UCD Biology & Environmental Science

UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science - Research Publications 2018/19

Below is the list of research publications for the UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science in the academic year 2018/19.



Book Chapters

Professor Fiona Doohan
(2018) 'Fungal Endophytes in Plants'  : MDPI. Available Online  
Murphy BR; Doohan FM; Hodkinson TR (2019) 'Prospecting Crop Wild Relatives for Beneficial Endophytes' In:  Endophytes for a Growing World.: Cambridge University Press. , pp.390-410 Available Online  
Dr Ibrahim Khalil
Ibrahim Khalil M; Francaviglia R; Henry B; Klumpp K; Koncz P; Llorente M; Emoke Madari B; Muñoz-Rojas M; Nerger R (2019) 'Strategic Management of Grazing Grassland Systems to Maintain and Increase Organic Carbon in Soils' In:  CO2 Sequestration [Working Title].: IntechOpen. Available Online  
Dr Jonathan Yearsley
Prat-Guitart N; Nugent C; Mullen E; Mitchell FJG; Hawthorne D; Belcher CM; Yearsley JM (2018) 'Peat fires in Ireland' In:  Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective: Volume 5: Case Studies - Advances in Field and Laboratory Research.New York: Elsevier.   
Stracher GB; Prat-Guitart N; Nugent C; Mullen E; Mitchell FJG; Hawthorne D; Belcher CM; Yearsley JM (2019) 'Chapter 20 Peat Fires in Ireland' In:  Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective., pp.451-482 Available Online  

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Journal Articles

Dr Jan-Robert Baars
Hayden D; Finn J; Baars J-R (2018) 'Field investigations of the invasive leaf beetle pest Paropsisterna selmani (Chrysomelidae) and laboratory-based evaluation of the parasitoid wasp Enoggera nassaui as a biological control agent'. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin  :55-57.  
Mangan R; Carolan JC; Baars JR (2019) 'Molecular characterization of Hydrellia lagarosiphon, a leaf mining biological control agent for Lagarosiphon major, reveals weak variance across large geographic areas in South Africa'. Biological Control 132 :8-15.Available Online  
Montagud M; De Simone F; Murray N; Hines A; Eg R; Covaci A; Keighrey C; Gutiérrez J (2019) 'Foreword'. Proceedings of the 11th ACM Workshop on Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems, MMVE 2019   
Mr Bernard Ball
Atkinson S; Bruen M; Turner JN; Ball B; Bullock C; O'Sullivan JJ; Casserly C; King JJ; Cullagh A; Kelly-Quinn M (2018) 'The value of a desk study for building a national river obstacle inventory'. River Research and Applications 34 (8) :1085-1094.Available Online  
Atkinson S; Carlsson JEL; Ball B; Egan D; Kelly-Quinn M; Whelan K; Carlsson J (2018) 'A quantitative PCR-based environmental DNA assay for detecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)'. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28 (5) :1238-1243.Available Online  
Plouviez S; LaBella AL; Weisrock DW; von Meijenfeldt FAB; Ball B; Neigel JE; Van Dover CL (2019) 'Amplicon sequencing of 42 nuclear loci supports directional gene flow between South Pacific populations of a hydrothermal vent limpet.'. Ecology and Evolution 9 (11) :6568-6580.Available Online  
Vasiliki Balogianni
Dresseno ALP; Guido A; Balogianni V; Overbeck GE (2018) 'Negative effects of an invasive grass, but not of native grasses, on plant species richness along a cover gradient'. Austral Ecology 43 (8) :949-954.Available Online  
Dr Harriet Benbow
Benbow HR; Jermiin LS; Doohan FM (2019) 'Serpins: Genome-wide characterisation and expression analysis of the serine protease inhibitor family in Triticum aestivum'. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9 (8) :2709-2722.Available Online  
Professor Thomas Bolger
Bakker MR; Brunner I; Ashwood F; Bjarnadottir B; Bolger T; Børja I; Carnol M; Cudlin P; Dalsgaard L; Erktan A (2019) 'Belowground Biodiversity Relates Positively to Ecosystem Services of European Forests'. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2 Available Online  
Bakker MR; Brunner I; Ashwood F; Bjarnadour B; Bolger T; Borja I; Carnol M; Cudlin P; Dalsgaard L; Erktan A (2019) 'Belowground Biodiversity Relates Positively to Ecosystem Services of European Forests'. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2 (6) :1-23.Available Online  
