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Marc’s research interest lies in the development of in-vitro cultures to study parasite-host interactions in veterinary species in tandem with reverse vaccinology approaches to identify novel vaccine antigens. Current projects include organoid cultures to identify invasion mechanisms of the gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes in ruminants and developing and oral vaccine against salmon lice to provide sustainable Solutions in the Scottish Aquaculture Industry. Another interest is the implementation of Virtual Reality as a tool to visualise scientific outcomes in public engagement efforts.
David is a Moredun Fellow at the Moredun Research Institute. David has a diverse research portfolio, including a) the development of advanced cell culture systems (e.g. organoids) for modelling infectious diseases; b) pathogen invasion and persistence; c) discovering novel therapeutic targets for disease intervention. Parasites are the central theme of the different research projects ongoing in David’s group, including single-celled protozoan parasites (e.g. Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium parvum), gastrointestinal nematodes and the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica. Specialisms: Livestock
There is significant food insecurity in Scotland and to tackle it, the Scottish Government has published Cash-First. This sets out what they will do to improve the response to financial hardship and reduce the need for emergency food parcels. To inform development of Cash-First policies, this case study summarises findings from research with frontline food support workers. We found that Cash-First is moving in a direction advocated by frontline food support workers, but that greater consensus is required concerning what cash-first and its wrap-around services will include and how they will be
David's work is concerned with sustainable and healthy diets, and how behaviour change may be accomplished in all parts of the food system. He is currently studying the pathways to healthy and sustainable diets in Scotland. Using a wide toolkit of qualitative methods, David is unpicking the barriers, whether real or perceived, to diet change. Previously, he has worked in the University of Aberdeen Environmental Modelling Group, looking at agricultural practices in China and Ethiopia.
Renata is a research fellow at the Rowett Institute with an interest in using analytical chemistry tools like LC-MS combined with omics sciences, such as metabolomics, lipidomics, and proteomics, to study metabolism and nutrition in metabolic diseases, as well as food safety. Her background is in exercise science, using metabolomic and lipidomic approaches to understand how exercise changes the metabolism of people with chronic conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes. Currently, she is working on a project to develop metabolomics and proteomics tools to identify the provenance of
On the 14 th of February the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that the overall annual inflation for January 2024 was still at 4 per cent, as in December 2023. However, it was also announced that the food inflation figure for January represented the first monthly fall in food prices since 2021 ( BBC, 2024). This is very good news as food has been one of the leading sectors contributing to the higher-to-the-target overall price inflation. Although, it is better to take a look at annual levels of inflation instead of monthly figures, due to the presence of seasonality. Figure 1
Scotland’s pork sector is under financial pressure. This report presents a model that could help policymakers to assess the different possibilities to improve the producers’ situation. The model can be used to approximate the impact of changes in variables such as input prices or output prices on the level of Scottish pork production.
Scotland’s pork sector is under financial pressure. One way to address this could be to increase the value added to Scottish pork. This case study, which focusses on a Scottish pork producer, provides insights into an enterprise serving the high value pork products market and the challenges it faces. This is one of three reports on different aspects of the high value pork market. The others are a case study examining attributes for which consumers appear willing to pay and a model to help calibrate trade-offs producers may need to make. Highlighting where efficiencies can be made in producing
Executive summary detailing the properties of Scottish Hemp Oil for project RI-B1-01
Agriculture is a devolved competence and post-Brexit the Scottish Government (SG) chose to make its own arrangements for replacing support payments to farmers which were previously governed through the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 28 September 2023. The Bill commits SG to consult on the nature of the support, the purposes of which are the adoption and use of sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices, the production of high-quality food, the facilitation of on-farm nature