Mariel ten Doeschate

On route to pm a sperm whale on Raasay while still buzzing from a fabulous weekend in Edinburgh for the #MarineForum2025 . People make the forum.

04.03.2025 18:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

🗣 - "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs"
🗓 - 12th February 4-5pm
🏛 - Graham Kerr Lecture Theatre 1
🧀 - Followed by wine & cheese reception in the Zoology museum

05.02.2025 14:14 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Last remaining tickets of our @strandings.bsky.social and WDC Shorewatch Marine Forum- join us on the 1st of March 🥳

31.01.2025 08:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks to Our Seas for inviting @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social scientists and hosting a wonderful and inspirational night in parliament to celebrate the #CoastalTestimonies project- which combines voices of those who care for the sea🌊🦀🐋and support the Our Seas Coalition cause. We need change. #thetimeisnow

29.01.2025 14:19 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Lovely trip to London to give a seminar on the #ovaries work @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and catch up with friends & fabulous CSIP colleagues @zslscience.bsky.social last Wednesday. Special thanks to @rosiewilliams.bsky.social for the invite and motivational chats 💪🤓 looking forward to the next one!

26.01.2025 10:02 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Elephant Sessions Fri, 24 Jan 2025, 19:00 O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

I have a seated ticket for Elephant Sessions at the O2 Academy this Friday - available for discounted sale via TicketMaster: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E00610FA...

21.01.2025 11:10 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Fatal systemic bacterial infections in two harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) secondary to bite wounds from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) Mycoplasma phocicerebrale, the causative agent of seal (‘speck’) finger, a zoonotic disease, is a common commensal in the oral cavity of various seal …

First paper of 2025 🥳 on bacterial infections in porpoise, caused by bites from Grey seals. Vividly remember the PM on the 2nd case, significant necrosis effectively disintegrating the tissues in the pectoral fin😵

Wanna know more 👇?
shorturl.at/drKQd
@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @strandings.bsky.social

06.01.2025 17:07 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Home after two days of examining a minke whale that stranded in Irvine earlier this week. Updates to follow soon on @strandings.bsky.social but here are the #ovaries of the female- and her 209cm foetus, which will help us better understand reproductive health and fertility @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

18.12.2024 23:34 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Download our @strandings.bsky.social Beachtrack app and contribute to import data collection, which will help us better understand reporting effort and not least support calculations for a carcase detection probability for the ol' PhD 😏👍 @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social #frozendolphin

13.12.2024 16:17 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

🐾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

13.12.2024 14:07 — 👍 22    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 2

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.

🌊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-...

06.12.2024 14:54 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2