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More than 20 islanders from Orkney, Shetland, and Lewis & Harris shared their experiences, and highlighted the similarities and differences between their communities.
Students from Webster’s High School, Kirriemuir who are taking part in the Daffodil DNA project, visited the Hutton’s Invergowrie campus to learn more about the opportunities open to them in science.
Land managers across the UK are being asked to share their experience of bracken treatment methods, following the removal of Asulox as the main available herbicide.
Scientists at the James Hutton Institute are one step closer to identifying a spray that can ‘silence’ genes on a type of blight that impacts many of our cereal crops.
The James Hutton Institute is delighted to announce that Dr Alison Karley has been appointed as Head of the Ecological Sciences department, effective from April 1st.
We are delighted to announce that sustainable dye developer SeaDyes has joined the Hutton as a spin-in company, securing £75,000 of funding from Scottish Enterprise’s High Growth Spinout Programme.
Professor Colin Campbell, Chief Executive at The James Hutton Institute, spoke about the importance of soil health at NFU Scotland’s National Conference on Thursday 6th February 2025.
A new study published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics has again highlighted The James Hutton Institute as a global leader in crop plant genetics.
Potatoes in Practice (PiP), Scotland’s largest field-based potato event, will take place on Thursday 7th August 2025 at The James Hutton Institute’s Balruddery Farm in Invergowrie, near Dundee.
Our scientists have warned that initiatives that promote self-establishing trees might not always lead to carbon capture at the decadal timescales relevant to achieving net zero and mitigating climate change.
