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UKIRSC Marine Mammals
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UK & Ireland Regional Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy
@marinemammalogy.bsky.social

Bringing together postgraduate students studying marine mammals. 🦭🐳🐬🦦🐻‍❄️

Follow for PhD/post-doc alerts plus funding, grants & jobs!
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UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · Oct 7
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
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3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
University of Bristol Beacon House Queens Road Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000 Contact us
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November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
ukirsc.bsky.social
🐋 Registration Deadline Extended 🦭

We've extended the deadline for registration until the 21st November, so there's still time to sign up if you thought you'd missed it! Head to our website or scan the QR code in the poster to get to the form. Hope to see you all in January!
ukirsc.bsky.social UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · Oct 7
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Travel grants are also available to help keep conference costs down!
ukirsc.bsky.social UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · Oct 7
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Reminder that registration closes this week! Follow the link in the thread to sign up 🧵
ukirsc.bsky.social UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · Oct 7
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Interesting article with some good tips on how to get a marine mammal (or general dream) PhD 👇

Anyone have tips of their own?

whalescientists.com/phd-on-whales/

#phdsky #academicsky
Want to do a PhD on killer whales? Start by narrowing your research niche
Instead of saying you'll take any opportunity to do a PhD on whales, narrow your focus to a specific niche.
whalescientists.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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cetaceanaction.bsky.social
Our top 3 good news hot takes on the 2025 #vaquita porpoise survey
🐬🔥🎉
1) Fabulous drone footage, especially Sept 23 of mother Frida (tied for record size at 1.5 meters, & possibly pregnant) swimming with her estimated year old calf. Evidence of population reproduction ♀️♂️!
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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sjurdur.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Mammal Ecology

🧪🌍 #science
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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🚨 Only 2 weeks left to register! 🚨
ukirsc.bsky.social UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · Oct 7
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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exetermarine.bsky.social
Great Masters by Research opportunity working with Prof @darrencroft.bsky.social and collaborative team on killer whales!

More info in Darren's original post. ⬇️

🦑🌍🐬🧪🦤🌐
#AcademicSky
darrencroft.bsky.social Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 19d
MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social

People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.

Deadline 19Dec

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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trevorabranch.bsky.social
Postdoc fitting Bayesian spatial models to various streams of data on humpback whales with @afredston.bsky.social at Santa Cruz, CA
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ukirsc.bsky.social
‼️ not one but TWO positions working with @darrencroft.bsky.social and killer whales!!

Both graduate and postdoc.

Deadlines very soon!
exetermarine.bsky.social Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Sep 26
Fancy working with killer whales?

We have two exciting opportunities to support the work of Professor @darrencroft.bsky.social and team.

👉 Graduate Research Assistant - lnkd.in/egy9Knka
👉 Postdoctoral Research Associate - lnkd.in/eXyP7fZ4

Deadlines 22nd/19th Oct.

🦑🦤🌍🌊🐬🌐
text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text reads 'we're hiring, graduate research assistant and postdoctoral research associate. Logo are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines the graduate research assistant position, which is part time (14 hours), fixed term until 0ct 2028, based at the university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines postdoctoral research associate position, which is full-time fixed term until 31st oct 2028, starting salary £34.6k, location is university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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🧪🐟🔉WHOI's Postdoctoral Scholars Program is now accepting applications.

Application deadline: December 1, 2025.

If you’re interested in bioacoustics, signal processing, AI/ML, or low-cost instrumentation, and are considering applying, feel free to get in touch with me.

www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
Postdoctoral Scholar Program - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eighteen-month Postdoctoral Scholar awards are offered to recipients of new or recent doctorates in the fields of chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and bi...
www.whoi.edu
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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🚨 PhD alert! ‘Understanding marine mammal distributions and habitat use through environmental DNA’ at the University of Leeds, UK

Deadline: 7th Jan

goodmanlab.org/opportunitie...

#phdsky #academicsky #marinemammals
PhD & post-doctoral fellowhship opportunities in marine mammal eDNA
Understanding marine mammal distributions and habitat use through environmental DNA Environmental DNA (eDNA) is developing rapidly as an important tool for biodiversity monitoring and for exploring…
goodmanlab.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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emmaluck22.bsky.social
I am pleased to share our new review paper detailing killer whale interactions with commercial fisheries in Frontiers in Marine Science!

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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marinefreshwater.bsky.social
Calling all marine & freshwater sciences students 📣

@marinefreshwater.bsky.social has a new #StudentPrize!

