Rowanne Fletcher

🎨Discover how a chance meeting on the Isle of May sparked a unique ArtScience collaboration between Becker/Edinburgh ecoimmunologists and artist Alice Angus entitled 'Entangled Stories' - a project that merges art with environmental research 👇 sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-i…

@SteelySeabirder helping us open our traps at  night and @RowanBancroft bringing in our triggered traps in the morning. Working early and late brings some added bonuses @LydiaBeckerIII @FletcherRowanne

Tasks of the day set out at our breakfast “scrum”

We have been putting the feeders out on our Low Light grid in preparation for the diet enrichment; traps have gone back out ready for tomorrow’s baseline session; and loggers are in position to track mouse movement @LydiaBeckerIII @FletcherRowanne @RowanBancroft @amybpedersen

At first capture we take faeces from the mice so we can estimate worm burden and assess the microbiome. We also look for faecal cytokines as biomarkers of gut health. @ProfJudiAllen and my PhD student Beth here collecting the samples. @LydiaBeckerIII

First trapping day of the Winter season is always a bit nerve wracking as we get our first hint at how well the mice are doing. But it’s looking really good with 50 traps triggered on our first night on Low Light @LydiaBeckerIII @RowanBancroft @FletcherRowanne

Entangled Stories, collab with @IsleofMayEcoim1 on The Isle of May NNR:- stories of life & work on the Island. Thanks @kathelse @Mair_Iris @RowanBancroft @FletcherRowanne & everyone who participated & @britsocimm @SteelySeabirder and @NatureScot https:// tinyurl.com/7xmufdy7

In the words of @Mair_Iris “That's some concentrated girl power! Thank you Alice again for your dedication and collaboration and sharing! Entangled stories...” @LydiaBeckerIII @britsocimm

@_millie_wright and Ollie cooking tea after a busy day in the field. With @FletcherRowanne @Mair_Iris @RowanBancroft @LydiaBeckerIII

One of our collaborators @GentekRebecca swam over to the Isle of May today. What an amazing achievement!

Traps in at 5am this morning. @Mair_Iris @RowanBancroft @FletcherRowanne @LydiaBeckerIII

We have a cold sea fog, or Haar, today for our first day on our Fluke Strreet grid @LydiaBeckerIII @RowanBancroft @Mair_Iris @FletcherRowanne

Preparations in progress for today’s Art Science event with artist @Alice_Angus @britsocimm @UoMNews @LydiaBeckerIII @Mair_Iris @FletcherRowanne @RowanBancroft

A preview of our ArtScience event today on the Isle of May - we are here again on 7 Sept when we will have completed our art exhibition with @Alice_Angus @SteelySeabirder @britsocimm @LydiaBeckerIII @Mair_Iris @RowanBancroft @FletcherRowanne

Happening today on the Isle of May! @SteelySeabirder @UoMNews @LydiaBeckerIII @britsocimm @Mair_Iris @RowanBancroft @FletcherRowanne

Come and see our artwork in the Main Light on the Isle of May, take part in our ArtScience project and discuss the science behind the art. @SteelySeabirder

We have spent time today working on our ArtScience project with @Alice_Angus. We are learning a lot and developing our ideas around environment, immunology and researcher. @britsocimm @UoMNews, @LydiaBeckerIII

A treat for the team opening traps last night and a view of our day ahead @RowanBancroft @Mair_Iris @FletcherRowanne @LydiaBeckerIII

Arriving last night - first view of the island for our volunteers

The Low Light grid is set and we have started work with artist @Alice_Angus on our project Environment Immunology & Researcher as funded by the @britsocimm. @LydiaBeckerIII @UoMNews