis, and Future Directions Laura F. Grogan (1), Jacques Robert (2), Lee Berger (3), Lee F. Skerratt (3), Benjamin C. Scheele (4,5), J. Guy Castley (1), David A. Newell (6), & Hamish I. McCallum (1) (1) Envir
Funded! "Amphibians of the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests: Distribution, habitat us
I'm part of a team (including Guy Castley, Hamish McCallum, Harry Hines, myself, Thais Sasso Lopes and Dave Newell) to have just been awarded $14,770 through the competitive Griffith University School of Environment and Science Research Support Scheme for the project: "Amphibians of the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests: Distribution, habitat use,conservation status and potential threats"! This project involves amphibians of the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainfor