New facility 'puts Roslin Institute at forefront of world-class research'
30 June 2011
THE opening yesterday of the new £60 million Roslin Institute building on the Bush Estate south of Edinburgh - which will accommodate 500 of the top animal research scientists - puts Scotland not just in the world-class category in this field, but makes it a world leader.
That assessment of the importance of the facility in world research terms was given by the director of the Institute, Professor David Hume.
He said,that the new facility would bring together under one roof people with differing skills helping to solve animal health and welfare issues that affect livestock and small animals all around the world.
Among the projects currently under research is one that aims to produce cattle with a resistance to tuberculosis.
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