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Contacts Prof Alison Hester Head of Theme: Safeguarding Natural Capital James Hutton Institute Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH UK E-mail Tel:+44 1224 395000

The James Hutton Institute brought together the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) and Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) on 1 April 2011. The new organisation combines existing strengths in crops, soils and land use and environmental research, and will make major, new contributions to the understanding of key global issues, such as food, energy and environmental security, and developing and promoting effective technological and management solutions.

The James Hutton Institute is an internationally networked organisation and operates from multiple sites, including two main ones in Scotland at Aberdeen and Dundee. It employs more than 600 scientists and support staff, making it one of the biggest research centres in the UK and the first of its type in Europe. The institute is one of the Scottish Government’s main research providers in environmental, crop and food science and will have a major role in the Scottish knowledge economy.

Recent Publications:

• Jouet A, Saunders DGO, McMullan M, Ward B, Furzer O, Jupe F, Cevik V, Hein I, Thilliez GJA, Holub E et al..  Submitted.  Albugo candida race diversity, ploidy and host-associated microbes revealed using DNA sequence capture on diseased plants in the field. New Phytologist.
• Thilliez GJA, Armstrong MR, Lim TY, Baker K, Jouet A, Ward B, van Oosterhout C, Jones JDG, Huitema E, Birch PRJ et al..  Submitted.  Pathogen enrichment sequencing (PenSeq) enables population genomic studies in oomycetes. New Phytologist.
• Mitchell RJ, Broome A, Beaton JK, Bellamy PE, Ellis CJ, Hester AJ, Hodgetts NG, Iason GR, Littlewood NA, Newey S et al..  Submitted.  Challenges in assessing the ecological impacts of tree diseases and mitigation measures: the case of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and Fraxinus excelsior. Baltic Forestry. 23:116-140.