RGD is accepting content for the 2026 RGD Rat Calendar!
Please send high quality digital images of rats or other model organisms as .jpg or .png, or written submissions, to us by Friday, August 22, 2025, as attachments at RGD.Community@mcw.edu
It’s time to pull out your cameras and snap those adorable rat/model organism photos! We need your cute/fun/charming high-resolution photos of rats as well as digital images of other types of rat-centric artwork such as drawings, paintings and cartoons of rats which you have drawn/painted. If your animals are camera shy or if you prefer to express yourself with words, how about submitting poems, sayings or other text which you have written that you would like to see included in the calendar? RGD is also accepting photos of other animals for which we currently house data, including dog, chinchilla, 13-lined ground squirrel, pig, and bonobo.
As you might expect, we are all about the strain data and giving credit where credit is due, so when sending photos of your favorite strains, don’t forget to include information such as strain symbol and name, developer of the strain and any associated citations or references. If you are submitting photos of pet rats, please include information such as their names, ages, and breed/color/markings. In addition, we are happy to include a link to an applicable website in the photo caption so if you or your lab has a web page, please also include the URL in your submission.
Please send high quality digital images as .jpg or .png and any other submissions to us as attachments at RGD.Community@mcw.edu, by Friday, August 22, 2025.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Photo courtesy of Brian Starr