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Stuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 17d

New out in Molecular Ecology! In which we show that small males try harder when it comes to seminal fluid proteins. w/ @ju-morimoto.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @becks-seascience.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Sep 9

Always a pleasure to be part of the #MER2030 MSc Vivas at @pie-upvehu.bsky.social 🤓 exciting to see all the great work done by the students 🎉 well done 2023-2025 cohort, you've done awesome work!

Always lovely to be back in my #happyplace ⛱️

Cubes of the university and collaborative efforts such as hosting the EMBRC facilities and the Basque strandings network SAREUS.

Plentzia beach, with mountains in the background and the research station in the image.

View of the estuary leading into the North Atlantic.

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Jul 22

Had a splashing time at #TallShipsAberdeen this weekend with @davinaderous.bsky.social and @rebekkaallgayer.bsky.social, and the team! Showcasing some awesome marine mammal work from our groups, the University's Cromarty Lighthouse Station, and @strandings.bsky.social!

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Jun 23

I always enjoy attending the annual #SIME conference. Keeping up to date with all the offshore work, and catching up with great scientists! Yet another lovely event at the @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social! #SIME2025 #INSITE #MarineStructures

Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · May 30

Thanks that's super kind! :) love the initiative and am looking forward to the next chats!

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · May 30

🏆 I won a thing! Thanks @imascientist.org.uk for a great #STEM initiative, and thanks to all the students who thought I was their favourite scientist this season🥰It's an awesome #outreach intiative everyone should get involved with 💙

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · May 22

🎉 HUGE NEWS: The EU Court has confirmed marine protected areas must be PROPERLY protected from bottom trawling! Countries must act to fulfil their legal duty to safeguard these areas from destruction. This is an absolute WIN for our ocean. 🙌 1/2
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

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Pint of Science UK @pintofscience.uk · May 7

🎉 #pint25 is in less than 2 weeks!
🗓️ 19-21 May 2025
Put it in your calendars!

📍45+ locations in the UK
🗣️400 events
🎟️ Programme and tickets ⬇️ pintofscience.co.uk

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · May 6

Brilliant session this morning on skills in different careers in the NE Scotland with @sulsa.bsky.social ! Thanks to our speakers Dr Kate Gormley, the KTP Centre, Dr Graeme Rogers, and Prof Alistair Kean for a really engaging session and some great chats during the Q&A 👏

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · May 6

Looking forward to today's @sulsa.bsky.social event on Life Sciences in the North East of Scotland at the ONE BioHub 🔬

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you @sulsa.bsky.social for making this possible! I can't go on enough about the immense positive impact this has had for me! ❤️

SULSA @sulsa.bsky.social · May 1

Celebrating @becks-seascience.bsky.social (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social), one of our Intl Collaboration Fund awardees! 👩‍🔬
Her research visit to the University of the Basque Country opened doors to new skills, collaboration & career growth. 🌍

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Apr 30

🔬 As part of @imascientist.org.uk, I get to chat to student about my job 🧪 Here's a snippet of my convo with one of the students, a keen bean with some great questions 🦭
#STEM #outreach #womeninscience #engagement

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Apr 14

🔬Want to get a life science career in the Scottish NE off the ground? Well I've got the event for you!
@sulsa.bsky.social invited many great speakers from the region, highlighting skills and career paths that helped them establish in this beautiful part of the country!
👇 Why not join us? 👇

SULSA @sulsa.bsky.social · Apr 7

Life Sciences Skills and Opportunities in NE Scotland🧑‍🔬
A free event that brings together PhD students and postdocs in Life Sciences across NE Scotland!
📆6th May | 9:30 - 4:00 PM | ONE BioHub, Aberdeen
📩 Register: buff.ly/Fo7bKTJ
📝 Agenda: buff.ly/PuWY8Ov

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Mar 1

Wapping up #MarineForum2025 with an engaging panel discussion and a great closing keynote! Thanks @strandings.bsky.social, @whalesorg.bsky.social and @youth4seas.bsky.social for a lovely day of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new people! See you next year 🌊

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Mar 1

Continuing with awesome talks about youth #engagement, whale #disentanglement, and staying human at #MarineForum2025 at the @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social run by @strandings.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social @youth4seas.bsky.social 🐳

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Mar 1

What're you up on this fine Saturday? I'm having a #SMASSing time at the #NationalMuseumsScotland for the @strandings.bsky.social and @whalesorg.bsky.social #MarineForum2025 🐋 this morning was all about impactful story telling, the limits of understanding entanglement, and how to create change 🌊

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Feb 18

Had a great time last week learning more about how to analyse organic contaminants in divers matrices! 🐳 Looking forward to taking our project idea forward! 💪
This would not have been possible without funding from @sulsa.bsky.social ❤️

#SULSA #Marinemammals #Ecotoxicology #researchvisit

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Feb 16

What a lucky guy! I wish I didn't know that either!

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Feb 16

Happy #worldwhaleday. 🐳
We are celebrating the recovery of whales species in the waters around the island of South Georgia.
Photos collected under GSGSSI permit 2024_39.

#MarineConservation 🐙🧪
#marinemammals #nature
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social

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Jessica Montabaranom @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social · Jan 31

🦭 Have you spotted a grey seal killing or eating harbour seals or grey seal pups in the UK? Please send your footage and reports to [email protected] ! 🦭

SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · Jan 31

SMRU researchers are appealing for the public to help us understand why UK Harbour seals are in steep decline news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a...

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National Oceanography Centre @noc.ac.uk · Feb 10

#SocioOceanography Session 3️⃣

🐋 Marine species on the move: how climate change driven redistribution of marine species is going to change how we perceive, value, manage and research the UK marine environment.

View the abstract here 👉 projects.noc.ac.uk/socio-oceano...

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · Feb 6

⚠️⚠️⚠️ New permanent job opportunity in Microbial Oceanography @noc.ac.uk

careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Looking for people bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, focus in the #ERC project EXPAND noc.ac.uk/projects/exp...

@usocb.bsky.social @aslo.org @ismeoffice.bsky.social

Careers | National Oceanography Centre

careers.noc.ac.uk

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Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme @strandings.bsky.social · Jan 30

🚨 Marine Forum Programme is LIVE! 🚨

A jam-packed schedule of expert talks, panels & networking awaits! 🌊🐬

Only a few tickets left so don’t miss out! 🎟:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...

#MarineForum2025 #OceanConservation #LastTickets

@whalesorg.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

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Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme @strandings.bsky.social · Dec 13

🐾Turn your beach walk into a conservation tool with Beachtrack!

Record your walk, report stranded animals & log marine litter to help identify patterns and quantity effort! 🦭🌊

📲 Download now, and lets protect our seas together!
www.beachtrack.org

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · Feb 6

Starting 2025 off strong: Representing #MarineMammals at the #RiMER symposium! It's always nice to be back, talking to a new generation of researchers. And this week's lunch time view sure isn't bad either!

#MER #ErasmusMundus #BasqueCountry #HappyPlace

Foto of the podium discussion of the presenting researchers.

Landscape image of the view from the symposium in Donostia.

Showing the cover slide of the presentation 'Tails of the Ocean: How marine mammals are eco superheroes' and me at the podium.

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