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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

@samsocean.bsky.social
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An ocean research charity and partner of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). Delivering #research, #education and #consultancy in #marinescience to benefit our ocean.

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scientists at SAMS have trained an AI taxonomist as part of a new method that will revolutionise how seabed health below fish farms is monitored. The software has now been formally adopted by SEPA, the aquaculture industry regulator in Scotland. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... 🧪🌊
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New AI software will revolutionise seabed health checks
Industry regulator adopts eDNA method for fish farm assessments
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Congratulations, Dr Webber! 🐬 🥂 🎉 Huge congratulations to SAMS (UHI) PhD student Thomas Webber, who has successfully defended his viva on Risso's dolphin distribution in Scottish waters. Thomas was supervised by Dr Denise Risch, Dr Nienke van Geel Dr Gordon Hastie and Rona Sinclair.🌊🧪🐬
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The extraordinary diversity, biology and complexity of #protists pose significant challenges to the #genomics community. We're part of a new collaboration addressing some of the major technical barriers for sequencing protists from bulk cultures and the environment.🧪 www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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Scientists plan to unlock potential of protists
European centres of expertise to help uncover new applications
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MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A new chapter for MASTS! After 15 years as Executive Director, Prof David Paterson is stepping down and we're delighted to welcome Prof Bhavani Narayanaswamy (@samsocean.bsky.social, UHI) as Executive Director, co-leading MASTS with Dr Mark James. Welcome, Bhavani! 🎉
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📣 NEW PODCAST EPISODE "The biodiversity crisis: How do we halt the losses?" 🎧 Available on your preferred streaming platform or from www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... Featuring marine ecologist Dr Clive Fox of SAMS and Dr Flavio Affinito, of the United Nations Convention on Global Biodiversity.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📢 Master’s Project Opportunity: Hidden Biodiversity in the Southern Ocean APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING 🌊 www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... Director of Studies: Dr Bernadette Snow (SAMS)🧪 Application Deadline: 1 June 2026 📷Lisa Friberg/SAMS
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
SAMS scientists have developed the most comprehensive view yet of how large-scale north Atlantic currents that dictate our climate may be changing.🌊🧪 Their Scotland-Canada Overturning Array (SCOTIA) is examining the AMOC and incorporates data from a range of sources. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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New oceanographic array to aid AMOC observations
SCOTIA has shown no clear signal that AMOC is weakening at sub-polar latitude
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European Marine Board @emarineboard.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Make sure you register to join our #ThirdThursdayScience webinar on Dark Oxygen! The session will be on Thursday 21 May 2026 from 13:00-14:00 CEST and we will be joined by speaker Andrew Sweetman from @samsocean.bsky.social. Find out more and register here: www.marineboard.eu/events/dark-...
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
What's it like being at sea in 30-metre waves..? 🌊 SAMS Ocean Explorer podcast guests Penny Holliday of the @noc.ac.uk & Mark Inall of SAMS share memories of an expedition to the north Atlantic in February 2000. www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... Part of a wider discussion on ocean observations.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
📢 Fully-funded PhD opportunity Exploring the effects of anthropogenic changes on deep-sea abyssal plain and seamount benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic using in-situ experimentation and modelling Director of Studies: Prof. Andrew K. Sweetman www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Exploring the effects of anthropogenic changes on deep-sea abyssal plain and seamount benthic ecosystems — The Scottish Association for Marine Science
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European Marine Board @emarineboard.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Dark Oxygen? What is it and why is it important? Our May #ThirdThursdayScience session on Thursday 21 May 2026 from 13:00-14:00 CEST will reveall all! Join is to hear from speaker Andrew Sweetman from @samsocean.bsky.social. Find out more and register here: www.marineboard.eu/events/dark-...
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Our Seaweed Academy has partnered with @wwf.org.uk and the Michael Uren Foundation to offer scholarships for UK residents to attend our Seaweed Nursery Course this August here at SAMS in Oban. Applications close 5pm, 8 May 2026. 👉 tinyurl.com/SeaweedAcade...
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European Marine Board @emarineboard.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Dark Oxygen? What is it and why is it important? Join us on Thursday 21 May 2026 from 13:00-14:00 CEST to find out! Our May #ThirdThursdayScience session will discuss dark oxygen with speaker Andrew Sweetman from @samsocean.bsky.social. More and register here: www.marineboard.eu/events/dark-...
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We recently developed a successful tank-based method for growing the highly-valued red seaweed Palmaria palmata. Learn more about the discovery in Dr Puja Kumari's interview on Food Ingredients First. 🎥https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/video/red-seaweed-food-flavor-protein-cultivation.html
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Scottish Association for Marine Science: Unlocking red seaweed for food flavor, color & hybrid proteins
Scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science have developed a tank-based method to grow the valuable red seaweed Palmaria palmata (dulse). Dr. Puja Kumari explains how scalable cultivatio...
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Congratulations to SAMS PhD student Hayley Swanlund on her first first-author paper about how #seaweed farming can enhance ecosystem services. The global review of 134 studies shows seaweed aquaculture can help improve water quality and offer habitat for marine life. doi.org/10.1080/2330...