Bolger T; Arroyo J; Piotrowska K (2018) 'A catalogue of the species of Mesostigmata (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes) recorded from Ireland including information on their geographical distribution and habitats'. Zootaxa 4519 (1) :1-220.Available Online  
Dr Paul Brooks
Brooks PR; Crowe TP (2018) 'Density and biotic interactions modify the combined effects of global and local stressors'. Oikos 127 (12) :1746-1758.Available Online  
Assoc Professor Jens Carlsson
Atkinson S; Carlsson JEL; Ball B; Egan D; Kelly-Quinn M; Whelan K; Carlsson J (2018) 'A quantitative PCR-based environmental DNA assay for detecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)'. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28 (5) :1238-1243.Available Online  
Bracken FSA; Rooney SM; Kelly-Quinn M; King JJ; Carlsson J (2019) 'Identifying spawning sites and other critical habitat in lotic systems using eDNA “snapshots”: A case study using the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus L.'. Ecology and Evolution 9 (1) :553-567.Available Online  
Fernandes DM; Strapagiel D; Borówka P; Marciniak B; Żądzińska E; Sirak K; Siska V; Grygiel R; Carlsson J; Manica A (2018) 'A genomic Neolithic time transect of hunter-farmer admixture in central Poland'. Scientific Reports 8 (1) Available Online  
Gallagher J; Finarelli JA; Jonasson JP; Carlsson J (2019) 'Mitochondrial D-loop DNA analyses of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) reveals genetic isolation between Atlantic and East Mediterranean populations'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 99 (4) :933-940.Available Online  
Gargan L; Fossøy F; Mo T; Carlsson J; Ball B; Carlsson J (2019) 'Environmental (e)DNA detection of the invasive pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha during the 2017 Norwegian invasion'.  Available Online  
Tighe AJ; Carlsson J; Morrissey T; Swords F; Ruane NM (2019) 'Genetic diversity of piscine myocarditis virus in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. in Ireland'. Journal of Fish Diseases 42 (8) :1161-1168.Available Online  
Dr Simone Ciuti
Dormann CF; Calabrese JM; Guillera-Arroita G; Matechou E; Bahn V; Bartoń K; Beale CM; Ciuti S; Elith J; Gerstner K (2018) 'Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information-theoretic, and tactical approaches for predictive inference'. Ecological Monographs 88 (4) :485-504.Available Online  
Fechter D; Ciuti S; Kelle D; Pratje P; Dormann CF; Storch I (2019) 'Spatial behavior in rehabilitated orangutans in Sumatra: Where do they go?'. PLoS ONE 14 (5) Available Online  
Locatelli AG; Ciuti S; Presetnik P; Toffoli R; Teeling E (2019) 'Long-Term Monitoring of the Effects of Weather and Marking Techniques on Body Condition in the Kuhl's Pipistrelle Bat, Pipistrellus Kuhlii'. Acta Chiropterologica 21 (1) :87-102.Available Online  
Roberts D; Ciuti S; Barber QE; Willier C; Nielsen SE (2018) 'Accelerated seed dispersal along linear disturbances in the Canadian oil sands region'. Scientific Reports 8 (1) Available Online  
Dr Grace Cott
Davidson IC; Cott GM; Devaney JL; Simkanin C (2018) 'Differential effects of biological invasions on coastal blue carbon: A global review and meta-analysis'. Global Change Biology 24 (11) :5218-5230.Available Online  
Professor Tasman Crowe
Brooks PR; Crowe TP (2018) 'Density and biotic interactions modify the combined effects of global and local stressors'. Oikos 127 (12) :1746-1758.Available Online  
Bulleri F; Eriksson BK; Queirós A; Airoldi L; Arenas F; Arvanitidis C; Bouma TJ; Crowe TP; Davoult D; Guizien K (2018) 'Harnessing positive species interactions as a tool against climate-driven loss of coastal biodiversity'. PLoS Biology 16 (9) Available Online  
Ryfield F; Cabana D; Brannigan J; Crowe T (2019) 'Conceptualizing ‘sense of place’ in cultural ecosystem services: A framework for interdisciplinary research'. Ecosystem Services 36 Available Online  
She J; Piniella ÁM; Benedetti-Cecchi L; Boehme L; Boero F; Christensen A; Crowe T; Darecki M; Nogueira E; Gremare A (2019) 'An integrated approach to coastal and biological observations'. Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (JUN) Available Online  
Professor Fiona Doohan
Benbow HR; Jermiin LS; Doohan FM (2019) 'Serpins: Genome-wide characterisation and expression analysis of the serine protease inhibitor family in Triticum aestivum'. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9 (8) :2709-2722.Available Online  
