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The Official Twitter feed for the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen. Follow us for updates on news, events & research engagement
Aberdeen, UK
Joined June 2014
Our #hemp flapjack was a huge hit with @ScotlandRHShow visitors. 😋 93% liked the taste.🛒 93% would buy it.💷 88% would pay more for a healthy product. Another small step towards making this healthy, sustainable, versatile crop a Scottish-grown staple. @SGRESAS . Recipe 🔽
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Are shift workers better off exercising before a night shift or after? That's the question we hope to answer in a new research project just granted funding by @nhsgcharity - working with colleagues from @KingsCollegeLon & @NHSGrampian to protect this crucial part of the workforce
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How many species do we eat a week in the UK? It's an important question for human and climate health that we have answered for the first time. Watch the video to learn more from Professor @Baukje_de_Roos and find a link to the Dietary Species Richness research paper via our bio.
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JUNK v JABS - OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD.That's the big topic our own @ProfAJohnstone will discuss with Food Fight author @StuartGillesp16 and Emma Harper MSP on August 22 as part of this summer's @ScotParl #FestivalofPolitics. Get your tickets here:
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Did you hear @BBCFoodProg discussing our @SGRESAS research on the nutrients "lost" to the UK through #fish exports? Listen back (from 18m19s) as Dr Anneli Löfstedt chats about the work she did with @Baukje_de_Roos .Find out more:
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Fixing food systems can't just be done in the lab. That's why Rowett Institute researchers are partners in many fantastic initiatives beyond our own walls. Like @GC_GoodFood which just made our home city the VERY FIRST IN SCOTLAND to secure Sustainable Food Places GOLD status🥇🎉
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Hands up if you've had your porridge today! We need #volunteers to join an exciting new #research project looking deeper into the healthiness of #oats and how our bodies digest and metabolise them. Click the link in the comments or email healthyoats@abdn.ac.uk for details.
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RT @AbdnLifeScience: If you missed @rowett_abdn's workshop last week, which gave shift workers the opportunity to learn more about the heal….
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Is fibre "a relatively simple solution to a widespread, significant problem" for cancer patients? We hope to show it is. Read this great summary of a major new @ProstateUK funded trial that's about to get underway.
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Starting #PCST2025 as we mean to go on - with @ProfAJohnstone joining a thought-provoking opening panel. Communicating science has never been more important - or more challenging, so delighted to see so many experts from across the globe gathered right here in #Aberdeen all week.
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RT @SCAF_ARC: 🌟 SCAF MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Dr Surbhi Agarwal is a public health nutritionist and research fellow at The Rowett Institute! 🌟 . S….
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WOW! Thanks to everyone keeping us so busy running to the post box with packets of #sorrel seeds by signing up for our citizen science project. There's plenty more so join the #WildEdibles crew now to get yours. Click the link in the comments to find out more and register.
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A great opportunity to join us in the @SEFARIscot family!.
📢 Job Vacancy 📢. We're looking for a Research and Communications Manager. Apply by: 19/05/25.For further info:
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RT @LoraHeisler: Fascinating talk today in our Rowett Institute @rowett_abdn Seminar Series by visiting speaker Dr Costas Christodoulides,….
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