Projects (285)

Protecting public-facing professionals and their dependents online (3PO) Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
3PO will build an understanding of public-facing professionals -specific risks, harms and privacy needs; co-create advanced tools, mechanisms and solutions that are cognisant of PFP-specific challenges empowering secure participation online; re-confi... Read More about Protecting public-facing professionals and their dependents online (3PO).

Empowering Malaysias future leaders in Coastal Ocean Actionable and Sustainable Teaching And Research (COASTAR) Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
Specific activities and impacts will be:
1) An expert seminar series will promote knowledge sharing of best practices on research and communication skills with a focus on coastal sustainability.
2) Workshops on communication and engagement skills w... Read More about Empowering Malaysias future leaders in Coastal Ocean Actionable and Sustainable Teaching And Research (COASTAR).

A detailed exploration of crossmodal associations with odour May 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2024
Odours play a critical role in everyday experiences including eating behaviour, relationships, and mental health. A loss of the sense of smell can therefore have devastating effects on one’s life. The goal of this project is to begin investigating th... Read More about A detailed exploration of crossmodal associations with odour.

Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice Nov 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice (RJ)
1. To consider and draw together a schema of the risks involved to facilitators and individual participants in RJ in individual cases, including both face-to-face and indirect RJ (mediation and confer... Read More about Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice.

Tackling bottlenecks to the use of Johne’s Disease data and adding value to increase farmer and vet engagement in Johne’s disease control Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023
Tackling bottlenecks to the use of Johne’s Disease data and adding value to increase farmer and vet engagement in Johne’s disease control

Management of post-weaning diarrhoea and the implications for AMR in response to the upcoming ban on zinc supplementation in pigs May 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
Management of post-weaning diarrhoea and the implications for AMR in response to the upcoming ban on zinc supplementation in pigs

How cross-service collaboration can improve community safety and wellbeing Jan 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) in partnership with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service is providing funding to support a Rapid Research Project which will explore collaboration between Fire, Am... Read More about How cross-service collaboration can improve community safety and wellbeing.

First Recordings of the Soundscape of Pristine European Flat Oyster Reefs Jan 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
European flat oyster reefs (EFORs) are ecologically and economically important as they improve water quality, increase overall biodiversity, store carbon and are a much valued food source. Over fishing in the early 1900’s vastly reduced number and ex... Read More about First Recordings of the Soundscape of Pristine European Flat Oyster Reefs.

MRes - Player Profiling in professional male football (project 2) Mar 1, 2022 - Feb 29, 2024
The aim of this project will be to bring objectivity and scientific rigor to an existing, in-house, physical profiling protocol encompassing a series of football-specific outcome measures.

Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Jan 1, 2023 - Apr 1, 2025
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI). Despite this, there are no recovery programmes tailored for SCAD survivors, who are mainly female, and typically younger tha... Read More about Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.

Development of a scale-up process for production of Kombucha Aug 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Gut Feelings main commercial product is Kombucha, a fermented tea produced by natural microbial fermentation and assumed to contain a variety of microbes that link to health benefits. It is produced using a two-stage process in which a SCOBY (a symbi... Read More about Development of a scale-up process for production of Kombucha.

Music and Communication for Mothers and Young Children in Prison Dec 6, 2021 - Dec 6, 2022
The objectives of the research workshops for the project, ‘Music and Communication for Mothers and Young Children in Prison’ are threefold;

1) to investigate current music practice in prisons between mothers and their young children that is not a... Read More about Music and Communication for Mothers and Young Children in Prison.

Expert reviews to support Scotlands response to, and recovery from, Covid-19 Mar 23, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
Project Aims
i) To review evidence from Scotland and beyond on experiences of covid19 in prisons and identify transferable learning to inform Scotland’s Covid Recovery Strategy.
ii) To focus on innovations in prison policy and practice that may pro... Read More about Expert reviews to support Scotlands response to, and recovery from, Covid-19.

Virulence of diverse Listeria monocytogenes strains in an invertebrate infection model Jun 1, 2022 - Jul 27, 2022
Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a bacterium which is found throughout the environment and is the cause of listeriosis, a major food-borne disease. While annual case numbers are relatively low listeriosis has a high rate of fatality of 20... Read More about Virulence of diverse Listeria monocytogenes strains in an invertebrate infection model.

Exploiting micofluidic devices for physiologically relavent drug screening against human pathogens  Jun 1, 2022 - Jul 27, 2022
Undergraduate student summer project (8 weeks)

Medical Research Scotland Vacation Scholarship Jun 13, 2022 - Aug 8, 2023
Investigating the anti-metastatic potential of Honokiol by attenuating KISS1/ KISS1R signaling

Mountain Biking in South of Scotland - Helping to deliver the European Capital of Mountain Biking May 13, 2022 - Oct 28, 2023
Mountain Biking in South of Scotland - Helping to deliver the European Capital of Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking and Music from Data Jul 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
1. We will, by working with a range of people with varying experience, explore how an interdisciplinary approach to sports and the arts can encourage engagement in both areas. We will look at ways in which
we can encourage integrated engagement in a... Read More about Mountain Biking and Music from Data.

The prevalence, sources and diversity of antibiotic resistant E. coli in Scottish surface waters: a baseline for risk assessment and intervention targets. Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
The alarming rise in resistance to antibiotics is now widely accepted as being one of the most serious public health crises we face today. The use and overuse of antibiotics in human and animal medicine and especially the overuse in animal food produ... Read More about The prevalence, sources and diversity of antibiotic resistant E. coli in Scottish surface waters: a baseline for risk assessment and intervention targets..

Methane-derived carbon in upland stream foodwebs: understanding the links May 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2023
The work forms part of a SUPER-DTP funded PhD project. The present application relates to the use of stable isotope analysis to elucidate pathways for MDC incorporation in upland streams.