Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 1992 2008 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022 2023 2024 2030

• 3 Not started
• 85 Active
• 1437 Finished

Projects per year

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  To evaluate silages made using Genus silage inoculants for milk production from dairy cows

  Davies, D. R. (PI)

  Genus Breeding Ltd

  15 Aug 2008 → 31 May 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Farming Connect: Dairy Development Centre

  McCalman, H. (PI)

  Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government

  01 Aug 2008 → 31 Jul 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• Validation of the use of histidine as a biomarker for the diagnosis of scrapie

  Moorby, J. (PI)

  Plant Bioscience Ltd

  01 Aug 2008 → 30 Jun 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Farming Connect: Land Management Programme

  McCalman, H. (PI)

  Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government

  01 Aug 2008 → 31 May 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Technology development project to examine the potential of using PBL's TPS selectable marker technology in maize transformation

  Dalton, S. (PI)

  Plant Bioscience Ltd

  01 Aug 2008 → 31 Dec 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• The effect of essential oils on methane production in lambs

  Newbold, J. (PI)

  Agolin SA

  25 Jul 2008 → 25 Jul 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• A modelling portal for the UK plant systems biology community

  Ougham, H. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  07 Jul 2008 → 06 Jul 2010

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Growth Models 100%
  • Biologists 66%
  • Crop Models 33%
  • Nutrient Uptake 33%
  • Climate Change 33%

• Evaluation of BPI standard 25 micron Green and Pre-stretched 17 micron Green filmwrap bales

  Davies, D. R. (PI)

  Bpi.Agri

  01 Jul 2008 → 30 Apr 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Evaluation of Dow pre-stretched film wrap compared with Dow standard 25 micron film wrap

  Davies, D. R. (PI)

  Dow Europe GmbH

  01 Jul 2008 → 31 May 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Evaluation of round bale UAT CoverEdge v UAT standard netwrap

  Davies, D. R. (PI)

  UAT Ltd

  01 Jul 2008 → 31 May 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Supply of grassland services to support the Red Meat Development programme (Farming Connect)

  McCalman, H. (PI)

  Hybu Cig Cymru | Meat Promotion Wales

  01 Jul 2008 → 31 May 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• Innovative and practical management approaches to reduce nitrogen excretion by ruminants (REDNEX)

  Moorby, J. (PI)

  European Commission

  01 Jul 2008 → 30 Jun 2013

  Project: Externally funded research

• A comparative functional investigation of two developmentally regulated Schistosoma mansoni venom allergen like molecules (SmVALs)

  Hoffmann, K. (PI)

  Wellcome Trust

  01 Jul 2008 → 30 Jun 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• To determine the effect of three lactic acid bacterial strains on the dry matter loss, fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of easy, moderately difficult and difficult to ensile forages

  Davies, D. R. (PI)

  Biotal Ltd

  01 Jul 2008 → 31 May 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Integrating genomics and mapping approaches to improve pearl millet productivity in drought prone regions of Africa and Asia

  Yadav, R. (PI), Armstead, I. (CoI), Bidinger, F. (CoI), Galyuon, I. K. A. (CoI), Hash, C. T. (CoI), Howarth, C. (CoI), Khairwal, I. (CoI), Skot, L. (CoI) & Vadez, V. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  15 Jun 2008 → 15 Dec 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Pearl Millet 100%
  • Drought Tolerance 56%
  • Quantitative Trait Loci 56%
  • Linkage Groups 47%
  • Allele 46%

• Study to examine the impact of climate change on the visitor economy

  Garrod, B. (PI)

  ADAS

  03 Jun 2008 → 11 Feb 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Farming Connect Organic Development Programme 2008-2013

  Lampkin, N. H. (PI)

  Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government

  01 Jun 2008 → 31 May 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• Technology development project: Polymeric and oligomeric fructans from grasses as prebiotics

  Gallagher, J. (PI)

  Plant Bioscience Ltd

  01 Jun 2008 → 31 Aug 2008

  Project: Externally funded research

• Farming Connect: Agri-Environment training (Tir Gofal)

  McCalman, H. (PI)

  Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government

  01 Jun 2008 → 31 May 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• Using gene specific DNA markers to assist targeted manipulation of flowering time and duration and seed yield potential in grass crops

  Skot, L. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  05 May 2008 → 04 May 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Theorectical developments and empirical measurement of the external costs of pesticides (TEAMPEST)

  Nicholas-Davies, P. (PI)

  European Commission

  01 May 2008 → 01 May 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• Production of a booklet for farmers on grassland management and production

  Scollan, N. (PI)

  Hybu Cig Cymru | Meat Promotion Wales

  01 May 2008 → 31 May 2008

  Project: Externally funded research

• Urinary nitrogen analysis services agreement

  Lister, S. (PI)

  Medical Research Council

  01 May 2008 → 30 Oct 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

• Innovative and practical management approaches to reduce nitrogen excretion by ruminants (REDNEX)

  Moorby, J. (PI)

  Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government

  01 May 2008 → 30 Apr 2013

  Project: Externally funded research

• Carbohydrate metabolism and resource allocation in grasses

  Donnison, I. (PI) & Gallagher, J. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Carbohydrates 100%
  • Lolium perenne 94%
  • Genes 70%
  • Biomass 66%
  • Grasses 63%

