About
Agriculture and Food Security
Natalie Koch
For my project I will investigate the potential of REIMS to be used as a non-invasive method for monitoring mammals, using faeces as the biological source.…
Nathan Ramsay
As an undergraduate I studied biology at Newcastle University, completing a summer project based on salt stress and tolerance in plants and a dissertation project investigating the role of chronic stress on gene expression in chickens. I then went on to complete a master’s degree in biotechnology, a…
Nicola Young
The overall aim of this project is to investigate the development and spread of anthelmintic resistance in populations of the gastrointestinal nematode of cattle, Cooperia oncophora.…
Stephen Ashcroft
I read my undergrad degree in biology at Liverpool John Moores University where I became interested in food security and climate change mitigation through crop breeding. After a short break, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree in advanced biological sciences (food security) at the…
Stewart Brown
The aims of this research project are to gain a clear understanding of how selective herbicides reach their target site using a pharmacokinetic approach and based on this, develop kinetic models to better understand the basis of enhance metabolism in non-target site resistance.…