Dr. Rebecca (Becca) Tarvin
@rdtarvin.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist; Asst Prof @ UC Berkeley IntBio, MVZ Herp Curator; chem ecology, molecular/tropical biology, art, politics, frogs. Posts mine.
Advances in understanding harlequin frog ttx defenses - today at 5:15 🐸
June 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Advances in understanding harlequin frog ttx defenses - today at 5:15 🐸
Today! A complex history of adaptations to high altitude in hummingbird hemoglobin genes from Maia Goel and Ammon Corl. B14 poster (Sunday) #Evol2025
June 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Today! A complex history of adaptations to high altitude in hummingbird hemoglobin genes from Maia Goel and Ammon Corl. B14 poster (Sunday) #Evol2025
June 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Calling all herpetologsts and friends at #Evol2025 — @amphibiaweb.org is hosting a meetup on Saturday from 5:30-6:30 in Oconee River 1. Come play herpetology bingo with us 😂 and win amazing prizes! 😮
please share or I will have to take all the prizes myself 🥹
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please share or I will have to take all the prizes myself 🥹
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June 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Calling all herpetologsts and friends at #Evol2025 — @amphibiaweb.org is hosting a meetup on Saturday from 5:30-6:30 in Oconee River 1. Come play herpetology bingo with us 😂 and win amazing prizes! 😮
please share or I will have to take all the prizes myself 🥹
🐸🧬
please share or I will have to take all the prizes myself 🥹
🐸🧬
Later that day I’ll tell you about why dendrobatid poison frogs have the largest and smallest anuran genomes measured to date! 🐸🧬
Tues June 24 4:00 pm Parthenon 2
7/7 #Evol2025
link to paper: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Tues June 24 4:00 pm Parthenon 2
7/7 #Evol2025
link to paper: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Later that day I’ll tell you about why dendrobatid poison frogs have the largest and smallest anuran genomes measured to date! 🐸🧬
Tues June 24 4:00 pm Parthenon 2
7/7 #Evol2025
link to paper: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Tues June 24 4:00 pm Parthenon 2
7/7 #Evol2025
link to paper: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Tuesday we have two talks. First is Adri Jeckel who will provide an enticing first look at toxin feeding experiments in Epipedobates poison frogs. Can juveniles 👶 sequester as much toxins as adults? Come find out!
Tues June 24 2:45 pm Parthenon 2
6/7 #Evol2025
Tues June 24 2:45 pm Parthenon 2
6/7 #Evol2025
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tuesday we have two talks. First is Adri Jeckel who will provide an enticing first look at toxin feeding experiments in Epipedobates poison frogs. Can juveniles 👶 sequester as much toxins as adults? Come find out!
Tues June 24 2:45 pm Parthenon 2
6/7 #Evol2025
Tues June 24 2:45 pm Parthenon 2
6/7 #Evol2025
Monday evening during the poster session Sophie Draper will share some of the results from our mad scientist project to evolve chemical defense in fruit flies 🤯🪰
Mon June 23 5:45 pm Grand Hall 2-7 D17 (23rd)
5/7 #Evol2025
Mon June 23 5:45 pm Grand Hall 2-7 D17 (23rd)
5/7 #Evol2025
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Monday evening during the poster session Sophie Draper will share some of the results from our mad scientist project to evolve chemical defense in fruit flies 🤯🪰
Mon June 23 5:45 pm Grand Hall 2-7 D17 (23rd)
5/7 #Evol2025
Mon June 23 5:45 pm Grand Hall 2-7 D17 (23rd)
5/7 #Evol2025
We have two talks on Monday. First Valeria Ramírez Castañeda @mvzucb.bsky.social will talk about the complex ways that Amazonian snakes 🐍 deal with poisonous frogs, featuring previously unknown resistance mechanisms for some alkaloids.
Mon June 23 4:00 pm in Parthenon 2
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#Evol2025
Mon June 23 4:00 pm in Parthenon 2
3/6
#Evol2025
June 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We have two talks on Monday. First Valeria Ramírez Castañeda @mvzucb.bsky.social will talk about the complex ways that Amazonian snakes 🐍 deal with poisonous frogs, featuring previously unknown resistance mechanisms for some alkaloids.
