Projects per year
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Profiles
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Green PROTACs – bringing targeted protein degradation to plants for rapid research progress
Ciulli, A. (Investigator) & Hemsley, P. (Investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/10/25 → 29/01/27
Project: Research
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Green PROTACs – enabling small molecule (re)programming and manipulation of plant biology
Ciulli, A. (Investigator), Drost, H. (Investigator), Hemsley, P. (Investigator) & Zachariae, U. (Investigator)
1/10/25 → 3/03/27
Project: Research
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Exchanges at the Haustorial Interface: Cross-Kingdom Border Control
Birch, P. (Investigator) & Hemsley, P. (Investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/07/25 → 30/06/30
Project: Research
Research output
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Acinetobacter enrichment shapes composition and function of the bacterial microbiota of field-grown tomato plants
Robertson, S., Mosca, A., Ashraf, S., Corral, A., Alegria Terrazas, R., Arnton, C., Thorpe, P., Morris, J. A., Hedley, P. E., Babbi, G., Savojardo, C., Martelli, P. L., Møller, F. D., Nielsen, H. N., Leekitcharoenphon, P., Aarestrup, F. M., Halder, R., Laczny, C. C., Wilmes, P. & Pietrantonio, L. & 4 others, , 15 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: mSphere. 11, 2, p. 1-21 21 p., e00842-25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An improved Solanum verrucosum genome provides insight into potato centromeres and epigenetic regulation
Smith, M., Kaur, A., Singh, V., Jones, J. T. & Hein, I. (Lead / Corresponding author), 3 Jun 2026, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 16, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Novel Chitinase-Like Family of Candidate Effectors Unique to Aphids
Lopez-Cobollo, R. M., Altmann, S., Thorpe, P., Douglas, N., Shih, P.-Y., Eccleston, L., Lord, M., Hong, E., Klug, E., Iqbal, J., Bos, J. (Lead / Corresponding author), Carolan, J. C. (Lead / Corresponding author) & Turnbull, C. (Lead / Corresponding author), 28 Feb 2026, In: Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions. 39, 1, p. 102-113 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)50 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Dataset on soil physical and chemical properties under barley – pea intercropping and monoculture systems in Dundee, Scotland, 2022-2023
Durodola, O. (Creator), Hawes, C. (Supervisor), Smith, J. (Supervisor), Valentine, T. (Supervisor) & Geris, J. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 6 Jan 2026
Dataset
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Nanopore direct RNA sequencing of FPA mutants and overexpressors
Parker, M. (Creator), Knop, K. (Creator), Zacharaki, V. (Creator), Sherwood, A. (Creator), Tome, D. (Creator), Yu, X. (Creator), Martin, P. (Creator), Beynon, J. (Creator), Michaels, S. (Creator), Barton, G. (Creator) & Simpson, G. (Creator), European Nucleotide Archive, 20 Nov 2020
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB41451
Dataset
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Prizes
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Awarded Best Talk Prize, James Hutton Institute Postgraduate Symposium (2024)
Gaur, N. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Biochemical Society Bursary (Practical Python for beginners)
Ndeh, D. (Recipient), 8 Oct 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Graduate Women Scotland East’s 'The Future of Barley: Resilience against climate change'
Mccutcheon, A. (Speaker), Qamar, S. (Speaker) & Southin, E. (Speaker)
28 Apr 2026Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Hands-On DNA: From Barley to Daffodils - Edinburgh International Science Festival
Macaulay, M. (Presenter), Houston, K. (Presenter), Kirschner, G. (Presenter), Balcerowicz, M. (Presenter), Gaur, N. (Presenter), Fu, Y. (Presenter), Prokhorova, L. (Presenter), Eskan, M. (Presenter), Bulgarelli, D. (Presenter) & Wu, W. (Presenter)
4 Apr 2026Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
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Mearns Academy visit to the James Hutton Institute
Macaulay, M. (Organiser), McCallum, N. (Speaker), Keith, R. (Speaker), Bulgarelli, D. (Speaker), Martin, D. (Speaker) & Hormuzdi, S. (Speaker)
31 Aug 2026Activity: Other activity types › Schools engagement
Press/Media
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Tickling plant roots could lead to better crops
Robertson-Albertyn, S.
24/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Student theses
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A functional study of the Phytophthora infestans Avr3a alleles and paralogs
Seman, Z. A. (Author), Birch, P. (Supervisor) & Hein, I. (Supervisor), 2013Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Alternative splicing in the regulation of the barley circadian clock
Calixto, C. P. G. (Author), Brown, J. (Supervisor), 2013Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A metabolomics-based approach to study abiotic stress in Lolium perenne
Foito, A. (Author), Stewart, D. (Supervisor), Barth, S. (Supervisor) & Halpin, C. (Supervisor), 2010Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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