🦈 Angelshark spotted in Cardigan Bay! Our BRUVS cameras captured this incredible footage. Next to check if our eDNA samples match the sighting... fingers crossed! Super exciting research 🔬🌊 #NationalMarineWeek #Angelshark #eDNA #CBMWC @aberuni.bsky.social www.welshwildlife.org/news/secrets...

Epic sighting captured as part of our ##DolphinDietDetectives project! Life beneath the waves 🌊🦈🐟 @neildcook.bsky.social @hannahvallin.bsky.social @guibortolotto.bsky.social

A peek 👀 behind the scenes of our recent BRUVS deployments as part of our #NatureNetworksFund #DolphinDietDetectives project 📹🛥️🐟. #MarineResearch #CardiganBay #BRUVS #cbmwc #wtsww @sarahperry.bsky.social @neildcook.bsky.social @guibortolotto.bsky.social @maddydemarchis.bsky.social

First week in CA with UofAlberta on the Climate Action Through Grazing project 🌱🐄 Joined long field days at Kinsella Ranch (5,000+ ha!) collecting baseline data: biodiversity, soils, sward heights & more—before cattle hit the plots. Great example of #ClimateSmartAg in action! 🌍💨 #GHG #SoilHealth

🐬 Did you catch this fascinating report on @news.sky.com about how researchers are finding out more about the secret lives of Cardigan Bay’s bottlenose dolphins by analysing their poo? We’re thrilled to be part of this innovative project. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/3yhmxjz5 #dolphins #CardiganBay #research

Sky News featuring our #DolphinDietDetectives project funded by Welsh Governments #NatureNetworksFund 👉 news.sky.com/story/what-d... @cbmwc.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social @hannahvallin.bsky.social @niallmckeown.bsky.social @guibortolotto.bsky.social @neildcook.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

Our scientists are helping to monitor the success of the reintroduction of Britain’s second rarest mammal. 🖱️ www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch... @vincentwt.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @niallmckeown.bsky.social #pinemarten #pinemartens #martensonthemove

Very excited to be attending my favourite conference this week in London at The Royal Society for the UKDNA working group. Lots of interesting talks lined up all about eDNA, my favourite topic 🤩 🧬🐞🐛🦋🌼🦇💦🐠☘️ #UKDNAWG25

🐐 PhD candidate Megan Quail has written an article for The Conversation about research findings that goats outperform sheep and alpacas in a series of cognitive tests. @ibers.bsky.social

Check out Hannah's first principle-author paper on DNA metabarcoding as a scalable alternative to traditional quadrat-based botanical surveys for assessing plant diversity in grasslands. www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/new...

Yesterday's dolphin action out in Newquay. Very excited when @sarahperry.bsky.social messaged to say they also collected some 🐬💩 Can't wait to extract the DNA and find out what they have been eating... picture might be a clue 😉

📣Exciting news — my first first-author paper & PhD publication is out! 🎉 Comparing DNA metabarcoding vs botanical surveys in assessing grassland composition under different management. A great blend of field ecology & molecular work! 🐑🌿🧬 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Ecology #DNA #PhD

Great to represent IBERS at the Connecting Research Culture event, engaging with colleagues from across the BBSRC institutes. A fantastic opportunity to share ideas, strengthen collaborations, and explore how we can work together to drive positive research culture. #ResearchCulture #IBERS #BBSRC

A fantastic few days on the water recently, working with a great team including @neildcook.bsky.social , @hannahvallin.bsky.social, @guibortolotto.bsky.social to collect data for our #DolphinDietDetectives project. Science on the sea = happy days! 🧬📹🐟🐬

First day attending the #BBSRC connecting research culture conference with colleagues from #IBERS. There is a busy networking schedule lined up with lots of interesting talks 🤗 #AberUni #EarlhamInstitue

The life of a Metaprobe eDNA sampler: from 3D printing, diving into the ocean to collect eDNA, back to the lab for DNA extraction, PCR, and finally metabarcoding sequencing. Excited to start processing and see what secrets the ocean reveals! 🌊🧬

