BioSS

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Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland. Development and application of quantitative methods in agriculture, ecology, environment, and human health & nutrition.

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BioSS@bioss· Jan 21

Good decisions need good analysis! BioSS partnered with the Office for Environmental Protection to independently review how environmental trends are assessed. Read more on our website: www.bioss.ac.uk/case-studies... And the report: www.theoep.org.uk/commissioned...

BioSS@bioss· Nov 6

Our Gail Robertson has been working on the #Bio4Ag @sefariscot.bsky.social project: The project involves developing an interactive toolbox for growers and policy makers to help identify solutions for sustainable crop production.

BioSS@bioss· Oct 30

Our colleagues @spcatterall.bsky.social & Martin Knight attended the ModStatSAP network UK - France Workshop 2025 in Paris last week and presented work on “Modelling disease spread when the populations at risk are poorly mapped” & “Disease risk-based trading in the Scottish cattle trading system”

S.C. presenting his poster at the workshop

M.K. presenting his poster at the workshop

BioSS@bioss· Oct 17

Kind reminder that the registration deadline for the SEFARI Science for Life Lecture 2025 is today! tinyurl.com/mv3smw57 "Giving life to your science so it impacts the transformation of agriculture, environment and society" by David G Farquhar FRGS 🗓️Friday Oct 24th ⏰12:30 - 3:30pm 📍Edinburgh

BioSS@bioss· Oct 14

Thank you to our #IDWSDS2025 session's speakers @salliebailey.bsky.social & Manira Ahmad for two fascinating talks, showcasing the impressive range of work they lead at @naturalengland.bsky.social & @publichealthscot.bsky.social,with a focus to "Make the invisible visible"

Slide by Sallie Bailey on Recent international discussions

Slide by Manira Ahmad on Racism and Racialised Health Inequalities

BioSS@bioss· Oct 10

Happy World Mental Health Day! Our colleagues in Dundee & Edinburgh took photos of their group walks this week 😊 This year's theme is 'Access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies', read more: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/pub...

Group of smiley people taking a photo in the countryside

Group of smiley people at the top of a hill

Picture from behind of a group of people walking in the countryside

BioSS@bioss· Oct 8

Join us for "Statistics and Decision Making in the UK" to celebrate International Day of Women in Statistics & Data Science #IDWSDS2025 with @salliebailey.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social & Manira Ahmad @publichealthscot.bsky.social 📆 14 Oct. 2025 ⏰ 12-1 www.idwsds.org/registration/

Slide with titles, QR code and images of speakers

BioSS@bioss· Oct 7

Delighted to host "Statistics and Decision Making in the UK" as part of the International Day of Women in Statistics & Data Science #IDWSDS2025 w. @salliebailey.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social & Manira Ahmad @publichealthscot.bsky.social 📆 14 Oct. 2025 ⏰ 12-1 www.idwsds.org/registration/

Image with QR code for the Registration page and photos of the two speakers Prof. Sallie Bailey and Ms Manira Ahmad.

BioSS@bioss· Sep 4

It's the final day of the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social International Conference in #Edinburgh, and we're contributing to two more sessions today. Both sessions are covering different aspects of the responsible use of #AI. 👨‍💻 #RSS2025Conf #RSS2025 #Statistics

BioSS@bioss· Sep 3

It's Wednesday, and another big day at the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social International Conference! Today, our team are leading sessions, and presenting talks & posters on different areas of our statistical research. 📊 Check out the list of our contributions below! 👋 #RSS2025Conf #RSS2025 #Statistics

BioSS@bioss· Sep 2

Heading to the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social International Conference today? Don't miss these talks and sessions from our team at BioSS- there's something for everyone! 📆 #RSS2025Conf #RSS2025 #Statistics

BioSS@bioss· Jul 24

Great to welcome @jamiehepburn.bsky.social MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business, to @hutton.ac.uk in Invergowrie yesterday! 🌍 The Minister met with our scientists to explore how BioSS applies statistics and mathematical modelling to inform policy and tackle real-world challenges.

Jamr Hepburn MSP along with BioSS staff Mark Brewer, Iain McKendrick, Katharine Preedy, Simona Foscarin-Kosmetatou, Esther Jones and Nick Schurch

BioSS@bioss· Jun 25

Gail Robertson, our Senior Statistician in Plant and Crop Sciences, gave a presentation on graphical modelling at the @roslininstitute.bsky.social on Monday as part of their phylogenetics modelling seminar series. Read more about Gail's work: www.bioss.ac.uk/people/grobe...

First slide of Gail Robertson's presentation on "Graphical models and decision making tools in complex systems".