Gunupuru LR; Arunachalam C; Malla KB; Kahla A; Perochon A; Jia J; Thapa G; Doohan FM (2018) 'A wheat cytochrome P450 enhances both resistance to deoxynivalenol and grain yield'. PLoS ONE 13 (10) Available Online  
Gunupuru LR; Perochon A; Ali SS; Scofield SR; Doohan FM (2019) 'Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) for functional characterization of disease resistance genes in barley seedlings'. 1900 :95-114.Available Online  
Nugent B; Ali SS; Mullins E; Doohan FM (2019) 'A major facilitator superfamily peptide transporter from Fusarium oxysporum influences bioethanol production from lignocellulosic material'. Frontiers in Microbiology 10 (FEB) Available Online  
Stellingwerf JS; Phelan S; Doohan FM; Ortiz V; Griffin D; Bourke A; Hutten RCB; Cooke DEL; Kildea S; Mullins E (2018) 'Evidence for selection pressure from resistant potato genotypes but not from fungicide application within a clonal Phytophthora infestans population'. Plant Pathology 67 (7) :1528-1538.Available Online  
Assoc Professor Evelyn Doyle
Nolan P; Doyle E; O’Kiely P (2018) 'Annual production of grass silage for biogas: Effects of fibrolytic enzyme additives on ensilage efficiency and specific methane yields'. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal 20 (2) :98-115.  
Randall K; Brennan F; Clipson N; Creamer R; Griffiths B; Storey S; Doyle E (2019) 'Soil bacterial community structure and functional responses across a long-term mineral phosphorus (Pi) fertilisation gradient differ in grazed and cut grasslands'. Applied Soil Ecology 138 :134-143.Available Online  
Storey S; Ashaari MM; Clipson N; Doyle E; De Menezes AB (2018) 'Opportunistic bacteria dominate the soil microbiome response to phenanthrene in a microcosm-based study'. Frontiers in Microbiology 9 (NOV) Available Online  
Zhu F; Zhu C; Doyle E; Liu H; Zhou D; Gao J (2018) 'Fate of di (2 ethylhexyl) phthalate in different soils and associated bacterial community changes'. Science of the Total Environment 637-638 :460-469.Available Online  
Dr Elke Eichelmann
Anderson M; Diak G; Gao F; Knipper K; Hain C; Eichelmann E; Hemes KS; Baldocchi D; Kustas W; Yang Y (2019) 'Impact of insolation data source on remote sensing retrievals of evapotranspiration over the California delta'. Remote Sensing 11 (3) Available Online  
Chamberlain SD; Anthony TL; Silver WL; Eichelmann E; Hemes KS; Oikawa PY; Sturtevant C; Szutu DJ; Verfaillie JG; Baldocchi DD (2018) 'Soil properties and sediment accretion modulate methane fluxes from restored wetlands'. Global Change Biology 24 (9) :4107-4121.Available Online  
Chamberlain SD; Hemes KS; Eichelmann E; Szutu DJ; Verfaillie JG; Baldocchi DD (2019) 'Effect of Drought-Induced Salinization on Wetland Methane Emissions, Gross Ecosystem Productivity, and Their Interactions'. Ecosystems  Available Online  
Hemes KS; Chamberlain SD; Eichelmann E; Anthony T; Valach A; Kasak K; Szutu D; Verfaillie J; Silver WL; Baldocchi DD (2019) 'Assessing the carbon and climate benefit of restoring degraded agricultural peat soils to managed wetlands'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 268 :202-214.Available Online  
Dr John Finarelli
Gallagher J; Finarelli JA; Jonasson JP; Carlsson J (2019) 'Mitochondrial D-loop DNA analyses of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) reveals genetic isolation between Atlantic and East Mediterranean populations'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 99 (4) :933-940.Available Online  
Hughes GM; Finarelli JA (2019) 'Olfactory receptor repertoire size in dinosaurs'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 (1904) Available Online  
Dr Wieland Fricke
Armand T; Cullen M; Boiziot F; Li L; Fricke W (2019) 'Cortex cell hydraulic conductivity, endodermal apoplastic barriers and root hydraulics change in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in response to a low supply with N and P.'. Annals of botany  Available Online  
Batke S; Holohan; Hayden; Fricke W; Porter A; Evans-Fitz Gerald (2018) 'The Pressure Is On – Epiphyte Water-Relations Altered Under Elevated CO2'. Frontiers in Plant Science  Available Online  
Even M; Sabo M; Meng D; Kreszies T; Schreiber L; Fricke W (2018) 'Night-time transpiration in barley (Hordeum vulgare) facilitates respiratory carbon dioxide release and is regulated during salt stress'. Annals of Botany 122 (4) :569-582.Available Online  
