Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
@samsocean.bsky.social
An ocean research charity and partner of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). Delivering #research, #education and #consultancy in #marinescience to benefit our ocean.
📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr Simon Waldman is Assistant Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, Scotland.
Dr Simon Waldman is Assistant Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, Scotland.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr Simon Waldman is Assistant Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, Scotland.
Dr Simon Waldman is Assistant Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, Scotland.
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr Anna Redden is Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology at Acadia University, Canada.
Dr Anna Redden is Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology at Acadia University, Canada.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 PM
📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr Anna Redden is Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology at Acadia University, Canada.
Dr Anna Redden is Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology at Acadia University, Canada.
⌛🐥 Last chance for early bird tickets to our Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference in Oban this April.🌊
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
⌛🐥 Last chance for early bird tickets to our Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference in Oban this April.🌊
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
SAMS #vacancies
Associate Director of Finance
www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies/as...
If you've got an eye for numbers and would like to play your part in ensuring a healthy ocean for thriving people, we want to hear from you.
Associate Director of Finance
www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies/as...
If you've got an eye for numbers and would like to play your part in ensuring a healthy ocean for thriving people, we want to hear from you.
December 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
SAMS #vacancies
Associate Director of Finance
www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies/as...
If you've got an eye for numbers and would like to play your part in ensuring a healthy ocean for thriving people, we want to hear from you.
Associate Director of Finance
www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies/as...
If you've got an eye for numbers and would like to play your part in ensuring a healthy ocean for thriving people, we want to hear from you.
"Twinkle, twinkle, wandering star"
As we approach the festive holiday break, we would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas.
Our Christmas card star is made up of different diatoms, small algal cells of exceptional beauty that drift, or wander, in the ocean as part of the plankton.
As we approach the festive holiday break, we would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas.
Our Christmas card star is made up of different diatoms, small algal cells of exceptional beauty that drift, or wander, in the ocean as part of the plankton.
December 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Twinkle, twinkle, wandering star"
As we approach the festive holiday break, we would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas.
Our Christmas card star is made up of different diatoms, small algal cells of exceptional beauty that drift, or wander, in the ocean as part of the plankton.
As we approach the festive holiday break, we would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas.
Our Christmas card star is made up of different diatoms, small algal cells of exceptional beauty that drift, or wander, in the ocean as part of the plankton.
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Marine robotics will aid restoration efforts on Scottish loch - @SAMSocean.bsky.social
Restoration efforts on a Scottish loch have been boosted by experimental techniques using sea-going robotics that can identify the most suitable reintroduction sites.
c-js.co.uk/4iYMoCe
Restoration efforts on a Scottish loch have been boosted by experimental techniques using sea-going robotics that can identify the most suitable reintroduction sites.
c-js.co.uk/4iYMoCe
Marine robotics will aid restoration efforts on Scottish loch
Restoration efforts on a Scottish loch have been boosted by experimental techniques using sea-going robotics that can identify the most suitable reintroduction sites.
c-js.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Marine robotics will aid restoration efforts on Scottish loch - @SAMSocean.bsky.social
Restoration efforts on a Scottish loch have been boosted by experimental techniques using sea-going robotics that can identify the most suitable reintroduction sites.
c-js.co.uk/4iYMoCe
Restoration efforts on a Scottish loch have been boosted by experimental techniques using sea-going robotics that can identify the most suitable reintroduction sites.
c-js.co.uk/4iYMoCe
It that a coral, or an upside-down squid..?
New suspected species, coined the ‘muddy squid’, displays ‘unusual’ burrowing behaviour observed for the first time in the deep sea.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
New suspected species, coined the ‘muddy squid’, displays ‘unusual’ burrowing behaviour observed for the first time in the deep sea.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It that a coral, or an upside-down squid..?
New suspected species, coined the ‘muddy squid’, displays ‘unusual’ burrowing behaviour observed for the first time in the deep sea.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
New suspected species, coined the ‘muddy squid’, displays ‘unusual’ burrowing behaviour observed for the first time in the deep sea.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
We're prizewinners! 🏆
A fantastic result at last night's Scottish Renewables Scottish Green Energy Awards as we picked up the Judges Award for our work on marine growth assessments of offshore structures.
