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Latest news

Dr Valeria Montalescot of SAMS helping to harvest seaweed at a farm in Bohol, Philippines as part of the GlobalSeaweedSTAR project. Photo: Maria Luhan

Wed, May 15, '19

Researchers bring seaweed biosecurity issue to top table

Researchers highlight biosecurity risks of seaweed farming

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SAMS UHI’s newest Professors Finlo Cottier and Michele Stanley, centre, with Dr Claire Gachon, who has been awarded the title of Reader

Tue, Apr 23, '19

SAMS UHI scientists awarded professorships

University recognises world-renowned marine scientists

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SAMS Director Prof Nicholas Owens is the current POGO chairman

Mon, Mar 25, '19

POGO plea to plug ocean knowledge gap

United nations of oceanography urges global commitment

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Teenager Alik Aleynik turned the spotlight on SAMS scientists with his Sixty Second Science film project

Thu, Mar 21, '19

Explain your science in 60 seconds

Teenager's film project puts scientists under the spotlight

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Latest papers

Biosecurity implications of the highly invasive carpet sea-squirt Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002 for a protected area of global significance
Authors:

Cottier-Cook, E.J., Minchin, D., Geisler, R., Graham, J., Mogg, A., Sayer, M.D., Matejusova, I.

Management of Biological Invasions Vol 10
05, 14, 2019
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Biochemical diversity of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis as a driver of Coccolithovirus competitive ecology
Authors:

Nissimov JI, Talmy D, Haramaty L, Fredricks HF, Zelzion E, Knowles B, Murat Eren A, Vandzura R, Laber CP, Schieler BM, Johns CT, More KD, Coolen MJL, Follows MJ, Bhattacharya D, Van Mooy BAS, Bidle KD

Environmental Microbiology
04, 18, 2019
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Application of lipidomics in bivalve aquaculture, a review
Authors:

Laudicella V, Whitfield PD, Carboni S, Doherty MK, Hughes, AD

Reviews in Aquaculture
04, 1, 2019
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Effects of mine tailings on early life stages of Atlantic cod
Authors:

Reinardy HC, Pedersen KB, Nahrgang J, Frantzen M

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
03, 22, 2019
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