2018
6 Feb
Imaginative Tools for Visualizing Complexity workshop
The aim of this workshop is to create a community of practice in visualization in the SEFARI member institutes and encouraging us to draw on each other’s expertise. The workshop is open to all, whether with or needing expertise in visualization, but places are limited.
8 Feb
Advanced Veterinary Clinical Training: Ultrasound detection of OPA as part of the veterinary control plan on farm
The aim of this course is to provide advanced clinical training for veterinary practitioners wishing to offer transthoracic ultrasound as a method for screening for Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma. Organised by Moredun Research Institute this course will also be suitable for
13 Feb
Plant-aphid-environment interactions
Daniel Leybourne, a PhD student from the James Hutton Institute, will deliver this Entomological Club seminar focussed on several interactions between two related grass species, modern barley (Hordeum vulgare) and a wild relative (Horedum spontaneum 5 - "HsP5"), with their insect pests and immediat
15 Feb
SSCR and Bulrush Soft Fruit Information Day and Winter Meeting
The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) and Bulrush Horticulture Ltd are holding a joint Soft Fruit Information Day and Winter Meeting at the Inchture Hotel in Perthshire. The day is free and open to anyone in the soft fruit industry and other interested parties.
15 Feb
'A Plastic Ocean' Film Screening
The James Hutton Institute are pleased to invite you to a free screening of Craig Leeson’s, ‘A Plastic Ocean’.
27 Feb
Crop Protection in Northern Britain: The Dundee Conference
This conference will inform attendees about recent advances in crop production methods and in chemical and non-chemical crop protection and advance discussions on crop production and protection problems prevalent in northern environments.
27 Feb
The 2018 Peter Wilson Lecture
The 2018 Peter Wilson lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh will be given by Roger Crofts, chair of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. The title is ‘Scotland’s land: successes and failures, challenges and solutions’.
6 Mar
SSCR Combinable and Energy Crops Winter Meeting
The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) Combinable and Energy Crops Sub-committee will hold its Winter Meeting at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee.
9 Mar
On the Deep Wealth of this Nation
SEFARI is delighted to be supporting the launch of a new Vision for Scotland and the Dee valley in the form of a film exploring the implications of climate change. To join the event via webinar please email programming@thebarnarts.co.uk with your details.
12 Mar
Rural Futures: A Joint Teagasc-SRUC Conference
This conference will focus on exploring some of the key common challenges rural communities face in Ireland and Scotland and the respective approaches of Teagasc and SRUC to dealing with those challenges