Mon June 23 4:00 pm in Parthenon 2
3/6
#Evol2025
Mon June 23 4:00 pm in Parthenon 2
3/6
#Evol2025
First talk is by Leticia Ochoa Ochoa, visiting prof from UNAM. Leti is presenting some of her sabbatical research at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social —what is known about estivation in amphibians?? 🐸 Come find out how it might relate to conservation😮
Sat June 21 10:00am Parthenon 2
2/6
#Evol2025
Sat June 21 10:00am Parthenon 2
2/6
#Evol2025
June 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
First talk is by Leticia Ochoa Ochoa, visiting prof from UNAM. Leti is presenting some of her sabbatical research at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social —what is known about estivation in amphibians?? 🐸 Come find out how it might relate to conservation😮
Sat June 21 10:00am Parthenon 2
2/6
#Evol2025
Sat June 21 10:00am Parthenon 2
2/6
#Evol2025
Heading to #Evol2025 with the lab. We have four talks and one poster this year! Come chat with us about chemical defenses. Talk details below
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@mvzucb.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
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@mvzucb.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Heading to #Evol2025 with the lab. We have four talks and one poster this year! Come chat with us about chemical defenses. Talk details below
🐍🐸🧬🧪🪰☠️
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@mvzucb.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
🐍🐸🧬🧪🪰☠️
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@mvzucb.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Hello Quito! We are here to film our field sites to make a virtual field trip for Ecuadorian and US students to learn more about fieldwork and scientific collection in the classroom 🐸🧪
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hello Quito! We are here to film our field sites to make a virtual field trip for Ecuadorian and US students to learn more about fieldwork and scientific collection in the classroom 🐸🧪
Two more! 🐸
The activity involved both building dating profiles and then SPEED DATING among participants. It was very funny.
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The activity involved both building dating profiles and then SPEED DATING among participants. It was very funny.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Two more! 🐸
The activity involved both building dating profiles and then SPEED DATING among participants. It was very funny.
4/4
The activity involved both building dating profiles and then SPEED DATING among participants. It was very funny.
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I really loved the creativity of the participants & look forward to doing the activity again with different groups! At some point we will post it on @amphibiaweb.bsky.social for everyone to use! 🐸
Warnings: some content is for adults only. Some content not scientific or validated!
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Warnings: some content is for adults only. Some content not scientific or validated!
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April 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I really loved the creativity of the participants & look forward to doing the activity again with different groups! At some point we will post it on @amphibiaweb.bsky.social for everyone to use! 🐸
Warnings: some content is for adults only. Some content not scientific or validated!
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Warnings: some content is for adults only. Some content not scientific or validated!
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This weekend I demo'd a learning activity in which participants make dating profiles for an amphibian dating app called SlimeMates
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April 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This weekend I demo'd a learning activity in which participants make dating profiles for an amphibian dating app called SlimeMates
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This Saturday, the California National Geographic Explorer's Hub is putting on an event in collaboration with Sports Basement and NerdNite SF! There will be >20 lightning talks about all sorts of things! Click here to learn more and RSVP: sites.google.com/view/wonderf...
April 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This Saturday, the California National Geographic Explorer's Hub is putting on an event in collaboration with Sports Basement and NerdNite SF! There will be >20 lightning talks about all sorts of things! Click here to learn more and RSVP: sites.google.com/view/wonderf...
Shout out to the Turtle Frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, from Australia. Image from Vertucci et al. 2017 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 🌿🐸🧪
April 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Shout out to the Turtle Frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, from Australia. Image from Vertucci et al. 2017 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 🌿🐸🧪
Cool new pub: No evidence of quantitative honest signaling in the poison frog D auratus academic.oup.com/cz/advance-a... out of the Saporito lab 🐸🧪🌿
nice photos of the scary 😉 defensive posture
nice photos of the scary 😉 defensive posture
April 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Cool new pub: No evidence of quantitative honest signaling in the poison frog D auratus academic.oup.com/cz/advance-a... out of the Saporito lab 🐸🧪🌿
nice photos of the scary 😉 defensive posture
nice photos of the scary 😉 defensive posture
ChatGPT’s vision for an alien 🐸
March 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ChatGPT’s vision for an alien 🐸
Another great rally on @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social campus:
Freedom to Speak
Freedom to Teach
Freedom to Learn
FOR EVERYONE
Freedom to Speak
Freedom to Teach
Freedom to Learn
FOR EVERYONE
March 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Another great rally on @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social campus:
Freedom to Speak
Freedom to Teach
Freedom to Learn
FOR EVERYONE
Freedom to Speak
Freedom to Teach
Freedom to Learn
FOR EVERYONE
The Biden-Harris administration recognized that the economy is influenced by the quality of nature and ecosystem services as well as climate change. They integrated this into various policies 🧪
March 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Biden-Harris administration recognized that the economy is influenced by the quality of nature and ecosystem services as well as climate change. They integrated this into various policies 🧪
Listening to Jane Lubchenco talk about government solutions to climate change @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Listening to Jane Lubchenco talk about government solutions to climate change @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day from this v cute ensatina
February 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day from this v cute ensatina
Artist claims this is a building but I claim this is a frog 🐸
January 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Artist claims this is a building but I claim this is a frog 🐸