Why Amphibian and Reptile Health Matters, and What UT Researchers are Doing to Protect It
UT researchers receive $2.75M grant to investigate movement of amphibian pathogens in wildlife trade networks
Carter, Gray Receive Dr. Frank Mutschmann Award
Davis Carter (PhD candidate) and Dr. Matt Gray recently received the Dr. Frank Mutschmann Award (DGHT) from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde (DGHT) for their paper appearing in…
Wilber Joins Multi-institutional, $12.5 Million NSF Study of Amphibian Resilience to Infectious Disease
The Resilience Institute Bridging Biological Training and Research (RIBBiTR) is focused on understanding resilience to a key global threat that has the potential to affect all life: emerging infectious diseases. The Amphibian…
Professor Matt Gray Featured on Amphibicast Podcast
Professor Matt Gray was recently a guest on the Amphibicast podcast. Tune in to hear Dr. Gray discuss the importance of clean amphibian trade!
Frequency-dependent Transmission of Bsal in Eastern Newts
Master’s student and member of the Amphibian Disease Laboratory Adri Tompros has published a paper in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases.
Matt Gray Speaks at 86th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Professor Matt Gray recently spoke on the threat of Bsal at the virtual 86th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. View the full recording on YouTube or watch below.
Putative resistance and tolerance mechanisms have little impact on disease progression for an emerging salamander pathogen
Mark Wilber and colleagues from the Amphibian Disease Lab have published a new paper with the British Ecological Society on amphibian pathogen resistance and tolerance.
Emerging Pathogens and a Current‐Use Pesticide: Potential Impacts on Eastern Hellbenders
Dr. Patrick Cusaac and colleagues from the Amphibian Disease Laboratory have published a new paper in the Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. The research suggests that Eastern hellbenders that are…
PLOS Pathogens: Temperature affects susceptibility of newts to skin-eating fungus
Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest risk of infection with a new skin-eating fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), according to a study published February 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Matthew Gray of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, and colleagues.