# First person – Anna Lennon

## TL;DR

Anna Lennon discusses her research on the neurotoxic effects of a pathogen on frog movement and her current PhD work on dormancy evolution.

## Contribution

The paper introduces new insights into the neurotoxic effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on Xenopus laevis locomotion.

## Key findings

- Cell-free factors from Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis may affect frog locomotion.
- The study was conducted during Anna Lennon's undergraduate research at Belmont University.

## Abstract

First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Anna Lennon is first author on ‘
Investigating the potential neurotoxic effects of cell-free factors by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on locomotion in Xenopus laevis’, published in BiO. Anna conducted the research described in this article while an undergraduate researcher in Dr Chase Kinsey's lab at Belmont University, Nashville, USA. She is now a PhD student at Indiana University in the lab of Dr Jay T. Lennon, investigating the evolution of division of the labour system engaged in dormancy.