PhD student at the University of Southampton, using metabolomics to investigate high temperature tolerance in reef corals. Seasearch tutor and avid scuba diver.

Joined October 2016
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Half a degree can make a difference for hundreds of millions living in poverty. Fighting #climatechange isn’t a fight to save animals and trees. It’s a fight for human lives. #ipcc #jointhefight theguardian.com/environment/…
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Food for thought.
This week's column: The problem is not plastic. It's consumerism. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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#CoralShero @ElenaBollati is a #PhD #graduate of @unisouthampton studying #coral #fluorescence. She is on @ISRSreefstudent committee for #outreach& #edu.Here is fab video about night #dives & glowing coral bit.ly/2yE8aa8 & paper👉 bit.ly/2NG9w95 #ThisWomanRocks
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Our Scuba Science Soul Sisters Scotland Safari starts today!! I packed this light. Thanks @cathquick for packing all the actually useful stuff that one might need when wild camping and tech diving for 3 weeks :D
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A rare treat for today’s #DiscoverOceanography group. We unexpectedly caught a #Seahorse. Now happily back in the water.
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Replying to @TheCoralReefLab
@TheCoralReefLab graduates this year at @UoS_OES @unisouthampton @UoSDocCollege - 1 BSc, 3MSci and 1 PhD! @Immy_Ashley @kateyvalentine
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Cecilia D’Angelo wins the 2018 Teaching Award @OceanEarthUoS @unisouthampton for designing the new module “Understanding Coral Reefs”
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Having fun talking about my PhD with @TheCoralReefLab and how I got there for the @TheEDTUK Headstart summer school at @UoS_OES! #NMRspec #northerngrit
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Congratualtions Dr @ElenaBollati!! Yay Doctor :) #PhDlife #glowingcorals
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Thanks @SussexSeas for a great weekend! x.com/sussexseas/status/9959…

A fab weekend of #seasearch with our new Observer students. Great to have such an enthusiastic bunch and wonderful skipper for the dives @MulberryDivers @SussexWildlife @nikki7sisters @cathquick @_Seasearch
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Great day for some seaweed sampling after the first day of a Seasearch seaweed ID course! @SeasearchDorset @_Seasearch
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Seaweeds for divers @SeasearchDorset course with Lin Baldock I have a new favourite species- Gastroclonium ovatum #seaweed #algae
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Thanks to @JoanneSPorter and @ICITOrkney for a great week at the European Conference on Scientific Diving. A great chance to discuss technical diving in citizen science! @_Seasearch
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10 Apr 2018
Environment minister Therese Coffey visits Southampton to launch global battle for coral - and says a city roundabout needs 'sorting out' bit.ly/2Jym4hh
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More snow molluscs on the loose...
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Cathryn Quick retweeted
had a fantastic time @HornimanMuseum “understanding coral reefs” @OceanEarthUoS @TheCoralReefLab @unisouthampton! thanks to jamie and colleagues for their enthusiasm and to our students for all the hard work and nice presentations!
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Found a #nudibranch in my garden...
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Very pleased to have my first paper published! :) thanks to @TheCoralReefLab x.com/thecoralreeflab/status…

Why do color morphs exist among many species of reef corals? New paper @TheCoralReefLab @OceanEarthUoS @unisouthampton identifies balancing selection along light gradients as evolutionary driver: frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Congrats to @TheCoralReefLab ‘s latest graduate, Dr Victor Urrutia-Figueroa!
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