Food-systems research and the literary arts will move closer together in a unique collaboration called earth, launched this week by IGFS, the School of Biological Science (SBS) and cultural organisation Quotidian.

A leading, local businesswoman has been appointed honorary ‘Professor of Practice’ within IGFS and the School of Biological Sciences.

Researchers at IGFS and AFBI have together won a series of high-profile funding competitions in the area of agriculture and environmental sustainability.

Scientists from IGFS, AFBI & UCD have joined forces in a concerted bid to understand the immunology of bovine TB (bTB), particularly the role that nutrition and Vitamin D might play, on an all-island basis for the first time.

The new Horizon Europe project Re-Livestock - Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems - is about to start and researchers from Queen's will lead one of the projects

A Professor of Practice at IGFS & SBS has been appointed to a top EU panel of experts to help drive forward solutions to the climate crisis, in particular the key role that soil health can play.

As well as being a great honour and recognition for my work, winning the 2021 Nutrition Society Blaxter Award for my contribution to the field of Whole Body Metabolism and Animal Nutrition also signifies the completion of a cycle in my career.

Queen’s University Belfast was today named part of a high-level, government-backed, £5 million research network designed to jumpstart the UK agrifood industry’s journey to carbon Net Zero.

 Peter Gracey (22) from Belfast, is delighted to today graduate with a Masters in Food Chemistry and Taste Analysis before embarking on his next adventure in the USA.  

Interview with Rossa Donnelly, MSc student, about her food-safety research and partnership work with the international Food Safety Coalition

Meet Kiran Bhardwaj, MSc student, as she discusses her role in the international Food Safety Coalition and why researching aflatoxins is an important aspect of food integrity

Today sees the launch of a Centre for Excellence in Agriculture and Food Integrity to enhance and future-proof the UK agrifood industry through the development and application of innovative scientific-measurement solutions and digital technologies.

A high-profile audience from local, national and international agrifood attended the inaugural lecture of Professor John Gilliland, marking his honorary Professorship from Queen’s.

Research at IGFS and the SBS (in which it sits) has been rated 1st in the UK in the latest Research Exercise Framework (REF) – an independent assessment of research quality, impact and environment at UK universities.

Two honorary professorships have recently been awarded by IGFS and the School of Biological Sciences (jointly) at Queen’s.

A report published by the consortium CIEL (Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock) has identified that greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced if wide scale and highly effective mitigations are adopted across UK farms.

Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will co-fund research network, for the first time, underlining animal welfare as a high government priority.

IGFS and the School of Biological Sciences hosted an international delegation of early-career researchers as part of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) annual conference, taking place in Belfast.

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA, and his Republic of Ireland counterpart, Charlie McConalogue TD, today formally launched the All-Island Food Integrity Initiative (FOOD-I) – in which Queen’s University Belfast will play a leading role.

An international team of scientists has challenged the latest data linking the consumption of unprocessed red meat to certain diseases.

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to research led by IGFS.

The Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast has welcomed a review of the Northern Ireland agri-food system and its main recommendations.

IGFS teamed up with the UK Government Chemist team, hosted at LGC, to publish two significant scientific papers in Nature Portfolio Journal, npj-Science of Food, highlighting the increasing complexity of honey authentication.

IGFS research has found, for the first time, that people with Parkinson’s disease who eat more flavonoids — compounds found in foods like berries, cocoa, tea and red wine — may have improved life expectancy compared to those who don’t.

Professor Maggie Gill OBE, FRSE reflected on what the outcomes of COP26 mean for Northern Ireland’s agricultural and agrifood sector

As Cop26 continues to debate the role of methane in climate change, scientists at IGFS are to feed seaweed to farm animals in a bid to slash methane emissions by at least 30%.

Leading stakeholders from the worlds of agriculture, sustainability and food systems met at Queen’s University Belfast at a stakeholder evening hosted by the Queen's-AFBI Alliance.