Check out this #SciArt piece from our 2022 Artist-in-Residence Program! 🎨 Lemur Leap frog infected with chytrid fungus 🧑‍🎨 joenleh 🧑‍🔬 Louise Rollins-Smith, PhD Learn more about the art below ⬇️ #VI4AiR #BWFAiR BWFUND vanderbilt_artlab 🎨 The Lemur Leap frog infected with the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has a ready defense in the dermal granular glands. The glands release a steady stream of antimicrobial peptides that can effectively kill the pathogen on the surface of the skin. #SciArt 🧑‍🎨 John Lee is majoring in #Chemistry and minoring in Computer Science. With the Rollins-Smith lab, he's focused on amphibian protection against the chytrid fungi with antimicrobial peptide secretions. This will be used as cover art for a future publication! #SciComm 🧑‍🔬 The Louise Rollins-Smith lab studies the immune defenses of amphibians against two fungal skin pathogens linked to global amphibian declines. vumc.org/rollins-smith-lab