Thank you to #SGEA25 organisers and sponsors.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
A fantastic result at last night's Scottish Renewables Scottish Green Energy Awards as we picked up the Judges Award for our work on marine growth assessments of offshore structures.
Thank you to #SGEA25 organisers and sponsors.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
SAMS' renewables research recognised at industry awards
SAMS combines AI, robotics and biology expertise to improve marine growth assessments
www.sams.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We're prizewinners! 🏆
A fantastic result at last night's Scottish Renewables Scottish Green Energy Awards as we picked up the Judges Award for our work on marine growth assessments of offshore structures.
Thank you to #SGEA25 organisers and sponsors.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
A fantastic result at last night's Scottish Renewables Scottish Green Energy Awards as we picked up the Judges Award for our work on marine growth assessments of offshore structures.
Thank you to #SGEA25 organisers and sponsors.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
A new transatlantic connection has been established between SAMS in Oban, a partner of @thinkuhi.bsky.social, and the Oceanography Department at @dalhousieu.bsky.social in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Find out more👇
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Find out more👇
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Transatlantic exchange will strengthen Celtic connections
Scottish-Canadian connection opens up world class teaching to more students
www.sams.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A new transatlantic connection has been established between SAMS in Oban, a partner of @thinkuhi.bsky.social, and the Oceanography Department at @dalhousieu.bsky.social in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Find out more👇
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Find out more👇
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Former SAMS Director Prof. Graham Shimmield was born on this day in 1958.
Graham was at the helm of SAMS from 1995 - 2008 and later led the Bigelow Laboratory in Maine until his death on Christmas Eve in 2016.
He is remembered as an accomplished marine scientist and a visionary leader.
Graham was at the helm of SAMS from 1995 - 2008 and later led the Bigelow Laboratory in Maine until his death on Christmas Eve in 2016.
He is remembered as an accomplished marine scientist and a visionary leader.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Former SAMS Director Prof. Graham Shimmield was born on this day in 1958.
Graham was at the helm of SAMS from 1995 - 2008 and later led the Bigelow Laboratory in Maine until his death on Christmas Eve in 2016.
He is remembered as an accomplished marine scientist and a visionary leader.
Graham was at the helm of SAMS from 1995 - 2008 and later led the Bigelow Laboratory in Maine until his death on Christmas Eve in 2016.
He is remembered as an accomplished marine scientist and a visionary leader.
@sophiefresson.bsky.social can we please join the UK Ocean News feed?
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@sophiefresson.bsky.social can we please join the UK Ocean News feed?
Congratulations, Dr Ashley-Wheeler! 🎉🍾🎊
SAMS and UHI PhD student Victoria Ashley-Wheeler has successfully defended her viva on eDNA metabarcoding.
Her NERC-funded SUPER DTP PhD was supported by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), MOWI and SEPA.
SAMS and UHI PhD student Victoria Ashley-Wheeler has successfully defended her viva on eDNA metabarcoding.
Her NERC-funded SUPER DTP PhD was supported by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), MOWI and SEPA.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Congratulations, Dr Ashley-Wheeler! 🎉🍾🎊
SAMS and UHI PhD student Victoria Ashley-Wheeler has successfully defended her viva on eDNA metabarcoding.
Her NERC-funded SUPER DTP PhD was supported by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), MOWI and SEPA.
SAMS and UHI PhD student Victoria Ashley-Wheeler has successfully defended her viva on eDNA metabarcoding.
Her NERC-funded SUPER DTP PhD was supported by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), MOWI and SEPA.
SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social Prof. Michael Burrows is included on the global list of Highly Cited Researchers for the 6th consecutive year.🏆🌊🧪
The @clarivateag.bsky.social list considers papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for field & publication year over the past decade.
