Dr Barbara Murphy BSc PhD
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Biography:
| Dr. Barbara Murphy is the Animal Science – Equine programme option co-ordinator within the School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine. Having worked for leading equine organisations in the US and Ireland, she combines expertise gained from both her academic equine science background and equine industry experiences to oversee a relevant and highly competitive degree programme. Following a BSc in Equine Science from the University of Limerick, she spent a year working within the thoroughbred industry in the US and Ireland before pursuing a PhD in Veterinary Science at the Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky. Her scientific research relates to studying the clock genes that control biological rhythms in animals. Specifically, her studies investigate how circadian rhythms are involved in important reproductive phenomena and how jet lag related disruption of these rhythms impacts performance in the equine athlete. |
Research Interests
Research Projects
| Sponsor : Enterprise Ireland (EI) Title : EQUILUME: Individual Light Therapy for Horses Start Date / End Date : 12-SEP-11 / 28-FEB-12 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Influence of Time of Day on Immune Response and Influenza Vaccine efficacy in the Horse Start Date / End Date : 17-MAY-10 / 16-NOV-11 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Attendance at the 8th International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology Start Date / End Date : 03-AUG-09 / 31-JAN-11 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Circadian regulation of exercise capacity and skeletal muscle gene expression in the Thoroughbred horse Start Date / End Date : 03-AUG-09 / 31-JAN-11 |
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) Title : Circadian Regulation of Activity & Gene Expression in Equine Skeletal Muscle. Start Date / End Date : 01-OCT-08 / 30-SEP-09 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Investigating circadian regulation of the ovin ovulatory cascade Start Date / End Date : 26-MAY-08 / 01-DEC-09 |
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| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Circadian Regulation of Equine Skeletal Muscle Start Date / End Date : 01-AUG-08 / 31-JUL-11 |
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Peer Reviewed Journals
Murphy BA, Martin AM, Furney P, Elliott JA.; (2011) 'Absence of a melatonin rhythm under acutely extended darkness in the horse. Journal of Circadian Rhythms'. Journal of circadian rhythms, 9: 3 .  [Details] |
| Martin, A.M., Elliott, J.A., Duffy, P., Blake, C., Attia, S.B., Browne, J.A., Katz, L.M., Gath, V., McGivney, B.A., Hill, E.W., Murphy, B.A. ; (2010) 'Circadian regulation of locomotor activity and skeletal muscle gene expression in the horse'. Journal of Applied Physiology, 109 (5):1328-1336. [DOI] [Details] |
| McGivney BA, McGettigan PA, Browne JA, Evans AC, Fonseca RG, Loftus BJ, Lohan A, MacHugh DE, Murphy BA, Katz LM, Hill EW.; (2010) 'Characterization of the equine skeletal muscle transcriptome identifies novel functional responses to exercise training'. BMC Genomics, 11 . [Details] |
| O. F. McGlynn, J. A. Browne, C. M. Blake and B. A. Murphy; (2010) 'Time of day influences clock gene and cytokine response to immune stimulation in equine whole blood. Animal Genetics'. . [Details] |
| Murphy, BA; (2009) 'Chronobiology and the horse: Recent revelations and future directions'. The Veterinary Journal, . [Details] |
| Murphy, BA, Merant, C, Vick MM, Cook, RF, Brooks, SA, Horohov, DW, Fitzgerald, BP; (2008) 'Equine neutrophils respond to PGE2 by activating expression of core circadian clock genes'. The Open Veterinary Science Journal, 2 :96-103. [Details] |
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| Bellone RR, Brooks SA, Sandmeyer L, Murphy BA, Forsyth G, Archer S, Bailey E, Grahn B; (2008) 'Differential gene expression of TRPM1, the potential cause of congenital stationary night blindness and coat spotting patterns (LP) in the Appaloosa horse (Equus caballus)'. Genetics, 179 (4):1861-1870. [Details] | |||||||||
| Vick, MM, Murphy, BA, Sessions, DR, Reedy, SE, Kennedy, EL, Horohov, DW, Cook, RF, Fitzgerald, BP; (2008) 'Effects of systemic inflammation on insulin sensitivity in horses and inflammatory cytokine expression in adipose tissue'. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 69 (1):130-139. [Details] |
