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I am a human nutritionist and food toxicologist and my research interests focus on diet, intestinal toxicity and the role of gut microbiota. My research looks at important food contaminants and I aim to assess human exposure and identify potential risks to human health. As these food contaminants derive from primary agricultural production I also work closely with producers as well as Food Standards Scotland to understand routes of contamination and identify strategies to minimize risk and produce safe and healthy food. Case studies: Mycotoxin contamination in cereal products and human
Mycotoxins are unavoidable, natural food contaminants which are produced by fungi growing on agricultural crops. Growth can occur in the field or in storage. Fungal mycotoxin production is a global problem with specific groups of fungi affecting the UK cereal sector. Our research assesses different aspects of the mycotoxin issue from primary agricultural production to food products and the effects of human exposure. We highlight the importance of mycotoxins across the agriculture, food and drink sector and show how we are working with the industry sectors. Our findings are being utilised by
Faical is an applied economist at SRUC who specializes in consumer behaviour, demand analysis, consumer research methods and econometric modelling. His research helps answer many questions in economics such as food marketing, environmental economics, health economics, welfare economics and development economics.
Cesar is an applied economist based at SRUC who is the Work Package Cordinator for Food Security and Supply theme (B4). His research for SEFARI inlcudes improving food and drink production, food trade and consumption.
Davy is Head of Department of Integrated Land Management and Head of Hill & Mountain research centre at SRUC. Davy is involved in a range of research and demonstration projects investigating the economic, social and environmental resilience of upland livestock systems and seeking to understand the trade-offs associated with changes to those systems.
Tim is a Rhizosphere Scientist based at the James Hutton Institute, interested in understanding the physiology of and genetic controls on plant responses to P-deficiency and drought. Tim has specific expertise in understanding how the external environment mitigates plant physiological and genetic responses to a lack of phosphorus in the rhizosphere.
Sally is based at the Royal Botanic Garden and is currently doing research towards her PhD, jointly working with Royal Botanic Garden and the University of Glasgow. Her research uses meta-population modelling to reconstruct patterns in the distribution and abundance of oceanic epiphyte species and to infer exological processes for better habitat management.
Katharine is a senior statistician at BioSS, based at the James Hutton Institute. Katharine has a background in ecological modelling with a focus on spatial systems and physiologically based models.