Dr Julie Nixon, senior solicitor with Morton Fraser, gives a brief overview of some of the presentations at the UKSPA Conference recently hosted in Midlothian.
The newly created Midlothian Science Zone, on the southern edge of Edinburgh, is ready to welcome delegates from over 100 innovation locations for UKSPA’s October Conference.
The symposium held on September 2nd at The Roslin Institute was an excellent example of how one scientific breakthrough can influence existing and emerging research fields.
Machine learning can predict strains of bacteria likely to cause food poisoning outbreaks, research has found.
While human health is a considerable focus for many of the people working in life sciences, the industry in Scotland also includes a wide breadth and depth of subjects, including animal health, aquaculture and plant health.
Roslin was introduced as an international place for innovation and investment to Nobel Prize Laureates, internationally acclaimed researchers and scientists and over 1,000 delegates at this annual high profile summit in China.
Scientists at The Roslin Institute are among the 260 international researchers from 20 countries working on this project to identify the control mechanisms and functions of the genes that are expressed in each of our cell types.
Ten new interdisciplinary projects have received a share of £3 million to improve the sustainability of UK farming.
The Roslin Institute and Hendrix Genetics, a global leader in animal breeding, have established a research agreement to improve the sustainability of animal production.
A team of researchers from Scotland’s Rural College is contributing to iSAGE a new multi-million pound, EU funded research project aiming to future proof our sheep and goat farming industry.
Roslin Innovation Centre
The University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian EH25 9RG
