GBatNet

My Field for Dummies - Hybridization
2025-09-03 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
Come join PhD Student and GBatNet Student Representative Cheyenne Graham for her talk “Love across species lines: A crash course in hybridization”. Cheyenne is a Ph.D. student in Dr. Kelly Speer’s lab at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan. For her research she studies the relationship between hybridization and the immune system of bats, alongside investigating its interaction with endoparasite infection. The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 03 September 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel. The talk is appropriate for all levels of expertise, including those who are new to the field and want to learn more about how they may plug into this type of research.

My Field for Dummies - Bat Photography
2025-10-01 09:00 - 10:00
Come join Dr. José Martinez-Fonseca for his talk “Bats in Focus: Wildlife Through Research and Photography! Dr. Martinez-Fonseca is a Nicaraguan researcher who is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Northern Arizona University. While he currently is researching landscape analysis to better understand the relationship between bat species and forest cover, he is also using photography to bring bats into the limelight! The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 01 October 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel. The talk is appropriate for all levels of expertise, including those who are new to the field and want to learn more about how they may plug into this type of research.
