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Check out our first starter pack for the School of Biological & Marine Sciences! ✨🌊

Get connected with the amazing faculty from #SoBMS at the #UniversityofPlymouth who are now on BlueSky! 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤

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#MarineScience #Marine #BiologicalSciences #MarineConservation #PlymUni #Academics
December 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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Our next talk comes from Dr Gert-Jan Jeunen, newly appointed Research Fellow, presenting Environmental DNA at the edge of the world: new methods for Antarctic marine monitoring.
#eDNA #AntarcticScience #MarineMonitoring #SoBMs #PlymouthUniveristy
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January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Our next talk came from Professor Mark Briffa, Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning), exploring How to win a fight through a meta-analysis of contest vigour. A great insight into behavioural ecology.

#BehaviouralEcology #MetaAnalysis #ResearchTalks #SoBMs 🧪
Prof Mark Briffa, presenting his talk: How to win a fight through a meta-analysis of contest vigour. A great insight into behavioural ecology
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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Our next talk comes from Dr George Littlejohn, Associate Professor of Plant and Fungal Biology, presenting Having a Blast: plant pathology research at University of Plymouth. A fascinating insight into plant–pathogen research. 🌱🔬
#PlantBiology #PlantPathology #ResearchTalks #SoBMs #AgriTech
Dr George Littlejohn presenting: Having a Blast: plant pathology research at University of Plymouth.
January 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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🦀 Hairy claws make hermits braver!
BBC has featured a paper by PhD researcher Ari Drummond (et al.) in Proceedings B, revealing how shell traits can boost confidence in hermit crabs.

#PhDLife #HermitCrabs #AnimalBehaviour #SoBMS #UniversityOfPlymouth #BBC

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Hairy claws make hermit crabs braver, Plymouth study finds
Crabs with more sensory hairs are found to act more boldly, research suggests.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Come do a PhD with me in Plymouth! www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
Using novel techniques to investigate foraminifera biomineralisation and geochemistry | Aries
Dr Tracy Aze, Biological and Marine Sciences (SoBMS), University of Plymouth | contact me Dr Christopher Smart, School of Geography, Earth and Environment, University of Plymouth Professor Sandra…
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November 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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Today is our annual School of Biological & Marine Sciences Research Conference! A fantastic opportunity to hear the wide range of research across our school!

We’ll be sharing updates and highlights from the talks throughout the day!

#Conference #SoBMs #PlymUni #UniveristyofPlymouth #Research 🦑🌊
January 16, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Our next academic talk comes from Arya Iwantoro, Senior Research Consultant, exploring how sea level rise impacts soil carbon dynamics in mangrove forests. A fascinating insight into blue carbon and coastal change.
#BlueCarbon #Mangroves #SeaLevelRise #SoBMs #PlymouthUniversity #Soil
Arya Iwantoro presenting his talk on exploring how sea level rise impacts soil carbon dynamics in mangrove forests.
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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A standout moment from the talk was a powerful reflection on the rise of plastic over Richard Thompson’s lifetime, using a childhood photograph and the same toy today to show just how long plastic lasts.
#Plastics #PlymouthResearch #MarineInstitute #ScienceIntoPolicy #SoBMs
Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS with the same toy he had from a photograph in his childhood in the 1960s with a graph showing the cumulative plastic waste rise over his lifetime
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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#PhD #studentship available Investigating anthropogenic impacts on protein metabolism and growth, in commercially important seabass, using cutting edge methodologies.
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November 4, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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That’s a wrap on our School of Biological & Marine Sciences Research Conference! Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed, it’s been a fantastic event showcasing the incredible breadth and diversity of research across our school!
#Conference #SoBMs #Research #PlymUni #PlymouthResearch
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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A huge thank you to our PhD researchers for their excellent speed sessions. Fantastic snapshots of cutting-edge research from our postgraduate students: Caitlin Dye, Kokila Wickramanayake (Wicki), Martie Stothoff, Utsa Saha, Huu Nguyen and Ari Drummond.
#Conference #PlymUni #PhDResearch #SoBMs
January 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM