Sectors & Services

Sectors

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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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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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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

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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.
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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.
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Products & Licensing Opportunities
Innovations and resources from the James Hutton Institute, available for your own laboratory or research.
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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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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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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Water Test Network
James Hutton Limited is one of seven European partners of the Water Test Network; an ERDF funded project which supports SMEs in North-West Europe (NWE) to test, demonstrate and develop new products for the water sector.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS)
BioSS
Improving science and society through an understanding of variation, uncertainty and risk.
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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.
Bioinformatics App
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that involves the development and application of computational methods for the analysis of large-scale biological data ranging.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Scotland’s Life Sciences Awards 2019 – Call for Nominations Now Open

Do you know an individual/company/organisation that has made a major contribution to the development of the life sciences sector in Scotland over the last 12 months? If so, nominations are now open for Scotland’s Life Sciences Awards 2019.
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New Genetic Marker to Identify Potential EPH Non-Producing Barley Varieties

A new, improved genetic marker that can be used by barley breeders to unequivocally identify potential Epiheterodendrin (EPH) non-producing barley varieties at the earliest stages of the breeding process has emerged from a project between International Barley Hub researchers at the James Hutton Institute and the Scotch Whisky Research Institute.
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Our Next Event

Potato breeding
Seed Industry Event - AHDB Potatoes
15 Nov 2018, 9am - 6pm

Fairmont, St Andrews

Conference plenaries, workshop sessions and industry receptions. James Hutton Limited will attend and have a display.