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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 5

👋 I’m Sarah. I’m a post doc at The Lyell Centre at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social in Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 where I work on coccolithophore physiology in the Icelandic Basin as part of the BioCarbon CHALKY project led by Prof Alex Poulton.

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · 1d

Billions of microscopic artists create masterpieces that shape our #climate, feed #marine life, and record planetary history in their calcium armour.

Who are they? ⌛🌊

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky

Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social · 1d

Microscopic, yet seen from space. Invisible, yet astronauts watch them glow.

Billions of tiny artists shape climate, feed the seas, and write history in calcium armor.

Meet them in 2 days.
#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations: Rosie Sheward

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · 2d

While you breathe, they work. While you sleep, they build. While you read this, they're protecting our climate system.

Who are they? 🌊🔬

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors

Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social · 2d

They are architects of the sea, engineers of the air—capturing carbon, atom by atom.

While you breathe, they build. While you sleep, they safeguard our climate.

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations by Rosie Sheward

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · 2d

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Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social · 6d

In a world visible only under a microscope, a story unfolds that's changing our planet. 🌊

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Sep 9

oh hey Plymouth
Ready for three full days of coccolithphores at @thembauk.bsky.social 🤓

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jul 29

- zooplankton processes
- particle characteristics & ballasting
- particle fragmentation & aggregation
- the active flux due to vertical migration
- the physical circulation

Detailed theme info: lnkd.in/eksN2UfT

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jul 29

The workshop will focus on the following 10 themes, identified as key gaps in our understanding:
- calcification and the rain ratio
- plankton community structure
- phytoplankton growth and micronutrients
- the microbial loop and solubilization
- plankton respiration
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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jul 29

Working in #Ocean #Biology & #Biogeochemistry? 🌊

We are pleased to announce that we have opened applications for the International #Workshop on The Role of #Marine Biology in Helping the Ocean Store #Carbon.

📅 2 - 4 March 2026
🗺️ Glasgow, UK
‼️ Deadline: 24th August
💷 £320

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 30

When your colleagues know you well ☕️😴 #mondays
@bengustafson.bsky.social

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hi, could I be added as a contributor please!

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

This mornings was definitely all about #ocean #iron - @cmarkmoore.bsky.social finished off the session highlighting findings from Jo Ainsworth’s PhD work as part of #CUSTARD and the #iron and #carbon cycles

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

This was then upped by Tess Ashen @plymouthmarine.bsky.social who had a great schematic

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

I particularly enjoyed this slide as a non #iron #biogeochemist - saving as a cheat sheet for later
@altagliabue.bsky.social

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

This morning we have moved away from yesterdays unofficial theme of #coccolithophores to nutrients with talks by Robyn Tuerena
@samsocean.bsky.social and the #C-streams project, Anna Belcher @ukceh.bsky.social and @biopole.bsky.social project and a keynote by @altagliabue.bsky.social on #iron

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is an incredibly useful resource, #MASTS is the one newsletter that I’ll read every week 🌊

MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · Jun 24

Did you know the weekly MASTS newsletter contains #vacancies, #internships and #PhD opportunities? Check out the jobs we have listed here: masts.ac.uk/news-events-... and don't forget to sign up to our mailing list!
Here are some of the jobs we're listing 👇
#job

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BGC_Argo @bgc-argo.bsky.social · Jun 24

🌊 The #Argo #webODV is now updated daily!

Access refreshed hydrography & biogeochemical #Argo profiles through this powerful online tool developed by Dr. Sebastian Mieruch & Prof. Reiner Schlitzer at @awi.de.

📅 Webinar + live demo: 03 Jul 2025, 15:00–16:30 (CET)
👉 Register: lnkd.in/euVzqrp8

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

Starting this morning session - in I think the hardest slot of the two days (morning after conference dinner) was Marta Santos Garcia sharing her #PhD work on #Nitrogen #Fixation changes in the #Arctic #Ocean

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

Back at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social #ECCI (Edinburgh Climate Change Institute) for Day 2 of #AMBIO #MASTS #Ocean #Biogeochemistry meeting 🌊

@challengersoc.bsky.social @mastscot.bsky.social

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 23

#AMBIO afternoon sessions starting with a super interesting key note from @drplanktonpoo.bsky.social
Never thought I would hear diarrhoea mentioned in an #ocean #biogeochemist conference!

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 23

As a non modeller I enjoyed @nanophyto.bsky.social explanation of ensemble based models

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 23

This morning has focused strongly on #ocean #biogeochemistry #models
with talks by @miriamseif.bsky.social, Aaron Naidoo-Bagwell and Joost de Vries
#AMBIO 🌊

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 23

Alex leaves us with some things to think about
- we need a carbonate pump schematic
- we need to get out of our silos
- we know what we know but what about our unknown unknowns

#AMBIO 🌊

Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 23

The joint @challengersoc.bsky.social #AMBIO & @mastscot.bsky.social #biogeochemistry forum meeting has kicked off in #Edinburgh
Starting us off is Prof Alex Poulton’s keynote on the biological carbonate pump.
Looking forward to two days of all things #marine #biogeochemistry 🌊

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 20

Post docs wear many hats, today it is a catering hat👩‍🍳☕️🍪

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biopole.bsky.social @biopole.bsky.social · Jun 13

📰 BIOPOLE Spring 2025 Newsletter is out!

🪄Learn about EDI and ECR initiatives
💡Catch up on the latest events
👋Get to know our scientists
👥Read the Papers of the Season

...and more!🌎🐧🌊💧🌳

Read it on the website
biopole.ac.uk/newsletters/ ⬇️

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 13

First time back at Kings Building since undergrad, had to of course get a falafel wrap, which fuelled many a study session and still reminisced about amongst KB friends. Although the wrap stations had quite a makeover since then 🧆