“This is a great opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and the sharing of lived experience between young and new entrant farmers in different country contexts, in order to contribute to innovation uptake and agricultural sustainability across Europe” Supporting the next generation of new and young farmers is critical to the sustainability of agriculture in Scotland and across Europe, but how can we encourage young people to see farming as a future and worthwhile career? This question will be at the centre of an exciting, international online event to be held on Monday 2 nd November, co-hosted
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"As the world faces up to the immense challenges of climate change, including food security, environmental resilience and land use change, the deep expertise of our scientists is a critical asset for Scotland and beyond" The James Hutton Institute has today announced the appointment of a new Chair for the Institute Board. More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, James Hutton Institute, Tel: +44 (0)1224 395089 (direct line), +44 (0)344 928 5428 (switchboard) or +44 (0)7791 193918 (mobile). read more
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"CREW was able to facilitate this ground-breaking research by providing financial support and coordination to allow a rapid response to a wider collective effort to develop an assay to help tracking SARS-CoV-2 via municipal wastewater" Research funded by Scotland’s Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) have successfully pinpointed fragments of coronavirus’ ribonucleic acid ( RNA) in local waste water samples across the country. Scientists at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) were among the first European agencies to begin this exploratory work back in May, with the backing of
Plant pathogens trigger changes in host plants that allow them to cause disease. Understanding which molecules pathogens use to do this (termed effectors), how they allow infection to take place, and how they are detected by plants has important implications for our understanding of plant disease. SEFARI research in this area has allowed major improvements in our understanding of how the plant immune system works, how the immune system and other plant processes are linked, and how resistance that targets essential effectors can be identified. Our fundamental work in this area has led to