2014

Veterinary and agricultural research at the University of Edinburgh and Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) has been ranked as most powerful in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

How birds evolved to have characteristics including feathers, flight and song is revealed with new clarity in a major study of their family tree.

BBSRC has funded a new multidisciplinary network of veterinary vaccinology experts to help in the fight against animal diseases, some of which have the potential to spread to humans. The UK Veterinary Vaccinology Network will draw together major UK research players to enhance the uptake of new technologies in order to design, develop and deliver safe and effective next-generation vaccines against new and (re)-emerging diseases.

Last weekend, thousands of visitors flocked to the Great British Bioscience Festival to discover how bioscience fuels us, feeds us and keeps us healthy.

Some MRSA bugs in UK hospitals can be traced back to a type of bacteria found in farm animals, a study suggests.

Keygene N.V. an Ag Biotech company announced today that it has entered into a licence agreement with the University of Edinburgh in the field of Sequence-Based Genotyping (SBG).

Scientists at The Roslin Institute have joined other dementia experts at the Dementias Platform UK launched today.

Declan King, a PhD student from The Roslin Institute, has had his image shortlisted in the BBSRC's Images with Impact competition.

The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh and its staff are among those on the shortlist for this year's WISE Awards in association with headline sponsors Bloomberg.

Business Secretary Vince Cable was at The Roslin Institute to announce a boost for postgraduate training in Scotland's biosciences during a visit to the University of Edinburgh on Friday (3 October).

The Roslin Institute is among twenty seven of the most progressive employers and their representatives that have been shortlisted for this year's Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards.

The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to announce that it has received silver Athena SWAN Award.

The Roslin Institute and Cobb-Vantress Inc. have been awarded a joint grant of almost £650,000 (US$ 1.07 million) from the UK's innovation agency, Innovate UK, for genome biobanking to optimise valuable broiler genetic stocks.

Bill Gates has visited the Easter Bush Campus to hear about research to improve the health and welfare of people and farm animals worldwide.

Challenges faced by livestock farmers in tropical developing countries are the focus of a new alliance involving researchers from Scotland and Africa.

Research to improve the health and welfare of animals, the livestock industry and food security were discussed when Lord de Mauley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for natural environment and science, visited the University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush Campus.

The Roslin Institute is delighted to celebrate the recent Honorary Degrees conferred on Dr John Brown and Dr Theo Kanellos.

PIC, a division of Genus plc, in collaboration with Edinburgh Genomics and The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh, UK, announced today that they have been the first to complete exome sequencing in pigs.

With over 25,000 life science journals and 1 million articles published last year keeping up to date with all the latest research in your field can be a challenge. A new start up at Roslin aims to change this.

Scientists at The Roslin Institute have joined other dementia expertsto form the world's largest research group in the field to tackle the condition.

Scientists have cracked the genetic code of sheep to reveal how they became a distinct species from goats around four million years ago.

The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Professor Pete Kaiser of The Roslin Institute has presented the 2014 Gordon Memorial Lecture.

The 2014 Research Student Day at The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies took place on 30 April.

Scientists at St Andrews University and The Roslin Institite have shown that learning about materials' structural properties is important for birds' nest-building behaviour.

Scots scientists have developed a novel treatment that could protect against any strain of the flu.

Medical research charity Arthritis Research UK is funding new a study at The Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh that offers new hope for people with osteoarthritis by preventing the painful excessive bone thickening often seen in the joints of people with the condition.

Professor Helen Sang of The Roslin Institute has been announced as one of five new members appointed to the Council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) by the Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts.

Climbers and skiers who suffer from a potentially deadly condition called altitude sickness could be treated more effectively thanks to new insights into the illness.

Laboratories at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute have been shortlisted in an international prize for innovation in laboratory accommodation.

Scientists have built the clearest picture yet of how our genetic material is regulated in order to make the human body work.

An enzyme essential for bone strength may also play an important role in regulating blood glucose levels, according to research presented yesterday at the Society for Endocrinology's annual BES conference.

Horses suffering from neurological conditions similar to those that affect humans could be helped by a breakthrough from stem cell scientists.

A chemical found in plants could reduce the symptoms of a rare muscle disease that leaves children with little or no control of their movements.

The Roslin Institute and The Pirbright Institute will be joining forces to help BBSRC celebrate its 20th Anniversary this year.

A three-year research agreement between Cobb-Vantress, Inc., a global industry leader in poultry genetics, and The Roslin Institute, at the University of Edinburgh, will facilitate collaboration on avian disease resistance, genome analysis and genome preservation.

Dr Ross Houston and Professor Steve Bishop, scientists at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, have been nominated as finalists in a UK Innovation competition.

Atlantic salmon production could be boosted by a new technology that will help select the best fish for breeding.

Scientists have identified genetic traits in cattle that might allow farmers to breed livestock with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis (TB).

Animal health and welfare experts from The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS) at the University of Edinburgh are taking part in an international conference in Bangalore.

Roslin researcher wins proof-of-concept award through the NC3Rs' CRACK IT Challenges competition