The first winner will be announced in 2027 to allow time for submissions and nominations.

More details:
www.publish.csiro.au/mf/forauthor...

#MarineFreshwaterRes
CSIRO PUBLISHING
Awards and Prizes
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October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
ukirsc.bsky.social
With the PhD application process looming (at least in the UK), here’s an interesting article on why you may want to consider research outside of marine mammals (we know! shock horror!) and why this doesn’t have to be the end of a career in marine mammal science 🐬
whalescientists.com/i-cant-find-...
I can’t find a PhD on marine mammals. What now?
Finding a PhD on marine mammals is no easy task, and not everyone succeeds. But your dreams of doing marine mammal research did not end...
whalescientists.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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apanec-lab.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to Rebecca Niklas on completing her master’s thesis!

Rebecca used eDNA samples to assess marine biodiversity and whale diet in the Azores, as part of the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social project🐋🌊

Fantastic work bridging cutting-edge molecular tools with marine ecology!
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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🚨 Whale PhD Opportunity!! 🚨
September 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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lolajovan.com
Every day should begin with seals. Maybe the world would be sweeter?

#seals #oregoncoast #morningwalks #beach #hike #photography #travel #love
September 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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❗️💵Student bursaries available to help attend marine research events, apply by 31st October:
thembauk.bsky.social The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · Sep 15
Turn your ambition into action! ⭐🌎

MBA student bursaries provide direct support for students and postgraduates in marine biology, helping you take your next step toward shaping the future of our oceans.

Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/3TuxcPm
Become a Student Member for £25 per year ➡️ buff.ly/4cuvdDT
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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❗️💵Student bursaries available to help attend marine research events, apply by 31st October:
thembauk.bsky.social The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · Sep 15
Turn your ambition into action! ⭐🌎

MBA student bursaries provide direct support for students and postgraduates in marine biology, helping you take your next step toward shaping the future of our oceans.

Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/3TuxcPm
Become a Student Member for £25 per year ➡️ buff.ly/4cuvdDT
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Our recent study in the #MarineEcologyProgressSeries
highlights how body size, condition, and human impacts shape the survival of right whales & why they are so vulnerable to prey limitation and disturbance 🐋

🔗 in thread

#Conservation #WhaleResearch #RightWhales #OceanHealth #MarineScience 🌐🌏🧪🌱
📸 Southern right whale: Fredrik Christiansen, Aarhus University 📸 North Atlantic right whale: Center for Coastal Studies, taken under NOAA permit #24359 👉 Link to paper: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v768/meps14914
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Join Mia Wege and me to study niche partitioning among three Antarctic mesopredators!

Fully-funded PhD opportunity at U Canterbury, please email michelle.larue@canterbury.ac.nz if you're interested!

Applications will be reviewed until filled.
Fluffy Weddell seal pup looks straight into the camera We are seeking a motivated PhD student to investigate how multiple mesopredators share space and resources in the Southern Ross Sea. The project will address questions about niche partitioning (both spatial and temporal) and foraging ecology in the Southern Ocean using three years of animal tracking data deployed on penguins (n = 60) and seals (n = 30). Specifically, we wish to uncover aspects of three-dimensional space use in Adélie penguins, emperor penguins, and Weddell seals at Cape Crozier, in the southern Ross Sea. There exists one of the largest colonies of Adélie penguins, a small colony of emperor penguins, and a small group of Weddell seals. We ask: How are these animals using the same space at the same time? How can that part of the ocean support hundreds of thousands of central-place foragers in a relatively small foraging halo, during the short summer window of time? Answers to these questions will provide fine-scale insights as part of the larger project which seeks to understand the metacommunity structure of marine mesopredators in the Southern Ocean and will inform conservation in the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area (one of the largest in the world). With the first 10-year evaluation of the MPA coming up, this project will have immediate real-world impact. We cannot guarantee Antarctic field work as part of the PhD project. Funding: Rutherford Discovery Fellowship ($27,000 NZD/year for three years + fees), plus potential school-supported (School of Earth and Environment) conference travel opportunities. Requirements: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Ecology, Marine Biology, Geography, Zoology or Statistics required; good communication skills (written and verbal), with previous publication experience a bonus; strong work ethic, strong initiative, and team attitude; previous experience handling biologging data (in any system), large datasets, and data wrangling a plus.
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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A short video of White-beaked Dolphins off the coast of the south Mainland of Shetland this week. Amazing to watch!

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
August 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM