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Poet in Residence for the Lighthouse Field Station

Poet, writer and performer Genevieve Carver is currently working with SBS marine biologists at the Lighthouse Field Station in an exciting new arts-science collaboration.  She’ll be taking inspiration from marine science to develop creative outputs integrating poetry, spoken word, audio and video.

Genevieve is engaging with two main fieldwork projects:…

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The Charles Sutherland Scholarship Fund

In April 2022, I was extremely fortunate to be awarded funds from the Charles Sutherland Scholarship fund which allowed me to attend the 27th European Meeting for PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB) conference in Espoo, Finland. As I started my PhD studentship during the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020,…

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Reprothon: how reproducible is our code?

Reproducibility has always been an important component of good research, and as time has gone on, more and more journals are now requesting full code used for data-handing and analysis to accompany manuscripts. But the big question is: how reproducible is our code, really? How long does a script we’ve…

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Presenting at the 6th International Marine Connectivity Conference

While we, Fenella and Tanja, are spending most of our time obtaining and analysing genetic data from our elasmobranch species, there comes a time when we get to share our work with others. Especially inspiring for us as PhD students are scientific conferences, where experts from our field present their…

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Reflections on Pride Month from Fabio Manfredini

June is Pride Month in many parts of the world, a yearly reminder of the importance of celebrating equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms. Pride celebrations started as a result of the Stonewall riots (June 1969) to acknowledge and remember the struggles that the LGBTQ+ community experienced in…

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Keith Hobson and Migration's Many Mysteries

Blog on the SBS seminar (25th March 2021) from Keith Hobson written by David Watt, student from the “Meet the scientists” course.

One of the marvels of the natural world is the incredible migratory routes animals, both large and small, embark on over the course of their lives or even generations,…

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First Year During COVID

The pandemic came with a lot of firsts and a lot of challenges:
First = lockdown, Challenge = getting enough toilet roll.
First = working from home, Challenge = sharing a workspace with your partner and their annoying habits.
First = wearing masks to supermarkets, shops and everywhere really, Challenge…

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Novel diversity: Natures unique way of celebrating differences

Blog on the SBS seminar (18th March 2021) from Dr Anna Runemark written by Ellie Mason, student from the “Meet the scientists” course

Novel diversity is often overlooked with the threat of depleted biodiversity often taking the headline. Yet it deserves recognition for species’ ability to adapt and thrive in…

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Do we need to redefine the term species in the wake of avian malaria research?

Blog on the SBS seminar (11th March 2021) from Prof Javier Pérez-Tris written by Nancy Stewart, student from the “Meet the scientists” course

The naming and characterization of individual species is fundamental to biology in representing the principle taxonomic unit in grouping organisms. This is one of the first things…

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