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This project seeks to provide tools to rapidly identify chemical risks in foods and to contribute to improved consumer diets through reformulation to reduce harmful components such as sugars, fats, and salt.
We are measuring the Strontium (Sr) isotopes in Scottish soils to create a map (isoscape) to aid in determining the origins of conventionally grown crops. For crops grown in soilless, controlled environment units the link to location is however lost. We are therefore analysing the crops, waters and nutrients from such producers using isotope and chemical methods to see whether such an approach could be used for provenancing.
This research aims to quantify the flow of antimicrobial resistance genes and pathogens from the environment to the food chain and directly to humans in the farm environment under different farming practices. This will be integrated with social science work on antimicrobial use. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be used to develop a risk assessment model based on a Bayesian Belief Network.
This project investigates how age, grazing management, early life events and tolerance to parasites affects livestock productivity and associated environmental impact.
Crop production in Scotland faces many threats. Varieties that withstand the many challenges’ growers face are essential. We are using novel plant populations and tools that examine behaviour under complex stresses and plants’ genetic content to develop high quality resilient crops, reduce inputs and allow the Scottish population to locally source more fruit and vegetables.
Changing policy, market and environmental conditions necessitate diversification in Scotland’s agricultural systems. This project identifies barriers to the adoption of novel crops and cropping systems, develop innovative technical solutions and explore the consequences of change amongst rural and wider society.
We explore the biological consequences and potential practical applications of natural genetic variation found in the primary barley genepool to address future priorities in low carbon cereal agriculture. This is a contemporary barley genetics, genomics and informatics research project focused on scientific discovery and impactful translational biology.
This project is providing baseline measurements of greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage for various of Scotland’s food and drink production, as well as manufacturing processes. We are also developing a case study for the malting industry and providing datasets and tools to show how these processes can be optimised to reduce the environmental impact of producing and manufacturing food and drink products.
We aim to address the risks posed by pathogens and pests for sustainable production of potato and soft fruits that are of great importance to Scotland. The project is highly interdisciplinary and utilises established expertise in plant and pathogen genomics, genetics, phenotyping and cell biology, through to breeding.
The aim of this project is to develop highly effective, optimised, safe, novel vaccines for the control of the most production- and welfare-limiting endemic diseases of Scottish livestock caused by parasitic gastrointestinal nematodes.