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‘Plant Teams’ on Lismore - Sharing Knowledge Whatever the Weather!

A visit to the island of Lismore on a midsummer weekend sounded idyllic to a group of researchers from the James Hutton Institute and SRUC.

Hemp’s role in diet biodiversification and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Hemp could play a role in the development and expansion of a low carbon, environmentally responsible industry, bringing a new ‘cash-crop’ to Scottish agriculture and offering new job opportunities across the supply chain. This type of low carbon innovation is currently supported by the Scottish Government in the public sector (i.e.

Angela Main

Angela has vast experience of spectral interpretation. She is working on NSIS soils to obtain spectral information and making correlations with Carbon data and developing an analytical method for a portable FTIR instrument using NSIS soils to replicate field studies.

Angela Main

The James Hutton Institute
Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Infrared Spectroscopy – Helping to Protect Scotland’s Soils

Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy is a versatile analytical technique that can characterise a wide variety of different sample types e.g. from drugs and plastics to soil and minerals. The IR spectrum produced is a chemical “fingerprint” or profile of a sample and allows us to “see” what it is made up of.

Dr Katherine Irvine

I am a senior researcher in conservation behaviour / environmental psychology focusing on the nature-health-sustainable behaviours nexus. I draw on an interdisciplinary background in molecular biology, natural resource management, conservation behaviour and environmental psychology to investigate the interface between people and their environmental settings (for example, natural, built, home, office) with an aim to develop bridges between issues of ecological quality, health/wellbeing and sustainability.

Katherine Irvine

The James Hutton Institute

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

AB15 8QH

Dr Eleanor Watson

Eleanor is a researcher at the Moredun Research Institute. Her research focusses on Campylobacter species and other zoonotic pathogens.

Current interests:

Quantitative mass spectrometry to characterise bacterial adaptation.
Identification of zoonotic pathogens using MALDI mass spectrometry.
Campylobacter jejuni metabolic versatility in relation to host colonisation and disease outcome.
Presence and transmission of zoonotic pathogens and AMR genes within wildlife populations.

Eleanor Watson

Moredun

Pentland Science Park

Bush Loan

Penicuik

Midlothian

EH26 0PZ

Mitigating against, and adapting to, the effects of climate change: Grasslands and Crop Genetics

Grasslands, carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases

What are the benefits of grasslands?

Globally, grasslands represent 70% of the agricultural land area. In Scotland the figure is even higher (approximately 80%), due to the contribution from rough grazing on land less favourable for agriculture (LFA).

Professor Jennie Macdiarmid

Jennie is a Professor in Sustainable Nutrition and Health. Her research is interdisciplinary and about the impact of dietary habits on climate change and land use, with implications for food and nutrition security. This includes understanding eating behaviours in particular how to move people to eating healthy and sustainable diets, especially in the UK. She led the Livewell project funded by the WWF, the first to model sustainable diets that were both nutritionally adequate and had lower impact on climate change.

Jennie Macdiarmid

The Rowett Institute

Foresterhill House

Ashgrove Rd W

Aberdeen

AB25 2ZD

Long-term warming of the River Spey

River temperature influences biogeochemical processes and aquatic ecology. Sustaining cool river temperatures in Scotland is essential for aquatic ecology (including the habitat and health of Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta). River temperatures are also critical for our economy e.g. sport fishing contributes around £113 million per year to Scottish rural economy and our food and drink industry e.g. whisky production.

Developing capacity to understand and use climate projections for Scotland

The benefit of hindsight is that we can learn from our experiences, but history is not always a good guide to the future. The benefit of foresight, as provided by projections of a future climate, is that we can explore the range of conditions we might experience and better prepare to reduce risks and benefit from opportunities.

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