Sam Matchette

The trumpetfish guy | Postdoctoral Research Associate with @OxfordBiology | Lifetime suffering @LUFC fan
@sammatchette.bsky.social
(he/him)

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

🔴New #trumpetfish content!🔴 This species is colour #polymorphic so we dove (pun intended) into how the relative abundance and saliency of each morph influences the #behaviour of their prey. Find out more via the link below! 🎺🐠
🔗 https://t.co/Ndj4w3S6C7 @BehavEcol

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

And a new chapter begins! I'm thrilled to have started a PDRA role at @OxfordBiology with @rjpheathcote. Stay tuned for more fish content 🐟

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

The sun did briefly shine in Cambridge today on my last day in @CamZoology. It has been a monumental 5.5 years here, both professionally and personally. Words can't express my gratitude towards both the Department and the @MarineBehavEcol group for making me feel so at home 🐠

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

As always, this project couldn't have been completed without my co-authors, collaborators and funders 🤝 #JeroenSchneider @Chris_Drerup @SandraWinters22 @Dwarf_Mongoose @MarineBehavEcol #CARMABI #Whitten

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

🔴New #trumpetfish content!🔴 This species is colour #polymorphic so we dove (pun intended) into how the relative abundance and saliency of each morph influences the #behaviour of their prey. Find out more via the link below! 🎺🐠
🔗 https://t.co/Ndj4w3S6C7 @BehavEcol

[Roxy Holmes @roxybholmes]

🚨Our new paper is out now in Biological Invasions. Using a #citizenscience approach we find correlations between #invasive #lionfish abundance, the length of time invaded, and human #hunting pressure in the western #Atlantic and #Caribbean Sea. https://t.co/YHWpV4NtyO

[Leeds United @LUFC]

WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!!!

[Nadia Maria Hamilton @Nadia_Hamilton_]

At the end of August I finished my position as research assistant for the @MarineBehavEcol group at @Cambridge_Uni. From MPhil student to research assistant it has been an amazing 3 years working with @JHerbertread and the lab group. Thank you for EVERYTHING! 🐠🐟🐡

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

@14Katie41 @christs_college @MarineBehavEcol @CamZoology @rjpheathcote @OxfordBiology I am super sad to see you go, but in equal measures I'm super excited to see your next chapter unfold! Good luck, Dunkers 🐠🐟🐡

[Katie Dunkley @14Katie41]

Well, 4 yrs as a JRF @christs_college, @MarineBehavEcol & @CamZoology are over... it's been an absolute blast! Huge thanks to all the brilliant & friendly people I've met along the way!

But, excited to now start my next adventure as a postdoc with @rjpheathcote @OxfordBiology!

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

@Soccermatics (I begrudgingly wish him good luck)

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

@Soccermatics As a Leeds fan, David, I can certainly vouch for his (lack of) finishing. However, his creativity and link-up is brilliant, and captured nicely by the analysis 👌🏻

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

Who'd have thought my shorts, my Mum, and I would help @IvoGraham christen the Piece tonight. Thanks for a cracking (and surreal) night #CambridgeComedyGarden

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

Crushed it! A huge well done, Chris🤝

[Christian Drerup @Chris_Drerup]

🚨So thrilled to announce that I've passed my PhD viva this week! A big thanks to @SensoryEcology and @EdgarCTurner for the great viva, as well as @JHerbertread and my lab @MarineBehavEcol for the most amazing cephalopod and crustacean-themed presents!🦑🦀
#PhDone #DrDre #DrErup

[Leeds Rhinos @leedsrhinos]

It is with deep sadness that the club can confirm that former player Rob Burrow CBE has passed away, aged 41.
More here https://t.co/Lp2EcIu7ws

[Jon Allen @AllenLabWM]

Lizard Island Research Station, one of my favorite places, is hiring two (!) co-directors to take over for Anne Hoggett and Lyle Vail, two of my favorite people. Please share with anyone who would be excellent at leading LIRS onward. https://t.co/9cbENxnxPU #bestjobever

[Katie Dunkley @14Katie41]

I can think of worse places to press submit on a big application!

Lucky to be back in the Caribbean with @Sam_Matchette and @Nadia_Hamilton_. So great to be back hanging out with the cleaning gobies!

[Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote]

⚡️Postdoc in sensory ecology!⚡️ 3 year position at @OxfordBiology on colouration in fish schools! If antipredator colour, collective behaviour, fieldwork in nice places, and fun experiments with predatory fish is your thing, get in touch! Pls RT 🐟🐟🐠🐠💥https://t.co/lLYRqpLjic

[Nadia Maria Hamilton @Nadia_Hamilton_]

Back to Curaçao for another field season! @Sam_Matchette 🐟

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A rousing performance of 'Fairytale of New York' was given by Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill at the funeral of Shane MacGowan in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. The performance was greeted by cheers inside and outside the church | https://t.co/a1x3oRVRMz

[Sam Matchette @Sam_Matchette]

For those who have already migrated to greener pastures (and bluer skies 👀), here's where you can find me🎺🐟