ES James Hutton

Ecological Sciences Department, James Hutton Institute

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Only one week to go until our Hutton Hub Open Day!

📍Location: The Hutton Hub, Craigiebuckler campus, Aberdeen

📅Date: Wednesday 10th December

🕒Time: 4-7pm

🔗 Register: https://t.co/uXEdvQIIcO

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We are opening our doors this Christmas, with local communities invited to attend our Open Day at The Hutton Hub in Aberdeen!

📍Location: The Hutton Hub, Craigiebuckler campus, Aberdeen
📅Date: Wednesday 10th December
🕒Time: 4-7pm

Come and explore our amazing new facility!

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'Complex' was one of our '3 words for forest' following yesterday's film screening and discussion in our new Hutton Hub facilities, and in collaboration with @deeheddon

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We are hosting a FREE screening in our Immersive Suite this month at the Hutton Hub, Aberdeen.

'Three Words for Forest' is a play recording about interviews with forestry specialists, screening Thursday 27th November, 10-2pm.

Reserve a spot here! https://t.co/nrBXQ5Xqme

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During a recent debate on Scottish rivers in @ScotParl @Audrey4ASNK highlighted our work on the decline of pearl mussels, and @JamesHuttonInst commitment to making the population more resilient to extreme climate events.

https://t.co/4jITT8Nn7M

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Join us for a screening and discussion of the verbatim play Three Words for #Forest on 27 November

More: https://t.co/XvlpzBCr8f

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📢 Don’t miss Prof Lorna Dawson (@Soilfit) on #ScotlandTonight this Thursday.

🔬 A fascinating look at the role of #soil in justice, science and Scotland’s future.

🕗 8:30 pm | 📺 @STV

If you miss it, you can catch up with the episode here: https://t.co/IBxkvifmJl

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Fruit for the Future 2025 starts tomorrow at the @JamesHuttonInst
Join us for an afternoon filled with:
🚶Insightful tours
🫐Field demos
🌿 Meet our breeders
🍓Fresh fruit tasters

🕒3–6PM| The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie

#FruitForTheFuture2025

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📢 Our economic impact report shows that in 23/24 for every £1 of @scotgov funding, we delivered more than £15 in value for the #UKEconomy, with £9 retained in Scotland

Local impact
✅ £40M in #Dundee
📍 £22M in #Aberdeen
💼 2,575 UK jobs supported

More: https://t.co/mtGpgRtPW1

[PlantEcoHutton @PlantEcoHutton]

❗️Don't forget to submit your abstracts for Rhizosphere 6 before 23:59 BST on the 28th of February. Just over one week to go ❗️🌿

#Rhizosphere
@JamesHuttonInst
@HuttonES

https://t.co/I2JmKt8V12

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Tracy Valentine @HuttonES @JamesHuttonInst describes the Grieves House Tillage Trial which looks at the effect of reduced tillage cover and cover cropping #barleyad25

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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Rob Brooker as Executive Director of #Science, effective from 1st March.

A plant #ecologist with more than 25 years of research experience, he is currently Head of @HuttonES.

More: https://t.co/SpHdnx7GOC

[Jenni Stockan @JenniStockan]

Exciting new PhD opportunity on #ants #genes #dispersal🐜
EastBio - Genetic control of dispersal in ants: the role of supergenes at The James Hutton Institute on https://t.co/2kQtzlj1Fm

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PhD opportunity: Peatlands, plants, and pollinators - An informatics approach to protecting natural capital at The James Hutton Institute on https://t.co/xkMfBHMW25

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Great to have Rob Brooker, head @HuttonES quoted in this @guardian piece:

🗣️Without action, our planet will be further depleted in the decades to come. We will have more hungry people living in a world with a less stable #climate, and more extreme weather events”

#COP16Colombia

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Social scientists at Forest Research need leaders of community tree nurseries to take part in a survey to discover how the sector is developing. 🌱👩‍🌾

Take part: https://t.co/Twx3j81xSs

This research is part of the #TreesOutsideWoodlands programme. @TheTreeCouncil @ForestryComm

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Scientists have witnessed "#evolution in action" with a group of common #mushrooms known as bonnets (#Mycena).

The study, supported by @HuttonES, found some #Arctic bonnets had the largest fungal #genomes ever discovered! 🌱🍄

More: https://t.co/xtEO5PhoB3

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Our @HuttonES researcher collected samples for #eDNA analysis on Ben Buie, Mull last week.

Revisiting vegetation plots set up in the 1970s to investigate how #climatechange and nitrogen pollution are impacting #alpine vegetation and #soil biodiversity.

#Fridayinthefield