It's official: @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I have launched the HOLOtag for ocean observation on a micro-AUV! An ultra-compact plankton imaging sensor, the #HOLOtag is a real breakthrough in sensor innovation and now backed by the @royalsociety.org 🌊🦑🧪

🧪🌊🦑 #jobs #postdoc Last call for applications, deadline is this Sunday for a 42-months #Research Fellow post in Plymouth (Salary £39,355-£45,413). All things #plankton, #predators, remote #sensing & #autonomy APPLY NOW 👇

Lilian Lieber@lilianlieber.bsky.social · last yr.

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

🧪🦑From #plankton to predators 🌊 Out for sea trials testing our new #autonomy technology when this beauty surfaced right in front of us! #sunfish A timely reminder of how #ocean change is reshaping #biodiversity on our doorstep. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

Through sustained collaborations with the maritime industries, we are building new directions and applications in science & technology - bringing these advanced directly into the classroom with @plymuni.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 An amazing week @ Ocean Business in Southampton with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🧪🌊🦑 When Marine Science Gets Eel-y Interesting ;) After 4 months, our Sonardyne ADCP frame was due for recovery—but it had an unexpected resident! We @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social retrieved the frame only to find a large conger eel inside. Watch its dramatic escape! 👇

Had the pleasure this week to go out on the University of Plymouth' Falcon Spirit. Heading out with such engaged and experienced skippers & technicians with a can-do attitude, the University can really take pride as research & teaching always is a #team effort. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🧪🌊🌍🦑

Beautiful boil!

Lilian Lieber@lilianlieber.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌊🧪🦑 Another fine day to be out in #Plymouth Sound! This time with our MRes & MSc project students sampling urban oceanographic features and the salinity front. Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

🌊🧪🦑 Another fine day to be out in #Plymouth Sound! This time with our MRes & MSc project students sampling urban oceanographic features and the salinity front. Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

🌊 Hands-on marine monitoring with MSc students! A fine day to be out in Plymouth Sound with @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Master students in MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence on the Marine Environmental Monitoring module that @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I teach on, a thread! 🧵

🌊🦑🧪 #postdoc alert 🌍working with NERC's #BoatyMcBoatface (ALR 1500) equipped with cutting-edge #plankton imaging technology developed at @plymuni.bsky.social with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social and me & #satellite remote #sensing with @peterimiller.bsky.social at @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social #FRONTLINE

21 jellyfish. Don't ask me why - one moment they weren't there and then an armada arrived.

🌊 SUT Evening Seminar & Networking Event: Advances in Marine Renewables & Maritime Autonomy. 📍 University of Plymouth. 📅 March 6, 2025 @ 18:30. 🤩 Speakers: Becky Fowell (Regen) & Anahita Laverack (Oshen). 💰 FREE! 👉 Details & Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sut-south-...

🌍🌊🦑🧪Hot off the press @theguardian.com: "The researchers will attach holographic plankton imaging devices, integrated with artificial intelligence, to container ships, new underwater robots and to filter-feeding ocean giants, such as whales." tinyurl.com/yck6h5sy @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

Early warning system for climate tipping points given £81m kickstart

Ambitious UK project aims to forecast climate catastrophes using fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection, patterns of plankton blooms and more

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Lilian Lieber@lilianlieber.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧪🦑🌊🌍 How can we forecast climate tipping points? By capturing the pulse of our #ocean. @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I are jointly leading on sensor innovation and new platform deployments to provide low cost, sustainable & scalable #plankton observations in the #Arctic👇@aria-research.bsky.social

🧪🦑🌊🌍 How can we forecast climate tipping points? By capturing the pulse of our #ocean. @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I are jointly leading on sensor innovation and new platform deployments to provide low cost, sustainable & scalable #plankton observations in the #Arctic👇@aria-research.bsky.social

Last night's celebration of the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance—the UK’s largest cluster of marine scientists & researchers! We also took the opportunity to toast to our MRP Work Package within NERC's ECOFLOW Frontline project with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑🌍

What an absolute joy being back in the lab with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social. As you do, we used our hair to create our first holograms with our new #plankton imaging prototype! Thrilled to be pushing the limits of #sensor technology to capture the pulse of our #ocean, from plankton to predators 🧪🌊🦑🌍

