Paleolimnological investigations of reservoirs (i.e. human-made lakes) are becoming more common, establishing a need to explore dating approaches for sediment records from reservoirs. Traditional dating methodologies such as Constant Rate of Supply (CRS), 137 Cs, and Mass Accumulation Rate (MAR) have been utilized for sediment records from reservoirs for decades. However, with the advent of newer Bayesian approaches, such as t...

The Näätämö River, in the far north of Europe, hosts a large Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) stock with high socio-economic value. The catchment has near-pristine environmental conditions, although there are recent signs of stock declines. It nevertheless offers a good opportunity to monitor the status of a near pristine wild salmon system. This study aimed to characterize the fine-scale genetic structure of Atlantic salmon in...

One of the most common genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s disease (PD) is variants in GBA1 , which encodes the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase). GCase deficiency has been associated with an increased PD risk, but not all individuals with low GCase activity are carriers of GBA1 mutations, suggesting other factors may be acting as modifiers. We aimed to discover common variants associated with GCase activity, as wel...

In the last 2 decades, UK research institutes have led a wide range of developments in marine data assimilation (MDA), covering areas from operational applications in physics and biogeochemistry to fundamental theory. We highlight the emergence of strong collaboration in the UK MDA community over this period and the increasing unification of its tools. We focus on identifying the MDA stakeholder community and current/future ar...