Dr. Muireann Egan
Operations Manager, Teagasc Climate CentreResearch Interests
The Teagasc Climate Centre is a multi-location Centre of Excellence for climate and biodiversity research. My role as Operations Manager includes:
- Managing the day-to-day operational activities of the Centre
- Coordinating, mentor and develop staff and students attached to the Centre;
- Coordinating the Centre management structures
- Fostering collaboration across Programmes in Teagasc, and with research institutes and universities both nationally and internationally;
- Driving stakeholder engagement with the Irish agri-food industry, policy makers, collaborators and the public
- Co-ordinating the Centre’s communication strategy to ensure that Teagasc’s Climate and Biodiversity research is disseminated to our stakeholders.
Education
BSc Microbiology, University College Cork, 2010
PhD Microbiology, University College Cork, 2015
View Muireann Egan's publications on Google Scholar
Egan, M., Bottacini, F., Motherway, M. O. C., Casey, P. G., Morrissey, R., Melgar, S., ... & van Sinderen, D. (2018). "Staying alive: growth and survival of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis under in vitro and in vivo conditions." Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 102(24), 10645- 10663
Egan, M., van Sinderen, D. (2018). Carbohydrate metabolism in Bifidobacteria. The Bifidobacteria and Related Organisms. Elsevier. ü Bottacini, F., Morrissey, R., Esteban-Torres, M., James, K., van Breen, J., Dikareva, E., Egan, M., Lambert, J., van Limpt, K., Knol, J. and Motherway, M.O.C., 2018. Comparative genomics and genotype-phenotype associations in Bifidobacterium breve. Sci Rep, 8(1), p.10633.
Bottacini, F., Morrissey, R., Roberts, R.J., James, K., van Breen, J., Egan, M., Lambert, J., van Limpt, K., Knol, J., Motherway, M.O.C. and van Sinderen, D., 2017. Comparative genome and methylome analysis reveals restriction/modification system diversity in the gut commensal Bifidobacterium breve. Nucleic Acids Res, 46(4), pp.1860-1877.
Egan, M., Jiang, H., O'Connell Motherway, M., Oscarson, S., and van Sinderen, D. (2016). "Glycosulfatase-encoding gene cluster in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003." Appl Environ Microbiol 82, 6611-6623.
Egan, M., O'Connell Motherway M. & van Sinderen, D. (2015). A GntR-type transcriptional repressor controls sialic acid utilisation in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. FEMS Microbiol Lett 362.4: 1-9
Egan, M., O'Connell Motherway, M., Ventura, M. & van Sinderen, D. (2014). Metabolism of sialic acid by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. Appl Environ Microbiol 80, 4414-4426.
Egan, M., O' Connell Motherway, M., Kilcoyne, M., Kane, M., Joshi, L., Ventura, M. & van Sinderen, D. (2014). Cross-feeding by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 during co-cultivation with Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in a mucin-based medium. BMC Microbiol 14, 282.