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SAMS Director Prof Nicholas Owens says there has never been a more important time to support marine science research as Scotland develops its Blue Economy, a crucial part of the country’s recovery post-lockdown.
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Ballet West, and Argyll College UHI are gearing up for the start of the new academic year and it is not too late to apply for local courses starting this August and September.
Working with SAMS, Dr Mairi Cowan will spend the next three years investigating hormonal and environmental factors that control the development of bivalves during key life stages, focusing on the Native Oyster Ostrea edulis.
When the midnight sun beats down, it seems the biological clocks of minuscule marine organisms carry on regardless despite permanent daylight.
Over the next five years, the charity Seawilding, is planning to restore the native oyster beds at Loch Craignish with an exciting plan to reintroduce one million native oysters.
Primary six and seven pupils teamed up with artist-led design studio Crùbag and the Scottish Association for Marine Science to design and produce a sustainable notebook collection.
‘I wandered lonely as a copepod’: Marine sciences staff managed to flawlessly recite their love of the ocean.
Dr Matt Davey comes to the Oban-based institute from the University of Cambridge and has published findings in the journal Nature Communications that show the current distribution of the algae and how they are likely to spread as the global temperature increases.
Over 120 nursing and midwifery students have started their final placements early to help bolster the NHS workforce.
Working from home is not an option for Ceci who is responsible for one of the world’s most diverse collection of cultures made up of more than 2,500 microscopic marine and freshwater creatures – some 100-years-old.
