Posts by Victoria Sleight

Dr Victoria Sleight is part of an international research team that has secured a research grant from the Human Frontier Science Programme (HFSP), one of the world’s most competitive and sought‑after funding schemes for fundamental science.

The $1.2 million award will support a three‑year project bringing together researchers in the…

Marine shellfish like oysters carry out a vital role in marine ecosystems however the UK's native oyster species has suffered a drastic decline in recent years.

Scientists from the University of Aberdeen and NativeAqua, a native oyster farm, have been awarded £14,300 to investigate how to improve the resilience of…

The Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre (SFIRC) has secured over £1.7 million in research funding in 2024 to fund six research projects spanning an impressive range of topics in fish health and aquaculture. Check out the project summaries below:

Project 1. The Role of Photoperiod in Immune Development…

The Energetics Research Group has made a range of exciting discoveries this year. Highlighted below are two projects that span both applied and fundamental ecophysiology themes.

The behavioural and physiological response of dairy cows to regrouping practises

Catherine Hambly and her team worked with the dairy industry to tackle how…

Jo Kershaw, a lecturer from the School of Biological Sciences in the Ecophysiology research  cluster, is currently doing fieldwork in South Georgia, a sub-Antarctic island, as part of a project led by the British Antarctic Survey. Whales are the largest krill-predators in South Georgia, yet their impacts on local krill…

Congratulations to multiple researchers in the Ecophysiology research cluster for their success in attracting research funding from UKRI BBSRC totalling £2.16million to the University of Aberdeen (100% cost, 80% from BBSRC) across two research projects.

Project 1: A multi-level exploration of biological nitrification inhibition in rice for improved sustainability of crop…