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Rachel Lennon

@rachlenn.bsky.social

PhD Researcher @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social || Working with @strandings.bsky.social to explore approaches to monitoring marine mammal health 🐳🔪

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 11mo ago

Did you catch our recent radio interviews with @drheatherferg.bsky.social , @rachlenn.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Brownlow (both @strandings.bsky.social. Catch them while you can 👂 Heather www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45) Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)

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Oliver Poole@ollypoole.bsky.social · last yr.

Ever wondered what hoverfly sperm look like? 🪰💡… Well, me neither! But as you might imagine, they are really tiny: around 15 microns. 🔬 That’s approximately 100 times smaller than a 1mm measurement you’d find on a ruler. 📏 Female marmalade hoverflies store sperm (left pic) in spermathecae (right).

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Oliver Poole@ollypoole.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper out today from our lab. doi.org/10.1098/rsob... We unpick the morphological 🧑‍🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽 @uniexecec.bsky.social

Multiple factors contribute to female dominance in migratory bioflows | Open Biology

Migration is a widely observed phenomenon supported by morphological, physiological and behavioural traits that vary with season and sex in many species. Recently, the genetic components underpinning migration in the marmalade hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)...

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Rachel Lennon@rachlenn.bsky.social · 2y ago

A great PhD with a great team at a great University - what more could you want?! Highly recommend applying to this if you are interested in #viruses and/or #marinemammal health 🦠🐬 @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme@strandings.bsky.social · 2y ago

Three weeks to go if you are interested in applying for a www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... fully funded PhD looking to answer vital questions about the prevalence and epidemiology of viral pathogens in Scotland’s marine mammal populations: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate.... Get in touch if interested!

A pilot whale mass stranding event, Sanday, 2024
Rachel Lennon@rachlenn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Download the new @strandings.bsky.social app, Beachtrack! 📲 By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊

Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme@strandings.bsky.social · 2y ago

🐾Turn your beach walk into a conservation tool with Beachtrack! Record your walk, report stranded animals & log marine litter to help identify patterns and quantity effort! 🦭🌊 📲 Download now, and lets protect our seas together! www.beachtrack.org

Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme@strandings.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌊The Marine Forum is back!🌊 We’re excited to announce that this year we will be at NMS, Edinburgh, on 1st March 2025! Organized by WDC and SMASS, this year’s theme, "Sea Change” will focus on the evidence and action we need to drive meaningful progress. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...

WDC & SMASS Marine Forum 2025

A day of talks & workshops focusing on citizen science data collected from across Scotland to aid the protection of the marine environment.

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