Sectors & Services

Sectors

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Crop Science
The James Hutton Institute’s Dundee site is highly regarded as a world-class centre of crop research and breeding.
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Extractive Industries
At the James Hutton Institute's Aberdeen site, a number of available services from the analytical chemistry laboratories, excel at problem solving for extractive industries.
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The Environment
Much of the research at the James Hutton Institute leads back to the environment – James Hutton was a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, an eighteenth century golden age of intellectual and scientific achievements.
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Food & Drink
One of the biggest trends in the food and drink sector today is the increase in healthy foodstuffs and nutraceuticals. James Hutton Limited provides a range of services to continually develop these.
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Services

Raspberry Tunnel at FFF
Plant Varieties, Breeding & Licensing
Breeders and scientists at James Hutton Limited and the James Hutton Institute use advanced breeding techniques supported by world-leading scientific expertise, ensuring the most innovative soft fruit and potato varieties.
Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular Diagnostic tests can detect specific sequences in plant DNA or RNA that may be associated with disease resistance, quality/agronomic traits and varietal issues.
Soil analysis
Soil Analysis
The James Hutton Institute, and its predecessor organisations, is synonymous with soils with over 90 years experience of working with soils and farmers, as well as being responsible for the National Soils Database for Scotland.
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Products & Licensing Opportunities
Innovations and resources from the James Hutton Institute, available for your own laboratory or research.
Food waste
Renewable Energy
The multi-disciplinary scientific expertise available at the James Hutton Institute is ideally suited to address issues facing the developing renewable energy sector in the UK and internationally.
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Soil Forensics
A leading forensic research and analysis service with unparalleled experience in analysis of soils, waters and other ecological/environmental materials.
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Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Electron Microscopy is an extremely versatile tool which allows the study of both morphology and material composition from virtually all areas of science and technology.
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS)
BioSS
Improving science and society through an understanding of variation, uncertainty and risk.
Blue Quartz
X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD)
X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD) can be used to identify crystalline substances, such as most minerals. The James Hutton Institute XRPD team are global specialists in the analysis of clay minerals by this technique.
Harbour sand
Marine Sediment Analysis
James Hutton Limited can help support work such as harbour construction or enlargement, flood defence systems, construction of new buildings, which will require an MS-LOT licence.
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Contract Research
James Hutton Limited manages a number of collaborative projects with industry partners seeking science to develop ideas and innovations.
Omega 3 Capsules
Lipid Analysis
James Hutton Limited is home to Mylnefield Lipid Analysis, a specialist lipid laboratory established at the James Hutton Institute in 1995 by Bill Christie and Frank Gunstone, renowned lipid analysis experts.
Ship Yard
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
FTIR Spectroscopy is an extremely versatile analytical technique which can provide a chemical fingerprint for a diverse range of both organic and inorganic samples.
GC Turret
Chemical analysis
Techniques providing quantitative and qualitative analysis of organic and inorganic contaminants / pollutants in a variety of matrices including, but not limited to waters, chemicals and soils.
Sea Cave
Isotope Analysis
The analysis of a wide range of stable isotopes, bulk and compound specific analysis of light isotopes including, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Hydrogen, and heavy isotopes, including Strontium, Neodymium, Samarium and Lead.
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Latest News

Ross Urquhart Project Associate

Ross Urquhart Joins Us in Project Associate Role

The James Hutton Limited team welcomed Ross Urquhart to the role of Project Associate in early June.
Raspberry breeding tunnel

New Raspberry Demonstration Tunnels

James Hutton Limited launched new raspberry demonstration tunnels at Fruit for the Future, the James Hutton Institute’s annual soft fruit-themed event, on Thursday 19 July 2018. The tunnels were officially opened by Kirstene Hair, MP for Angus.
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Our Next Event

JHL at Potato Europe
Potato Europe
12 Sep 2018 9am - 13 Sep 2018 6pm

James Hutton Limited is a regular at this gathering for the global potato industry. We will be showcasing the potato science at James Hutton Institute alongside James Hutton Limited breeding programmes and licensed varieties. We are on the AHDB stand which is ZC11 in the Tent Hall.

To arrange a meeting with James Hutton Limited during Potato Europe, please contact us. 

We will join the AHDB stand at Potato Europe in Rittergut Bockerode near Springe, Germany, to showcase our potato science, breeding programmes and licensed varieties.