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  • Professor Michael Meredith joins SAMS
  • Scotland's marine scientists gather in the capital
  • Marine phytoplankton laid bare
  • Dr Tim Boyd
  • Doctoral training partnership wins funding
  • Alien count is on the up
  • Letting go is never easy
  • SAMS Seaglider completes a record 1130 dives
  • New forecast service wins award
  • Mixing in the deep
  • Mixing in the deep
  • Up for grabs: funds for invasive alien research
  • We are in mourning
  • Marine expert recognised for contribution to university
  • Ocean currents to tell us more about our climate
  • Calling arty science projects to celebrate natural Scotland
  • Climate change is affecting marine life
  • Modern-day Moby graces our shores
  • No way out
  • What really lies beneath?
  • Bacteria communities flourish in deepest oceanic trench on earth
  • Defender of Common Terns named Species Champion of the year
  • Southern Ocean dredges up more surprises
  • SRSL moves ice-buoy production to a dedicated manufacturing facility
  • Handing over SAMS presidency
  • We are mourning for Tim Boyd
  • New, national bioenergy group gets a green star
  • In deep water…with the media
  • Christopher William Bell
  • Two NERC PhD studentships available
  • Defying the perils of the Arctic, SATICE survives a winter battering
  • How do shellfish make their shells?
  • SAMS wins share of £18M for joint industry-academia projects
  • Facing up to Arctic challenges
  • Into the night with lunartick zooplankton
  • Harvesting sustainable chemicals at sea
  • On the wings to success
  • SAMS becomes a UNU associated institution
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