Central Faculty

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• 139 Active
• 410 Finished

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  Sensitivity of ideal protein nutrition to gut health

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Supplementation 100%
  • Amino Acid 100%
  • Growth Performance 40%
  • Weight Gain 40%
  • Feed Intake 20%

• Investigations of the origins of altered pain perception in a commercial pig strain

  Sandercock, D. (PI)

  1/08/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• Linking food system shocks with conflict and migration: using historical evidence to predict resilience and vulnerabilities

  Toma, L. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/07/17 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

• Underutilised Protein-Rich Resouces

  Watson, C. (PI) & Walker, R. (CoI)

  22/06/17 → 22/01/18

  Project: Other

• Soils research to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals and Abatement Technologies (SOILS-R-GGREAT)

  MacLeod, M. (PI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI) & Moran, D. (CoI)

  Natural Environment Research Council

  20/06/17 → 20/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Carbon Sequestration 100%
  • Soil Organic Carbon 96%
  • Greenhouse Gas 39%
  • Soil Carbon 28%
  • Meta-Analysis 25%

• Steering animal production systems towards a sustainable future: AnimalFuture

  McCracken, D. (PI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI) & Barnes, A. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/06/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • Scopus 100%
  • Stocking Density 100%
  • Rural Population 100%
  • Bovine 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%

• Formulating value chains for orphan crops

  Revoredo Giha, C. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), Akaichi, F. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Costa Font, M. (CoI), Hoad, S. (CoI) & Dawson, I. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/05/17 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

  • Africans 100%
  • Human Nutrition 50%
  • Panicum miliaceum 50%
  • Uganda 50%
  • Developing Countries 50%

• Decarbonising global agrifood

  MacLeod, M. (PI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  20/04/17 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Impact of changes in the CAP regime on rural (non-agricultural) businesses

  Thomson, S. (PI), Atterton, J. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI) & McMillan, J. (CoI)

  SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE

  18/04/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • Data Visualization 100%
  • Agribusiness 75%
  • Brexit 50%
  • Gender 25%
  • Wealth 25%

• The use of intestinal microbiota as a biomarker for swine wellness and performance

  Roehe, R. (PI), Auffret, M. (CoI) & Rutherford, K. (CoI)

  3/04/17 → 2/09/18

  Project: Research

• Brexit: How might UK agriculture survive or thrive?

  Shrestha, S. (PI)

  1/04/17 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

  • Agricultural Policy 100%
  • Rural Income 33%

• Improved estimation and mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions and soil carbon storage from crop residues (ResidueGas)

  Rees, B. (PI) & Topp, K. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/04/17 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

  • Emissions 100%
  • Nitrous Oxide 100%
  • Crop Residue 100%
  • Soil Carbon 62%
  • Climate Change 56%

• Phenomics and genomics of behavioural and growth traits in group-housed pigs

  Turner, S. (PI), Roehe, R. (CoI) & D'Eath, R. (CoI)

  Michigan State University

  1/04/17 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Redesigning european cropping systems based on species MIXtures (ReMix)

  Topp, K. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI) & Watson, C. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

  • Common Understanding 100%
  • Workshop Participant 100%
  • Value Chain 100%
  • Group Members 100%
  • Qualitative Approach 100%

• Transition paths to sustainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE)

  Rees, B. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), March, M. (CoI), Akaichi, F. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI) & Barnes, A. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Life Cycle Engineering 71%
  • Farm Animal 69%
  • Food Security 69%
  • Greenhouse Gas Emission 61%

• Development and testing of Operational Models of Bovine Tuberculosis in British Cattle and Badgers

  Hutchings, M. (PI)

  1/04/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• Integrated disease management and reduced IPM

  Bingham, I. (PI)

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/04/17 → 1/09/20

  Project: Research

• Genomic management tools to optimise resilience and efficiency GenTORE

  Wall, E. (PI), Eory, V. (CoI) & Bunning, H. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • Beef Carcasses 100%
  • Growth Traits 100%
  • Carcass Characteristics 100%
  • Europeans 100%
  • Carcass Weight 100%

• Policy Relevant Projects Funding for EAEDC

  Atterton, J. (PI)

  SFC GRANT

  1/04/17 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Evaluation of the Griffin and Calliachar Enterprise Fund

  Atterton, J. (PI), Markantoni, M. (CoI) & Meador, E. (CoI)

  20/02/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research

• Carcass trait phenotype feedback for genomic selection in sheep

  Mucha, S. (CoI), Lambe, N. (PI) & Conington, J. (CoPI)

  1/02/17 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Lamb 100%
  • Texel 61%
  • Computed Tomography 59%
  • Sheep Meat 47%
  • Sires 46%

• BarkCure : Condensed tannins from Norwegian pine and spruce bark - antiparasitic effects and potential commercial exploitation

  Athanasiadou, S. (PI)

  Norsk Senter for Okologisk Landbruk

  6/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Antiparasitic Activity 100%
  • Condensed Tannin 100%
  • Picea Abies 80%
  • Weight Gain 80%
  • Oocyst 80%

• Managing resistance evolving concurrently against two or more modes of action, to extend the effective life of new fungicides

