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Latest news

Masters student Thomas Bartram, left, and Prof. Adam Hughes are both shortlisted for Converge awards

Thu, Oct 1, '26

SAMS researchers in the running for Converge awards

Project ideas to tackle issues around restoration and antimicrobial resistance

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SAMS scientist Prof. Tom Wilding takes a sediment sample for analysis

Mon, Sep 28, '26

New AI software will revolutionise seabed health checks

Industry regulator adopts eDNA method for fish farm assessments

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Scientists at SAMS' Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa will be central to the research effort

Mon, Sep 14, '26

Scientists plan to unlock potential of protists

European centres of expertise to help uncover new applications

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The teams from CCAP (Scotland) and CCAC (Germany) spent a week together at SAMS

Fri, Sep 11, '26

Algal collections make new connections

Visiting curator praises SAMS lab as one of the world's best

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Latest research outputs

Bayesian multimodal fusion for seafloor habitat mapping with autonomous underwater vehicles
Tom Morgan, John Halpin, Thomas A Wilding
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
1/10/2026
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Genomic insights into the taxonomy, safety and biotechnological potential of <i>Aphanizomenon flos-aquae</i> and related <i>Nostocales</i>
Gabriel Scoglio, David Green, Harry Jackson, Saul Purton
Microbial Genomics
23/9/2026
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Growth rates and survival of newly cultivated wild Kappaphycus and Eucheuma strains in a test farm site during the 2023/24 extreme El Niño event
Nurulafifah Yahya, Sze Wan Poong, Juliet Brodie, Elizabeth J. Cottier-Cook, Shuhadah Mustapha, Phaik Eem Lim
Algal Research
23/9/2026
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Morphological and Morphometric Characterisation of Selected Camarodont Sea Urchin (Echinoidea: Camarodonta) Pedicellariae (Paracentrotus lividus, Psammechinus miliaris and Echinus esculentus)
H. C. Reinardy, R. Marton, C. Allen, E. Mitchell, L. Brunner, A. D. Hughes, R. A. Jenner
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
16/9/2026
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