James Hutton Institute,
Scottish Rural College and Rowett Institute are moving away from contagious
livestock, environmental and nutritional diseases to provide the necessary
scientific equipment to facilitate testing, and have also offered staff to work
on projects.
The Minister for Environment,
Roseanna Cunningham said: “Scotland is proud to
have some of the world’s leading science and research institutions. During this
unprecedented global pandemic, the response of our research institutions in
volunteering staff and laboratory equipment has been great to see.”
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“In the long term, their collective
expertise and resources could make a huge difference in accelerating our
understanding of, and refining our response to, this virus," she
continued.
“More immediately, the provision of
PPE and laboratory equipment will help our frontline NHS staff to carry on with
the incredible work they are doing.”
The James Hutton Institute has
borrowed two QiagenQIACube sample processing units from NHS Lanarkshire and NHS
Highland. They also borrowed 96-well optical reaction plates and seals for PCR
tests at Edinburgh laboratories, which are used to analyze swab samples during
Covid-19 tests.
The Rowett Institute loaned two
real-time ThermoFisher Applied Biosystems 7500 PCRs and a QiagenQIACube sample
processing unit to NHS Grampian. These machines will increase the number of
tests that clinical laboratories can perform daily.
The James Hutton Institute also
provides international researchers with access to the use of high-performance
computing capabilities to analyze the Covid-19 DNA sequence. So far, the
institute has donated masks, goggles, over 4,500 sterile gloves and over 1,000
shoe covers to the NHS Tayside.
SRUC provided equipment, oxygen and
PPE to NHS Dumfries and Galloway, including 130 sterile gowns, 600 pairs of
sterile gloves, 100 masks, 150 caps, 100 shoe covers, 100 aprons and 3000 test
gloves.
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