Even M; Sabo M; Meng D; Kreszies T; Schreiber L; Fricke W (2019) 'Corrigendum: Night-time transpiration in barley (hordeum vulgare) facilitates respiratory carbon dioxide release and is regulated during salt stress (Annals of Botany DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy084)'. Annals of Botany 123 (1) :223.Available Online  
Fricke W (2019) 'Energy costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants: night-time transpiration and growth'. New Phytologist  Available Online  
Fricke W (2019) 'Night-Time Transpiration – Favouring Growth?'. Trends in Plant Science 24 (4) :311-317.Available Online  
Gitto A; Fricke W (2018) 'Zinc treatment of hydroponically grown barley plants causes a reduction in root and cell hydraulic conductivity and isoform-dependent decrease in aquaporin gene expression'. Physiologia Plantarum 164 (2) :176-190.Available Online  
Li L; Pan S; Melzer R; Fricke W (2019) 'Apoplastic barriers, aquaporin gene expression and root and cell hydraulic conductivity in phosphate-limited sheepgrass plants'. Physiologia Plantarum  Available Online  
Munns R; Day DA; Fricke W; Watt M; Arsova B; Barkla BJ; Bose J; Byrt CS; Chen ZH; Foster KJ (2019) 'Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants'. New Phytologist  Available Online  
Tyerman SD; Munns R; Fricke W; Arsova B; Barkla BJ; Bose J; Bramley H; Byrt C; Chen Z; Colmer TD (2019) 'Energy costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants'. New Phytologist 221 (1) :25-29.Available Online  
Ms Laura Gargan
Gargan L; Fossøy F; Mo T; Carlsson J; Ball B; Carlsson J (2019) 'Environmental (e)DNA detection of the invasive pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha during the 2017 Norwegian invasion'.  Available Online  
Mr Graham Hughes
Hughes GM; Finarelli JA (2019) 'Olfactory receptor repertoire size in dinosaurs'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 (1904) Available Online  
Hughes GM; Teeling EC (2019) 'AGILE: An assembled genome mining pipeline'. Bioinformatics 35 (7) :1252-1254.Available Online  
Simões BF; Foley NM; Hughes GM; Zhao H; Zhang S; Rossiter SJ; Teeling EC (2019) 'As Blind as a Bat? Opsin Phylogenetics Illuminates the Evolution of Color Vision in Bats'. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (1) :54-68.Available Online  
Dr Joanna Kacprzyk
Kacprzyk J; Parsons M; Maguire PB; Stewart GS (2019) 'Examining gender effects in different types of undergraduate science assessment'. Irish Educational Studies  :1-14.Available Online  
Dr Adam Kane
Monadjem A; Kane A; Botha A; Kelly C; Murn C (2018) 'Spatially explicit poisoning risk affects survival rates of an obligate scavenger'. Scientific Reports 8 (1) Available Online  
Monadjem A; Kane A; Taylor P; Richards LR; Hall G; Woodborne S (2018) 'Morphology and stable isotope analysis demonstrate different structuring of bat communities in rainforest and savannah habitats'. Royal Society Open Science 5 (12) Available Online  
O'Sullivan RJ; Aykanat T; Johnston SE; Kane A; Poole R; Rogan G; Prodöhl PA; Primmer CR; McGinnity P; Reed TE (2019) 'Evolutionary stasis of a heritable morphological trait in a wild fish population despite apparent directional selection'. Ecology and Evolution 9 (12) :7096-7111.Available Online  
Tucker MA; Alexandrou O; Bierregaard RO; Bildstein KL; Böhning-Gaese K; Bracis C; Brzorad JN; Buechley ER; Cabot D; Calabrese JM (2019) 'Large birds travel farther in homogeneous environments'. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28 (5) :576-587.Available Online  
Assoc Professor Mary Kelly-Quinn
Atkinson S; Bruen M; Turner JN; Ball B; Bullock C; O'Sullivan JJ; Casserly C; King JJ; Cullagh A; Kelly-Quinn M (2018) 'The value of a desk study for building a national river obstacle inventory'. River Research and Applications 34 (8) :1085-1094.Available Online  
Atkinson S; Carlsson JEL; Ball B; Egan D; Kelly-Quinn M; Whelan K; Carlsson J (2018) 'A quantitative PCR-based environmental DNA assay for detecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)'. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28 (5) :1238-1243.Available Online  