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| Murphy, BA, Elliott, JA, Vick, MM, Sessions, DR, Kennedy, EL, Fitzgerald, BP; (2007) 'Rapid phase adjustment of melatonin and core body temperature rhythms following an abrupt 6 h advance of the light/dark cycle in the horse'. Journal of Circadian Rhythms, 5 (5). [DOI] [Details] |
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| Murphy, BA, Vick, MM, Sessions, DR, Cook, RF, Fitzgerald, BP; (2007) 'Acute systemic inflammation transiently synchronizes clock gene expression in equine peripheral blood'. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 21 (4):467-476. [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
| Murphy, BA, Lear, TL, Adelson, DA, Fitzgerald, BP ; (2007) 'Chromosomal assignments and sequences for the equine core circadian clock genes'. ANIMAL GENETICS, 38 :84-85. [Details] | |||||||||
| Murphy, BA, Vick, MM, Sessions, DR, Cook, RF, Fitzgerald, BP; (2006) 'Evidence of an oscillating peripheral clock in an equine fibroblast cell line and adipose tissue but not in peripheral blood'. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 192 (7):743-751. [DOI] [Details] |
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| Vick MM, Sessions DR, Murphy BA, Kennedy EL, Reedy SE, Fitzgerald BP.; (2006) 'Obesity is associated with altered metabolic and reproductive activity in the mare: effects of metformin on insulin sensitivity and reproductive cyclicity'. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 18 (6):609-617. [Details] | |||||||||
| Fitzgerald BP, Vick MM, Adams AA, Murphy BA, Sessions DR, Horohov DW, Cook RF, Shelton BJ, ; (2007) 'Relationships among inflammatory cytokines, obesity, and insulin sensitivity in the horse'. Journal of Animal Science, 85 (5):1144-1155. [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
| Sessions DR, Reedy SE, Vick MM, Murphy BA, Fitzgerald BP.; (2004) 'Development of a model for inducing transient insulin resistance in the mare: preliminary implications regarding the estrous cycle'. Journal of Animal Science, 82 (8):2321-2328. [Details] | |||||||||
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Conference Publications
| O.F. McGlynn, C.M.Blake, J.A. Browne, B.A. Murphy; (2011) TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES IN CYTOKINE AND CLOCK GENE RESPONSES TO IMMUNE STIMULATION IN EQUINE BLOOD NEUROSCIENCE IRELAND MEETING 2011 [Details] |
| Murphy, BA; (2011) Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning at Third Level? 2011 National Association of Equine Affiliated Academics Conference [Details] |
| Murphy, BA; McGlynn, OF; Kharazian, F; Browne, JA.; (2011) The influence of exercise on entrainment of skeletal muscle transcription in the horse Equine Science Society Meeting [Details] |
| Murphy, BA; Barrett, T; Schlueter, B.; (2011) Development of Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning as an Elective Module within an Irish Equine Curriculum Equine Science Society Meeting [Details] |
| Fonseca RG, Kenny DA, McGivney BA, Murphy BA, Hill EW, Katz LM; (2011) The response of plasma myeloperoxidase concentrations to exercise and training in a group of Thoroughbred flat racehorses over a two-year period of time French Equine Veterinary Association (AVEF) [Details] |
| Murphy BA et al; (2010) The effect of sampling time on physiological measurements of horses during a standardised treadmill exercise test 8th International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology [Details] | |||||||||
| Murphy, B.A. et al; (2010) Evidence that circadian rhythms regulate muscle function in a large agricultural species-the horse Plant and Animal Genomics XVIII [Details] | |||||||||
| Murphy BA et al; (2009) Identification of a circadian clock in equine skeletal muscle Proceedings of the 8th International Equine Genome Workshop [Details] | |||||||||
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Education
| Year 2000 Institution: University of Limerick Qualification: BSc (First Class Hons) Subject: Equine Science |
Teaching Interests
Recent Postgraduates
Modules Taught
| 201000 ANSC30240 Animal Science: Equine Reprod. and Nutrition |
| 201000 ANSC30260 Animal Science: Equine Asstd Therapy&Learning |
| 200800 ANSC30220 Animal Science: Equine Health and Husbandry |
| 200800 ANSC30230 Animal Science: Professional Work Exp (Equine) |