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

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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.
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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.
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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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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Contract Research
James Hutton Limited manages a number of collaborative projects with industry partners seeking science to develop ideas and innovations.
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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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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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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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Water Test Network
James Hutton Limited is one of eight 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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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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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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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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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.
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Products & Licensing Opportunities
Innovations and resources from the James Hutton Institute, available for your own laboratory or research.
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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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Latest News

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James Hutton Speakers Top the Bill at International Symposium

James Hutton Limited is proud to be a gold sponsor of the 2019 International Society for Horticultural Science, RUBUS & RIBES Symposium.  Running for the twelfth time, the event begins with a pre-symposium tour from Frankfurt, Germany to Zürich, Switzerland, from the 23rd to the 25th of June 2019, followed by congress in Zürich from 26th to 28th of June. Over 100 delegates are expected on the tour including James Hutton Limited’s Ribes Breeder and Researcher, Dr Dorota Jarret, and Rubus Breeder, Nikki Jennings.  A further 200 delegates will participate in the symposium assembling from all continents to hear presentations from the cream of the global Rubus and Ribes research community.
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Expert Accolade for Professor Dawson

Congratulations to Professor Lorna Dawson, Head of Soil Forensics at the James Hutton Institute who is named today by specialist magazine Lawyer Monthly, as a recipient of an Expert Witness Award 2019. News of the award reached Professor Dawson last month, coinciding with her induction as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).
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Our Next Event

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Arable Scotland
2 Jul 2019, 9am - 5pm

Balruddery Farm, Fowlis by Dundee, DD2 5LJ

Arable Scotland is a brand-new event where innovation, science and practice will meet to showcase solutions that raise the efficiency and sustainability of Scottish arable production.