🧪 Whale hormones… from less than a grain of rice
A new method can measure 8 hormones (like stress & pregnancy) from tiny blubber samples, meaning more insight from every biopsy.
🐋 Stranded whales showed higher stress
🇳🇴 ONE sample can now reveal pollution, diet & health
Big step for conservation
Congrats to @clareandvik.bsky.social on her first Whale Scientists infographic! Full story: whalescientists.com/a-new-method...
Samples from Norwegian Orca Survey, project MULTIWHALE 🐳
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Some great days at #ECS2026 in Dundee presenting our orca research #multiwhale @biovitenskap.bsky.social #norwegianorcasurvey
But PHEW… presenting is hard at 7 months pregnant with squashed lungs & organs 😮💨😅 appreciate all the great feedback and interested people who found me after 🥹🫶
PhD submitted!🎉
Pic 1: June 1st 2021: day 1 of dream PhD to study multiple stressors in Norwegian orcas & 6m pregnant baby #1 🥹
Pic 2: May 7th 2026. 2 days before PhD submission! 7.5m pregnant with baby #3 ❤️
5 years, 3 babies, 1 PhD 😅
More PhD updates soon, inc publications & defense date!📅
Key findings summarized in a popular science article on @whalescientists.bsky.social:
whalescientists.com/a-new-method...
This study is part of the MULTIWHALE project by RCN, collaboration with @uio.no @borga.bsky.social @biovitenskap.bsky.social NMBU,
NIVA, HI, Norwegian Orca Survey
🚨New publication alert! 🚨
We have published a new method for studying steroid hormones in tiny whale samples 🐳🐋
Great news for conservation - now precious samples can be used for multiple analyses 🧬
OPEN ACCESS in @conphysjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Great days at the 1st Andenes whale summit, showcasing #whale #research in #Norway. Even treated to 20 sperm whales after talks 🤩🐳
I shared #PhD results about effects of unregulated whale watching. But a great reminder of the benefits of ww when done sustainably and as a research platform 👏🐳🐋
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Welcome to Whale Scientists where we talk about whales, graduate student life and scientist stories.
Steroid hormones are useful indicators of health and fitness in marine mammals, but measurements are often limited by sample size. This new #Toolbox article presents a new method for analysing steroid hormones in small blubber samples in four whale species. 🐋
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