Bracken FSA; Rooney SM; Kelly-Quinn M; King JJ; Carlsson J (2019) 'Identifying spawning sites and other critical habitat in lotic systems using eDNA “snapshots”: A case study using the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus L.'. Ecology and Evolution 9 (1) :553-567.Available Online  
Davis SJ; Ó hUallacháin D; Mellander PE; Kelly AM; Matthaei CD; Piggott JJ; Kelly-Quinn M (2018) 'Multiple-stressor effects of sediment, phosphorus and nitrogen on stream macroinvertebrate communities'. Science of the Total Environment 637-638 :577-587.Available Online  
Kelly-Quinn; Bradley; Harrington; Rippey; White (2019) 'RIVTYPE, a database of hydrochemistry, macroinvertebrate, macrophyte and phytobenthos communities from river sites in Ireland generated for typological classification'. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 119B (1) :29-29.Available Online  
Montagud M; De Simone F; Murray N; Hines A; Eg R; Covaci A; Keighrey C; Gutiérrez J (2019) 'Foreword'. Proceedings of the 11th ACM Workshop on Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems, MMVE 2019   
Morrissey-McCaffrey E; Shephard S; Kelly FL; Kelly-Quinn M (2019) 'Non-native species and lake warming negatively affect Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus abundance; deep thermal refugia facilitate co-existence'. Journal of Fish Biology 94 (1) :5-16.Available Online  
O'Sullivan M; Ó hUallacháin D; Antunes PO; Jennings E; Kelly-Quinn M (2019) 'The impacts of cattle access points on deposited sediment levels in headwater streams in Ireland'. River Research and Applications 35 (2) :146-158.Available Online  
O'Sullivan; hUallacháin; Antunes; Jennings; Kelly-Quinn (2019) 'The impacts of cattle access to headwater streams on hyporheic zones'. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 119B (1) :13-13.Available Online  
O’Callaghan P; Jennings E; Kelly-Quinn M; O'Sullivan M; Fenton O; Ó. hUallacháin D (2018) 'O’Callaghan, P., M. Kelly-Quinn, E. Jennings, P. Antunes, M. O’Sullivan, O. Fenton, and D. Ó. hUallacháin. 2018. The Environmental Impact of Cattle Access to Watercourses: A Review. doi:10.2134/jeq2018.04.0167'. Journal of Environmental Quality   
O’Callaghan P; Kelly-Quinn M; Jennings E; Antunes P; O’Sullivan M; Fenton O; hUallacháin D (2019) 'The environmental impact of cattle access to watercourses: A review'. Journal of Environmental Quality 48 (2) :340-351.Available Online  
Pawlowski J; Kelly-Quinn M; Altermatt F; Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L; Beja P; Boggero A; Borja A; Bouchez A; Cordier T; Domaizon I (2018) 'The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e)DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems'. Science of the Total Environment 637-638 :1295-1310.Available Online  
Riley WD; Potter ECE; Biggs J; Collins AL; Jarvie HP; Jones JI; Kelly-Quinn M; Ormerod SJ; Sear DA; Wilby RL (2018) 'Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action'. Science of the Total Environment 645 :1598-1616.Available Online  
Dr Olga Lastovetsky
Lastovetsky OA; Ahn E; Mondo SJ; Toomer KH; Zhang A; Johnson LM; Pawlowska TE (2018) 'Distribution and population structure of endobacteria in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at North Atlantic dunes.'. The ISME journal 12 (12) :3001-3013.Available Online  
Mr Stephen Mahony
Agarwal I; Mahony S; Giri VB; Chaitanya R; Bauer AM (2018) 'Six new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India'. Zootaxa 4524 (5) :501-535.Available Online  
Giri VB; Chaitanya R; Mahony S; Lalrounga S; Lalrinchhana C; Das A; Sarkar V; Karanth P; Deepak V (2019) 'On the systematic status of the genus Oriocalotes Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) with the description of a new species from Mizoram state, Northeast India'. Zootaxa 4638 (4) :451-484.Available Online  
Mahony S (2019) 'Cordicephalus Nevo, 1968 (Amphibia, Anura, Pipimorpha), is a junior homonym of Cordicephalus Wardle, 1947 (Rhabditophora, Cestoda, Diphyllobothriidae)'. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (2) Available Online  
Mahony S; Kamei RG; Teeling EC; Biju SD (2018) 'Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species'. Zootaxa 4523 (1) :1-96.Available Online  
Rowley JJL; Callaghan CT; Cutajar T; Portway C; Potter K; Mahony S; Trembath DF; Flemons P; Woods A (2019) 'FrogID: Citizen scientists provide validated biodiversity data on frogs of Australia'. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 14 (1) :155-170.  
