"The SEFARI student showcase evidences the diversity and excellence of postgraduate research undertaken across all SEFARI research institutes" The SEFARI student showcase, an event which shows the diversity and excellence of postgraduate research undertaken across all SEFARI research institutes, took place between the 10th and 11th June, with James Hutton Institute student Aurélia Bézanger achieving second place with a presentation titled “My raspberry root rot quest: the story behind infection”. More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1224 395089 (direct
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Baukje is an internationally recognised nutrition scientist with over 25 years of expertise in clinical and dietary intervention trials to assess how diets, foods and nutrients affect disease risk and resilience to disease development. Her research interests include: Clinical and dietary intervention trials assessing how diets, foods and nutrients affect disease risk and resilience to disease development. Personalised and precision nutrition and biomarker discovery. Modelling healthy, sustainable and affordable diets. Food systems and human health outcomes, especially in relation to sea food
Julie Fitzpatrick is the Scientific Director of the Moredun Research Institute and Chief Executive of the Moredun Foundation. Professor Fitzpatrick's research interests focus on livestock health and disease in the UK and in developing countries.
Gareth is Service Delivery Manager at James Hutton Limimted. Gareth has a keen interest in developing new analytical techniques and has been involved in analysing blood samples for Selenium (see publications). Future research work aims to look at the uncertainty involved with values approaching the limits of detection on both ICP techniques and the uncertainties of different sample matrices. Gareth has worked for the Institute since 1995 as head of Inorganic analysis within the analytical section specialising in the following analytical techniques: Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission
In recent months population trends in remote and Sparsely Populated Areas (SPA) of Scotland have become a political issue, not least due to fears about the likely impact of post-Brexit migration policy. However, this is just a new facet of a longstanding matter of concern which seems to touch a nerve in the national consciousness. Whilst more accessible rural areas have growing populations, the SPA continues to decline, and if recent trends continue, seem to face a bleak future. However, some suspect that the tide is already turning in some parts of the Scottish Islands, in a way which should
"This report highlights that the current overall condition of our peatlands contributes to climate change, so there is significant merit in further stepping up of peatland restoration efforts from a greenhouse gas mitigation perspective" The UK’s peatlands are making a significant contribution to our greenhouse gas emissions because of the way they are managed, a major new study has shown. Peatlands occupy 12% of the UK’s land area and store vast quantities of carbon. Healthy peatlands capture carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere and so can help to offset the effects of human activities
"The Quaker Oat Growth Guide is designed to increase understanding of winter and spring oats through crop growth and development benchmarks with the aim of improving yield and quality to deliver a sustainable supply of high-quality oats and maximise grower returns" Oats are an important crop in the UK – even more so due to their increasing popularity as a healthy breakfast choice. Yet unlike other staple cereal crops, such as wheat and barley, R&D investment to improve oat agronomy has been limited. Research by ADAS has indicated that in the UK there is a yield gap between average farm yield
The sunshine and heat of last summer in Scotland was enjoyed by many of us and meant we had the chance to enjoy being outside more, but for Scotland’s crops it was just another example of the vagaries of our climate and the environmental stresses they must endure. For farmers and their agronomists who manage these crops, the weather threw up a whole new set of problems and decisions. How agronomists can help? Only 8% of Scotland’s land is classed as prime arable crop land and spring barley covers the largest acreage at around 250,000 ha per annum. Nitrogen fertilsers account for half the
"It was a fantastic effort with great ideas on show, telling the public our story and what we do" The James Hutton Institute welcomed over 1300 visitors to its Dundee site during Open Farm Sunday in Invergowrie, the celebration of farming and nature that gives everyone the opportunity to discover the story behind their food. Managed by Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF), Open Farm Sunday has welcomed more than 2.2 million visitors since 2006. More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1224 395089 (direct line), +44 (0)344 928 5428 (switchboard) or +44 (0