Matt Perkins

@Perkins16Matt

Senior Technician (Pathology), UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, Amphibian disease research and general lab monkey. works at Institute of Zoology.

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Joined September 2012
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    Sep 21

    A little change can make a BIG difference! Researchers found that by setting nets sub-surface instead of surface, fishers can yield the same catch yet reduce the probability of & by almost 80%! 🐬🐋💙👏

    So excited to share our latest paper published today in on cetacean bycatch mitigation in drift gillnets in the Indian Ocean. Our study reveals that subsurface settings reduce cetacean bycatch probability by nearly 80%
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  2. Sep 7

    Nice work underwater footage of critically endangered Angelshark recorded in Wales

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    Sep 5

    Many thanks to for profiling our work in the UK for this piece in . CSIP definitely a team effort, but thanks for the big-up Mel...!

    As a lover of crime dramas and of the ocean, I really enjoyed combining the two & writing this one about the CSI of the sea
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    Aug 30

    It was great to be featured on yesterday talking PCBs and cetaceans with and Turns out I still hate the sound of my own voice but I thought they did a brilliant job explaining such a complex issue ☠️🐋🧪

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    Aug 29

    ZSL’s Dr will be on tonight, discussing the effects of on marine mammals – drawing on research from ZSL’s vital programme. Tune in at 7pm:

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  6. Aug 26

    And just like that, WAB/WAH student duty groups have finished for the year. 10 weeks of solid necropsy action, not the usual way it would be done, but you know, Covid & all that jazz. it seemed to work well.

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    Aug 20

    I am incredibly excited to share our preprint ‘Somatic mutation rates scale with lifespan across mammals’In this paper we provide an unprecedented description of somatic mutation across mammals. An illustrated tweetorial…[1/17]

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  8. Aug 10

    They were worried you would be a liability so couldn't commit to anymore... much easier to get rid after 3 years.

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    They waited 30 years for me to leave.
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  9. Aug 10

    VERY happy to say we have been granted a 10 year contract.

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    Jul 31

    field necropsy carried out on a 357cm juvenile male Sowerby's beaked whale on Thursday. Whale found stranded on the Lincolnshire coast and examination conducted with CSIP colleagues Simon Spiro and from

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  11. Jul 29

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  12. Jul 29

    And not to mention what amazing support they have provided over the years with our strandings work too keeping us safe so we can do our jobs. Thank you.

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    We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:
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  13. Jul 29

    Back in the field today, examining a Sowerby's beaked whale in Lincolnshire with (see his posts for more photos and details) Simon Spiro & . Thanks Owen beaumont and Ophelie Humphrey for facilitating access & support today.

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    Jan 13

    Very pleased to share our latest CSIP paper published in today on PCBs and porpoise fertility 🐬 The full paper is available to read here

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    Jul 16

    Paper authored by colleagues just published in describing Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in several cetaceans the CSIP has examined over the last 30 years

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  16. Jun 22

    Back in the lab this thursday with my colleague with the first group of this years cohort of WAB/WAH MSc students. Must try and remember how to talk to people in a semi professional manner... its been a while

    Relay recovered a harbour porpoise yesterday with - adult female that live stranded and died at Aberdaron, Gwynedd last Friday. examination later this week with masters students
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    Jun 17

    The 1000th hazel dormouse has been reintroduced to UK woodlands as part of a collaborative national reintroduction programme. 's Dr Tammy Shadbolt & Georgina Gerard explain our role in this marvellous project here:

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    Jun 17

    We've just reintroduced our 1000th hazel dormouse! 🐭🎉 A milestone for conservation and a huge moment for hazel dormice in the UK. Huge thanks to our partners supported by

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    Jun 10

    Delighted to announce our new , " as sentinels for informing change policy in waters" in Marine Policy. Undertaken as part of a internship with .

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  20. Jun 7

    The one word that can ruin a day. queue multiple attempts to clean wells, increasing foul language and direct pleading with a qPCR machine... feels a bit like a bad episode of

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