All Projects (296)

Modern Studies teaching development work Feb 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
This Knowledge Exchange project is funded by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice research (the SCCJR). Our team comprises Dr Rebecca Foster (ENU, project lead), Dr Estelle Clayton (ENU), Karyn Mabon (University of Glasgow), Dr Katrina Morrison... Read More about Modern Studies teaching development work.

Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound
Herring helped to generate local income, identity, and societal change for centuries in Scotland, but their numbers on the west coast have been in decline... Read More about Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound.

Bundling seagrass carbon with mangroves Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
The high costs of measuring carbon stocks and increments in subtidal seagrass beds mean that fully accredited seagrass carbon projects, using current standards and protocols, are not usually financially viable. The required precision means that any m... Read More about Bundling seagrass carbon with mangroves.

Development of an immobilized artificial membrane liquid chromatography /mass spectrometry-based platform to assess the pulmonary permeability of drug candidates. Jun 12, 2023 - Aug 4, 2023
In this project, 53 analytes whose apparent permeability through Calu-3 cell line is known from the literature (Lin, Chiu, Wang, & Tung, 2022) will be studied by immobilized artificial membrane (IAM)- HPLC. Indeed, Berry and co-workers (Zemski Berry... Read More about Development of an immobilized artificial membrane liquid chromatography /mass spectrometry-based platform to assess the pulmonary permeability of drug candidates..

Impacts of forestry on breeding curlew distribution Mar 1, 2023 - Jun 1, 2023
We were approached by Forestry Commission England (FCE) to consider addressing five key questions they had identified as being important in terms of impact of forestry on curlew over the next 5-10 years and beyond, in order to feed into FCE’s policy... Read More about Impacts of forestry on breeding curlew distribution.

Using microfluidic biochips to develop a dynamic environment for pathogen infections Jun 5, 2023 - Jul 16, 2023
To give hands on experience for an undergraduate student in cell culture.

False webs: Network to address the misinformation pandemic Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2025
Fake news (inaccurate information) peaked during the pandemic with around 46 000 daily Twitter posts containing false information (Lupi, 2020). In Europe over 70% people regularly encounter fake news (UNESCO, 2021). The Scottish government has recent... Read More about False webs: Network to address the misinformation pandemic.

Developing remote exercise support and rehabilitation for patients after spontaneous coronary artery dissection - a feasibility study Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI), particularly among younger women and has been linked participating in strenuous physical activity (PA). This can lead to psy... Read More about Developing remote exercise support and rehabilitation for patients after spontaneous coronary artery dissection - a feasibility study.

Development of an in vitro suppression assay to assess functionality of therapeutic regulatory T cell for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis Jun 11, 2023 - Aug 14, 2024
MRS Summer Studentship for ENU Undergrad student Martin Swapp - 8 weeks in duration over summer 2023

Raptor Persecution in Scotland Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
Drs Soliman and Wooff are designing a project examining raptor persecution in Scotland. One of the six UK wildlife crime priority areas, the illegal killing of birds of prey is primarily associated with land management practices on driven grouse moor... Read More about Raptor Persecution in Scotland.

Restoring Gambian riverine mangrove wetlands Dec 14, 2023 - Dec 13, 2024
community based mangrove restoration in the Gambia, using new techniques to restore salinised flats and working towards carbon accreditation for long term income

Blue Carbon and Green Seagrass in Kenya Dec 14, 2023 - Dec 13, 2026
developing biodiversity credits to support seagrass conservation in Kenya

Tool development for the assessment of European flat oyster restoration success using eDNA, acoustics and visual surveys Sep 4, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
Project dedicated to eDNA analysis, which is possible with the awarded funding from SMEEF (Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund). The eDNA have been taken from European Flat Oyster Beds and will be analysed through the bioinformatic compan... Read More about Tool development for the assessment of European flat oyster restoration success using eDNA, acoustics and visual surveys.

Performance Analysis in Football: Understanding the set piece Nov 13, 2023 - Nov 12, 2025
This study aims to explore and the interaction between player, environment, and task within set plays in football through the framework of Dynamic Systems Theory. The objective is to assist coaches in their understanding of how their team interacts w... Read More about Performance Analysis in Football: Understanding the set piece.

Living in a complex world: statistical learning of complex visual information May 1, 2024 - Oct 31, 2025
A fundamental aspect of any intelligent system is its ability to learn from experience. However, understanding how the brain develops statistical models of the world seamlessly and automatically remains an open challenge in cognitive psychology. Even... Read More about Living in a complex world: statistical learning of complex visual information.

Development of new sustainable approach in drug discovery: One-pot parallel synthetic strategy to minimise the environmental footprint May 1, 2024 - Apr 30, 2025
Over thousands of Medicinal Chemistry research groups around the world across academia, research-based institutions are involved in synthesizing libraries of compounds in the early drug discovery phase. During this synthetic process, massive amount o... Read More about Development of new sustainable approach in drug discovery: One-pot parallel synthetic strategy to minimise the environmental footprint.