Newsletters 2005-08
Issue 64, Winter 2008
ECRR is 20 years old; Professor Stuart Monro takes over as Scientific Director; Roslin plans new building; work starts on new Vet School building; yew conservation
Issue 63, Autumn 2008
21 years of scientific collaboration at BioSS; forest planning helps conserve peatland birds; declines in hill livestock numbers; new director at Forest Research
Issue 62, Spring 2008
Two major new bioscience ventures, the Roslin Institute and Easter Buch Research Consortium; sustainability in Highland estates; climate change in Scottish forests; bluebells
Issue 61, Winter 2007
Scotland’s energy – did you know? Multibeam survey reveals amazing sea bed under Forth bridges; malaria breakthrough reveals link with potato blight
Issue 60, Spring 2007
Sustainable aquaculture (salmon farming); restructuring at CEH; wind farms and upland birds; healthier crops
Issue 58, Autumn 2006
Professor Anne Glover appointed to the new post of Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland; new potato variety, Mayan Gold, and new raspberry variety, Glen Doll, from SCRI; forests in the Congo; new home for SASA at Gogarbank
Issue 57, Spring 2006
How human health relates to animal medicine; the nitrogen cycle; avian flu; potato disease; corn buntings
Issue 56, Winter 2005
Edinburgh Genetic Evaluation Services is set up; Professor Geoff Palmer retires from International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt; soil resilience; geese
Issue 55, Autumn 2005
Assessing earthquake risk; proteomics; Professor David Elston is appointed new director of BioSS
Issue 54, Spring 2005
Reorganisation at the Museum of Scotland, NMS; impacts of climate change on upland birds; palm house reopens at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh