25/4/2024
Our lab just got funded to work brand new marine Aquaculture research projects with field monitoring as well as experiments in our Glasgow Uni mobile mesocosm aquaria!
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We will soon be advertising Research Assistant positions for enthusiastic marine biologists to come work with us!
For any questions in the meantime: sofie.spatharis@glasgow.ac.uk
17/4/2024: Thanks MASTS for inviting me on Delve Deeper #4 to talk about 'The potential of Environmental DNA as a plankton monitoring tool of coastal waters and aquaculture'
watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjd4zPbLz9U&ab_channel=MASTS
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Join our talk in the upcoming British Ecological Society meeting in Belfast, 14 December 2023
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December 2023
CASE Iapetus DTP PhD opportunity on oyster habitat restoration with training on eDNA, in-situ experiments, bioacoustics and more! With Anna McGregor, Martin Llewellyn, Mike Bows at UKCEH, the http://kilchoanestate.co.uk and myself
Open for International students too!
Deadline for international applicants to contact supervisor: 11/12/2023
APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: 5th January 2024 midday
For more details see the project outline
e-mail me for more info! Sofie.Spatharis@glasgow.ac.uk
December 2023
Fully funded Case PhD by NorthWestBioscience to work on microalgae biotechnology and photobioreactors with myself, Eirini Kaiserli from the School of Molecular Biosciences-Glasgow Uni and our industry partner Xanthella ltd !!!
APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: 9th February 2024!!!
For more details see the project outline
And click here for application process
e-mail me for more info! Sofie.Spatharis@glasgow.ac.uk
September 2023
Our new paper on microscopy vs eDNA to detect planktonic threats to salmon aquaculture is now on Bioarchive, feedback is welcome!: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.04.556215v1
Join us in our two presentations on eDNA and microscopy monitoring of species problematic for finfish and seaweed aquaculture in the upcoming ASLO meeting in Palma, Spain!
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S027P Environmental Benefits and Risks of the Current and Future Seaweed Aquaculture Industry
Time: 6:30 PM, Date: 6/7/2023, Room: Mezzanine
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SS056B Jellyfish in the Changing Ocean
Time: 5:00 PM, Date: 6/7/2023, Room: Sala Santa Catalina
V. Delannoy ; S. Spatharis
Distribution of studies from our literature review on macroalgae epibionts. Zoom in to see sampling events and exact locations per study.
V. Delannoy ; S. Spatharis
Distribution of studies from our literature review on kelp epibionts colored by alagae group: kelp species in black, red algae in red, brown algae in brown and green algae in green dots