AFBI focuses on leading improvements in the agri-food industry; protecting animal, plant and human health and enhancing the natural and marine environment
.
@AFBI_NI
delighted that Dr Elizabeth Magowan has been appointed to the
@UKRI
-
@BBSRC
Bioscience for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Strategy advisory panel on the science needed to deliver more productive, healthy, resilient & sustainable agriculture & food systems
A potential migratory corridor for north Atlantic humpback whales has been identified off the coast of Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland through a wide-ranging study of whale song
#AFBIScience
#AFBIResearch
#Fisheries
#Aquatic
Congratulations to Aurelie Aubry
@afbi_ni
, Paul Crawford, Adewale Adenuga
@afbi_ni
and colleagues for winning the award of Best Agri Impact for the Northern Ireland Sheep Scab programme at the Farming Life Awards yesterday in Belfast!
#farminglifeawards
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY – 15 Oct 2020 at 10.30am,
@afbi_ni
is holding the first of 3 environmental webinars “Soil to Catchment Management of Agricultural Nutrients” Registration now open for all 3 webinars
A massive thank you to all the scientists & industry reps who made the trip to
@AFBI_NI
&
@QUBIGFS
for this year’s
#IPSAM2023
. This was an important opportunity to network and share knowledge with leading plant & soil experts from across Ireland.
#SafeHome
#AFBIScience
DAERA Minister
@AndrewMuirNI
welcomed on board the RV Corystes today by
@AFBI_CEO
Dr Stanley McDowell. The visit coincided with the
@niscifest
tours of the AFBI Research Vessel. The Minister met with AFBI Fisheries scientists about the latest marine research.
#AFBIScience
AFBI Fisheries Scientists welcomed visitors to the AFBI Research Vessel RV Corystes today as part of the
@niscifest
. The public enjoyed a tour of the ship and heard about the research carried out on board and on land, and they were welcomed by a lovely sunny day.
#AFBIScience
Wishing all 26
@AFBI_NI
runners good luck for the Belfast City Marathon
@marathonbcm
today including
@DrNaomiW
and the rest of the Scrambled Legs team running on behalf of
@FriendsCCNI
. Hope you have fun and for any spectators, please give them a cheer!
Today
@QUBelfast
Riddel Hall PhD Students from
@AFBI_NI
and
@QUBelfast
@QUBIGFS
present their research at the AFBI/QUB Postrgraduate Conference. Looking forward to a day of hearing all about the research being undertaken as part of the AFBI and QUB Alliance.
#AFBIScience
Happy International Women's Day from
@AFBI_NI
. We are proud of creating a workplace celebrating women driving positive change, supporting women in research careers, with visibility & equality at all levels
#IWD2022
#BreakTheBias
The British Society of Soil Science
@Soil_Science
and Soil Science Society of Ireland
@SSSI_soils
Conference is taking place in Belfast today and tomorrow, AFBI's Dr Suzanne Higgins tells us what to expect over the next two days
@EJPSOIL
@AfbiSoils
🔗
Congratulations to David Johnston, our recently retired Grass Breeder
@AFBI_NI
Loughgall, who won the Faming Life's Lifetime Achievement Award at last nights ceremony
To celebrate
#IWD2023
,
@AFBI_NI
project manager, Colleen Ward, said, “It is a privilege to work in a role supporting scientists, helping develop & implement important research to help in future sustainability of our resources & assist in shaping future policy”
#EmbraceEquity
A big hello from our crew on the Corystes Research Vessel this morning! We are looking forward to welcoming you on board as part of the
@niscifest
#AFBIscience
#AFBIresearch
First tagged cod re-captured by Sparkling Sea!
💰£100 Reward!
We
@afbi_ni
are very excited to find out more about the journey this cod took since being released.
Read more about the Cod Tagging Project
#AFBIScience
#AFBIResearch
#CodTagging
#OnThisDay
in 1845, potato blight was first recorded in
#Ireland
. This led to the Great Irish Potato Famine and more than a million deaths. Pathogen samples collected by
@AFBI_NI
and
@daera_ni
allow the changing pathogen population to be tracked via the
#EuroBlight
network
Everyone
@AFBI_NI
delighted for AFBI's Director of Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Division now Professor Elizabeth Magowan on her recent Honorary Professorship from
@QUBIGFS
and
@QUBbioscience
@AFBI_NI
has deployed an additional data buoy to monitor water quality in Lough Neagh. It will provide real-time early warnings of low-oxygen levels that can potentially occur as algal blooms decompose. You can see the data here:
#LoughNeagh
#WaterQuality
Today
@AFBI_NI
are taking part with 42 experts from Europe & North Africa in the
@ICES
working group on eel (WGEEL). The 8 day meeting will examine current stock status and up to date science on European
#eel
stock of which Lough Neagh is home to its largest commercial fishery.
The AFBI Soil Health Conference continues this afternoon with presentations on subjects including a Soil Health overview, earthworms as indicators of soil health and soil based processes underpin benefits of multi-species swards.
#AFBISoilHealth2023
#AFBIScience
#AFBIResearch
This morning
@AFBI_NI
Headquarters staff are enjoying a 🎅
#Christmas
Charity Coffee Morning in aid of
@FriendsCCNI
.
🫖 Coffee
🍬Treats
❓Quizzes
🎁Prize draws
It is all happening. We will let you know later how we get on. Good to see so many staff together again at last.
