Isles of Scilly - Also beautiful underwater!
#IslesofScilly

Isles of Scilly - beautiful coast!
#IslesofScilly

Almost a month ago I returned from an amazing field trip to the Isles of Scilly 🌊 Studying L. hyperborea at its southern UK range was a privilege. Big thanks to @hjncatherall.bsky.social and @pippajmoore.bsky.social for such a great experience! #KelpForests #MarineBiology #Fieldwork #UKScience

Back from the IAPETUS Postgrad Conference 2025 — and honoured to be selected as the Best Poster!

Grateful for the feedback and great ideas about my kelp forest & urchin barrens research!

What do you think, BlueSky friends?

@iapetusdtp.bsky.social
@sciencesncl.bsky.social

#PhDLife #ScienceComm

Newcastle team representing nature & environmental research at IAPETUS postgraduate conference 2025!

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@newcastleuni.bsky.social

Just back from the IAPETUS Postgraduate Conference 2025 in Edinburgh! Great talks, inspiring people, and lots of ideas brewing. Grateful to be part of such a vibrant research community!
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social
#PhDLife #IAPETUS #Edinburgh #AcademicLife #Networking #MarineBiology

Because training never ends — RYA VHF Radio course done! One step closer to supporting fieldwork as a research skipper 😅 Grateful for every new skill that brings me closer to the water.
#PhDLife #MarineBiology #Fieldwork #ResearchVessel #AlwaysLearning

Finished my HSE Scientific Diving course! Grateful to the amazing instructors and fellow trainees — what weeks! Cold, intense, and unforgettable. Now fully certified and ready to start counting urchins and kelp 😆🧜‍♂️!
#PhDLife #ScientificDiving #MarineBiology #HSRDiver

This week I began my HSE diving qualification to become a certified scientific diver in the UK! 🧜‍♂️
It’s exciting, intense, and very cold — Diving is a key part for monitoring underwater habitats. Time to put some cold water under the dry suit and get to work!
#ScientificDiving #PhDLife #UKScience

Starting to organise Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference 2026. This time hosted by Newcastle University, see you here next April!

@robynmastinwynn.bsky.social
@thembauk.bsky.social

Exploring 8 nursing sites of red-spotted catsharks in and amongst Chile's kelp forests, Ítalo Fernández found that females showed a greater preference for anchoring eggs to kelp with larger holdfasts, more stipes and greater total length.

More here:
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Hi BlueSky! I’m Rodrigo, a Chilean marine biologist doing my PhD in the UK with @pippajmoore.bsky.social @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social. My research explores novel urchin barrens in the UK kelp forests — why they happen and how resilient they are 🌿🧪

A productive day kelping with @newcastleuni.bsky.social MRes student Cris collecting kelp holdfasts to start her Marine Heatwave experiment - What a team!

A perfect Monday morning spent collecting kelp holdfasts for an MRes project looking at marine heatwaves 🤿🌊

Spot me working very hard…..

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