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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Currently at SAMS on work experience is Rosie Gage-Struthers, the grand-daughter of the late SAMS scientist Prof. John Gage, a pioneer of deep-sea research. Rosie met Prof. Bhavani Narayanaswamy, whose PhD was supervised by Prof. Gage! @mastscot.bsky.social

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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

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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 · 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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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 · 15/01/2026

📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr Simon Waldman is Assistant Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, Scotland.

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr Joop Coolen is Researcher in Benthic Ecology at @w-u-r.bsky.social, Netherlands.

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr Anna Redden is Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology at Acadia University, Canada.

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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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Our online EIT Food Algal Biotechnology course is back 4-5 November 2025 📆. apply.eitfood.eu/en_GB/course... This professional development programme provides an introduction to developments in industry. 📆 Deadline: 29 October 2025 🗺 Place: Online 💶 Course fee: € 99 (incl. VAT) 🧪🌊

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🎧New podcast episode! "A new wave of ocean exploration" Real-life Octonauts Drs Neil Fraser & Lewis Drysdale explain how new technology is a game changer in the quest for 🌊 data. 👂https://www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/episodes/17448270 or on your preferred streaming platform.🧪 @fmri-nerc.bsky.social

Female scientist looking out to the open ocean from the deck of a ship.

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Our marine robotics team have been out beyond the #Hebridean islands to deploy a glider in the north-east Atlantic over the coming months. Gliders are able to gather data in hard-to-reach parts of the ocean, filling gaps in our understanding of large-scale currents.🌊 The dolphins were a bonus!🐬

A common dolphin leaping out of the water

A robotic scientific instrument floating in the water

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Funded #PhD opportunities🧪🌊 Looking for a PhD? We currently have three funded opportunities to work with us here at SAMS. To find out more, see: www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... #MarineScience #FindAPhD #ThinkUHI

Harbour porpoise swimming at the water's surface

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🎧NEW PODCAST EPISODE Drowning in plastic pollution 🧪🌊 www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... SAMS scientists Prof. Bhavani Narayanaswamy and Dr Geslaine Lemos Concalves explain the extent of plastic pollution in our ocean and what we can do to mitigate some of the worst impacts. #MarineScience

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Fully-funded #PhD opportunity!🌊🧪 "Exploring benthic biogeochemical cycling in the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean" Want to help answer one of the biggest questions in #deepsea science? Apply by 30th April, or find out more 👇 www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... @mastscot.bsky.social

A deep-sea polymetallic nodule in a water tank

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

📢 Fully-funded #PhD opportunity! Join the team investigating 'Dark Oxygen' production in the deep sea!🌊 👨‍🎓 3.5-year PhD funded by The Nippon Foundation 🚢 Join research cruises in the Pacific Ocean 🧪 Sample and study polymetallic nodules Apply, or find out more 👇 www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Prof. Adam Hughes of SAMS was a plenary speaker yesterday at the @royalsociety.org for #SeafoodInnovation2025. The professor of Innovation in the Blue Economy spoke on novel tech and innovation in #aquaculture. @cefasgovuk.bsky.social 🌊

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Prof. Andrew Sweetman has delivered a keynote address at the @euromarine.bsky.social conference in Chioggia, Italy. Prof. Sweetman presented his discovery of oxygen production in the deep sea.🌊🧪 To learn more, listen to the latest SAMS Ocean Explorer podcast🎧: www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis...

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🎧 NEW #PODCAST EPISODE 🌊🧪 Dark Oxygen: a deep sea discovery www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... The SAMS Ocean Explorer podcast welcomes Prof. Andrew Sweetman and his former PhD student Daniëlle de Jonge. Search 'SAMS Ocean Explorer' on your streaming service, or download via the link above.

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Do you work in #food systems or #aquaculture? Join us at the Algal #Biotechnology course at @fraunhoferigb.bsky.social in Stuttgart! 📑 2 days of hands-on training on cultivation, biotechnology and large-scale productions. 📅 2 & 3 April Applications open! 👉: learning.eitfood.eu/courses/alga...

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Congratulations, Dr de Jonge! 🎉🎉🎉👩‍🔬 Congratulations to SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social PhD student Daniëlle de Jonge who has successfully defended her viva (with no corrections!). Daniëlle is pictured with supervisor Prof Andrew Sweetman and examiner @michaeltburrows.bsky.social #DeepSea #PhDlife

A woman and two men celebrating with glasses of champagne

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