Problem: trouser legs got soaked while doing water changes and its 3°C outside Solution: loiter in my 28°C zebrafish lab so they dry quickly

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Huge thanks to my co-authors @fishycarb, Kath Sloman, and Chris Cooper and the rest of the Wilson lab group who helped with the sampling @H_R_Goodrich @DanWMont @lumpyjenny

I'm super proud of this paper and think it's a great tool for the world of #fishphysiology and a step forward for #animalwelfare. If you have any questions hit me up

Experiment 3: We used our novel method on fish as small as 18 g. This showed a key advantage over cannulation which typically requires fish 10 times this size! This opens up a new avenue for determining acid-base chemistry of small/juvenile fish!

Experiment 2: We took blood samples from cannulated fish and then immediately used our new method to sample the same fish across three different water chemistries. The samples had almost identical acid-base chemistry showing our method is just as good as cannulation!

Experiment 1: We compared our method to two different variations of grab 'n' stab sampling. We found our method avoided the acute stress responses seen in the grab 'n' stab samples.

We validated our new method in 3 different experiments:

We take a "best-of-both-worlds" approach that avoids the acute stress associated with grab 'n' stab sampling while also avoiding the difficulties associated with cannulating fish.

Do you work on fish? Do you need to take blood samples? Then boy do I have a paper for you! Our new #physiology paper in @SciReports outlines a new method of blood-sampling fish. Check it out at: https://t.co/8R4MufDIK7

Ever wondered if it’s costly for fish to digest the shell and bone in their prey? Same! We show that🦴and🐚can decrease stomach acidity, increase the alkaline tide and cost more to digest. But a📈SDA didn’t = 📉growth. Open access in @SciReports here:

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A great thread on getting your new paper out there! https://t.co/kg9hAtkxM6

My favourite part of this article was the PI who complained that there aren't any postdocs and then didn't hire any of the 36 applicants who applied for her post... https://t.co/xlby1oRvai

Stop offering mental health workshops online and just pay me a decent salary ffs @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter #academictwitter

Seal spotting in Exeter 😱

Bit of a contrast for @ecofishiology... last week #ICBF 🐟 and this week @SEBiology 🤓 thanks COVID 😷 Still, all excellent talks! 👨‍🔬

When the experiment finally works but you have no idea how.