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Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc

@UCDSBES

School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin

 Dublin
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Joined August 2009
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Congratulations to our colleagues Dr Simone Marcone and Liz Conroy on their 10th Year Recognition of Service Award @ucdscience
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Congratulations to Dr @lucygdornan on passing her Viva @ucdscience
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Daylight saving and health, Dr Jeffrey Kelu interview telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne…

I’m a body clock expert. This is how daylight saving is harming your health

Clock changes have been part of British life for over a century, but all the springing back and forth is bad for us, says Dr Jeffrey Kelu

telegraph.co.uk
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#Jobfairy with Prof Antoinette Perry, @UCDCancerLab
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Our Sustainability Committee organized a fantastic workshop on Green Labs Certification. We had presentations by @mygreenlab Jack OGrady, GreenDIsc Loïc Lannelongue, Irish Green Labs, U Galway, Una Fitzgerald, and @researchireland Reza Tavangar @ucdscience @UCDsustain
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Mixed results for Lough Sheelin. The invasive starry stonewort now occupies over 100ha! The aquatic shrimps are still mostly native but new records for Gammarus pulex and G tigrinus. Survey supported by @meathcoco @westmeathcoco @cavancoco @NPWSIreland @ucdscience @UCDSBES
Nitellopsis obtusa confirmed from over 100ha in Lough Sheelin

ALT Nitellopsis obtusa confirmed from over 100ha in Lough Sheelin

Hydro acoustic signature of starry stonewort infestation Nitellopsis obtusa in Lough Sheelin

ALT Hydro acoustic signature of starry stonewort infestation Nitellopsis obtusa in Lough Sheelin

Shrimp sampling in Lough Sheelin confirms that most of the amphipods are made up of native species such as Gammarus duebeni and Gammarus lacustris.

ALT Shrimp sampling in Lough Sheelin confirms that most of the amphipods are made up of native species such as Gammarus duebeni and Gammarus lacustris.

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#Seminarseries this week Prof Tobias Kretzschmar #cannabis
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Unfortunately this is what's happening to our freshwater habitats in Ireland. Invasive demon shrimp displacing our native shrimp. This is an unprecedented shift. Survey supported by @NPWSIreland @DeptHousingIRL @longfordcoco @GalwayCoCo @roscommoncoco @ucdscience @UCDSBES
littoral habitats along the Shannon catchment in Ireland being invaded by the demon shrimp Dikerogammarus haemobaphes. It is rapidly displacing our native aquatic shrimps like this one Gammarus duebeni

ALT littoral habitats along the Shannon catchment in Ireland being invaded by the demon shrimp Dikerogammarus haemobaphes. It is rapidly displacing our native aquatic shrimps like this one Gammarus duebeni

Dikerogammarus haemobaphes aquatic invasive species spreading in Ireland

ALT Dikerogammarus haemobaphes aquatic invasive species spreading in Ireland

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Read all about this amazing Research on bats genome cms.ucd.ie/sm/preview/1/en/8…
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Surveys for the invasive Demon shimp continues on the Shannon River and it's tributaries. Essential information on this aquatic invader gained through support from @LimerickCouncil @TipperaryCoCo @NPWSIreland @DeptHousingIRL @ucdscience @UCDSBES
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon catchment in Ireland

ALT Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the Shannon catchment in Ireland

Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in stoney substrate

ALT Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in stoney substrate

Mulkear river co Limerick surveyed for demon shrimp

ALT Mulkear river co Limerick surveyed for demon shrimp

lower Shannon catchment in Limerick

ALT lower Shannon catchment in Limerick

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Our lakes in Ireland are changing quickly. Invasive species are changing how these ecosystems work altering nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics. The Demon shrimp and quagga mussels are very recent invaders. @NPWSIreland @ucdscience @UCDSBES @DeptHousingIRL @GalwayCoCo
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in lakes in Shannon catchment

ALT Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in lakes in Shannon catchment

sampling littoral habitats in Ireland tracking the impact of Quagga mussels and Demon shrimp

ALT sampling littoral habitats in Ireland tracking the impact of Quagga mussels and Demon shrimp

Dreisennid mussels in lakes in Ireland

ALT Dreisennid mussels in lakes in Ireland

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Great opportunity to meet our soil experts @OLastovetsky and @CarusoTancredi who are taking part of Soil Health Week organized by @teagasc
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Very proud of Prof Clinch achievements! #womeninstem @ucdscience @UCD_Research
Irish History Bitesize! (@lorraineelizab6) profile pictureIrish History Bitesize!@lorraineelizab6Sep 12
Phyllis E. M. Clinch (12 Sept 1901 #Rathgar #Dublin-19 Oct 1984).👩‍🎓@ucdalumni (Botany/Chemistry). PhD metabolism of conifer leaves🌲! Research plant virus diseases; potato🥔/sugar beet/tomato🍅! Prof @UCDSBES! VP @TheRDS scientific committee! VP @RIAdawson dib.ie/biography/clinch-phyl…
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First day of the School MSc of Applied Environmental Science, Coordinated by Assoc Prof Tancredi Caruso hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P…
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Perch in the canal are now feeding on the invasive demon shrimp! Unfortunately the fish are unlikely to control them. Study on how the shrimp impact the aquatic habitat supported by @KildareCoCo @NPWSIreland @DeptHousingIRL @ucdscience @UCDSBES
Fish caught by rod to assess the diet of perch

ALT Fish caught by rod to assess the diet of perch

gut contents of perch in the canal. shrimps almost exclusively made up of the demon shrimp Dikerogammarus haemobaphes.

ALT gut contents of perch in the canal. shrimps almost exclusively made up of the demon shrimp Dikerogammarus haemobaphes.

perch mostly small but some nice size fish in the canal

ALT perch mostly small but some nice size fish in the canal

Fish survey in the canal assessing if perch are feeding on the new invasive shrimp Dikerogammarus haemobaphes

ALT Fish survey in the canal assessing if perch are feeding on the new invasive shrimp Dikerogammarus haemobaphes

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Introductions and mingle! first day of our Msc in Biology and Biomolecular Science (NL) @guerrinomacori and Dr Simone Marcone @ucdscience
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Darren O'Connell@Dar_OConnellAug 25
It was great to have the whole @UCDSBES BeeLab presenting research at the @IUSSI_NAS #IUSSI26 meeting in Freiburg on #bee stressors/health Big congrats to PhD students Egehan and Marcela for their very well received talks! @IUSSI_NWES @julia_c_jones @cristinabotias #pollinators
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#jobfairy Fully Funded PhD Opportunity - AMR, Environmental Metagenomics and Microbial Dark Matter @guerrinomacori Application:bit.ly/PhD_UCD
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Michaela Walsh and @Stefania_Sabau represented SBES, @UCD_physics and UCD C-Space at COSPAR conference presenting their work on human and plant microbiomes and interactions with space stressors to an Europe’s leaders in space science.
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Both PhD Students explore how leading-edge genetics, or “multiomics”, can drive discoveries to enable long duration spaceflight and translate to health, environmental and agricultural innovation on Earth. @UCD_Research
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