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A Review and Meta-Analysis of the Ecosystem Service Enhancement from Seaweed Aquaculture: Limited Evidence to Support Climate and Biodiversity Gains
Seaweed aquaculture can enhance a range of ecosystem services (ES). Provisioning ES are well quantified and valued, but regulating and maintenance ES are typically more difficult to assess. Here, 1...
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CCAP @ccapoban.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
CCAP will be at the Edinburgh Science Festival 2026 - if you are visiting come and say hello! We will be in Dynamic Earth on 16 & 17 April 10-4, with an ioLight microscope and a bioreactor, plus several of our algae strains. @samsocean.bsky.social #edinburgh #marinescience #STEM #pondlife #algae
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Two international conferences will create a keynote talk with a difference by simultaneously involving speakers on either side of the Atlantic🌊. Find out which event the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables Conference (EIMR2026) in Oban is pairing with. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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Transatlantic link-up reflects global interest in renewables research
Keynote speech to examine scale-up impacts of marine renewables
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 10/03/2026
🎧 What’s next for ocean science amid funding cuts and growing demand for research? Hear Janice Lachance, CEO of AGU, discuss the state of ocean science in a special episode of the @samsocean.bsky.social podcast, recorded at #OSM26. Listen to the full episode : buff.ly/6Wsn6bl
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Interested in marine mammals, or renewable energy. Might you even have an interest in both..?! 🧐 The Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables conference #EIMR2026 in Oban next month combines marine renewable energy and environmental science. ➡️https://eimr2026.com
Two common dolphins leaping at seaAn offshore wind turbine at dusk
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🎧NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Ocean carbon storage: how much is too much? www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... Download from the link above, or search 'SAMS Ocean Explorer' on your preferred streaming platform.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
A beautifully shot episode of BBC Countryfile aired yesterday featuring our flapper skate research and the glorious surroundings of Oban and Lorn.🌊 📺https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rx34/countryfile-hamzas-highlands-flapper-skate
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Countryfile - Hamza's Highlands - Flapper Skate
Hamza Yassin is on the west coast of Scotland, where hidden beneath the waves lives one of our rarest marine giants - the flapper skate.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The red seaweed Palmaria palmata - aka dulse - is highly valued. There's just one thing...it's tricky to grow. SAMS researchers believe they have developed a successful tank-based method for growing the seaweed, observing a weekly doubling in biomass.🧪 www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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Research breakthrough in survival rate of valuable red seaweed
Palmaria palmata can be grown for food, feed, dyes, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Glasgow Science Centre @glasgowscience.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
@epocproject.bsky.social are bringing ocean science to the science centre on Sat 21 Feb ahead of #OSM2026   🌊 Ocean visualisation @noc.ac.uk 🤖 Robot gliders @samsocean.bsky.social 🔬 Sediment cores @ucl.ac.uk 💦 How The Ocean Shapes Our World in IMAX @helenczerski.bsky.social
A glass sphere rests on a reflective wet beach at sunset
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Thinking about attending this year's Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) Conference in Oban? 🐳🌊🧪 Well, the draft conference programme is now available to view at eimr2026.com. Please don't forget to register if you plan on coming! We look forward to seeing you all at #EIMR2026!
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EPOC - Explaining & Predicting the Ocean Conveyor @epocproject.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We're bringing ocean science to @glasgowscience.bsky.social on Sat 21 Feb ahead of #OSM2026 🌊 Ocean visualisation @noc.ac.uk 🤖 Robot gliders @samsocean.bsky.social 🔬 Sediment cores @ucl.ac.uk @helenczerski.bsky.social ocean tech debate glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/eyes-on-the-ocean
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Eyes on the Ocean | Glasgow Science Centre
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Postgraduate student projects that will investigate coastal creatures through to the deep Pacific Ocean are underway this week as a new cohort arrived at SAMS, a partner of @thinkuhi.bsky.social The students are pictured with Prof. Bhavani Narayanaswamy, Head of SAMS Graduate School.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Today, we welcome aboard subsea engineers Aquatitans, the latest company to join our Ocean Changemakers initiative. Ocean Changemakers supports SAMS to maintain long-term research programmes and respond quickly to emerging environmental challenges. Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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Ocean innovators unite to support marine science research
AquaTitans joins growing list of Ocean Changemakers
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Two world-first seabed landers that can withstand extreme pressure will help answer one of the ocean’s deepest mysteries – where does Dark Oxygen come from? The SAMS-led research, funded by The Nippon Foundation, includes Northwestern University & Boston University. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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World-first landers delve into Dark Oxygen mystery
The Nippon Foundation backs SAMS-led discovery science
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
⌛🐥 Last chance for early bird tickets to our Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference in Oban this April.🌊 A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon. See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳 Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
SAMS #vacancies Associate Director of Finance www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies/as... If you've got an eye for numbers and would like to play your part in ensuring a healthy ocean for thriving people, we want to hear from you.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
"Twinkle, twinkle, wandering star" As we approach the festive holiday break, we would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas. Our Christmas card star is made up of different diatoms, small algal cells of exceptional beauty that drift, or wander, in the ocean as part of the plankton.