Tapley B; Cutajar T; Mahony S; Nguyen CT; Dau VQ; Luong AM; Le DT; Nguyen TT; Nguyen TQ; Portway C (2018) 'Two new and potentially highly threatened Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Indochina's highest mountains'. Zootaxa 4508 (3) :301-333.Available Online  
Assoc Professor Paul McCabe
Pormehr M; Ghanati F; Sharifi M; McCabe PF; Hosseinkhani S; Zare-Maivan H (2019) 'The role of SIPK signaling pathway in antioxidant activity and programmed cell death of tobacco cells after exposure to cadmium'. Plant Science 280 :416-423.Available Online  
Dr Rainer Melzer
Li L; Pan S; Melzer R; Fricke W (2019) 'Apoplastic barriers, aquaporin gene expression and root and cell hydraulic conductivity in phosphate-limited sheepgrass plants'. Physiologia Plantarum  Available Online  
Schilling S; Kennedy A; Pan S; Jermiin L; Melzer R (2019) 'Genome-wide analysis of MIKC-type MADS-box genes in wheat: pervasive duplications may have facilitated adaptation to different environmental conditions'.  Available Online  
Schilling S; Kennedy A; Pan S; Jermiin LS; Melzer R (2019) 'Genome-wide analysis of MIKC-type MADS-box genes in wheat: pervasive duplications, functional conservation and putative neofunctionalization'. New Phytologist  Available Online  
Professor Christoph Mueller
Andresen LC; Yuan N; Seibert R; Moser G; Kammann CI; Luterbacher J; Erbs M; Müller C (2018) 'Biomass responses in a temperate European grassland through 17 years of elevated CO2'. Global Change Biology 24 (9) :3875-3885.Available Online  
Dr Sonia Negrao
Johansen K; Morton MJL; Malbeteau YM; Aragon B; Al-Mashharawi SK; Ziliani MG; Angel Y; Fiene GM; Negrão SSC; Mousa MAA (2019) 'Unmanned aerial vehicle-based phenotyping using morphometric and spectral analysis can quantify responses of wild tomato plants to salinity stress'. Frontiers in Plant Science 10 Available Online  
Morton MJL; Awlia M; Al-Tamimi N; Saade S; Pailles Y; Negrão S; Tester M (2019) 'Salt stress under the scalpel – dissecting the genetics of salt tolerance'. Plant Journal 97 (1) :148-163.Available Online  
Razali R; Bougouffa S; Morton MJL; Lightfoot DJ; Alam I; Essack M; Arold ST; Kamau AA; Schmöckel SM; Pailles Y (2018) 'The genome sequence of the wild tomato solanum pimpinellifolium provides insights into salinity tolerance'. Frontiers in Plant Science 9 Available Online  
Ward B; Brien C; Oakey H; Pearson A; Negrão S; Schilling RK; Taylor J; Jarvis D; Timmins A; Roy SJ (2019) 'High-throughput 3D modelling to dissect the genetic control of leaf elongation in barley (Hordeum vulgare)'. Plant Journal 98 (3) :555-570.Available Online  
Assoc Professor Carl Ng
Ng CKY (2019) 'Plant Cell Biology: UVA on Guard'. Current Biology 29 (15) :R740-R742.Available Online  
Assoc Professor Kay Nolan
Nolan CM; Shiel RE; Buchan JG; O'Sullivan FM; Callanan JJ (2018) 'Canine MAS1: monoallelic expression is suggestive of an imprinted gene'. Animal Genetics 49 (5) :438-446.Available Online  
Professor Bruce Osborne
Bilal M; Abbasi AZ; Khurshid G; Yiotis C; Hussain J; Shah MM; Naqvi T; Kwon SY; Park YI; Osborne B (2019) 'The expression of cyanobacterial glycolate–decarboxylation pathway genes improves biomass accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana'. Plant Biotechnology Reports  Available Online  
Franz D; Acosta M; Altimir N; Arriga N; Arrouays D; Aubinet M; Aurela M; Ayres E; López-Ballesteros A; Barbaste M (2018) 'Towards long-Term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe's terrestrial ecosystems: A review'. International Agrophysics 32 (4) :439-455.Available Online  
Gebremichael A; Orr PJ; Osborne B (2019) 'The impact of wetting intensity on soil CO 2 emissions from a coastal grassland ecosystem'. Geoderma 343 :86-96.Available Online  