Chuffed that our #OA paper addressing the energy-environment nexus is still high up on the @natureportfolio.bsky.social focus page, driving innovation in our energy transition! Check it out if you use #drones & ADCPs in your research: doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🧪🌊🦑 @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

Sheared turbulent flows and wake dynamics of an idled floating tidal turbine - Nature Communications

Ocean energy extraction is on the rise, but complex flows still challenge reliable tidal stream energy generation. Here, using aerial drones and boat-based surveys, authors map out the turbulent flows...

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🧪🌊🦑Excited to be starting our newly funded ECOFLOW project Frontline, working with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social to explore the consequences of floating offshore wind on Celtic Sea #ecosystem dynamics, spanning ocean physics, #plankton & forage #fish! #oceanography

The Marine Biological Association@thembauk.bsky.social · 2y ago

The MBA is proud to be co-leading on the new #FRONTLINE project to explore the consequences of floating offshore wind (#FLOW) on ocean fronts and key #ecosystem drivers in the Celtic Sea. Congratulations @lilianlieber.bsky.social on this exciting project! 🌊 Read here ➡️ https://buff.ly/41nslXc

I'm very excited to offer this #PhD on the majestic Atlantic bluefin #tuna in Southwest UK waters using #drones, remote sensing, #ocean profiling & eDNA! Working with #anglers & this fantastic team: @bd-stew.bsky.social @peterimiller.bsky.social @marinemicrobes.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 tinyurl.com/mrxyh62t

🌊 Oxygen Minimum Zone Chlorophyll Maximums 🌊 🚀🛰️🦠When the upper boundary of an OMZ approaches the euphotic depth in stratified regions, an OMZ-chlorophyll maximum can form at depths of 68-160m in extremely low-light and low oxygen.🚀🛰️🦠 Learn more about this community here → doi.org/10.3389/fmar...

Frontiers | Monitoring low-oxygen-adapted subsurface phytoplankton distribution in a changing ocean

Recent decadal trends of deoxygenation in the global ocean interior have resulted in the expansion and shoaling of oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). When the OMZs...

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Lots of features on display in #Plymouth Sound today. It's been 2 yrs since we published a study on slicks & #seabirds - I was on a postdoc in Bangor! This month I've taken on my 1st MRes student to look at predators & physical features in the Sound. #reflection with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌊

No idea who to follow? 🧪🌊🦑 Try these starter packs & Follow All or some: Marine Ecology: go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Ocean Technology: go.bsky.app/VgpFR6B Shark scientists : go.bsky.app/Q1x1gJB Ocean Women: go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women II: go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Plankton Ecology: go.bsky.app/8fAUg8j

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Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · 2y ago

The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on? direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... A 🧵 1/n #AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub

Hi friends, I've made a starter pack for ocean #technology for research & innovation. Very humble start (!) but please share widely and give folks a follow to connect with #marine tech enthusiasts & to see more #ocean tech in your feed! 🙏🧪🌊 #sensors #platforms go.bsky.app/VgpFR6B

🧪 Field scientists - what’s the coolest/freakiest stowaway you’ve recovered with your kit? 👇🏼 Spot the conger (one of 3!) recovered then rereleased with one of our ADCP seabed landers last week

🧪 Want to do a PhD? Data geek and want to build your skills working with both in situ and remote sensing data? Check this out 👇🏼

Lilian Lieber@lilianlieber.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌊 Exciting #PhD opportunity using autonomous platforms, sensors & sensing. Our studentship explores #ocean physics & key ecosystem drivers in light of floating offshore #wind in the #CelticSea using #AUVs & #satellite remote sensing. Join me, Peter Miller & @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social 🧬🛰️🤖

Apply now, and you may even help bring the Marine Biological Association onto #Bluesky! 😅🌊 Help shape the voice of the #ocean in our ocean of change 🌎With a stunning seafront to inspire you daily, it's your chance to make waves in #marine science! mymba.mba.ac.uk/job/senior-c... #ScienceComms #jobs

Senior Communications Officer

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