University of St Andrews Research & Impact
@UStAResearch
📣 First blog post of 2025📣 Read our first blog post of the year from Will Cresswell in the School of Biology. Will's passion for conservation biology and ornithology led led him to A.P. (Tasso) Leventis, and the subsequent setting up of APLORI. 🖱️impact.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/aplori-flying-…

Great Christmas gift with our published: Tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay in the... : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases journals.lww.com/co-infectiousd… @Infection_StAnd @Lung_Institute @UStAResearch @NIMRMbeya @EmmanuelMusisi2 @PanACEA_II @UNITE4TB @TBtrials_StAnd
#iaafest2025 exhibitors ICURe, Scottish Enterprise, Tay Health Tech, SBNZ, @HW_MDMC, @SPRExchange, @InterfaceOnline & @PhotonicsQA can help you create impact from your research! Read more and book: impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/exhibitors/ youtube.com/watch?v=YL_nbs…
A new @EPSRC IAA Cross-Institutional Funding Call for impact projects of up to £50,000 per institution is now open! Learn more: impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/fundingcall/ Get feedback on your project idea at #iaafest25 on 3 Sept - for researchers at #UofG @StrathThemes @UStAResearch @HWEngage #UoE
Congratulations Dr Lubao!!!! 👏
I once had a dream… and today, I woke up as Dr. Lubao! 🎓💪 I’m beyond excited to share that I’ve officially passed my PhD Viva! 🎓💪 Cc @GCRF @GCRFstandrews @UStAResearch @univofstandrews @urithiwetutz @StAndrewsMusic @dickybates2 @IchumbakiE
Excellent start of the course on regulatory processes of In vitro diagnostics and devices in Tanzania & Rwanda @Infection_StAnd @StAndMedicine @TBtrials_StAnd @UStAResearch @tmda_tanzania @muhimbiliuniver @eliangiringa1 @KCRITanzania @NIMR_Tanzania @karolinskainst @EDCTP3 @EDCTP
"The biomarkers can probably help to focus in the diagnostic process..." @univofstandrews Researchers have found that biomarker testing in individuals at risk of lung cancer has led to a 40% reduction in deaths.
Congratulations 👏 🎊
Congratulations to Professor Emma Sutton from @staenglish, who has been awarded the @LeverhulmeTrust Major Research Fellowship. Read more 👇 ow.ly/Cz9w50Uu1nF #EverToExcel
Highlight of 2024: our @EPSRC IAA Impact Festival✨ The Festival is an event for academics who want to create impact from research, organised by @EdinInnovations @UStAResearch @StrathThemes @HWEngage & @UofGlasgow. Find out more: impactfestival.hw.ac.uk #impact #iaafest24
📣 New Case study 🐟 Salmon fisheries currently report a mortality rate of 13%, a costly waste stream destined for landfill 🗑️ We provided £100k to #Surfteic & @univofstandrews to look at turning part of the waste into biosurfactants🧼 💼 buff.ly/49C2GMU
Our second #funding call is still open until 10am on Tuesday, 17 December. We have also increased the amount that RA-led projects can request to £50,000. Read the guidelines and apply: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/application-gu… #photonics #quantum #scotland
New impact projects at @UofGlasgow, @UniStrathclyde, @HeriotWattUni and @univofstandrews will benefit from new funding from @PhotonicsQA. The projects will advance the growth of the photonics sector in Scotland's Central Belt. Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…
Scottish Universities and Colleges Showcase Partnerships at ‘Going Global’ Education Conference in Nigeria. Great representation indeed @BritishCouncil @univofstandrews @UofGlasgow @EdinburghUni @dundeeuni scotland.britishcouncil.org/about/press/sc…
Call for Abstracts 📣 We are excited to announce the call for abstracts for our 2025 tent- pole event, Energy-in-Motion! This conference will be held 8 - 10 June 2025 at the V&A Museum (@VADundee) in Dundee. See the link below for more information! 👉tinyurl.com/5cx8kdec
The Scottish delegation at the British council going global conference in Nigeria. Happy to represent mighty @univofstandrews Dr Lokhun of British Council Scotland had the best style here. @BritishCouncil @UStAResearch @GlobalOfficeStA
New pre-print available online for discussion: "Old Carbon, New Insights: Thermal Reactivity and Bioavailability of Saltmarsh Soils". egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024… @SUPERDTP1 @StAndrewsSGSD @EGU_BioGeo @Blu_ECR @UStAResearch
The Union against tuberculosis & lung diseases international conference opens in Bali Indonesia with renewed call to end tuberculosis @Infection_StAnd @univofstandrews @StAndMedicine @UStAResearch @Lun_Institute @PanACEA_II @WHO @NIMRMbeya @NIMR_Tanzania @UNITE4TB @TBtrials_StAnd
Joy for discussing my research on #khipu at the @textile_digit network by @CRASSHlive led by @camialday and @tristan_dot at @UCamArchaeology @Cambridge_Uni w/ Calogero Santoro @UTarapaca, Camila Alday, Margot Serra @CamGLAMresearch @StAndrewsAnthro @univofstandrews @UStAResearch
🚨New paper alert!🚨 Groundbreaking study led by SMRU @JChrisMcKnight2 and colleagues from @SMRU_Instrument tests the drag effects of GPS tags on seal behaviour and redesigns them to improve hydrodynamics doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…
We’re launching our second PQA call on Monday, 4 November! 🚀 🔹 up to £50k per project 🔹 up to £25k for RA-led projects Sign up for our newsletter to get all the details delivered to your inbox: app.geckoform.com/public/#/moder…