Come join Dr. Reed Crawford from the University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign for his talk “A global review of bat box research”! Dr. Crawford completed his PhD this year in the Human-Wildlife Interactions Lab. His research focused on the thermoregulatory strategies used by endangered Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) in both artificial and natural roosts. The …
Come join University of New Mexicos PhD Candidate and American Society of Mammalogist Fellow (’23), Connor Burgin, for his talk titled “Why and how are museums are used in bat research?” The talk will be available FREE via Zoom on 09 April 2025 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for …
Come join GBatNet Student Representative Pedro Monico, Brazilian evolutionary biologist and a PhD candidate at Rutgers, in New Jersey, USA, for his presentation on how we use biogeography to study bats. The presentation will explore how living organisms (especially bats!) are distributed across the planet, the factors that shape their distributions, and the available tools to …
Come join GBatNet Student Representative Lexi Frank, a PhD student at the University of Minnesota, for a workshop-style demonstration on how to use DNA in the field for bat species identification! In her talk titled “Bat ID on the Fly: How to use DNA to Identify Species in the Field,” she will walk us through …
Come learn about conservation endocrinology in bat research! The webinar, titled “Conservation Endocrinology – A Focus on Stress Physiology in Bats” will be given by Dr. Lydia Nixon, a Visiting Assistant Professor at North Dakota State University, via Zoom on 13 November 2024 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for …
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Come learn about field hygiene in bat research! The webinar, titled “A beginner’s guide to field hygiene” will be given by Dr. Luis Viquez-R, a postdoc at Bucknell University, via Zoom on 2 October 2024 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel. The talk …
Come learn about eDNA in bat research! The webinar, titled “Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications for detecting bat species” will be given by Dr. Daniel Sanchez, a Research Associate at Northern Arizona University, via Zoom on 4 September 2024 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet …
Come learn about aging in bats! The webinar, titled “Aging at a glance: enabling age estimation of bats” will be given by Dr. Juan Manuel Vazquez, a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California Berkeley, via Zoom on 7 August 2024 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on …
Come learn about bat fossils! The webinar, titled “Understanding bat evolution and the fossil record” will be given by Dr. Matt Jones, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Arizona State University, via Zoom on 3 July 2024 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel. The …
Come learn about the power of visual storytelling and learn practical techniques to craft accessible and impactful graphical abstracts, figures, and presentations! The webinar titled”Beyond Word: Graphic Design as a Gateway to Scientific Understanding” will be given by Dr. Kristin Jonasson, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Northern British Columbia, on 8 May 2024 at …