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Countryside Jobs Service @countrysidejobs.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Marine robotics will aid restoration efforts on Scottish loch - @SAMSocean.bsky.social Restoration efforts on a Scottish loch have been boosted by experimental techniques using sea-going robotics that can identify the most suitable reintroduction sites. c-js.co.uk/4iYMoCe
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Marine robotics will aid restoration efforts on Scottish loch
Restoration efforts on a Scottish loch have been boosted by experimental techniques using sea-going robotics that can identify the most suitable reintroduction sites.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
It that a coral, or an upside-down squid..? New suspected species, coined the ‘muddy squid’, displays ‘unusual’ burrowing behaviour observed for the first time in the deep sea. Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... @thinkuhi.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We're prizewinners! 🏆 A fantastic result at last night's Scottish Renewables Scottish Green Energy Awards as we picked up the Judges Award for our work on marine growth assessments of offshore structures. Thank you to #SGEA25 organisers and sponsors. Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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SAMS' renewables research recognised at industry awards
SAMS combines AI, robotics and biology expertise to improve marine growth assessments
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A new transatlantic connection has been established between SAMS in Oban, a partner of @thinkuhi.bsky.social, and the Oceanography Department at @dalhousieu.bsky.social in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Find out more👇 www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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Transatlantic exchange will strengthen Celtic connections
Scottish-Canadian connection opens up world class teaching to more students
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Former SAMS Director Prof. Graham Shimmield was born on this day in 1958. Graham was at the helm of SAMS from 1995 - 2008 and later led the Bigelow Laboratory in Maine until his death on Christmas Eve in 2016. He is remembered as an accomplished marine scientist and a visionary leader.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
@sophiefresson.bsky.social can we please join the UK Ocean News feed?
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Congratulations, Dr Ashley-Wheeler! 🎉🍾🎊 SAMS and UHI PhD student Victoria Ashley-Wheeler has successfully defended her viva on eDNA metabarcoding. Her NERC-funded SUPER DTP PhD was supported by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), MOWI and SEPA.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social Prof. Michael Burrows is included on the global list of Highly Cited Researchers for the 6th consecutive year.🏆🌊🧪 The @clarivateag.bsky.social list considers papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for field & publication year over the past decade. #HighlyCited2025
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We did it! A successful Crowdfunder will see the development our table-top game Drones & Droids.🤖 As well as being available to anyone to buy after we've honoured our fundraiser commitments, copies of the game will be given to local schools. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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Crowdfunder success prepares ocean robotics game for launch
Schools in Argyll and Bute to receive copies of the game
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Fully funded MRes opportunity! "Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline" www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... Application deadline: 12th November This one year, fully funded MRes studentship begins on 2nd February 2026.🌊🧪
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
📣 #PhD opportunities As part of the NERC E5 Doctoral Training Partnership through The University of Edinburgh, SAMS has submitted three options for PhD studentships. 🧪🌊 Is your dream PhD here? e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item... e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item... e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
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Steven Benjamins @sbenjamins.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Great first visit at the European Elasmobranchs Association's Annual Science Conference in #Rotterdam #blijdorp talking about flapper skates #skatespotter #EEA2025
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Congratulations, Dr Sands! 🎉🍾🎊 Huge congratulations to SAMS @thinkuhi.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk (BAS) PhD student Chester Sands who today successfully defended his viva. Chester, a father of three, works at BAS as a molecular ecologist and completed his PhD while working in this role.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Bluesky - can you help us? Drones & Droids is an innovative STEM strategy game created by scientists at SAMS. We've only 5 days to raise the money needed to bring this project to life. If we don’t reach 100%, we lose match funding. ✅ Back the campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Congratulations, Dr Francis! 🎉 🧑‍🔬 🌊 🥂 Huge congratulations to SAMS and University of Edinburgh PhD student Adam Francis who yesterday successfully defended his viva: The role of new nitrogen inputs and recycling on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Fully-funded MRes opportunity! "Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline" www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... App deadline: 31st October This one-year project aims to understand marine litter conditions in a pre-determined location on the west coast of Scotland.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Only 14 days left to bring Drones and Droids to life! Drones and Droids is a strategic card game with a difference, fusing robotics, science, and imagination. We’re crowdfunding to get a small production run off the ground - and we’re almost there. 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids🌊
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National Oceanography Centre @noc.ac.uk · 13/10/2025
New report that outlines UK's vision for Arctic science is a UK-wide collaboration co-led by NOC. The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025. Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR #IPY5
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Adam Hughes, Professor of Innovation in the Blue Economy at SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social, delivered his inaugural lecture to an audience of over 100, with a powerful personal message of resilience, determination, and diversity of thought. Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
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SAMS scientist highlights neurodiversity in academic success
Prof. Adam Hughes delivers inspirational inaugural lecture
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