PhD student @DCU School of Chemical Sciences working on #pesticide & #soil under @PROTECTSProject. Big fan of ☕,🐶, #LFC & 🥋.
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📰✨ I am very grateful and thrilled for the opportunity to share our research on pesticide contamination in Irish soils with @Independent_ie. Massive thanks to @BlanaidWhiteDCU, @JimCarolanMU, @DCU, @DCUFSH and research funder @agriculture_ie !🎉🎉🎉
🌱 Our study is just the beginning of soil pesticide research in Ireland. Our research will serve as a foundation, but future studies will need to explore a wider range of compounds, pesticide persistence dynamics, and address the potential risks of pesticide contamination
Our study also highlights challenges in assessing environmental risks. Detectability variations, concerns for water contamination, and complex field-level dynamics underscore the need for continuous monitoring
96% of samples across 25 sites show detectable levels. Neonicotinoids were detected in 24 sites, even without recent application. Surprisingly, 15 of 25 sites have pesticides not recently applied
Unlocking the story of pesticides in Irish soil! 🌱🇮🇪 Our study dives into the impact of the widely used pesticides in Irish agriculture, vital for a €14.4 billion sector 🪙
📢Exciting news! Our study on pesticide contamination in Irish soils is featured in the Irish Independent! 🇮🇪
Check out the news article link: independent.ie/irish-news/st…
Dive deeper into the comprehensive findings beyond the newspaper spotlight: twtr.to/-a6wu
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Dr Ruairi Brannigan @R2B2_13, School of Chemical Sciences @DCUChemistry, is aiming to produce more environmentally sustainable pesticides and fungicides as part of his project for the SFI Future Food Systems Challenge @scienceirel. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3RlGYW7
ALT Dr Ruairi Brannigan
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Congrats to the one and only @MerissaCullen who passed her Viva this week. An outstanding thesis produced by an outstanding person. Thanks to the @ProtectsProject team & @DaraStanley for excellent co-supervision throughout & to @agriculture_ie for funding. @MaynoothBiology 🐝🍾🥲
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We're very proud of PROTECTS PhD student @ZioElena who passed her viva yesterday. Read more of Elena's work on pesticide residues in pollen and nectar below! Well done Dr Zioga!!
Congratulations @ZioElena on passing your PhD viva today 🥳 @BlanaidWhiteDCU and I are very proud supervisors 😊
Thank you examiners @NigelERaine and @matts20000
Check out Elena's work👇 sciencedirect.com/science/ar… sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🤩Delighted to have had this opportunity to present the results from our modelling study on estimating #pesticide risk in #agricultural 'soils in Ireland using #HAIR2014 today at #EGU23 SSS8.4
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@EuroGeosciences @EGU_SSS @ProtectsProject
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Congratulations @Mathavan_DCU! Hope you had a fantastic celebration yesterday.
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Aww girls, @AngioiRoberta and @helenarapp, thank you 🥰🥰🥰 – at Dublin City, Ireland
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Congratulations @Mathavan_DCU who graduated with his #PhD today! Mathavan did wonderful work as part of PROTECTS on pesticides in soils. You can read some of it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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