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Quantitative Expertise at Rothamsted Research
• Computational and Systems Biology (CSYS)
• http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/computational-and-systems-biology
– Supporting and contributing to research across the
breadth of the RRes science programme
– 20:20 Wheat; Designing Seeds; Delivering Sustainable
Systems; Cropping Carbon
• Applied Statistics
• http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/applied-statistics
– Designing experiments and surveys; statistical analysis and
modelling; spatial (geo-)statistics; multivariate methods
• Applied Bioinformatics
• http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/applied-bioinformatics
– Next generation sequence analysis for gene discovery and
hypothesis generation; network biology and data
integration; data visualisation; data mining
Quantitative Expertise at Rothamsted Research
• Mathematical Modelling
– To study population dynamics, epidemiology and
evolutionary ecology of plants and their pests and
pathogens
– Of crop-climate interactions to quantify future threats to
crops and identify crop improvement targets
– Using the novel physics and mathematics of optimal
searching, random walks and turbulence to develop
mechanistic models of invertebrate movement patterns
– To study the biology, chemistry and physics of soils and
soil processes, including nutrient and pollutant cycling,
and soil-root interactions
– To evaluate the sustainability of modern agricultural
practices and the trade-offs with the provision of
environmental goods and services
– To evaluate the productivity and environmental impact of
energy crops
Data Resources at Rothamsted Research
• Long Term Experiments
• http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/long-term-experiments-national-capability
– electronic Rothamsted Archive / Sample Archive
– Data on crop production, nutrition, plant diversity, ... with associated
meteorological records since 1843!
• Rothamsted Insect Survey
• http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/insect-survey/
– Focussed on data for aphids and moths from a network of sites for
the past 40 years
• North Wyke Farm Platform
• http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/farmplatform
– Detailed spatial and temporal information on inputs and outputs
from a grassland beef and sheep system under different
management approaches
• AgriTech AIMS Centre
• https://agritech.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/27/aims-putting-the-uk-at-heart-ofthe-big-data-revolution-in-agriculture/
– Agricultural Informatics and Metrics of Sustainability
– Raising awareness, reducing risks and costs, and increasing the utility
of data to the UK agrifood industry