In celebrating
#InternationalWomensDay
AFBI hosted a panel discussion with some of the very talented women we have working with us across the organisation, The event was broadcast to staff across all AFBI sites, with a great turn out in person at Newforge. Happy
#IWD2024
It's
#WomenInScienceDay
@afbi_ni
have a large number of women scientists including Dr Elizabeth Magowan leading the way as one of AFBI's Directors 'Farming and research have always been in my blood’
Our AFBI Research Vessel Corystes will be open as part of the
@niscifest
! Join one of the hourly tours and climb on-board to get a tour of the marine research ship, meet the crew and scientists and find out what they do!
Book your tickets here
Thanks to all staff in the
#BVD
testing lab at Veterinary Sciences
@AFBI_NI
who continue to deliver high quality BVD testing maintaining a 1 day turnaround of results throughout
#Covid_19
helping to ensure the continued success of farming in Northern Ireland
#AFBIScience
The Launch of FOOD-I a new All-Island Food Initiative is taking place on 22.03 from 12.00-1.30pm. Dr Elizabeth Magowan highlights below how excited
@AFBI_NI
is to be involved. Register now from
#AFBIScience
#AFBIResearch
Did you see Home Ground on
@BBCOneNI
last night featuring Dr Carrie McMinn
@AFBI_NI
Fisheries Scientist on the Brown Crab Tagging Project? If you missed it you can tune in 14m 30sec into the recording It also featured a report from the
@balmoralshow
AFBI is delighted that Tom Ford has been appointed to the British Standards Institute committee on Animal Health Diagnostic Analysis, working with UK and European colleagues developing European standards for the control of diagnostic reagents.
#AFBIScience
Next is one of our Directors, Dr Elizabeth Magowan. As well as Director of Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Division, Elizabeth leads a wide range of disciplines at
@AFBI
ranging from the environment through to livestock, plant, food and economics research
#InternationalWomensDay
To mark
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
AFBI spent the last week profiling some of our scientists in ‘A Day in the Life’ series. We would like to share these stories with you and hope it encourages other women to consider a career in science
AFBI staff gathered together this week in
@AFBI_NI
Headquarters for a Charity 🎄Christmas 🎅Coffee Morning in aid of the
@FriendsCCNI
raising £1036.00 with donations still coming in. Well done to everyone for both organising and attending.
#AFBIScience
#AFBIResearch
#Christmas
Tune in to
@BBCSpringwatch
this week (Wed/Thurs) at 8pm to hear from
@AFBI_NI
scientists who are part of the
@MarPAMM_project
team about the work on Shearwater in the Copeland islands. Enjoy learning about some of the important seabird work MarPAMM is involved in!
#AFBIScience
AFBI has joined the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping to expand its role within marine science. Coordinating surveys with partners will ensure greater benefit to NI, the wider UK & ROI. .
@AFBI_NI
's Alex Callaway, Seabed Mapping project lead, helps explain why .
Was refreshing to see so many PhD students presenting their research at today's QUB/AFBI PhD Conference. A stimulating two sessions and interesting and thought provoking presentations and posters on display. Well done to all who took part.
#AFBIResearch
#QueensAFBIAlliance
AFBI Fisheries Scientists are taking part in the Bushmills Salmon & Whiskey Festival welcoming visitors today and tomorrow to the River Bush Salmon Station, why not come along for a tour to hear about
@AFBI_NI
research into Atlantic Salmon
#salmonandwhiskeyfestival
#AFBIScience
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: Remember on 24th March 2021
@AFBI_NI
will be holding its annual Science Outlook Conference via Webinar. Full conference programme and registration details will follow shortly
#AFBIScience
#AFBIResearch
#AFBIOutlook2021
Dr Rachel Cassidy
@afbi_ni
lead scientist in the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme
#SNHS_NI
and CAFRE's Aveen McMullen address those attending
#AFBIGrass23
about Soil Health – Optimising nutrient management on farm through the
#SNHS_NI
#AFBIGrass23
Don't forget, our AFBI Research Vessel Corystes will be open as part of the
@niscifest
! Climb on-board and join one of the hourly tours of the marine research ship. Meet the crew and scientists and find out what they do!
Book your tickets here:
It's been a busy and productive year
@AFBI_EMbI
and it's fair to say we are looking forward to the break. Wishing all our colleagues and collaborators a great 2019!
@AFBI_NI
A
@BBSRC
funded project to tackle sheep scab in NI “Factors influencing endemic disease in the NI sheep flock” will be undertaken by
@AFBI_NI
, NI Sheep Scab Group,
@MoredunComms
&
@animalhealthni
. Read about it in NI Vet Today from p70-75
Prof Arthur Muskett (
@britmycolsoc
foray Belfast 1964) worked in Newforge Lane & developed “the Ulster method” for testing flax seed health (still used by
@ISTAseedtesting
), which helped increase output of linen from NI. This linen was used in fighter planes for the allies in WW2
Another busy day
@AFBI_NI
stand as Day Two of the
@balmoralshow
2022 draws to a close. We will be back tomorrow and Sat when we hope to see as many of you as possible, especially all you
#farmers
to get signed up to the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme
#AFBIScience
#balmoralshow2022
Full house of colleagues past and present
@AFBI_NI
Loughgall to celebrate the 39 year career in grass breeding and mark the retirement of David Johnston