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The research of Jules Griffin and his team focuses on the application of analytical chemistry to study metabolism and nutrition in metabolic diseases. His group has developed and applied metabolomics and lipidomics tools to investigate aspects of the metabolic syndrome and how nutrition interacts with health across the life course. This has included studies based on cell culture, model organisms, human diet intervention studies and epidemiology. In addition, they have applied these metabolomic and lipidomic tools for food safety and toxicology. Jules joined the Rowett Institute as Director in
Oana is currently a research fellow at the Rowett Institute, working on a project in the 2022-27 SRP that is aiming to optimise approaches to changing food practices and eating behaviour in low-income populations via social prescribing to reduce health inequalities. She has extensive knowledge of behaviour change theories, intervention development, experience in developing assessment tools and research experience demonstrating cross-disciplinary integration. From 2012 to 2021, she worked on a series of research grants on health topics (e.g., prevention of child mental health problems and risk
BioSS are pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine Whyte as one of the three William Guy Lecturers for 2023-24. The RSS William Guy Lecturers are prestigious volunteer roles intended to celebrate the importance of engaging with schools and inspiring children about statistics from an early age. They are named in honour of William Augustus Guy, an early medical statistician and past RSS president. Three William Guy Lecturers are appointed for every academic year. Each lecturer prepares and records a talk for a particular key stage (primary, secondary and sixth form). This year the
SEFARI Gateway is delighted to provide support for a new Fellowship with the Food Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) and the North Highland Initiative (NHI), Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) and Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS) on quantifying 'Ag of the middle' in the North Highlands of Scotland. Background The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) is a UK registered charity (1195790) that focusses on food and farming, climate, nature and the public’s health, for a just transition to a greener, fairer world. With partners across the UK in governments
Anneli is a keen advocate for nutrition and building global healthier food systems. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Rowett Institute and is determining how the UK seafood production and food supply chains could be better aligned with consumption and dietary recommendations. Blog - Fishing for Health
Magaly is a research fellow at the Rowett Institute with expertise and interest in nutritional interventions, healthy lifestyles, and health policies for building a better and sustainable future. She is very interested in using data and new technologies (such as Artificial Intelligence) to drive innovation in nutrition and health. She uses nutrition-relevant data and meta-data to frame knowledge and enhance understanding of current nutritional problems and environmental sustainability challenges and looks to communicate and inform citizens and policy effectively. During her career, she has
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s 23rd Science and the Parliament takes place on Wednesday 22 nd November from 12.00pm until 7.30pm at Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh. The main theme for 2023 is education. Further details can be found here. SEFARI & SEFARI Gateway will have a stand presence, so please come and visit us.
In 2018, the UK generated over 222 million tonnes of waste when including household, commercial and industrial waste. This waste was not only made up of typically ‘disposable’ items, but also included items and materials that are reusable, repairable or could have been disassembled to save components for repurposing. Examples include things like household electrical items (an estimated 467,516 tonnes of household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) were collected in the UK in 2022) and small furniture (an estimated 22 million pieces are thrown away each year in the UK). It is
Shashika is an Applied Economist at the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen. Her research interests include Consumer Demand Analysis, Food and Agricultural Economics, and Econometric Modelling.
You know your subject matter inside out and it’s time to share it with the wider public. What better way is there to do that than through broadcast media – the most used source of news in Scotland? But the moment a camera is trained on you, the microphone has been switched on and the broadcast journalist readies to ask the first question, you freeze. It’s hard to even remember your name. It’s a situation we all fear. But it’s also one we can master and turn to our advantage so that we can better share our science and the impact it has. The recent media training sessions, filmed by a