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Dylan Beard @beardydylan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It was great to see so many wonderful talks and presentations at the RE Peter Biology Conference last week hosted by @ualberta.bsky.social! In particular, the keynote by @rachaelmorgan.bsky.social on how temperature and oxygen changes can impact fish was fascinating! 🐟 repeterconference.weebly.com

An image of Dr. Rachael Morgan from the University of Bergen starting her talk titled "Physiological and behavioural responses of fish to fluctuating environments".

On the left there is a roll up banner stand that says "RE Peter Biology Conference: Highlighting Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research, Edmonton, Alberta". On the right there is a board with the schedule and notices from the conference.

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Dylan Beard @beardydylan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This week I have been busy on an extensive Wilderness First Aid course to feel better prepared for my upcoming fieldwork ⛑️❄️ My favourite parts of the course were learning how to build (and move) a fire from scratch, and making a quinzhee shelter out of snow as a shelter for casualties! ⛺

Dylan lying down in a quinzhee shelter made of snow for a casualty to rest in.

Supplementary material for the first aid course, including a handbook, registration form, pocket first aid guide and a booklet with additional material such as knit tying.

Dylan wearing multiple wound dressings, bandages and plasters after learning how to treat different types of wounds.

Four people carrying a mannequin casualty on a stretcher through the snow.

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Dylan Beard @beardydylan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Last week I saw @jackielebz.bsky.social give a fantastic talk at @ualberta.bsky.social, on how insects remodel their flight muscles to combat energy stress 💪🏼🪽 The graphics were awesome and made the talk super accessible, even to people without biology backgrounds 😍👏🏼 I definitely learnt a lot 👌🏼

Jackie stood at the front of a room presenting her research. In the foreground you can see audience members and next to Jackie is a large screen showing her slides. The slide in this picture shows two graphics from a paper Jackie published in PNAS in 2022 about how diapausing beetles reversibly suppress their metabolism.

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Dylan Beard @beardydylan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I'm very pleased to be joining the University of Alberta as a Postdoctoral Fellow! 🤓🇨🇦 In my role I'll be researching contaminants in the Arctic and their potential impacts on the wider environment 👀❄️⚠️ @ualberta.bsky.social #Research #Science #Toxicology #Arctic #Alberta #Postdoc #Contaminants

Dylan stood in front of a sign at the University of Alberta that reads: "Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science".

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Dylan Beard @beardydylan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Had a great time exploring the @bas.ac.uk headquarters! 😍🇦🇶🐧❄️ #Antarctica #Polar #Science

Dylan stood outside the BAS headquarters with a sign that shows the words "British Antarctic Survey"

Dylan smiling while holding a cardboard cutout of a baby penguin

Dylan holding a small piece of melting ice core from Antarctica while stood in front of display boards with information about Antarctica on them

Dylan stood within the BAS headquarters with an albatross figure "flying" next to him

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Dylan Beard @beardydylan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Last night I got to hear about some amazing work done in Antarctica by researchers from the University of Plymouth/ @plymouthmarine.bsky.social, at a talk hosted by @rgsibg.bsky.social & the Royal Society of Chemistry The event was fully booked with >115 attendees and I'm glad I was one of them 😍👏🏼🇦🇶

Dr Angie Milne and Dr Simon Ussher presenting their talk titled "Pushing the new frontiers of marine science in Antarctica on the RRS Sir David Attenborough" to an audience at the University of Plymouth.

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Dylan Beard @beardydylan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi! I'm Dylan and I love cold places 😍❄️ I have almost completed my PhD (post-viva and just finishing minor corrections) at the University of Plymouth in the UK. I have been researching contaminants in glacial environments and I am passionate about environmental monitoring and protection 🌊❄️🏔️

Dylan stood in front of snow covered mountains in Switzerland.

Dylan stood with arms open on snowy ground in Svalbard with snow covered mountains in the background.

Dylan stood on top of a snow covered mountain in Svalbard with the sun setting behind him.

Dylan holding a plushie polar bear while stood on sea ice in Greenland.

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