Seedcorn Fund projects 2012-2013
These are the successful Seedcorn Fund funded projects in 2012-2013:
Virtual Adaptation: An investigation into the potential of mobile and social media to support communities in adapting to climate change
Chris Preist ( Computer Science), co-applicants Malcolm Fairbrother and JD Dewsbury(Geographical Sciences)
The effects of Arabidopsis plant root architecture on the resistance of soils to concentrated flows of water erosion
Claire Grierson ( Biological Sciences ), co-applicants T Quine and Sarah De Baets (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter)
Electrical properties of volcanic ash
Isobel Houghton (Electrical Engineering ), co-applicant Karen Aplin ( Physics, Oxford) and Keri Nicoll (Meteorology, Reading)
Characterising colour vision in insect vectors of disease and agricultural pests
Juliette McGregor (Biological Sciences)
Black Box Workshop: multidisciplinary approaches to uncertainty
Tamsin Edwards (Geographical Sciences ), co-applicant Jonty Rougier ( Maths)
Greening Tomorrow’s Doctors:Consultation seminar on priority learning outcomes for sustainable medical education
Trevor Thompson (Social and Community Medicine), co-applicants Stefi Barna ( Norwich Medical School, UEA), Frances Mortimer (Centre for Sustainable Healthcare), Jason Horsley (Public Health, Sheffield), Steve Gillam (Public Health, Cambridge)
Community involvement in livestock disease management through participatory epidemiology in Botswana
Josephine Walker (Biological Sciences ), co-applicants Eric Morgan (Vet School), Kate Evans (Biological Sciences)
Melting ice sheets: impacts on ocean productivity and biodiversity
Jemma Wadham (Geographical Sciences), co-applicants Fanny Monteiro, Sandra Arndt, Mark Jackson, Martyn Tranter, Jonathan Bamber, Johanna Laybourn-Parry, Alex Anesio ( Geographical Sciences), Stephen Burrow and Elizabeth Bagshaw (Aerospace Engineering)