Lab News
May 2023
August 2022
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August 2021
August 2020
May 2020
June 2019
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March 2019
- Congratulations to Ella Church for graduating with a B.S. in Environmental Science!
- Congratulations to Annabel McQuillan for graduating with a B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology!
- Congratulations to Mia Zivkovic for graduating with a B.S. in Biology!
- Erica Berent will join the lab as an M.S. student in Fall 2023. Welcome to the lab, Erica!
August 2022
- Congratulations to Katherine Waters for graduating with an M.S. in Biology!
May 2022
- Congratulations to Kathryn Bacik for graduating with a B.S. in Biology! Kathryn will begin a research position at the Cleveland Clinic.
- Congratulations to Nina Savastano for graduating with a B.S. in Environmental Science! Nina will begin a scientist position at Hull & Associates, a local Cleveland-based Environmental Consulting company.
- Congratulations to Vincent Del Signore for graduating with a B.S. in Biology! Vince will begin a research position at the Cleveland Clinic.
- Congratulations to Emily Staufer for graduating with an M.S. in Biology! Emily will begin a position as an Associate Editor for the Life Science division of Merriam-Webster dictionary.
- Katherine Porras-Brenes will join the lab from Costa Rica in Fall 2022 as an M.S. student. Welcome to the lab, Kathy!
August 2021
- Chathurani Ekanayake will join the lab from Sri Lanka in Fall 2021 as an M.S. student. Welcome to the lab, Chathurani!
August 2020
- Congratulations to Olivia Brooks for graduating with an M.S. in Biology! Olivia will begin a Ph.D. program with Matt Dugas at Illinois State University in Fall 2020.
May 2020
- Congratulations to Ashley Brooks for graduating with a B.S. in Biology!
- Emily Staufer will join the lab in Fall 2020 as an M.S. student. Welcome to the lab, Emily!
June 2019
- Katie Waters will join the lab in Fall 2019 as an M.S. student. Welcome to the lab, Katie!
May 2019
- Congratulations to Sophie Kocheff for graduating with a B.S. in Biology!
- Congratulations to Koary Lutz for graduating with an B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology!
- An additional congratulations to Sophie and Koary for winning Biology Scholar awards for their outstanding degree of involvement in research as undergraduate students!
- Congratulations to Nelson Rivera for graduating with an M.A. in Biology!
March 2019
- Nina Savastano joins the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome, Nina!
- Nina was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research on alkaloid defenses in poison frogs during Summer 2019. Congrats, Nina!
- Saporito lab participates in a Cleveland Museum of Natural History, "Think and Drink" event to share our research findings on poison frogs with the general public. More than 1,000 people attended the event!
June 2018
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March 2017
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January 2017
- Olivia Brooks will join the lab in Fall 2018 as an M.S. student. Welcome, Olivia!
May 2018
- Congratulations to Andrew Britton for graduating with a B.S. in Biology!
- An additional congratulations to Andrew for winning the Excellence in Biology award for his high biology GPA, and the Biology Scholar award for his outstanding degree of involvement in research as an undergraduate student!
- Nelson Rivera was awarded a grant from Sigma Xi to support his thesis research. Congrats again, Nelson!
April 2018
- Nelson Rivera was awarded a grant from the Explorers Club to support his thesis research, "The effects of alkaloids on the development of granular glands in Dendrobates auratus." Congratulations, Nelson!
March 2017
- Ashley Brooks was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research on alkaloid defenses in poison frogs during Summer 2018. Congrats, Ashley!
- Koary Lutz received a JCU Barrett Award to conduct research on palatability of chemical defenses in tropical frogs during Summer 2018. Congrats, Koary!
October 2017
- Ashley Brooks joins the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome, Ashley!
August 2017
- Noemi Becza and Nelson Rivera join the lab as M.S. students. Welcome, Noemi and Nelson!
- Andrew Britton joins the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome, Andrew!
May 2017
- Annelise Blanchette successfully defends her M.S. thesis! Congrats, Annelise - well done!
- Congratulations to Noemi Becza and Patrick Drockton for both graduating with a B.S. in Biology!
February 2017
- Annelise Blanchette and Noemi Becza have co-authored paper (Escape behaviour of aposematic (Oophaga pumilio) and cryptic (Craugastor sp.) frogs in response to simulated predator approach) accepted for publication in the Journal of Tropical Ecology! Congratulations, Annelise and Noemi!
January 2017
- Koary Lutz joins the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome, Koary!