What a fantastic week for #BritishScienceWeek! 🐬 Grateful for the extra help from colleagues @cbmwc.bsky.social as we explored how dolphins find prey, what they eat, & showcased our work uncovering their diet—by collecting poo samples & extracting fish DNA! 🧬🐟 #STEM #AberUni @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

And that's a wrap on British Science Week! 🎉 An exhausting but incredible week engaging with so many curious young minds, sparking excitement for science, and sharing new discoveries. 🔬🧬✨ Here's to inspiring the next generation! 🚀 #BritishScienceWeek #STEM #ScienceForAll #AberUni

Diving into #BritishScienceWeek with our dolphin diets project at @aberuni.bsky.social showcasing DNA extractions, fish otoliths, dolphin skulls, and learning about echolocation, marine food chains and much more! @cbmwc.bsky.social @lauracaryse.bsky.social @sarahperry.bsky.social 🐬🐠🦑🐚🧬

To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, we are highlighting women and non-binary members of staff and recognising their contribution to research at our Visibility Awards. Many congratulations to all the winners. tinyl.io/C9KM

It's been great to adopt and utilise the 'Metaprobe' throughout Cardigan Bay to collect eDNA samples whilst carrying out BRUVs. Thanks to @giumaiello.bsky.social and @marianilab.bsky.social for introducing me to their eDNA sampler for upscaling aquatic monitoring. Now time to process the samples!🧬🌊🐬

Day 3 and the weather is still holding out ☀️. Time to collect BRUVs and eDNA samples off Newquay. Great working with such a fantastic team in a truly beautiful location 🧬🌊🐬🐠📹 @sarahperry.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

🌊 Day 2 of fieldwork! 🚤☀️ Headed to Mwnt for more BRUVs 🎥 & eDNA sampling 🧬, plus dolphin & porpoise sightings! 🐬 Retrieved acoustic hydrophones deployed last winter—can’t wait to see (and hear!) what’s in the data! 🎶📊 #eDNA #BRUVS @sarahperry.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

🌊 Perfect conditions for fieldwork! 🚤☀️ Out on the uni boat deploying BRUVs 🎥 & collecting eDNA samples🧬off Aberystwyth for our Dolphin diet project. Exciting data ahead! 🐬🐟 #MarineScience #eDNA #BRUVS #Fieldwork #AberUni #CBMWC @sarahperry.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

Great day for a day on the water collecting eDNA, BRUVS and acoustics data #Fieldwork #NatureNetworksFund #CBMWC #WTSWW #AberystwythUni @hannahvallin.bsky.social @neildcook.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

👋 Seeing off our #DolphinDietDetectives team this morning! 🛥️ They'll be spending the day out at sea deploying BRUVs to monitor bottlenose dolphin prey species🐠🍽️ This project is supported by the #NatureNetworksFund 🙏 #BRUVS #MarineMammalScience @ibers.bsky.social

Swapped the lab coat for wellies 🥾 at North Wyke, Devon, with Rothamsted Research to collect rhizosphere soil samples 🌱. Investigating N₂O-reducing bacteria 🦠 that cut greenhouse gas emissions—key for sustainable agriculture! Now back to Aber for 16S rRNA sequencing 🧬 #BiomassCrops #N2O #microbes

🔬 I’m a scientist of two halves, using DNA metabarcoding in terrestrial & marine ecology🌱 Studying how biomass crops reduce N₂O emissions.🐬Using eDNA to uncover dolphin diets in Cardigan Bay.🌿Assessing grassland biodiversity with #DNAmetabarcoding From soils to seas, DNA connects it all! 🧬

🔬 Excited to bring hands-on DNA science to outreach events this year with the Bento Lab a portable DNA workstation! 🧬It'll give students a chance to extract eDNA, run PCRs, & visualize DNA bands—inspiring future scientists! 🌊🐬 #STEM #Outreach #MarineScience #DNA #eDNA #AberUni #CBMWC

Oh Hello there. It's time to build up the Bluesky socials 🦋💙

👩‍🔬🙌 It's #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! 🙌 👩‍🔬 ✨ We're recognising the contributions of the incredible women and girls @wtsww.bsky.social 💁 From our #marineconservation team of staff and volunteers, to members of our #LivingSeas youth forum and various project partners! 💙 #WomenInStem