• Microbial diversity during colonisation in the rumen

  Kingston-Smith, A. (PI) & Scollan, N. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Plant 100%
  • Microbial Diversity 83%
  • Rumen 83%
  • Community Development 66%
  • Metabolite 33%

• Organic Conversion Information Service (OCIS)

  McCalman, H. (PI)

  United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• Plant microbe interactions

  Kingston-Smith, A. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 01 Jan 2020

  Project: Externally funded research

• LINK project: Genetic improvement of perennial ryegrass and red clover to increase nitrogen use efficiency and reduce N losses from pastures and silo

  Yadav, R. (PI)

  United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2013

  Project: Externally funded research

• Regulation of cell wall synthesis and assembly in grasses

  Donnison, I. (PI), Allison, G. (PI) & Bosch, M. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Cell Wall 100%
  • Miscanthus 75%
  • Biomass 38%
  • Feedstock 34%
  • Grasses 33%

• Regulation of polyphenolics and genetic manipulation of lignins in grasses

  Donnison, I. (PI), Allison, G. (PI) & Bosch, M. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Polyphenol Oxidase 100%
  • Catechol Oxidase 85%
  • Lignin 44%
  • Grasses 37%
  • Mutant 32%

• Grass Genomics & Genetics

  King, I. P. (PI) & Armstead, I. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Lolium perenne 100%
  • Lolium 93%
  • Monocotyledon 77%
  • Festuca 77%
  • Perennial Ryegrass 70%

• Post-harvest modifications and implications for recovery of bioenergy or biorenewables

  Donnison, I. (PI), Shah, I. P. (PI) & Winters, A. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Biomass 100%
  • Cell Wall 64%
  • Catechol Oxidase 56%
  • Polyphenol Oxidase 56%
  • Plant 53%

• Plant stress responses in the rumen

  Kingston-Smith, A. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Rumen 100%
  • Plant 48%
  • Red Clover 38%
  • Bacteria 37%
  • Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid 33%

• CPI - COBCOW project

  Theodorou, M. K. (PI)

  Centre For Process Innovation

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Understanding and dissecting the genetic control of key 'environmental impact' traits in forage grasses and legumes

  Abberton, M. T. (PI)

  United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2013

  Project: Externally funded research

• Sub-contract for Yorkshire water project ARUP cotracts

  Kay, D. (PI)

  Yorkshire Water Services Limited

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

• Sub-contracts for DEFRA project WQ0203 mitigation measures for farm pollution

  Kay, D. (PI)

  United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2011

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Farm 100%
  • Attenuation 33%
  • Organisms 33%

• LINK project: Genetic improvement of perennial ryegrass and white clover to increase the efficiency of nitrogen use in the rumen

  Abberton, M. T. (PI)

  United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2013

  Project: Externally funded research

• Oat Genomics & Genetics

  King, I. P. (PI) & Armstead, I. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Glucan 100%
  • Genome Sequencing 100%
  • Gene Mapping 100%
  • Genome Evolution 100%
  • Germplasm 100%

• Molecular Genetics of Miscanthus

  Donnison, I. (PI) & Clifton-Brown, J. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Biomass 51%
  • Genotype 45%
  • Bioenergy 28%
  • Breeding 28%

• USA Partnering Award: Underpinning genetics of biomass yield, quality and sustainability in Miscanthus and switchgrass

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2012

  Project: Externally funded research

• Crop genomics and biomathematics

  King, I. P. (PI), Armstead, I. (CoI), Gay, A. (CoI), Huang, L. (CoI) & Thomas, D. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 01 Jan 2020

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Monocotyledon 100%
  • Lolium 50%
  • Plant Genetic Resources 50%
  • Spider Web 50%
  • Genetic Resource 50%

• Genomics based approaches to the analysis of key traits in forage grasses and legumes

  Abberton, M. T. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 01 Jan 2020

  Project: Externally funded research

• Bioenergy and biorenewables

  Donnison, I. (PI), Shah, I. P. (CoI) & Winters, A. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2008 → 01 Jan 2020

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Cell Wall 100%
  • Enzyme Activity 75%
  • Peroxidase 75%
  • Miscanthus 75%
  • Catechol Oxidase 75%

• LINK project: Genetic improvement of forage grasses and white clover to improve phosphorus use efficiency and reduce phosphorus losses to water from UK grasslands

  Abberton, M. T. (PI)

  United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2013

  Project: Externally funded research

• LINK project: Development of productive and persistent high quality forage grasses and white clover with increased water-use-efficiency and resilience to summer droughts

  Humphreys, M. (PI)

  United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  01 Apr 2008 → 31 Mar 2013

  Project: Externally funded research

• The impact of turf farming on carbon deposition in soils

  Thorogood, D. (PI)

  The Lawn Institute

  01 Mar 2008 → 28 Feb 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Investigating Basal Conditions & Flow Dynamics on Vestfonna Ice Cap Svalbard

  Hubbard, A. (PI)

  Natural Environment Research Council

  01 Mar 2008 → 31 Aug 2009

  Project: Externally funded research

• Biomarkers of whole-grain intake; contribution of alkylresorcinols and mammalian lignans to the metabolome

  Draper, J. (PI)

  Food Standards Agency

  01 Mar 2008 → 30 Sept 2009

  Project: Externally funded research