BioSS@bioss· Jun 20

Our Iain McKendrick is at the Royal Highland Show 2025 to launch a new public information film. It warns about the risks from bringing animal and plant products into Scotland. 🧀🥩✈️ 🎦Watch here: www.epicscotland.org/resources/an... @epicscotland.bsky.social @planthealthscot.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

BioSS@bioss· May 26

Thomas and Claire spoke to the public about monitoring seals with drones 🦭 📸 and tracking seabirds with wearable bio loggers 🐧 ⌚, contributing to one of 5 events running in the city and the shire over three days. (Photo credit: Claire Stainfield)

BioSS@bioss· May 26

Congratulations to joint @srucnews.bsky.social / @bioss.bsky.social PhD student Claire Stainfield and senior statistician Dr. Thomas Cornulier who both delivered amazing talks at last week's 2025 Pint of Science UK festival in Aberdeen! #pint25 #scicomm #pintofscience #bioss #sruc

BioSS@bioss· May 13

🚨WEBINAR🚨 The #PrePAREDProject will host a webinar on 21st May from 12-12:30pm. This webinar summarises the findings from Report 006: ‘Similarity assessment of offshore wind farms within UK marine habitats’ and will host a live Q&A. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eae7d8...

BioSS@bioss· May 2

Our Dr David Ewing (@daveewing.bsky.social) was featured on BBC News Scotland yesterday, with an interview on TV and radio about mosquitoes & vector-borne disease risk in Scotland. 🦟 Read more: www.bioss.ac.uk/news-events/... Listen to David's radio interview [52:30]: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

BioSS@bioss· Mar 26

🚨NEW VACANCY!🚨 We are recruiting for an Administrative Assistant based in either Edinburgh, Dundee or Aberdeen. This is a #permanentjob with a lot of #worklifebalance flexibility. 📅Deadline: 9 April 👉More info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/bi... 📝Apply: bioss.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

Job advert for the role of Administrative Assistant at BIOSS.

BioSS@bioss· Mar 4

🚨UPCOMING BIOSS COURSES March to May 2025🚨 * Graphical Methods for Multivariate Data * Regression and Curve Fitting * Introduction to Mixed Models and REML * Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance * Association Mapping using R For more information, go to www.bioss.ac.uk/training/cou...

BioSS@bioss· Feb 27

🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨 Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team. Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec... 📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025 #StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals

BioSS@bioss· Feb 24

BioSS are leading and contributing towards multiple presentations at the #ScotMER Symposium 2025. 🌊 📆 The conference starts tomorrow- and you can still sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7th-scotme... #OffshoreRenewables #RenewableEnergy #Seabirds

BioSS@bioss· Jan 10

🚨PhD opportunities!🚨 Don't miss your chance to apply to a collaborative #PhD with BioSS and partners. We have several advertised across a range of applied quantitative research. See more here: www.bioss.ac.uk/phd-students... #PhdChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Statistics #Maths

BioSS@bioss· Dec 18

🚨#PhD opportunity!🚨 We're looking for a PhD student to work on modelling anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks, working with our @daveewing.bsky.social, and supervisors at @moredunfoundation.bsky.social & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 📆Deadline: 17th Jan More info: shorturl.at/xbHEy

Photo of two sheep on a hillside with a model schematic

BioSS@bioss· Nov 26

Fascinating insights from our @kateywhyte.bsky.social & Esther Jones on their SEFARI nnovative Knowledge Exchange funded project “Careers and skills for a future climate”, joint work with @jameshuttoninst.bsky.social @skillsdevscot.bsky.social #ClimateXChange #BerthaPH #CREW_waters #rowett_abdn

BioSS@bioss· Nov 26

Great to learn about the impressive work on genetics of winter dormancy in raspberry by our PhD student Brezo Mateos. You can read more: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

BioSS@bioss· Nov 26

We are having a great second day of our Annual Meeting with talks on BioSS science and internal affairs. 📈Always a great opportunity to catch up with colleagues!💬

BioSS@bioss· Nov 25

We're ending the day with our annual Rob Kempton Lecture. We're thrilled to welcome Prof Christina Cobbold from University of Glasgow to speak on “The role of individuals and their traits in determining the impacts of environmental change: from blowflies to mosquitoes.” 🦟

BioSS@bioss· Nov 25

We're delighted to welcome everyone to our annual meeting in Edinburgh today. Our Helen Kettle introduced us all to a themed session on "Mathematical Modelling".

BioSS@bioss· Nov 20

Very grateful that our Head of Consultancy Professor Iain McKendrick was given the chance to tell our #BayesCentre partners more about the work of BioSS yesterday as part of ⚡#BayesLightningTalks⚡