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Anna Pfoertner, BSc (Hons) Marine Science student

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My clearing journey into Marine Science, at SAMS UHI

24 November 2021
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Paid undergrad summer internship opportunities at SAMS • CLOSES FRIDAY at MIDDAY • We have three SUPER DTP summer internship vacancies on the fantastic topics of #eDNA, #photogrammetry and snow #algae.

Visit www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies to find out more!

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Listen up! We have a new campaign. Today, the star

Listen up! We have a new campaign. Today, the start of #OceanWeek, we are launching #WhaleTalk, our campaign for 2023 🐋🐬.

During the coming months, we aim to increase awareness of the variety of marine mammals in our waters and highlight the importance of monitoring and studying these amazing creatures.

Using specialised techniques, such as passive acoustic monitoring, our scientists can record underwater sounds to learn about marine mammal population sizes, migrations and behaviours. This knowledge helps us to inform conservation efforts, government policy and industries such as renewables, fishing and shipping.

Throughout this week, we have exciting news to share, so be sure to visit our campaign page (link in bio) and follow #WhaleTalk.

#Whale #WorldOceanDay #MarineMammals #Cetacean #CetaceanResearch #Dolphins #UnderwaterAcoustics #UnderwaterSounds #SciArt #MarineScience #OceanScience #MarineConservation #OceanConservation @thinkuhi @hwdt_org

SAMS was honoured to have one of our marine mammal

SAMS was honoured to have one of our marine mammal scientists Dr Denise Risch attend and speak at a wildlife sound event last week at the @britishlibrary in London.

“Late at the Library: Calls of the Wild with Cosmo Sheldrake” was hosted by musician, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews @cerys6music and featured the producers of the BBC Wild Isles series, DJ Jason Singh and a whale song sound bath with underwater recordings of UK whales and dolphins by @tommustill using recordings captured by SAMS and the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) @hwdt_org. Tom Mustill is an author and nature filmmaker and recently published his new book "How to Speak Whale." Scottish wildlife cameraman Doug Allan also spoke at the event (pictured).

SAMS and the HWDT recently provided the British Library with long-term passive acoustic data, including rare recordings of the Scottish west coast orca community. The recordings will now be permanently housed in the British Library making the data truly accessible to naturalists, scientists, students, artists and the public and will foster future collaborations across relevant communities.

Dr Denise Risch added: “The west coast of Scotland orca community is in decline and there are currently only two surviving members of this group, so the preservation of their voices is particularly important.”

The British Library are currently showing an Animals: Art, Science and Sound exhibition which runs until 28th August where visitors can see how “documenting the animal world has resulted in some of humankind’s most awe-inspiring art, science and sound recordings.”

#WhaleTalk #MarineMammals #BritishLibrary #Underwateracoustics #MarineScience @ThinkUHI #WhaleSounds #Orca

Algal biotechnology experts have been sharing thei

Algal biotechnology experts have been sharing their support for our new course which aims to address the skills shortage in this rapidly growing industry.

SAMS, a partner of @thinkuhi, is recruiting for its new MSc Algal Biotechnology and Bioeconomy programme. The course aims to produce highly motivated and trained scientists in the sphere of Algal Biotechnology with the skills, knowledge and abilities to compete effectively within the employment market of this rapidly expanding area of research and commercial application.

To find out more visit sams.ac.uk/study.

#Algae #Biotechnology #ThinkUHI #UniversityOnTheBeach #MarineScience

Congratulations, Dr Armstrong! 🎉🎉🎉 We'r

Congratulations, Dr Armstrong! 🎉🎉🎉

We're delighted to share the news that SAMS @thinkuhi PhD student Christian Armstrong has successfully defended his viva: Assessing dynamic seabed change on the Scottish continental shelf.

Christian was supervised at SAMS by Prof John Howe and Dr Chris Allen and by Pete Watson (SSE) and Prof Richard Bates (University of St Andrews).

Examiners were Prof Andrew Sweetman (SAMS) and Dr Katrien van Landeghem (Bangor University).

Christian has made a great start to his research career by publishing three papers from his PhD work, the most recent published last week.

#MarineScience #UniversityOnTheBeach #PhD #viva

Last week we welcomed back Dr Suzannah V. Evans, w

Last week we welcomed back Dr Suzannah V. Evans, who was our poet-in-residence last summer.

Suzannah returned to give a series of poetry readings and workshops at SAMS and in the Oban’s @therockfieldcentre, where she read some of her latest work inspired by the ocean and marine science.

In between her two trips to Oban, Suzannah has gained her PhD in in poetry from Durham University.

She said: “I wanted to re-immerse myself in the SAMS environment, which as been truly inspiring, as I have begun writing again. I’ve also been swimming in the sea, so it’s been an immersive experience in many ways!

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