Madie Steer

PhD student @plymuni researching microplastics🔬🌊. Double World Champion Gig Rower 🚣‍♀️ (2017/18), owned by two Border Collies 🐾

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

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[Prof Pennie Lindeque @LindequePk]

What an absolute honour. However, this award is for a far greater team, without whom this work would not have been possible. So THANK YOU @SciMatty @Rachel_Coppock @SarahENelms @ZaraBotterell @BrendanGodley @E_StevensonBG @cdwalkinshaw @EmilyDuncan34 @madiesteer et al 🙏 ☺️

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@WinnieCJ @Lolabear88 @Imogennapper @ParkerJurd Definitely! 🙌

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@AmieLusher @Win_OpenData @GrayLabUCR And then there was those of us that are lucky enough to sift through crude sewage for microplastics 😂. Although some oceanic plankton samples smelt worse!

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@BBCSpotlight big fire Lamerton direction.

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

When I started my PhD I was looking forward to getting to grips with using R. Learning from a book and YouTube in my spare room by myself with very poor internet isn’t quite what I was hoping for. 🤯😭🤪 Procrastination levels are high right now. #lockdown

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

“I wonder how long the smell of fake tan lingers for?”

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@ScienceSAL @UKRI_News @UKRI_CEO Thats exactly the part I'd like explained too.... I've been told/read directly from UKRI that mid term students have to adjust their project as costed extensions unlikely and I need to adjust NOW not in the future IF i can ever win an extension.

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@T_F_Johnson My old house has electric only heating and to work from home is costing £6 a day in heating (for one room!). It’s unaffordable yet the university is allowed to keep my bench fees money to heat their empty buildings! Plus I can’t access any of the usual NERC courses I’d like! 🤯🤦‍♀️

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@jeremycorbyn Working broadband would be a start for rural properties! Don’t mind paying but more than 3mb is an absolute necessity now! Our only option is £100 per month satellite broadband - a teacher and PhD student cannot afford that yet we also can’t work from home! 🤯

[Bryce Stewart @BD_Stew]

It seems like a good time to roll this out again #BeMoreLobster #StayHomeSaveLives #StayHome #Lockdown3 #COVID19

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

🙏 Thankfully my cake finished baking 2 days before Christmas! 😅🤪

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

Working from home with a permanent intermittent broadband fault is so frustrating! Partner can’t teach his college students & I struggle with PhD write up yet @bt_uk won’t weaver the £210 cancellation fee to allow us to get 4g broadband instead! @BBCSpotlight @scottmann4NC help!

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

Choose your clothing wisely. Alternatives to plastic fibres also have their issues. China's tainted cotton - New evidence of forced labour at the heart of the global fashion industry. https://t.co/tKYjqSs5gs via @BBCNews #microplastics

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

It’s just occurred to me that for the last 5 yrs Chemistry has played a big part in my published masters paper & now my PhD. My A Level chemistry teacher once asked me “what’s it like being in a class where everyone else is so brainy”. Well.... 👩‍🎓🔬🥼#hownottoteach #misguided

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@Amanda_Manta Unfortunately this is one odd ball sample left for analysis. I think a drain cleaner unblocked at fat burg or something! So no spare sample... just the real one! 😅😬

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

@Amanda_Manta My samples have been through Fenton’s and are well digested but there are fatty “globules” left floating on the surface which means when I filter them (10um) I can’t see microplastics in amongst it. I just need to get rid of the lipids. However I suspect it’s not just lipids 🤦‍♀️😭

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

Unfortunately my canine companion isn’t finding #micro2020 as engaging as I am 🤓

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

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[Plymouth City Council @plymouthcc]

This is the magical moment that a beaver was released into a specially designed re-wilding enclosure near Poole Farm in Plymouth.

It’s all part of the Green Minds project, a council initiative focussed on re-wilding to encourage more nature and wildlife.

https://t.co/mrRPEo9MRE

[Madie Steer @madiesteer]

Recycled or not these fibres go through waste water treatment and out into the environment in scary numbers. Wear less plastic is the only answer at the moment. 👌🌊

[A Plastic Planet @aplastic_planet]

Clothing from recycled bottles?

So many jumping for joy as their microfibre-shedding fleece is made from old PET water bottles (!). If you want to seriously protect the environment, drink tap water and wear #plantbased clothing. @TCLaboratory

https://t.co/TtPYGlSa3B