In our #NewPaper, we developed a minimally invasive test to detect the hidden harm from plastic ingestion in live #seabirds. By looking at proteins in the blood, we identified a biological signature of plastic-associated damage doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
2025. Editors-in-Chief of Animal Welfare journal warn that citing an ethics committee name & permit ID is no longer enough. True research transparency requires a clear harm-benefit analysis and documented 3Rs actions, even for approved studies. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean.
Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE.
The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells.
But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.
Thanks to NE speakers @mattheydon.bsky.social @riselyk.bsky.social, Emma How, Lucy Bellini, and Duncan Brown for giving such engaging talks!
And for the org team Alice Pawlik, @alexanderlees.bsky.social, Ian Thornhill, Keiko Ivinson, and Sue Ann Zollinger, for making it all possible.