Approved Walsh Fellowship Projects 2005
The Teagasc Walsh Fellowship supports MSc and PhD students in Teagasc research centres up to a maximum duration of 3 years. There are new projects approved each year with a grant of €17,000 per student. This stipend comprises of maintenance to the student and fees to the college and is payable directly to the associated University.
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Recruitment of Walsh Fellows is the responsibility of the University Supervisor in conjunction with the Teagasc Supervisor. Unless otherwise stated please direct all applications to the appropriate University.
Categories
Food Processing
Project Title: TRACE: Tracing the origin of food in Europe (NIR spectroscopy).
College: Dr Colm O’Donnell, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Gerard Downey, National Food Centre
Project Title: A cost benefit analysis of the impact of salmonellosis attributable to pork in Ireland.
College: Dr Carol Newman, Trinity College
Teagasc: Dr Maeve Henchion, National Food Centre
Project Title: TRACE: Tracing the origin of food in Europe (MIR spectroscopy).
College: Dr Colm O’Donnell, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Gerard Downey, National Food Centre
Project Title: Antioxidant status in minimally and fully processed fruits, vegetables and their products: technology optimisation to minimise losses
College: Dr Francis Butler, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Ronan Gormley, NFC.
Project Title: Development of rapid nucleic acid based methods for Salmonella spp.
College: Professor Seamus Fanning, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Geraldine Duffy, NFC
Project Title: . Risk analysis based control of Salmonella in pork on the island of Ireland.
College: Professor Seamus Fanning, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Geraldine Duffy, NFC
Project Title: Development of rapid nucleic acid based methods for total viable counts (TVC’s) on fresh meat.
College: Professor Seamus Fanning, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Geraldine Duffy, NFC
Project Title: Sentinel surveillance of Campylobacter in Ireland.
College: Professor Seamus Fanning, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Declan Bolton, NFC
Project Title: Interaction of gene expression pathways, breed and diet on the nutritive and flavour aspects of pigmeat.
College: Dr Torres Sweeney, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Anne Maria Mullen, NFC
Project Title: Assessment of DNA markers for meat quality traits in Irish beef and pork.
College: Dr Torres Sweeney, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Anne Maria Mullen, NFC
Project Title: Development of novel image analysis techniques to determine beef palatability attributes.
College: Professor Da-Wen Sun, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Paul Allen, NFC
Project Title: Development of a technique to determine the influence of aerial contamination on beef, pork and lamb carcasses during slaughter.
College: Profs D A McDowell and I S Blair, UU
Teagasc: Prof James J Sheridan, NFC.
Project Title: Control of blown pack spoilage in vacuum packaged beef
College: Profs I S Blair and D A McDowell, UU
Teagasc: Prof James J Sheridan, NFC.
Project Title: PROTECT: Probiotic protection during processing and gastrointestinal transit
College: Prof Gerald Fitzgerald, UCC
Teagasc: Dr Catherine Stanton and Paul Ross, Biotechnology/DPR
Project Title: Live 5: Probiotics for Salmonella reduction in the food chain
College: Prof Gerald Fitzgerald and Dr Colin Hill, UCC
Teagasc: Dr Catherine Stanton and Dr Paul Ross, Biotechnology/DPRC
(Fund subject to receipt of funding from Enterprise Ireland).
Project Title: ‘AntiStaph’ – Phage therapy alternatives for the control of antibiotic resistant staphylococci (incl MRSA)
College: Dr Aidan Coffey, Cork Institute of Technology
Teagasc: Dr Olivia McAuliffe, Moorepark
(Recommended subject to receipt of proposed external funding)
Project Title: FUNLAC: Lacticin-based ingredients for biopreservative and functional food applications.
College: Prof Colin Hill, UCC
Teagasc: Dr Paul Ross, DPRC
Project Title: Exopolysaccharide production by cheese flora and its influence on cheese nutrition, yield and functionality.
College: Dr Paul McSweeney, UCC
Teagasc: Dr Tom Beresford, DPRC.
Project Title: Development of technologies to control the development of ‘wild’ NSLAB in commercial Cheddar cheese.
College: Dr Paul McSweeney, UCC
Teagasc: Dr Tom Beresford, DPRC
Project Title: Biologically active complexes of a-lactalbumin
College: Dr Alan Kelly and Dr Nora O’Brien, UCC
Teagasc: Dr Andre Brodkorb, DPRC.
Project Title: Post-genomic analysis of the Lactobillus helveticus DPC4571 genome for genes involved in cheese flavour development.