Gielen B; Acosta M; Altimir N; Buchmann N; Cescatti A; Ceschia E; Fleck S; Hörtnagl L; Klumpp K; Kolari P (2018) 'Ancillary vegetation measurements at ICOS ecosystem stations'. International Agrophysics 32 (4) :645-664.Available Online  
Gioria; O'Flynn; Osborne (2019) 'Managing invasions by terrestrial alien plants in Ireland: challenges and opportunities'. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 119B (1) :37-37.Available Online  
Pärn J; Verhoeven JTA; Butterbach-Bahl K; Dise NB; Ullah S; Aasa A; Egorov S; Espenberg M; Järveoja J; Jauhiainen J (2018) 'Nitrogen-rich organic soils under warm well-drained conditions are global nitrous oxide emission hotspots'. Nature Communications 9 (1) Available Online  
Saunders M; Dengel S; Kolari P; Moureaux C; Montagnani L; Ceschia E; Altimir N; López-Ballesteros A; Marańon-Jimenez S; Acosta M (2018) 'Importance of reporting ancillary site characteristics, and management and disturbance information at ICOS stations'. International Agrophysics 32 (4) :457-469.Available Online  
Walmsley DC; Siemens J; Kindler R; Kaiser K; Saunders M; Fichtner A; Kaupenjohann M; Osborne BA (2018) 'Reduced nitrate leaching from an Irish cropland soil under non-inversion tillage with cover cropping greatly outweighs increased dissolved organic nitrogen leaching'. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 265 :340-349.Available Online  
Zou J; Tobin B; Luo Y; Osborne B (2018) 'Differential responses of soil CO2 and N2O fluxes to experimental warming'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 259 :11-22.Available Online  
Zou J; Tobin B; Luo Y; Osborne B (2018) 'Response of soil respiration and its components to experimental warming and water addition in a temperate Sitka spruce forest ecosystem'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 260-261 :204-215.Available Online  
Dr Alexandre Perochon
Gunupuru LR; Arunachalam C; Malla KB; Kahla A; Perochon A; Jia J; Thapa G; Doohan FM (2018) 'A wheat cytochrome P450 enhances both resistance to deoxynivalenol and grain yield'. PLoS ONE 13 (10) Available Online  
Gunupuru LR; Perochon A; Ali SS; Scofield SR; Doohan FM (2019) 'Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) for functional characterization of disease resistance genes in barley seedlings'. 1900 :95-114.Available Online  
Dr Antoinette Perry
Charmsaz S; Collins DM; Perry AS; Prencipe M (2019) 'Novel strategies for cancer treatment: Highlights from the 55th IACR annual conference'. Cancers 11 (8) Available Online  
Murphy K; Murphy BT; Boyce S; Flynn L; Gilgunn S; O'Rourke CJ; Rooney C; Stöckmann H; Walsh AL; Finn S (2018) 'Integrating biomarkers across omic platforms: an approach to improve stratification of patients with indolent and aggressive prostate cancer'. Molecular Oncology 12 (9) :1513-1525.Available Online  
O'Reilly E; Tuzova AV; Walsh AL; Russell NM; O'Brien O; Kelly S; Dhomhnallain ON; DeBarra L; Dale CM; Brugman R (2019) 'epiCaPture: A Urine DNA Methylation Test for Early Detection of Aggressive Prostate Cancer.'. JCO precision oncology 2019 Available Online  
Van Hemelrijck M; Ji X; Kattan MW; Helleman J; Roobol MJ; Nieboer D; Bangma CH; van der Linden W; Frydenberg M; Rannikko A (2019) 'Reasons for Discontinuing Active Surveillance: Assessment of 21 Centres in 12 Countries in the Movember GAP3 Consortium'. European Urology 75 (3) :523-531.Available Online  
Zhao F; Olkhov-Mitsel E; Kamdar S; Jeyapala R; Garcia J; Hurst R; Hanna MY; Mills R; Tuzova AV; O'Reilly E (2018) 'A urine-based DNA methylation assay, ProCUrE, to identify clinically significant prostate cancer 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis'. Clinical Epigenetics 10 (1) Available Online  
Dr Florence Renou-Wilson
Renou-Wilson F; Moser G; Fallon D; Farrell CA; Müller C; Wilson D (2019) 'Rewetting degraded peatlands for climate and biodiversity benefits: Results from two raised bogs'. Ecological Engineering 127 :547-560.Available Online  
