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Friends and colleagues of the late Prof Graham Shimmield travelled from across the UK to celebrate the life and career of the Scottish Association for Marine Science鈥檚 (SAMS) pioneering former director.

Leading marine scientists from around the UK attended the event held last Friday at SAMS, on what would have been Prof Shimmield鈥檚 59^th birthday.

Prof Shimmield, who died on Christmas Eve last year, was at the helm of 91精品视频between 1996 and 2008 and transformed the institute: doubling the number of staff; developing the BSc and PhD programmes; building a new main laboratory; developing a business incubator for marine biotechnology companies; broadening 91精品视频research to include Arctic science, biotechnology and social science; and setting up its first commercial subsidiary.

Speakers at the event highlighted Prof Shimmield鈥檚 legacy as a scientist, a leader, and an innovator.

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Prof Shimmield left 91精品视频for the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, in Maine, USA, and was the driving force behind a new $33m laboratory.

Prof Willie Wilson, now director at the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science in Plymouth, worked with Prof Shimmield at Bigelow. He said: 鈥淚 have been a director and worked in various places and I often ask myself, 鈥淲hat would Graham do?鈥�. I think that is testament to his leadership.鈥