College: Prof Gerald Fitzgerald, UCC
Teagasc: Drs Tom Beresford and Paul Ross
Project Title: To investigate the potential use of Near Infra-Red Technology to detect and enumerate microbial pathogens in an automated system.
College: Dr Amalia Scannell, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Gerry Downey, National Food Centre
Dairy Production
Project Title: A study of milking machine factors, milking and management practices, milking and housing facilities and causative organisms influencing somatic cell counts (SCC) in Irish dairy herds.
College: Dr Kathleen O’Sullivan, UCC
Teagasc: Mr W J Meaney, Dr E O’Callaghan and Dr Bernadette O’Brien, Moorepark
Project Title: Evaluation of alternative forages for low cost in-situ autumn/winter-feeding of dairy cows.
College: Dr Trevor Storey, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Padraig French, Moorepark, Dr Karl Richards, Johnstown Castle and Dr Richard Hackett, Oak Park
Project Title: Evaluation of Norwegian Red x Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle under Irish production circumstances.
College: Dr Myles Rath, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Frank Buckley, Moorepark
Project Title: Development of national genetic evaluation methodology and estimation of inbreeding trends and economic impact in Ireland.
College: Dr Myles Rath, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Donagh Berry, Moorepark
Project Title: Strategies to increase the value of cow beef from dairy and suckler herds.
College: Dr David Kenny, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Michael O’Dononvan, Dr Frank Buckley, Moorepark and Dr Aidan Moloney, Grange
Project Title: Mastitis and the bovine genome.
College: Prof Tommie McCarthy, UCC
Teagasc: Dr Linda Giblin, Dr Mairead Daly and Mr Billy Meaney, DPRC
Project Title: Effects of negative energy balance on follicle gene and protein expression during the early postpartum period and its impacts on dairy cow fertility.
College: Dr David Kenny and Dr Alex Evans, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Richard Fitzpatrick, Dr Dermot Morris, Athenry and Dr John Murphy, Moorepark
Project Title: Influence of in situ utilization of winter crops on the performance and foraging behaviour of dairy cows.
College: Dr Alison J Hanlon and Dr Finbar Mulligan, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Laura Boyle and Dr Padraig French, Moorepark
Project Title: Welfare aspects of grass-based systems of milk production.
College: Dr Alison J Hanlon, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Laura Boyle, Moorepark
Project Title: Genomics of reproduction in high genetic merit dairy cattle displaying different levels of fertility.
College: Dr Alex Evans and Dr Pat Lonergan, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Stephen Butler, Moorepark
Horticulture / Forestry
Project Title: Conservation and molecular characterisation of veteran oak (Quercus spp.) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) trees.
College: Dr Trevor Hodkinson and Dr Daniel Kelly, Trinity College
Teagasc: Dr Gerry Douglas, Kinsealy
Beef Production
Project Title: Strategies for improving labour efficiency on beef suckler farms.
College: Dr Dermot J Ruane, UCD
Teagasc: Dr R Fallon and Dr E G O’Riordan, Grange
Project Title: Improving the competitiveness of intensive and extensive suckler beef systems.
College: Dr Frank O’Mara, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Michael Drennan and Dr Mark McGee, Grange
Project Title: Optimising beef cattle productivity, well being and meat quality during housing.
College: Dr Mark A Crowe, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Bernadette Earley, Grange
Project Title: The potential of specific metabolic hormones as indicators of reproductiveefficiency and estimation of their repeatability and heritability values for cattle.
College: Dr David Kenny, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Michael G Diskin, Athenry and Dr John J Murphy, Moorepark
Project Title: An examination of the relationship between net feed efficiency and performance related variables and identification and quantification of physiological indicators of energetic efficiency in beef cattle.
College: Dr David Kenny and Dr Frank O’Mara, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Michael J Drennan, Dr Mark McGee, Grange and Dr Micheal G Diskin, Athenry
Project Title: Manipulation of ruminal hydrogenation of dietary lipids (using in vitro models) and identification of factors contributing to variation in conjugated linoleic acid concentrations in beef and milk.
College: Dr David Kenny and Dr Frank Monahan, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Aidan Moloney, Grange and Dr John Murphy, Moorepark.
Pig Production
Project Title: Feeding and management of sows during gestation and its effect on muscle fibre, fat level, growth rate and carcass quality.
College: Prof Neil C Stickland, The Royal Veterinary College, London
Teagasc: Dr Peadar Lawlor, Moorepark
Sheep Production
Project Title: Developing a geographic information system (GIS) forecasting model for the control of fasciolosis in Ireland
College: Dr Theo de Waal, Prof Jeremy Gray, Dr Tom Murphy and Prof Grace Mulcahy, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Barbara Good, Dr JP Hanrahan, Athenry and Dr Rogier Schulte, Johnstown Castle
Project Title: The role of the DRB1 locus of the major histocompatibility complex in resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep.
