Carmel McDougall
@drcarmelmc.bsky.social
Lecturer and group leader at St. Andrews. Molecular Marine Biologist | Molluscs 🐚🐌| Oysters 🦪| Evolution | Biomineralisation | Aquaculture | Allorecognition | 🇦🇺🏴
A joint Macquarie/St Andrews fully funded PhD scholarship is available to optimise the design of oyster reef restoration projects for biodiversity outcomes. The PhD will be jointly supervised by @melaniejbishop.bsky.social and me. See lnkd.in/e_Tr2EXQ
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A joint Macquarie/St Andrews fully funded PhD scholarship is available to optimise the design of oyster reef restoration projects for biodiversity outcomes. The PhD will be jointly supervised by @melaniejbishop.bsky.social and me. See lnkd.in/e_Tr2EXQ
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Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
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We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
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July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
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We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
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The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:
Ecology:
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Genomics:
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Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
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June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:
Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.
Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life
Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.
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June 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.
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Come and work with us for a few months on a standalone project! Up to £3,000 (c. 3560 EUR) available for students or postdocs to visit a new lab like ours 👀 Deadline 6th June, but get in touch with me ASAP to discuss your ideas and interests!
Are you an ECR interested in animals that have eyes (preferably, lots of them)? Would you like to come and conduct a research project in our group for 1-3 months? Get in touch about applying for the excellent @biologists.bsky.social ECR visiting fellowship scheme!
www.biologists.com/grants/ecr-v...
www.biologists.com/grants/ecr-v...
ECR Visiting Fellowships
About ECR Visiting Fellowships To celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2023, Journal of Experimental Biology launched two new grants to support junior faculty staff working in the fields covered by the ...
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May 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Come and work with us for a few months on a standalone project! Up to £3,000 (c. 3560 EUR) available for students or postdocs to visit a new lab like ours 👀 Deadline 6th June, but get in touch with me ASAP to discuss your ideas and interests!
A 3-year Postdoc position is available to investigate allorecognition in bivalves and the evolution of transmissible cancers. The project will be based with me at St Andrews (Scotland), collaborating with Tim Regan (Roslin).
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/J/....
Closing date:11/04/2025
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/J/....
Closing date:11/04/2025
March 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A 3-year Postdoc position is available to investigate allorecognition in bivalves and the evolution of transmissible cancers. The project will be based with me at St Andrews (Scotland), collaborating with Tim Regan (Roslin).
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/J/....
Closing date:11/04/2025
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/J/....
Closing date:11/04/2025
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Funded PhD opportunities at the Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling! See link for details. Prospective applicants with research project ideas are encouraged to connect with potential supervisors. These studentships are funded by University of Stirling www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...
Blue Economy | Research | University of Stirling
Explore funded PhD opportunities in Blue Economy and submit a project proposal.
www.stir.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at the Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling! See link for details. Prospective applicants with research project ideas are encouraged to connect with potential supervisors. These studentships are funded by University of Stirling www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...
The burden of advancing DEI initiatives should not fall on the shoulders of those from marginalised communities…
The authors of a Comment article in Nature Human Behaviour propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia. #Academicsky 🧪
Cultivating allyship for a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia - Nature Human Behaviour
We propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia: listening to marginalized voices, challenging one's own biases, speaking up to include disadvantaged groups, speaking out to confront bias, advocating for inclusive policies and dismantling institutional biases.
go.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The burden of advancing DEI initiatives should not fall on the shoulders of those from marginalised communities…
Two new postdoc positions are available as part of a new BBSRC project on the evolutionary consequences of whole genome duplication (see rediploidisation.org), working in the group of Professor Dan Macqueen at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh.
Job adverts: lnkd.in/ewwDAqvu
Job adverts: lnkd.in/ewwDAqvu
Project summary | rediploidisation.org
rediploidisation.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Two new postdoc positions are available as part of a new BBSRC project on the evolutionary consequences of whole genome duplication (see rediploidisation.org), working in the group of Professor Dan Macqueen at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh.
Job adverts: lnkd.in/ewwDAqvu
Job adverts: lnkd.in/ewwDAqvu
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Our friends at @naturecomms.bsky.social are on the look out for an ecologist to join their team 👇https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SpringerNatureCareers/details/Associate-or-Senior-Editor--Nature-Communications--Ecology-_JR101941-1
🚨 Closing date: 5th Feb | Location: US or UK 🚨
🚨 Closing date: 5th Feb | Location: US or UK 🚨
Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Ecology)
Associate or Senior Editor (Ecology) Organization: Nature Communications Location: New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, London (Hybrid) Closing date: February 5th, 2025 About Springer Nature Group Spr...
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January 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Our friends at @naturecomms.bsky.social are on the look out for an ecologist to join their team 👇https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SpringerNatureCareers/details/Associate-or-Senior-Editor--Nature-Communications--Ecology-_JR101941-1
🚨 Closing date: 5th Feb | Location: US or UK 🚨
🚨 Closing date: 5th Feb | Location: US or UK 🚨
Readvertising a PhD opportunity in my group investigating molecular mechanisms of biological patterning by studying mollusc shells. Based at St Andrews, Scotland, and co-supervised by
@vs-marine.bsky.social! Deadline 17/01/25. More details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@vs-marine.bsky.social! Deadline 17/01/25. More details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
January 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Readvertising a PhD opportunity in my group investigating molecular mechanisms of biological patterning by studying mollusc shells. Based at St Andrews, Scotland, and co-supervised by
@vs-marine.bsky.social! Deadline 17/01/25. More details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@vs-marine.bsky.social! Deadline 17/01/25. More details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Introducing the Queensland Sunshine Oyster 🦪! Our lab’s research featured in the latest episode of Landline (along with the fantastic hatchery/growout trials by Max Wingfield, QLD DAF) m.youtube.com/watch?v=65_p...
Warm Water Wonders: How Queensland oysters could revitalize the industry | Landline | ABC News
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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December 2, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Introducing the Queensland Sunshine Oyster 🦪! Our lab’s research featured in the latest episode of Landline (along with the fantastic hatchery/growout trials by Max Wingfield, QLD DAF) m.youtube.com/watch?v=65_p...
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🌊 Interested in shellfish health & food safety? 🦪
Join our EastBIO PhD project at the Roslin Institute!
Explore mussel immunity & Vibrio interactions using genomics, transcriptomics & more 🦪🦠🧫🧬🌊
💡 Includes fieldwork & CASE placement at Cefas
📍 Edinburgh, UK
Apply👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join our EastBIO PhD project at the Roslin Institute!
Explore mussel immunity & Vibrio interactions using genomics, transcriptomics & more 🦪🦠🧫🧬🌊
💡 Includes fieldwork & CASE placement at Cefas
📍 Edinburgh, UK
Apply👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EASTBIO: Exploring Interactions between Mussels and Pathogenic Vibrio for Enhanced Shellfish Health and Food Safety at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Exploring Interactions between Mussels and Pathogenic Vibrio for Enhanced Shellfish Health and Food Safety at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
🌊 Interested in shellfish health & food safety? 🦪
Join our EastBIO PhD project at the Roslin Institute!
Explore mussel immunity & Vibrio interactions using genomics, transcriptomics & more 🦪🦠🧫🧬🌊
💡 Includes fieldwork & CASE placement at Cefas
📍 Edinburgh, UK
Apply👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join our EastBIO PhD project at the Roslin Institute!
Explore mussel immunity & Vibrio interactions using genomics, transcriptomics & more 🦪🦠🧫🧬🌊
💡 Includes fieldwork & CASE placement at Cefas
📍 Edinburgh, UK
Apply👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...