Scholars@Duke

• Recognition
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  In the News

  • SEP 19, 2020

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

    QnAs with Carlos Taboada

  • JUL 14, 2020

    Nature

    How frogs became green — again, and again, and again

  • JUL 13, 2020

    Duke Today

    Green is more than skin-deep for hundreds of frog species

  • JUL 13, 2020

    Science

    How a blue protein turns tree frogs bright green

  • JUL 13, 2020

    El País

    Por que las ranas son verdes

  • MAY 1, 2017

    Physics Today

    Frog fluorescence

  • APR 4, 2017

    ScienceNews

    First fluorescent frogs might see each others’ glow

  • MAR 16, 2017

    Nature News

    First fluorescent frog found

  • MAR 15, 2017

    Smithsonian

    Researchers Find the First Naturally Fluorescent Frog Species

  • MAR 13, 2017

    Chemistry World

    Fluorescent frog first down to new molecule

  • MAR 13, 2017

    New Scientist

    Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

  • MAR 13, 2017

    earthtouchnews

    These frogs are positively glowing!
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Amphibians
  • Anatomy
  • Anatomy, Comparative
  • Animals--Color
  • Biliverdine
  • Blood
  • Evolution
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescence microscopy
  • Fluorescence spectroscopy
  • Heme
  • Herpetology
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Natural products
  • Near infrared spectroscopy
  • Optics
  • Post-translational modification
  • Protein sequences, DNA sequences
  • Proteomics
  • Serpins
  • Thyroxine-Binding Globulin
  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Argentina (Country) 
    • Brazil (Country) 
    • United States of America (Country) 

  • Research

    • Ecuador (Country) 
• Research
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  Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

  • Revealing the biophysical mechanisms for transparency and near infrared reflectance in animals awarded by HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM ORGANIZATION 2018 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Taboada, Carlos, Andrés E. Brunetti, Mariana L. Lyra, Robert R. Fitak, Ana Faigón Soverna, Santiago R. Ron, María G. Lagorio, et al. “Multiple origins of green coloration in frogs mediated by a novel biliverdin-binding serpin.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117, no. 31 (August 2020): 18574–81. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006771117.
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    • Caves, E. M., L. E. Schweikert, P. A. Green, M. N. Zipple, C. Taboada, S. Peters, S. Nowicki, and S. Johnsen. “Variation in carotenoid-containing retinal oil droplets correlates with variation in perception of carotenoid coloration.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74, no. 7 (July 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02874-5.
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    • Targino, Mariane, Agustín J. Elias-Costa, Carlos Taboada, and Julián Faivovich. “Novel morphological structures in frogs: vocal sac diversity and evolution in Microhylidae (Amphibia: Anura).” Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187, no. 2 (September 30, 2019): 479–93. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz042.
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    • Taboada, Carlos, Andrés E. Brunetti, Federico N. Pedron, Fausto Carnevale Neto, Darío A. Estrin, Sara E. Bari, Lucía B. Chemes, Norberto Peporine Lopes, María G. Lagorio, and Julián Faivovich. “Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 14 (April 4, 2017): 3672–77. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701053114.
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    • Taboada, Carlos, Andrés E. Brunetti, César Alexandre, María G. Lagorio, and Julián Faivovich. “Fluorescent Frogs: A Herpetological Perspective.” South American Journal of Herpetology 12, no. 1 (April 2017): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.2994/sajh-d-17-00029.1.
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    • Candioti, Florencia Vera, Carlos Taboada, María José Salica, Diego Baldo, Julián Faivovich, and Délio Baêta. “The Adhesive Glands during Embryogenesis in Some Species of Phyllomedusinae (Anura: Hylidae).” Journal of Herpetology 51, no. 1 (March 2017): 119–29. https://doi.org/10.1670/15-127.
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    • Brunetti, Andrés E., Carlos Taboada, and Julián Faivovich. “Extended Vocal Repertoire inHypsiboas punctatus(Anura: Hylidae).” Journal of Herpetology 49, no. 1 (March 2015): 46–52. https://doi.org/10.1670/13-206.
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    • Taboada, Carlos, Taran Grant, John D. Lynch, and Julián Faivovich. “New Morphological Synapomorphies for the New World Direct-Developing Frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Terrarana).” Herpetologica 69, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 342–342. https://doi.org/10.1655/herpetologica-d-13-00019.
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    • Luna, Maria Celeste, Carlos Taboada, Délio Baêta, and Julián Faivovich. “Structural diversity of nuptial pads in Phyllomedusinae (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae).” Journal of Morphology 273, no. 7 (July 2012): 712–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20016.
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    • Brunetti, A. E., F. Carnevale Neto, M. C. Vera, C. Taboada, D. P. Pavarini, A. Bauermeister, and N. P. Lopes. “An integrative omics perspective for the analysis of chemical signals in ecological interactions.” Chemical Society Reviews 47, no. 5 (n.d.): 1574–91. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cs00368d.
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