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  • Taught Degree Awarding Powers - A message from Wayne Powell and Mary Thomson

    Taught Degree Awarding Powers - A message from Wayne Powell and Mary Thomson

    Becoming the first Scottish education provider in almost two decades to be granted degree-awarding powers is a truly historic moment for SRUC.

  • Innovation Fellows: A conversation with Dr Daniel Tolhurst and Dr Susan Bodie

    Innovation Fellows: A conversation with Dr Daniel Tolhurst and Dr Susan Bodie

    Follow the ambitious journeys of our Innovation Fellows who are harnessing their research to improve the world around us.

  • SRUC - The Queen's Anniversary Prize 2017

    SRUC - The Queen's Anniversary Prize 2017

    Scotland’s Rural College awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2017 for Higher and Further Education for study into breeding the ideal dairy cow.

  • Chromatin Laboratory

    Chromatin Laboratory

    The Chromatin Laboratory is part of the Developmental Biology Division at The Roslin Institute. Dr Vernimmen, scientist and Chancellor's Fellow, introduces his laboratory and gives insight into his team's work.

  • Edinburgh Genomics

    Edinburgh Genomics

    Edinburgh Genomics is amongst the largest academic sequencing facilities in Europe offering whole genome sequencing of human & animal genomes and bespoke applications.

  • Pentlands Science Park

    Pentlands Science Park

    The only example worldwide of a thriving bioscience park centred around an animal health and welfare research facility.

  • The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

    The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

    An insight into The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, a world leader in veterinary education, research, and clinical practice.

  • Animal Health

    Animal Health

    Over six hundred animal scientists with a level of expertise unrivalled anywhere else in the world are located within the Midlothian Science Zone.

  • Roslin Innovation Centre

    Roslin Innovation Centre

    CEO John Mackenzie explains why Midlothian is a great place for business with the University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush Campus easy access from Borders Railway.

  • Edinburgh City Deal

    Edinburgh City Deal

    The University of Edinburgh is a key partner in a major initiative to make Edinburgh and its surrounding region the European leader for applying data science to products and services.

  • Life Sciences Legends

    Life Sciences Legends

    Julia Brown, Head of Life Sciences at Scottish Enterprise, talks about Scotland’s strong connections between different subsections of Life Sciences, our ideas and our innovations.

  • A Combined Approach

    A Combined Approach

    Moving SRUC Veterinary Services staff into Moredun Research Institute building provides access to shared laboratory facilities and expertise of Moredun scientists.

  • SRUC Research Funding

    SRUC Research Funding

    Scotland's Rural College working with industry partners implements research results in reasonably short times to help industry and the wider community.

  • DDI: Doing Data Right

    DDI: Doing Data Right

    Five innovation hubs collaborating through world-class research and data analytics expertise to address some of the biggest challenges of our time.

  • Moredun Centenary

    Moredun Centenary

    History of the Foundation set up by Scottish Farmers to find treatments, cures and vaccines for diseases affecting farm livestock.

  • Moredun 100

    Moredun 100

    The Moredun Group celebrate the centenary of the Moredun Foundation and everything it has achieved over the past 100 years.

  • What is Scottish EDGE

    What is Scottish EDGE

    Scottish EDGE Round 20 opens for application on 20 July, aimed at identifying and supporting Scotland’s up-and-coming innovative, high-growth entrepreneurial talent.

  • Wildlife Management

    Wildlife Management

    SRUC pledge to help deliver effective wildlife management across Scotland, integral to conservation, farming, forestry and tourism.

  • Introducing Moredun Scientific

    Introducing Moredun Scientific

    Learn about Moredun Scientific's contract research services supporting the Animal Health, Aquaculture and Biopharmaceutical industries.

  • Data Innovation in Scotland

    Data Innovation in Scotland

    Scotland is a leader in data innovation. What does this mean to the expanding community and how can Scotland become data capital of the world.

  • Moredun on A3 Scotland 2022

    Moredun on A3 Scotland 2022

    Professors Julie Fitzpatrick and Lee Innes discuss some of the challenges that Moredun scientists are addressing ahead of A3 Scotland 2022 conference.

  • A3 Scotland 2022

    A3 Scotland 2022

    Inaugural not-for-profit conference hosted in Edinburgh for Animal Health, Agritech and Aquaculture sectors to encourage innovation, investment and collaboration.

  • One Health - Approaches

    One Health - Approaches

    Emergent infections under climate change and threats to biodiversity with Professor Rowland Kao, Chair of Veterinary Epidemiology and Data Science, University of Edinburgh.

  • Research rankings confirm Edinburgh as world leader

    Research rankings confirm Edinburgh as world leader

    The University of Edinburgh is ranked 4th in UK based on quality and breadth of its research and is Scotland’s top-ranked institution.

  • Confronting Covid

    Confronting Covid

    This short documentary explores how the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies met the challenges of the pandemic in its teaching, research and clinical practice.

  • A Day In The Life - Bug Breeder

    A Day In The Life - Bug Breeder

    A Beta Bugs bug breeder talks about insect breeding, such as black soldier fly, as an alternative protein source for animal feed. Part of EIT Food ‘Day in the Life’ video series.

  • Moredun Scientific - Animal Health Contract Research

    Moredun Scientific - Animal Health Contract Research

    Contract research services supporting the development of livestock health products.

  • OGI Bio's spinout story

    OGI Bio's spinout story

    OGI Bio is a University of Edinburgh biotech start-up, based on Pentlands Science Park, taking a microbial culturing device from the lab to the market.

  • Moredun Scientific - Aquaculture Contract Research

    Moredun Scientific - Aquaculture Contract Research

    An overview of Moredun Scientific's contract research services supporting the development of fish health products for the aquaculture sector.

  • Moredun Scientific - Animal Health Facilities

    Moredun Scientific - Animal Health Facilities

    An overview of Moredun Scientific’s wide range of facilities for animal health studies to the satisfaction of clients and regulatory authorities.

  • Meet the founder - Thomas Farrugia, CEO, Beta Bugs

    Meet the founder - Thomas Farrugia, CEO, Beta Bugs

    Behind the scenes of insect genetics firm, Beta Bugs, with founder & CEO Thomas Farrugia talking about the journey so far, recent funding round and why he chose to locate company in Midlothian, Scotland.

  • Northern Agri-Tech Innovation Hub

    Northern Agri-Tech Innovation Hub

    Part of Agri-EPI, the Northern hub offers office, lab and workshop spaces for startups and SMEs, providing necessary resources and industry connections.

  • Midlothian Science Zone by drone

    Midlothian Science Zone by drone

    View from the air of the cluster of science parks, research institutes and business set against the stunning backdrop of the Pentland hills and surrounding landscape of Midlothian.

  • Easter Bush Campus Film

    Easter Bush Campus Film

    Award-winning short documentary film of Easter Bush Campus and The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, a project undertaken by an RDSVS international student.

  • Growing Sausages

    Growing Sausages

    Roslin Technologies has found a way to grow sausages from animal cells in the lab at Roslin Innovation Centre and this technology is reported on BBC Click.