⏳...the calm before the storm! ⌛ All ready at the MBA - Marine Biological Association for this year's conference! Safe travels to all attendees and don't forget to use #MBAPG2024 in tweets! 🎉

🎉 And we're off! 🎉 What a great start to the conference hosted Plymouth Marine Lab! Super grateful for the Devon sun and enjoying the range of posters on display MBA - Marine Biological Association. Looking forward to more talks tomorrow! #MBAPG2024

Maxine Canvin representing our BEECH group at #MBAPG2024, talking about her PhD project quantifying carbon capture and loss at a UK seaweed farm #kelp 🌊🌱🤓

Now that yesterdays PlymSEF session has ended, todays session has started with a talk from Nicola Foster to introduce our ecology theme of the conference! Lots of interesting research being shared so far from across the globe! #MBAPG2024

We had a beautiful first day at our Marine Biological Association PG Conference 2024 2024 🎉 Thank you to all our participants for a fantastic day filled with engaging talks and poster presentations. We hope you all enjoy day 2! Plymouth Marine Lab University of Plymouth #MBAPG2024

🎉 Sponsorship appreciation time 🎉 It is no understatement to say that this year's conference couldn't happen without our wonderful sponsors! Thank you so much for your help! 😊 The Company of Biologists JNCC PR Statistics SOTEAG Challenger Society Cambridge University Press & Assessment Ocean Conservation Trust

🌊and that's the end of our ecology session!🌱 Thanks to all participants, questions and to Nicola Foster for her talk! We really appreciate your time!🎉 Now awaiting the start of our 'applied' theme after lunch! #MBAPG2024

🎉Congratulations Shauna! A well deserved award on our PlymSEF day. 🎉 We're looking forward to who may get the other prizes today and tomorrow... 👀

It's the last panel of the day 🥲 Thanks to Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop for being this afternoons keynote speaker! Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop アビゲイル some great research being shared today. But the day's not over yet, we're off to the aquarium National Marine Aquarium for our dinner tonight! Can't wait!🍾🐟

What a fantastic range of talks & posters at the #MBAPG2024 conference Plymouth Marine Lab & University of Plymouth this week. From kelp to shipwrecks, seaweed to climate solutions it's been a brilliant week, really glad to be part of it, big thanks to the organisers, great job! Applied Marine Ecosystems Research (aMER) Plymouth

Thank you National Marine Aquarium for hosting our dinner last night! It was a superb evening to close day 2 of the conference with a very entertaining introduction to some of the oldest fish in the tank! 🍷🍲 Thank you! #MBAPG2024

We now kick off our final day with our keynote Lilian Lieber presenting her research before hearing about more research from our attendees!😊 #MBAPG2024

Thanks Lilian Lieber for your talk and general advice to ECR this morning, it's greatly appreciated! 😊 Now it's time for our workshop with Hannah Whitman Science Animation Studio about communicating science using storyboards! Very excited! ✏️📖 #MBAPG2024

Geat set of talks this morning in the final session of the Marine Biological Association PG Conference 2024 ranging from #plankton, over #benthic species to #kelp! Chapeau to each of the presenters and congrats to a successful conference to all of you and especially those making it happen! #MBAPG2024

Thank you Hannah Science Animation Studio for your workshop this afternoon! Some very interesting interpretations of the storyboard task seen from different groups😂😂😂 A great practice at communicating science though!📝📖 #MBAPG2024

🎉 That's a wrap on the MBA post-grad conference!🎉 Thank you so much to all our attendees, our keynote speakers, and all our wonderful sponsors. All of you made this event possible, so BIG thank you! MBA - Marine Biological Association Plymouth Marine Lab University of Plymouth National Marine Aquarium

It's been absolutely amazing being part of the committee for the 20th Marine Biological Association PG Conference 2024 2024 🥰 this conference continues to be an amazing opportunity for ECRs in marine science 🙌🌊🧫🤿👩‍🔬 and BIG ❤️ for being awarded best presentation #Kelp #bluecarbon

Great few days in Plymouth at #MBAPG2024, hearing from (and sharing a pint with) other PGRs is really refreshing and motivating. Thanks to the organisers! I’m looking forward to next year

So pleased to have been able to present Applied Marine Ecosystems Research (aMER) Plymouth project on scallop farming & Defra UK funded #RopestoReefs #FISP at #MBAPG2024 University of Plymouth what a great conference, even dinner National Marine Aquarium! Thanks so much to the organisers, it's been a brilliant few days Emma Sheehan

A little self-indulgent tweet this morning but I'd just like to shout out the rest of the committee for organising this conference. With a particularly big shout out to our fearless leader Beth! 👏👏👏 We hope everyone had a fantastic time and had safe travels home! #MBAPG2024