NFAT5 genes are part of the osmotic regulatory system in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Acknowledgements This study was supported by a grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, BB/H008063/1), UK to DGH and SAM. Funding also came from Research Council Norway for project number 241016 for DGH and EJ. This work was carried out as part of a PhD thesis funded by the Marine Alliance of Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS).

Development of an Efficient Genome Editing Method by CRISPR/Cas9 in a Fish Cell Line

This project was carried out during CD’s BBSRC Eastbio PIPS placement at Marine Scotland. The authors are grateful to Dr Milena Monte (University of Aberdeen) for help with the FACS analysis. The authors wish to thank Dr Filippo Del Bene (Neuronal Circuit Development, Institut Curie) and Dr Wenbiao Chen (School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University) for the Addgene plasmids, #61051 and #47929, respectively, and Prof. Nancy C. Reich Marshall (Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brooks University) for the plasmid pmEGFP-N1.

Transcriptomic responses in the fish intestine

Acknowledgements This study was funded by BBSRC grant BB/M026604/1, and UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) grant 11974-81166. CED was funded by a BBSRC EastBio PhD studentship at University of Aberdeen. We are grateful to Chris Secombes, Helen Dooley and the two anonymous referees who made valuable comments on the earlier version of the manuscript.

Expression of the retinoic acid catabolic enzyme CYP26B1 in the human brain to maintain signaling homeostasis

Funding was provided by the Wellcome Trust grant WT081633MA-NCE and Biological Sciences Research Council Grant BB/K001043/1. Prof Fragoso is the recipient of a Post Doctoral Science without Borders grant from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, 237450/2012-7).

Food availability and predation risk, rather than intrinsic attributes are the main factors shaping the reproductive decisions of a long-lived predator

Funded by Natural Research Limited Natural Environment Research Council studentship. Grant Numbers: NE/J500148/1, NE/F021402/1

Sustainable use of organic resources for bioenergy, food and water provision in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

Acknowledgements We are grateful to the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council Nexus Network for funding this work.

Sustainable use of organic resources for bioenergy, food and water provision in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

Acknowledgements We are grateful to the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council Nexus Network for funding this work.

Global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of UK food supply are increasingly located overseas

Date of Acceptance: 04/12/2016 © 2016 The Author(s). This work was supported by a University of Aberdeen Environment and Food Security Theme/the James Hutton Institute PhD studentship, and contributes to the Scottish Food Security Alliance-Crops and the Belmont Forum supported DEVIL project (NERC fund UK contribution: NE/M021327/1). J.M. and R.B.M. acknowledge funding from the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Scottish Government. T.K. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council Grant ERC-263522 (LUISE).

Whey protein isolate decreases murine stomach weight and intestinal length and alters the expression of Wnt signalling-associated genes

Acknowledgements K. N. N. was supported by the Teagasc Vision Programme on Obesity (RMIS5974). L. M. was supported by the Teagasc Walsh Fellowship. J. R. S. was supported by a 1000-talents professorship from the Chinese government. The funding bodies had no input on the design of the study or in the interpretation of the data. The authors’ contributions are as follows: L. M., J. R. S., J. F. C. and K. N. N. designed the study; K. N. N. and J. F. C. obtained ethical approval for the study; L. M. performed the experiments; L. M. and J. R. S. analysed the data; L. M. generated the figures. All authors contributed to the drafting of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version for submission. The authors declare that there is no competing interest.

Sustainable use of organic resources for bioenergy, food and water provision in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

Acknowledgements We are grateful to the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council Nexus Network for funding this work.