#HighlyCited2025
The @clarivateag.bsky.social list considers papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for field & publication year over the past decade.
#HighlyCited2025
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social Prof. Michael Burrows is included on the global list of Highly Cited Researchers for the 6th consecutive year.🏆🌊🧪
The @clarivateag.bsky.social list considers papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for field & publication year over the past decade.
#HighlyCited2025
The @clarivateag.bsky.social list considers papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for field & publication year over the past decade.
#HighlyCited2025
We did it! A successful Crowdfunder will see the development our table-top game Drones & Droids.🤖
As well as being available to anyone to buy after we've honoured our fundraiser commitments, copies of the game will be given to local schools.
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
As well as being available to anyone to buy after we've honoured our fundraiser commitments, copies of the game will be given to local schools.
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Crowdfunder success prepares ocean robotics game for launch
Schools in Argyll and Bute to receive copies of the game
www.sams.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We did it! A successful Crowdfunder will see the development our table-top game Drones & Droids.🤖
As well as being available to anyone to buy after we've honoured our fundraiser commitments, copies of the game will be given to local schools.
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
As well as being available to anyone to buy after we've honoured our fundraiser commitments, copies of the game will be given to local schools.
www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Fully funded MRes opportunity!
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Application deadline: 12th November
This one year, fully funded MRes studentship begins on 2nd February 2026.🌊🧪
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Application deadline: 12th November
This one year, fully funded MRes studentship begins on 2nd February 2026.🌊🧪
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Fully funded MRes opportunity!
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Application deadline: 12th November
This one year, fully funded MRes studentship begins on 2nd February 2026.🌊🧪
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Application deadline: 12th November
This one year, fully funded MRes studentship begins on 2nd February 2026.🌊🧪
📣 #PhD opportunities
As part of the NERC E5 Doctoral Training Partnership through The University of Edinburgh, SAMS has submitted three options for PhD studentships. 🧪🌊
Is your dream PhD here?
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
As part of the NERC E5 Doctoral Training Partnership through The University of Edinburgh, SAMS has submitted three options for PhD studentships. 🧪🌊
Is your dream PhD here?
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📣 #PhD opportunities
As part of the NERC E5 Doctoral Training Partnership through The University of Edinburgh, SAMS has submitted three options for PhD studentships. 🧪🌊
Is your dream PhD here?
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
As part of the NERC E5 Doctoral Training Partnership through The University of Edinburgh, SAMS has submitted three options for PhD studentships. 🧪🌊
Is your dream PhD here?
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
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Great first visit at the European Elasmobranchs Association's Annual Science Conference in #Rotterdam #blijdorp talking about flapper skates #skatespotter #EEA2025
✨ Steven is a marine ecologist with an interest in how marine megafauna interacts with offshore infrastructure and fisheries. #offshorewind #marine #energy #cetaceans #elasmobranchs #bycatch #marineecology #EEA2025 @sbenjamins.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Great first visit at the European Elasmobranchs Association's Annual Science Conference in #Rotterdam #blijdorp talking about flapper skates #skatespotter #EEA2025
Congratulations, Dr Sands! 🎉🍾🎊
Huge congratulations to SAMS @thinkuhi.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk (BAS) PhD student Chester Sands who today successfully defended his viva.
Chester, a father of three, works at BAS as a molecular ecologist and completed his PhD while working in this role.
Huge congratulations to SAMS @thinkuhi.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk (BAS) PhD student Chester Sands who today successfully defended his viva.
Chester, a father of three, works at BAS as a molecular ecologist and completed his PhD while working in this role.
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Congratulations, Dr Sands! 🎉🍾🎊
Huge congratulations to SAMS @thinkuhi.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk (BAS) PhD student Chester Sands who today successfully defended his viva.
Chester, a father of three, works at BAS as a molecular ecologist and completed his PhD while working in this role.
Huge congratulations to SAMS @thinkuhi.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk (BAS) PhD student Chester Sands who today successfully defended his viva.
Chester, a father of three, works at BAS as a molecular ecologist and completed his PhD while working in this role.
