Martin Collinson
@docmartin2mc.bsky.social
Britain's Top Vicarious Birder.
Aberdeen Wildife DNA lab. Aniridia research.
Likes birds, stamps, ghosts, art, and wasps.
Leeds United #lufc because I was bad in a previous life.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/aberdeendnalab
Aberdeen Wildife DNA lab. Aniridia research.
Likes birds, stamps, ghosts, art, and wasps.
Leeds United #lufc because I was bad in a previous life.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/aberdeendnalab
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First preprint from my PhD is out!
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
Gene editing without a genome: generation and validation of F0 CRISPR mutants in gastropod mollusc Crepidula fornicata https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.26.690768v1
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
First preprint from my PhD is out!
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
Must be my latest Sooth Shearwater ever, south at Newtonhill this afternoon.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Must be my latest Sooth Shearwater ever, south at Newtonhill this afternoon.
Magnificent fully funded PhD position available with me, Rastko Sknepnek (Dundee) and Silke Henkes (Leiden) on epithelial cell migration. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @bscb-official.bsky.social @epimechfc.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Magnificent fully funded PhD position available with me, Rastko Sknepnek (Dundee) and Silke Henkes (Leiden) on epithelial cell migration. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @bscb-official.bsky.social @epimechfc.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully funded EASTBIO PhD. Everyone should apply.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EastBio: Spiral eyes! Modelling epithelial cell migration in vivo and for tissue engineering. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: Spiral eyes! Modelling epithelial cell migration in vivo and for tissue engineering. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fully funded EASTBIO PhD. Everyone should apply.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Lovely and sunny
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Lovely and sunny
Haha I'm in World's Top 2% Scientists. In your face, top 3%
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November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Haha I'm in World's Top 2% Scientists. In your face, top 3%
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Labbie Tess @tessaroo.bsky.social is on a poop collecting mission. For science.
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Labbie Tess @tessaroo.bsky.social is on a poop collecting mission. For science.
Orange Peel Fungus Aleuria aurantia.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Orange Peel Fungus Aleuria aurantia.
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Both the Red-spotted and White-spotted races of Bluethroat try to breed in the UK occasionally but breeding has only been confirmed on five occasions, in 1968, 85, 95, 2016 (Red-spotted) and 1996 (White-spotted). There were single possible breeding records of both in 2023 #ukbirding #ornithology
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Both the Red-spotted and White-spotted races of Bluethroat try to breed in the UK occasionally but breeding has only been confirmed on five occasions, in 1968, 85, 95, 2016 (Red-spotted) and 1996 (White-spotted). There were single possible breeding records of both in 2023 #ukbirding #ornithology
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Another species returning to breed in 2023 was Temminck's Stint; a pair laid a clutch of four eggs in Highland, although the nest was later flooded out. This tiny wader bred regularly in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, but this was the first confirmed breeding since 1997 #ornithology #BirdingScotland
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Another species returning to breed in 2023 was Temminck's Stint; a pair laid a clutch of four eggs in Highland, although the nest was later flooded out. This tiny wader bred regularly in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, but this was the first confirmed breeding since 1997 #ornithology #BirdingScotland
In @elife.bsky.social: Sox9 prevents retinal degeneration and is required for limbal stem cell differentiation in the adult mouse eye doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Sox9 prevents retinal degeneration and is required for limbal stem cell differentiation in the adult mouse eye
The Sox9 gene is necessary for maintaining vision in the mouse adult eye, acting as an essential factor for retinal and corneal function.
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In @elife.bsky.social: Sox9 prevents retinal degeneration and is required for limbal stem cell differentiation in the adult mouse eye doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
8 year anniversary of my best ever but sadly ignored tweet
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
8 year anniversary of my best ever but sadly ignored tweet
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At a fancy-pants conference where everyone's a professor and let me tell you the timetable is not holding up well.
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
At a fancy-pants conference where everyone's a professor and let me tell you the timetable is not holding up well.
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The sound of October.
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The sound of October.
I can never tell if Eiders are really interested in what I say, or whether they're just being sarcastic.
October 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I can never tell if Eiders are really interested in what I say, or whether they're just being sarcastic.
Behold, a Lindisfarne Helleborine in all its October glory.
October 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Behold, a Lindisfarne Helleborine in all its October glory.
Blimey you don't bump into these every day
October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Blimey you don't bump into these every day
So many treats offshore today, including a Merlin chasing incoming passerine over the sea, juv Sabine's Gull, Little Gull, Whooper Swans and Barnacle Geese, and patch-rarest of all, 3 Shelducks going south.
October 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So many treats offshore today, including a Merlin chasing incoming passerine over the sea, juv Sabine's Gull, Little Gull, Whooper Swans and Barnacle Geese, and patch-rarest of all, 3 Shelducks going south.
Thank you to everyone who continues to contribute to our fundraiser. Recent greatest hits from samples sent in by ringers and birders for ID include an Atlas Flycatcher in Spain, and a Ménétries's Warbler in Poland!
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Genetic Identification of Birds - The Aberdeen Wildlife DNA Lab
Help Martin Collinson raise money to support University of Aberdeen Development Trust SCIO
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October 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thank you to everyone who continues to contribute to our fundraiser. Recent greatest hits from samples sent in by ringers and birders for ID include an Atlas Flycatcher in Spain, and a Ménétries's Warbler in Poland!
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
Top birds for yesterday were Treecreeper and (honorary bird) Minke Whale - both less than annual in Newtonhill despite no lack of trees or sea.
September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Top birds for yesterday were Treecreeper and (honorary bird) Minke Whale - both less than annual in Newtonhill despite no lack of trees or sea.
Is it just me or is beer getting sillier?
September 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Is it just me or is beer getting sillier?
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