Devonne

PhD candidate @UoABioSci, studying baleen🐋 physiology | MSc Ecology & Conservation, BSc Forensic Biology | Lover of all things nature 🌎 | instagram: wild.devs

[Devonne @wild_devs]

My first talk at an international conference of this size! A daunting but really rewarding experience. The first two days of #PerthSMM2024 have been so inspiring, roll on the rest of the week! 🤩🐋🦭 #SMM2024
@UoABioSci @LeverhulmeTrust

[Marine Mammal EcoPhysiology group @MMEP_group]

NEW paper alert!! In collaboration with others, we show the feasibility of using remote blubber biopsies from baleen whales and identify the proteome to investigate biomarkers of oxidative stress and immune responses
@conphysjournal
https://t.co/MwNsCjGmN3

[Marine Mammal EcoPhysiology group @MMEP_group]

The Marine Mammal EcoPhysiology group was selected for not 1 but 2 oral talks!! Keep an eye out for our PhD student @wild_devs and group leader @Joanna_Kershaw. See you soon at #PerthSMM2024 @UoABioSci @marinemammalogy

[Marine Mammal EcoPhysiology group @MMEP_group]

Well done Devonne (@wild_devs) for securing a @mastscot travel bursary!

[Blue Planet Society @Seasaver]

Fin whales are making a strong comeback in the Southern Ocean.

"It is simply sensational. The results show over 50,000 fin whales in the Scotia Sea alone. That is more than 3x higher than previously estimated for the entire Southern Ocean." Martin Biuw.

https://t.co/Td3sjgTGQw

[Marine Mammal EcoPhysiology group @MMEP_group]

Well done to @wild_devs, our incredible PhD student funded by @LeverhulmeTrust, on winning the poster prize at the @UoABioSci Conference & Symposium. #SBSPGR24

[Devonne @wild_devs]

Had a great day learning about the interesting research happening in the school, and presenting my minke results at the annual SBS PGR conference. 🐋

Delighted to have won the best poster prize! ☺️ @LeverhulmeTrust

[School of Biological Sciences @UoABioSci]

Well done to @wild_devs who won Best Poster at the Conference & Symposium, here she is with our Head of School
@graemepaton007 congratulating her on her success #SBSPGR24

[School of Biological Sciences @UoABioSci]

Now @wild_devs with her poster on 'Temporal trends and environmental drivers of pregnancy in the Gulf of St Lawrence’s minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)' #SBSPGR24

[Devonne @wild_devs]

Had a wonderful time last week at the #UKIRSC24 conference, met so many interesting & passionate people! Delighted to have won runner up in the best long talk too. Thank you to the @UKIRSC_SMM committee for creating such a positive environment for early career researchers! 🐋🦭

[Devonne @wild_devs]

@UoABioSci @LeverhulmeTrust

[Devonne @wild_devs]

A really great experience presenting some of the first results from my PhD at #UKIRSC24 this afternoon! 🐋

[UKIRSC MarineMammals @UKIRSC_SMM]

Extracting progesterone from blubber biopsy samples, @wild_devs investigates pregnancy rates of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the Gulf of St Lawrence from 2007-2015, revealing unusually high pregnancy rates despite fluctuations in prey availability. #UKIRSC24

[UKIRSC MarineMammals @UKIRSC_SMM]

Extracting progesterone from blubber biopsy samples, @wild_devs investigates pregnancy rates of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the Gulf of St Lawrence from 2007-2015, revealing unusually high pregnancy rates despite fluctuations in prey availability. #UKIRSC24

[Devonne @wild_devs]

@ScotCitylink Hi, I know you are giving an update at 10am, but will we know if the 10:20 Edinburgh-Aberdeen bus is running before then?

[Devonne @wild_devs]

@ScotRail hi, I was due to be travelling on the 17:28 Edinburgh-Aberdeen service this evening. Obviously I understand that is cancelled now, but I was just wondering if there are any other train stations further north that I could get to?

[Devonne @wild_devs]

@LNER Thank you! 🙂

[Devonne @wild_devs]

@LNER hi, I’m booked to travel to Edinburgh on the 12:30 King’s Cross service. I understand it is now terminating at Newcastle, but I was wondering roughly what time it would arrive in Newcastle? Would I be able to get the 15:52 Newcastle-Edinburgh?

[Devonne @wild_devs]

A WHALEY great day chatting all things marine mammal science at #Explorathon23! It was so fun to engage with the kids and tell them how awesome marine mammals are 🐋🐬🦭

[SharkmanDan 🦈 @Shark_ManDan]

DOUBLE LUNGE FEEDING FIN WHALES 🐋

Totally stunned, we watched 2 fin whales lunge feeding at the surface for around 30 mins. Dolphins, bluefin tuna and seabirds rounded up the shoals of fish into baitballs, allowing this incredible feeding event to take place in the Celtic Sea.

[SMASS @strandings]

In the early hours of July 16th, a pod of 55 long-finned pilot whales came ashore at Tolsta Beach on the Isle of Lewis. This short film shows a glimpse into some of the work undertaken by SMASS and colleagues following this mass stranding event.

[Devonne @wild_devs]

@TicketmasterCS Thank you!