Bluesky - can you help us?
Drones & Droids is an innovative STEM strategy game created by scientists at SAMS.
We've only 5 days to raise the money needed to bring this project to life. If we don’t reach 100%, we lose match funding.
✅ Back the campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids
Drones & Droids is an innovative STEM strategy game created by scientists at SAMS.
We've only 5 days to raise the money needed to bring this project to life. If we don’t reach 100%, we lose match funding.
✅ Back the campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Bluesky - can you help us?
Drones & Droids is an innovative STEM strategy game created by scientists at SAMS.
We've only 5 days to raise the money needed to bring this project to life. If we don’t reach 100%, we lose match funding.
✅ Back the campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids
Drones & Droids is an innovative STEM strategy game created by scientists at SAMS.
We've only 5 days to raise the money needed to bring this project to life. If we don’t reach 100%, we lose match funding.
✅ Back the campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids
Congratulations, Dr Francis! 🎉 🧑🔬 🌊 🥂
Huge congratulations to SAMS and University of Edinburgh PhD student Adam Francis who yesterday successfully defended his viva: The role of new nitrogen inputs and recycling on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
Huge congratulations to SAMS and University of Edinburgh PhD student Adam Francis who yesterday successfully defended his viva: The role of new nitrogen inputs and recycling on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Congratulations, Dr Francis! 🎉 🧑🔬 🌊 🥂
Huge congratulations to SAMS and University of Edinburgh PhD student Adam Francis who yesterday successfully defended his viva: The role of new nitrogen inputs and recycling on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
Huge congratulations to SAMS and University of Edinburgh PhD student Adam Francis who yesterday successfully defended his viva: The role of new nitrogen inputs and recycling on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
Fully-funded MRes opportunity!
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
App deadline: 31st October
This one-year project aims to understand marine litter conditions in a pre-determined location on the west coast of Scotland.
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
App deadline: 31st October
This one-year project aims to understand marine litter conditions in a pre-determined location on the west coast of Scotland.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Fully-funded MRes opportunity!
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
App deadline: 31st October
This one-year project aims to understand marine litter conditions in a pre-determined location on the west coast of Scotland.
"Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline"
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...
App deadline: 31st October
This one-year project aims to understand marine litter conditions in a pre-determined location on the west coast of Scotland.
Only 14 days left to bring Drones and Droids to life!
Drones and Droids is a strategic card game with a difference, fusing robotics, science, and imagination.
We’re crowdfunding to get a small production run off the ground - and we’re almost there.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids🌊
Drones and Droids is a strategic card game with a difference, fusing robotics, science, and imagination.
We’re crowdfunding to get a small production run off the ground - and we’re almost there.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids🌊
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Only 14 days left to bring Drones and Droids to life!
Drones and Droids is a strategic card game with a difference, fusing robotics, science, and imagination.
We’re crowdfunding to get a small production run off the ground - and we’re almost there.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids🌊
Drones and Droids is a strategic card game with a difference, fusing robotics, science, and imagination.
We’re crowdfunding to get a small production run off the ground - and we’re almost there.
👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids🌊
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New report that outlines UK's vision for Arctic science is a UK-wide collaboration co-led by NOC.
The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025.
Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR
#IPY5
The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025.
Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR
#IPY5
October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New report that outlines UK's vision for Arctic science is a UK-wide collaboration co-led by NOC.
The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025.
Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR
#IPY5
The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025.
Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR
#IPY5
Adam Hughes, Professor of Innovation in the Blue Economy at SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social, delivered his inaugural lecture to an audience of over 100, with a powerful personal message of resilience, determination, and diversity of thought.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
SAMS scientist highlights neurodiversity in academic success
Prof. Adam Hughes delivers inspirational inaugural lecture
www.sams.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Adam Hughes, Professor of Innovation in the Blue Economy at SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social, delivered his inaugural lecture to an audience of over 100, with a powerful personal message of resilience, determination, and diversity of thought.
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...