Newsletters (back issues)

Issue 72, Autumn 2011
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Communicating across the Consortium (website and newsletter redesign); lost begonias found in Sumatra; wrasse as cleaner fish to control sea lice in salmon; beached whales and lethal bugs; tribute to a great veterinarian, Dr Hugh Reid

Issue 71, Spring/Summer 2011
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Bringing broadband to remote communities; improved forecasting to cope with floods; biochar, a sustainable response to climate change; vaccination to control foot and mouth; how SAC is learning from Malawi’s farmers; International Year of Forests

Issue 70, Winter 2010
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James Hutton, influential Scottish polymath; survival boost for fungi; bleeding calf syndrome; why food production must double in 50 years; large earthquakes in the UK

Issue 69, Autumn 2010
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Diversifying the rural economy; new animal welfare education centre for the Vet School; climate change at sea; 90 years of Moredun; environmental data sets go on-line at CEH

Issue 68, Spring 2010
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New team at UHI working on rural policy; new vessel for UMBS Milport; speed-dating for scientists at Roslin; 40th anniversary of Forest Research Northern Research Station

Issue 67, Winter 2009
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Professor John Oldham sets out challenge for agricultural research; Heriot-Watt links up with researchers in Mexico; review of UK earth sciences from BGS

Issue 66, Autumn 2009
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SCRI and Macaulay Institute discuss merger; novel animal disease vaccines from Moredun; RBGE helps Iraq and Afghanistan restore their botanical heritage

Issue 65, Spring 2009
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New Scottish Plant House at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; new Beef Research Facility at SAC; Professor Martin Price of the Centre for Mountain Studies is appointed to UNESCO chair

Issue 64, Winter 2008
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sustainable aquaculture (salmon farming); restructuring at CEH; wind farms and upland birds; healthier crops

Issue 59, Winter 2006
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Climate change special issue

Issue 58, Autumn 2006
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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
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How human health relates to animal medicine; the nitrogen cycle; avian flu; potato disease; corn buntings

Issue 56, Winter 2005
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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
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Assessing earthquake risk; proteomics; Professor David Elston is appointed new director of BioSS

Issue 54, Spring 2005
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Reorganisation at the Museum of Scotland, NMS; impacts of climate change on upland birds; palm house reopens at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Issue 53, Winter 2004
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RBGE in China; interview with Professor Julie Fitzpatrick; Flora Celtica book

Issue 52, Autumn 2004
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SEERAD Strategy for Agricultural, Biological and Related Research 2005-2010

Issue 51, Summer 2004
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New design for ECRR newsletter; vet school plans move to single site at Easter Bush; circadian clocks and jet lag

Issue 50, Spring 2004
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Tribute to Peter Wilson; habitats for grouse and other birds; SAC celebrates 100 years of support for land-based industries; praise for BioSS

Issue 49, Winter 2003
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Report on the University of Edinburgh’s continuing investment in the Bush Estate; cod at Stirling University’s Machrihanish Marine Farm; introducing the Edinburgh Science Triangle

Issue 48, Autumn 2003
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Hugh Miller bicentenary; Chris Browitt is new Scientific Director of ECRR; Julie Fitzpatrick is appointed Chief Executive and Scientific Director at Moredun; Professor Elaine Watson takes over as head of the Royal(Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

Issue 47, Summer 2003
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Dinosaurs in Edinburgh; restoring Kenya’s mangroves; tribute to Rob Kempton

Issue 46, Spring 2003
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Grazing and moorland birds; British Geological Survey identifies groundwater nitrate vulnerable zones for Scotland

Issue 45, Winter 2002
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Professor Mary Bownes takes over as chairman of the ECRR Main Board; do increased sightings of warm-water species on the West Coast of Scotland provide evidence of global warming?