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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson

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Marine Ecology PhD student @sosbangor.bsky.social. Seagrass and seaweed enthusiast 🌱🌊

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · Nov 15

Officially made the plunge… Hi Bluesky… I’m Cait. 1st year PhD student at @sosbangor.bsky.social researching retention rates of microplastics and particulate carbon in Welsh seagrass meadows 🌱 I’ve missed the old “Twitter” community vibes so I’m looking forward to finding likeminded people here!

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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 10d

New from me and wonderful collabs!

Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 12d

🦎 Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering ➡️ buff.ly/i2B2Fkw

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Nadescha Zwerschke @nadescha.bsky.social · 10d

Super excited to be advertising a #PhD position on how #marine #biodiversity affects #ecosystem functioning in the #Arctic at Aarhus uni . Pls apply and repost. I am looking forward to working with you.🧪🦑🦀🌍
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...

Linking marine biodiversity to ecosystem function across scales in the Arctic

phd.nat.au.dk

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 18d

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

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Jim van Belzen @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES 🇪🇺 project at the NIOZ to test novel #NaturebasedSolutions to coastal defence 🌊 on saltmarshes 🌱.
workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · Sep 11

PhD opportunity @sosbangor.bsky.social on managing scallop fisheries to find the balance between conservation and fisheries yield. Get in touch if you're interested and I will email you the project description.

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · Aug 13

Another day, another meadow 😍🌊🌱

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Dr Alice Clement @draliceclement.bsky.social · Aug 11

Want to do a PhD on White Sharks using high-powered imaging to analyse form and function of their teeth and jaws?

You will work with me and the dream team @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social @meyer-sci.bsky.social @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social & #SARDI at Flinders Uni

🦈🦷🦴 Interested? Get in touch!

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Laura E. Richardson PhD @richardson-le.bsky.social · Aug 11

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com
#EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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The Crustacean Society @crustaceansociety.bsky.social · Aug 3

❗️Job Alert: Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist (Assistant Professor) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 🌊 Apply by Dec 1, 2025: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175

📷 Auckland Museum Collections (CC) #MarineBiology

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · Jul 29

Officially started my main data collection, and what a place to start it off 😍🌊🌱 @sosbangor.bsky.social

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · Jul 23

Yesterday’s drone surveys with the amazing technicians at @sosbangor.bsky.social were a success! A different point of view of the Traeth Melynog meadow 🌊🌱

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · Jul 22

Great field day yesterday helping Natural Resources Wales map Zostera noltei beds at Traeth Melynog on their yearly survey 🌊🌱

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thread of Starter Packs to network for PhD and postdoc positions in Biology (or adjacent fields)! 🧵

First up: Starter Pack for students looking for PhD positions! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi

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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲

For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website:
➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783

#Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs

A close up of hands using pinning forceps to transfer an Emperor moth specimen to the main drawer which can be seen in the background.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Jun 20

Happy birthday to #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪🐡👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher & mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, 1st Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a PhD in science & 1st woman or person of colour to become a full professor on 🧵

Linocut portrait of Isabella Aiona Abbott in indigo on cream coloured paper. She’s facing forward at a table in a shirt and sweater vest with a sheet with algae samples on the table. In my print, she is surrounded by algae of the Pacific, all of which appeared in Abbott's research publications, including several species she discovered, or based on images of specimen she personally collected or whose traditional use as food she documented. The algae are in pinks, khaki green and rust.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Jun 1

Made in Manchester and Leigh: Kathleen Drew-Baker (1901-57), a star botanist at the University of Manchester, made breakthroughs in cultivation of seaweed that saved Japan’s multi-billion pound sushi industry, for which she is commemorated there as ‘Mother of the Sea’. 1/6

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · May 29

Beautiful day, beautiful meadow 🌊🌱

Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · May 23

Cannot wait to use this knowledge in my rockpooling, I’ve definitely found a new appreciation for Red algae

Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · May 23

Day 4 ending on #phycologyfriday with more sample ID, and lectures on green algae cladophorales, coralline algae and maerl!

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · May 23

Day 3 included great talks on brown algae and red algae by Dr Juliet Brodie, and a trip to the marina to collect a variety of other samples! And ending with a lovely group BBQ!

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · May 23

Day 2 involved sorting through our field samples, a trip out into the sound to look at Kelp forests with an ROV, and lectures on non-natives! (And a little nosey at some mangroves!)

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · May 23

Day 1 was an introduction to seaweeds, pressing seaweeds and a trip to Renney rocks to collect some samples!

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Caitlin Taylor-Robinson @cattayrob.bsky.social · May 23

Homebound after an amazing few days in Plymouth on the Seaweed ID course ran by @bps-algae.bsky.social and @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social. Ending #phycologyfriday on a very high note!

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

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