In case you missed it – we’ve published a new report which sets out the wider economic impacts of aquaculture on the Scottish economy. The report found that the sector supported 11,700 jobs in 2018 ➡️bit.ly/3mYpjSK

STOWAWAY | Imagine the surprise on our farm team's faces when they discovered this little fella had cheekily hitched a lift on their workboat. Thanks to Tom for the footage #thisfarminglife #otter #wildlife #marinelife #LochSpelve #Mull #Scotland #beautifulplacestowork

First proper attempt at #Bioinformatics by myself. Getting more error messages than I was hoping for. Guess that's just a normal part of #phdlife. Being able to identify the problem is nice though !!

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Zheng-Li Shi et al. summarize the exceptional amount of research that has characterized SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, discussing the emergence and virology of SARS-CoV-2 and the pathogenesis and treatment of COVID-19 nature.com/articles/s4157…

13.5hrs into a 24hr halloween gaming and movie event with friends. Watching "Birdemic: Shock and Terror". Its horrifying #birdemic #HalloweenAtHome #environmentalissues?

Super excited for the #isme #UnityInDiverity microbial ecology summit this week ! The programme looks amazing and its so nice that #MicrobialEcology can still flourish online

Sometimes it genuinely feels like the Universe is against me sending my DNA library for sequencing #phdlife Half the problems aren't even covid related. All i want to do is unravel the mysteries of the Atlantic salmon gill #microbiome in Scotland

Its DNA clean up time for my salmon gill 16s microbiome library. Fortunate that I can still work during level 4 covid restrictions UofG Water and Environment Research Group #fishsci #microbiome #phdlife #lifeduringapandemic

The theme of my presentation for my lab meeting tomorrow is #raccoons. I think all science should include raccoons. But let me make it clear, none of my work is on Racoons.

So my to-read pile has grown taller than me. If only I had some time to settle down, stay indoors and read...........

Feeling proud about the #books I read in January. Will also say, cutting down on screen time really helped with the #insomnia.

Good on NoWPaS for quick technical issue problem solving during the first session of workshop talks ! Really nice to see all the lovely salmon research going on across the world #nowpas2021

Academic online life is a minefield. Yesterday I inadvertently informed colleague's about a really useful Teams channel they aren't in/may have been removed from. The joys of losing track of who works with who in an online setting I guess ! #AcademicChatter #phdlife

The highlight of my day so far has been finding new colour codes for R studio. Got to get those Gill microbiome taxa bars looking good !! #Gillmicrobiome #Fishmicrobiome #Fishsci

As a 31 year old adult, I realise that having to pay for extra Dropbox space for a few months to aid my PhD isn't that bad on the scale of things, but as a real person, I'm devastated that I am spending money that could be going on books and sweets !

Told my supervisor that I was excited to see her talk tomorrow. Her reply was that she was excited to see the ppt get finished. Feel like the email chain pretty much sums up life in general these days

Its time for the 20th International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish !! Its nice I can present my results before my time in academia comes to an end 🐟🐡🐠🦐🐟

I really love my secondary supervisor, for her hilarious review comments as I try to write my first proper manuscript ""This sentence makes me wonder if the other 30% is in outer space :)"" - I was trying to describe salmon farming #fishmicrobiome

Babysitting a friends #cat. Forgot I was babysitting said cat and got the fright of my life when I walked into a dark bedroom and was met with a meow.......

I asked my boyfriend whether one of my #PhDthesis figures looked alright colour wise. Instead of a yes or no answer, he asked whether I had meant to copy the #Glasgowsubway colour scheme. I had not. Does this make me a proper #Glaswegian now ?