College: Dr Torres Sweeney and Prof Grace Mulcahy, UCD
Teagasc: Dr J P Hanrahan and Dr B Good, Athenry
Rural Environment
Project Title: The erodibility and surface runoff from six agricultural soils.
College: Dr Michael Rodgers and Dr Mark G Healy, NUI Galway
Teagasc: Mr Michael Walsh, Athenry
Project Title: Modeling groundwater response to nitrate loading
College: Dr P Johnston, Trinity College
Teagasc: Dr Owen Carton and Dr Owen Fenton, Johnstown Castle
Project Title: Nitrous oxide emissions from Irish agriculture – a modelling approach.
College: Prof Keith A Smith, University of Edinburgh
Teagasc: Dr Bernard Hyde and Dr Owen T Carton, Johnstown Castle
Project Title: The carbon cycle of energy crops – implications for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
College: Prof Michael B Jones, Trinity College
Teagasc: Dr James Burke, Oak Park
Project Title: Benefits of plant diversity in forage mixtures: an experimental test of the insurance hypothesis.
College: Dr John Connolly, UCD
Teagasc: Dr John Finn, Johnstown Castle
Project Title: Identification of high nature value (HNV) farmland areas in western Ireland, with specific reference to grasslands.
College: Dr M Sheehy Skeffington and Dr M Gormally, NUI Galway
Teagasc: Dr John Finn, Johnstown Castle
Project Title: An evaluation of the role of different management practices in minimising nitrate leaching losses from spring barley production systems.
College: Dr Catherine Coxon, Trinity College
Teagasc: Dr Karl Richards, Johnstown and Dr Richard Hackett, Oak Park
Project Title: Impact of hill sheep activity on the population dynamics and diet of small mammals.
College: Dr Colin Lawton, NUI Galway
Teagasc: Mr Michael Walsh, Athenry
Project Title: Linking phosphorus (P) sorption and desorption to agronomic characteristics in grassland soils types.
College: Dr Philip Jordan, University of Ulster
Teagasc: Dr Karen Daly, Johnstown Castle
Project Title: An assessment of the effects of applied ground rock phosphorus, ground limestone and level of cultivation on establishment and productivity of organic swards surface-seeded with clover and an assessment of suitability of sward types under organic conditions.
College: Dr Trevor Storey, UCD
Teagasc: Mr Ger Shortle, Johnstown Castle
Crop Production
Project Title: Towards the identification and cloning of genes involved in the sefl-incompatibility and maintainer characters in perennial ryegrass
College: Dr. D. Thorogood, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth
Teagasc: Dr. Suzanne Barth, Oak Park
Project Title: The use of arable energy crops and straw as heating fuels.
College: Dr Robin Howard-Hildige, UL
Teagasc: Mr Bernard Rice, Oak Park
Project Title: Control of Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat: employing host resistance and biocontrol to combat increasing fungicide tolerance.
College: Dr Fiona Doohan, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Ewen Mullins, Oak Park
Project Title: The effects of climate change on grass yields and carbon sequestration.
College: Prof Michael B Jones, Trinity College
Teagasc: Dr James Burke, Oak Park
Project Title: Investigating the effectiveness of co-existence guidelines to restrict gene flow from genetically modified (GM) oilseed rape into related wild/cultivated plant species.
College: Dr Conor Meade and Prof Martin Downes, NUI Maynooth
Teagasc: Dr Ewen Mullins, Oak Park
Project Title: An assessment of the potential of cultivar mixtures in Ireland.
College: Dr Tamara Hochstrasser, UCD
Teagasc: Dr Richard Hackett, Oak Park
Rural Economy
Project Title: Assessing the multifunctionality of Irish farm households – evidence and impact.
College: Dr Deirdre O’Connor and Dr Jim Kinsella, UCD
Teagasc: Mr David Meredith, RERC
Project Title: The productivity of Irish agriculture in a decoupled policy environment.
College: Dr Carol Newman, Trinity College
Teagasc Dr Fiona Thorne, RERC
Project Title: Assessment of the impact of the ‘Planning Post -Fischler Programme’.
College: Dr. Micheal O’Cinneide, NUI Galway
Teagasc: Mr David Meredith, RERC and Mr John Whiriskey, Athenry
Project Title: Economic, societal and demographic change in rural Ireland: the impact on spatial deprivation and agri-tourism.
College: Dr Cathal O’Dononghue, NUI Galway
Teagasc: Mr Stephen Hynes, RERC
