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The James Hutton Institute’s Dundee site is highly regarded as a world-class centre of crop science and research.
James Hutton Limited works closely with the food and drink industry in a wide range of capacities including food provenance, authenticity, contamination and traceability.
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.
James Hutton Institute science can support the aquaculture industry to measure and minimise impact and cost and to support good health and well-being through a wide range of scientific and research services.
At the James Hutton Institute's Aberdeen site, a number of services from analytical chemistry laboratories, excel at problem solving for extractive industries.
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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.
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.
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that involves the development and application of computational methods for the analysis of large-scale biological data ranging.
FTIR Spectroscopy is an extremely versatile analytical technique which can provide a chemical fingerprint for a diverse range of both organic and inorganic samples.
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.
A leading forensic research and analysis service with unparalleled experience in analysis of soils, waters and other ecological/environmental materials.
Our expertise in all aspects of crop science – including breeding, diagnostics, soils, pathogens, genetics and phytochemistry, lends itself to the burgeoning European cannabis and hemp agricultural sector.
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.
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.
GIS is the backbone of 21st century environmental planning and decision making; knowing where to make changes, what to expect, how to measure impacts and interventions, all rely on good GIS.
James Hutton Limited manages a number of collaborative projects with industry partners who seek to benefit from scientific research and innovations.
Innovations and resources from the James Hutton Institute, available for your own laboratory or research.
Providing credible, reliable and independent verification of environmental technologies which have an impact or added value for the environment.
James Hutton Limited is one of ten 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.
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.
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.
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.
James Hutton Limited offers a world-class crop trial service, complete with a dedicated crop trial manager to oversee your project.
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.
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.
Latest News
JHL analytical team at our Aberdeen site passes latest round of Aquacheck proficiency test with flying colours!
We are pleased to announce that the James Hutton Limited analytical team at our Aberdeen site has passed the latest Round of Aquacheck proficiency test with flying colours (Round 650). This is an international independent validation of our ability to test natural waters, demonstrating that we are producing accurate and meaningful results.
Hutton sustainability recognised in first King’s Award for Enterprise
The James Hutton Institute has today (April 21) become one of the first recipients of the new King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.
The award recognises the institute’s world-leading research on sustainability across land, food and natural resources and how it’s addressing its own sustainability as major scientific research establishment.
The Hutton, which employs more than 500 scientists across sites in Dundee, Aberdeen and its three research farms, plays a pivotal role in delivering interdisciplinary science across agriculture, food security, ecosystems and resilient communities.
The award recognises the institute’s world-leading research on sustainability across land, food and natural resources and how it’s addressing its own sustainability as major scientific research establishment.
The Hutton, which employs more than 500 scientists across sites in Dundee, Aberdeen and its three research farms, plays a pivotal role in delivering interdisciplinary science across agriculture, food security, ecosystems and resilient communities.
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