‘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.
Knowledge exchange, medicated grit and Scottish grouse moors
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP, has commissioned the Werritty Committee (Grouse Moor Management Group) to examine areas of concern in moorland and grouse management (specifically peatland restoration, muirburn and the use of medicated grit) and to inform on the advantages of licensing these moors. This report is due to be published imminently, having gathered evidence from all relevant sectors involved in upland land management.
Scotland’s Dinner Plate 2050
Leading industry and SEFARI science representatives from Scotland’s food, drink and agricultural sectors came together to discuss and speculate what Scotland’s dinner plate may look like in 2050.
High-Performance Computing for Innovative Science: Clusters, communication and caramel wafers
As part of the workshop, which was held at the James Hutton Institute, we invited two guest speakers; Paul Fretter (Head of Computing infrastructure for Science, Norwich Bioscience Institutes) and Robert Maskell (UK Director of High-Performance Computing, Intel). Both speakers brought a wealth of real-world experience of using and developing HPC for innovative science.
Cowtastrophy: Tested in the Field!
The basic scenario of the Cowtastrophy app is that the participant is the Chief Veterinary Officer on an imaginary island. A fast spreading disease is affecting cattle on the island. It is their job to control the disease using a combination of the available options, which are: livestock movement restrictions, vaccination and culling.
Sheena Robson
Sheena is the theme coordinator for Theme 2: Productive and Sustainable Land Management and Rural Economies.
Sheena Robson
Scotland’s Rural College
Peter Wilson Building, The King's Buildings
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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.
Can you prevent a cowtastrophy?
Policies implemented in order to control Foot and Mouth Disease, such as large-scale culling of healthy animals, were often controversial. Other infections have the potential to cause similar problems.
Climate Change - Discussing Extreme Scenarios
Climate change and the impact it will have presents significant challenges to our future. The effects will be felt across many sectors of society and will influence our personal and professional lives in some profound ways. Some of these impacts have not been identified yet and even when they have they can still be difficult to assess, both in terms of how important they will be and what knock-on effects they will have.
Antimicrobials: A topic for the table
Antimicrobial is a broad term used to describe antibiotics that include antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasite and antiviral agents. The bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses evolve over time and develop traits (a resistance) which enable them to survive exposure to medicines that would normally kill them, and this can have life threatening consequences.