  Havis, N. (CoI), Laing, A. (CoI) & Burnett, F. (PI)

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  4/01/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Soils Programme Research Partnership: Management for Soil Biology and Health

  Jones, S. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Watson, C. (PI) & Parker, J. (CoI)

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Advanced technologies for efficient crop management: a participatory approach with application at farm scale

  Hoad, S. (PI), Borthwick, F. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI), Crawford, C. (CoI), Florence, A. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), Miller, S. (CoI), Fortune, J. (CoI), Vigors, B. (CoI), Domalazek, N. (CoI), Rzepka, A. (CoI) & Redpath, R. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/12/16 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • Leaf Area Index 100%
  • Common Wheat 66%
  • Crop Management 50%
  • Cropland 50%
  • Plant Breeding 50%

• extension to Solutions for sustainable lamb production for more taste & less waste to increase food security in the UK and beyond

  Lambe, N. (PI)

  1/11/16 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Understanding ecosystem stocks and tipping points in UK peatlands

  Glenk, K. (PI)

  1/11/16 → 30/04/19

  Project: Research

  • Willingness to Pay 100%
  • Peatland 75%
  • Willingness-to-Pay 65%
  • Welfare 54%
  • Choice Experiment 48%

• Understanding components of specific weight in barley grains - opportunities for improving grain quality and processing efficiency

  Hoad, S. (PI)

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

  • Grains 100%
  • Anthesis 100%
  • Plant Architecture 100%
  • Water Stress 30%
  • Malt 15%

• The use of networks of rumen microbial genes associated with performance traits for precision breeding and nutrition in beef cattle

  Roehe, R. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 1/02/22

  Project: Research

  • Feed Conversion 100%
  • Feed Intake 100%
  • Rumen 100%
  • Microbial Gene 100%
  • Thermal Diffusion 100%

• The effectrs of stress on the ruminal microbial environment in beef cattle and its relationship to feed efficiency and methane emissions

  Turner, S. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

• An investigation of the kinesiology of lying behaviour in dairy cattle and the implications for cow housing

  Haskell, M. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Determining the fungicide resistance management strategy of minor UK crops using Botrytis as a model

  Havis, N. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• Potential benefits of commercially available fungal endophytes on the control of the major wheat diseases

  Havis, N. (PI)

  1/10/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• Farmer behaviour and TB control: developing an interdisciplinary theory on the spread of infectious diseases

  Davidson, R. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 31/01/21

  Project: Research

• Preventing respiratory disease in calves: optimising ventilation and thermal comfort and reducing microbial transmission

  Haskell, M. (PI)

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/10/16 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • Hyperthermia 100%
  • Dairy Breeds 100%
  • Body Temperature 100%
  • Liveweight Gain 100%
  • Wind Speed 53%

• Breeding for disease resistance in sheep

  Conington, J. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research

• Understanding farmer wealth, well-being and welfare : a comparative study of Scottish and Irish beef farmers

  Barnes, A. (PI)

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Mathematical and statistical tools to quantify disease in aquaculture

  Davidson, R. (PI)

  REF Funding

  1/10/16 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• iSAGE Innovation for sustainable sheep and goat production in Europe

  Banos, G. (PI) & Dellar, M. (PhD Student)

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Sermons, carrots or sticks? Evaluating climate change management in agriculture

  Eory, V. (PI)

  1/10/16 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Demand-driven solutions to reduce aggression in pigs

  Turner, S. (PI)

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

  • Animal Welfare 100%
  • Pig 100%
  • Pheromone 33%
  • Farm Animal 16%

• Mitigating producers' income fluctuations through collaborative supply chains in the dairy sector

  Revoredo Giha, C. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

• Ewe and lamb behaviour and lamb mortality during the periparturient period - effects of nutrition and genotype

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  1/10/16 → 31/08/23

  Project: PhD project

• Development of international sheep genetic and genomic evaluations between Ireland and the UK

  Banos, G. (PI)

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  12/09/16 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• Resistance elicitors to induce the inherent genetic resistance to eyespot and foliar diseases in varieties of wheat crops

  Havis, N. (PI)

  1/09/16 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Enhanced monitoring systems for improved health management of dairy-bred beef youngstock

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI), Mason, C. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Parker, J. (CoI) & McCubbin, I. (CoI)

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/09/16 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Calves 100%
  • Bovine Respiratory Disease 100%
  • Dairy Breeds 20%
  • Precision Agriculture 20%
  • Starter Diets 20%

• Understanding the functional and genomic architecture of the rumen microbiome affecting performance traits in bovines

  Roehe, R. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI) & Dewhurst, R. (CoI)

  1/09/16 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Rumen 90%
  • Metagenome 70%
  • Beef Cattle 68%
  • Microflora 53%

• Rural Industries, funding for innovation, enterprise and impact: Alternative feeding strategies for Scottish pig, poultry and egg producers

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  1/08/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• The implications of Brexit for rural Scotland Budget

  Atterton, J. (PI)

  1/08/16 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Inoculated disease trials: cereals and winter oilseed rape

  Havis, N. (PI), Gorniak, K. (CoI), Yoxall, T. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Laing, A. (CoI) & Fortune, J. (CoI)

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/07/16 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research