Ecological Sciences Department, James Hutton Institute

Joined June 2015
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Only one week to go until our Hutton Hub Open Day! 📍Location: The Hutton Hub, Craigiebuckler campus, Aberdeen 📅Date: Wednesday 10th December 🕒Time: 4-7pm 🔗 Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/community…
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We are opening our doors this Christmas, with local communities invited to attend our Open Day at The Hutton Hub in Aberdeen! 📍Location: The Hutton Hub, Craigiebuckler campus, Aberdeen 📅Date: Wednesday 10th December 🕒Time: 4-7pm Come and explore our amazing new facility!
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'Complex' was one of our '3 words for forest' following yesterday's film screening and discussion in our new Hutton Hub facilities, and in collaboration with @deeheddon
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We are hosting a FREE screening in our Immersive Suite this month at the Hutton Hub, Aberdeen. 'Three Words for Forest' is a play recording about interviews with forestry specialists, screening Thursday 27th November, 10-2pm. Reserve a spot here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/three-wor…
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During a recent debate on Scottish rivers in @ScotParl @Audrey4ASNK highlighted our work on the decline of pearl mussels, and @JamesHuttonInst commitment to making the population more resilient to extreme climate events. scottishparliament.tv/meetin…
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Join us for a screening and discussion of the verbatim play Three Words for #Forest on 27 November More: shorturl.at/Qh5yT

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📢 Don’t miss Prof Lorna Dawson (@Soilfit) on #ScotlandTonight this Thursday. 🔬 A fascinating look at the role of #soil in justice, science and Scotland’s future. 🕗 8:30 pm | 📺 @STV If you miss it, you can catch up with the episode here: ow.ly/nPgx50WpURK
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Fruit for the Future 2025 starts tomorrow at the @JamesHuttonInst Join us for an afternoon filled with: 🚶Insightful tours 🫐Field demos 🌿 Meet our breeders 🍓Fresh fruit tasters 🕒3–6PM| The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie #FruitForTheFuture2025
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📢 Our economic impact report shows that in 23/24 for every £1 of @scotgov funding, we delivered more than £15 in value for the #UKEconomy, with £9 retained in Scotland Local impact ✅ £40M in #Dundee 📍 £22M in #Aberdeen 💼 2,575 UK jobs supported More: ow.ly/OV0i50WqGvG
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Tracy Valentine @HuttonES @JamesHuttonInst describes the Grieves House Tillage Trial which looks at the effect of reduced tillage cover and cover cropping #barleyad25
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Rob Brooker as Executive Director of #Science, effective from 1st March. A plant #ecologist with more than 25 years of research experience, he is currently Head of @HuttonES. More: bit.ly/4axGgga
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Exciting new PhD opportunity on #ants #genes #dispersal🐜 EastBio - Genetic control of dispersal in ants: the role of supergenes at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com

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PhD opportunity: Peatlands, plants, and pollinators - An informatics approach to protecting natural capital at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com

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Great to have Rob Brooker, head @HuttonES quoted in this @guardian piece: 🗣️Without action, our planet will be further depleted in the decades to come. We will have more hungry people living in a world with a less stable #climate, and more extreme weather events” #COP16Colombia
Humanity is on the verge of ‘shattering Earth’s natural limits’, say experts in biodiversity warning theguardian.com/environment/…
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Social scientists at Forest Research need leaders of community tree nurseries to take part in a survey to discover how the sector is developing. 🌱👩‍🌾 Take part: ow.ly/ueXu50TzRfZ This research is part of the #TreesOutsideWoodlands programme. @TheTreeCouncil @ForestryComm
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Scientists have witnessed "#evolution in action" with a group of common #mushrooms known as bonnets (#Mycena). The study, supported by @HuttonES, found some #Arctic bonnets had the largest fungal #genomes ever discovered! 🌱🍄 More: bit.ly/4cEWQuf
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Our @HuttonES researcher collected samples for #eDNA analysis on Ben Buie, Mull last week. Revisiting vegetation plots set up in the 1970s to investigate how #climatechange and nitrogen pollution are impacting #alpine vegetation and #soil biodiversity. #Fridayinthefield
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