2016 World Nobel Prize Laureate Summit

Roslin was introduced as an international place for innovation and investment to Nobel Prize Laureates, internationally acclaimed researchers and scientists and over 1,000 delegates at the 3rd World Nobel Prize Laureate Summit (WNPLS), a high profile annual summit in China that took place on 2nd and 3rd September.

While human health is a considerable focus for many of the people working in life sciences, the industry in Scotland also includes aquaculture, plant health and animal health. 

The Roslin Institute is a world-leading research institute made famous for creating Dolly the Sheep, (celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016), the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. The Roslin Institute also serves as the research arm of the adjacent Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, with both forming part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh with approximately 700 members of staff, 900 undergraduate and 150 postgraduate students. 

As part of a 20 year vision and plan to 2025 to develop a research and innovation campus, the University of Edinburgh, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Scottish Government are investing more than $375M ($201M spent to date) to develop the Easter Bush Campus as a world leading Centre of Excellence in Animal Sciences and Food Security. 

This ongoing capital development includes The Roslin Institute ($90M), the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies ($63M), with both opened in 2011 and also a new Innovation Centre and Campus Hub ($48M), currently under construction.