Dr Susanne Schilling
Schilling S; Kennedy A; Pan S; Jermiin L; Melzer R (2019) 'Genome-wide analysis of MIKC-type MADS-box genes in wheat: pervasive duplications may have facilitated adaptation to different environmental conditions'.  Available Online  
Schilling S; Kennedy A; Pan S; Jermiin LS; Melzer R (2019) 'Genome-wide analysis of MIKC-type MADS-box genes in wheat: pervasive duplications, functional conservation and putative neofunctionalization'. New Phytologist  Available Online  
Professor Jeremy Simpson
Devereux SJ; Massaro M; Barker A; Hinds DT; Hifni B; Simpson JC; Quinn SJ (2019) 'Spectroscopic study of the loading of cationic porphyrins by carbon nanohorns as high capacity carriers of photoactive molecules to cells'. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 7 (23) :3670-3678.Available Online  
Lesniak A; Kilinc D; Blasiak A; Galea G; Simpson JC; Lee GU (2019) 'Rapid Growth Cone Uptake and Dynein-Mediated Axonal Retrograde Transport of Negatively Charged Nanoparticles in Neurons Is Dependent on Size and Cell Type'. Small 15 (2) Available Online  
Morgan NE; Cutrona MB; Simpson JC (2019) 'Multitasking rab proteins in autophagy and membrane trafficking: A focus on Rab33b'. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20 (16) Available Online  
O’Brien KT; Golla K; Kranjc T; O’Donovan D; Allen S; Maguire P; Simpson JC; O’Connell D; Moran N; Shields DC (2019) 'Computational and experimental analysis of bioactive peptide linear motifs in the integrin adhesome'. PLoS ONE 14 (1) Available Online  
Dr Gavin Stewart
Kacprzyk J; Parsons M; Maguire PB; Stewart GS (2019) 'Examining gender effects in different types of undergraduate science assessment'. Irish Educational Studies  :1-14.Available Online  
Professor Emma Teeling
Huang Z; Whelan CV; Foley NM; Jebb D; Touzalin F; Petit EJ; Puechmaille SJ; Teeling EC (2019) 'Longitudinal comparative transcriptomics reveals unique mechanisms underlying extended healthspan in bats'. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3 (7) :1110-1120.Available Online  
Hughes GM; Teeling EC (2019) 'AGILE: An assembled genome mining pipeline'. Bioinformatics 35 (7) :1252-1254.Available Online  
Jebb D; Foley NM; Whelan CV; Touzalin F; Puechmaille SJ; Teeling EC (2018) 'Population level mitogenomics of long-lived bats reveals dynamic heteroplasmy and challenges the Free Radical Theory of Ageing'. Scientific Reports 8 (1) Available Online  
Locatelli AG; Ciuti S; Presetnik P; Toffoli R; Teeling E (2019) 'Long-Term Monitoring of the Effects of Weather and Marking Techniques on Body Condition in the Kuhl's Pipistrelle Bat, Pipistrellus Kuhlii'. Acta Chiropterologica 21 (1) :87-102.Available Online  
Mahony S; Kamei RG; Teeling EC; Biju SD (2018) 'Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species'. Zootaxa 4523 (1) :1-96.Available Online  
Mammola S; Cardoso P; Culver DC; Deharveng L; Ferreira RL; Fišer C; Galassi DMP; Griebler C; Halse S; Humphreys WF (2019) 'Scientists' warning on the conservation of subterranean ecosystems'. BioScience 69 (8) :641-650.Available Online  
Pisciottano F; Cinalli AR; Stopiello JM; Castagna VC; Elgoyhen AB; Rubinstein M; Gómez-Casati ME; Franchini LF; Teeling E (2019) 'Inner Ear Genes Underwent Positive Selection and Adaptation in the Mammalian Lineage'. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (8) :1653-1670.Available Online  
Scott DD; Boston ESM; Lundy MG; Buckley DJ; Gager Y; Chaplain CJ; Teeling EC; Ian Montgomery W; Prodöhl PA (2018) 'Relatedness, parentage, and philopatry within a Natterer’s bat (Myotis nattereri) maternity colony'. Population Ecology 60 (4) :361-370.Available Online  
Simões BF; Foley NM; Hughes GM; Zhao H; Zhang S; Rossiter SJ; Teeling EC (2019) 'As Blind as a Bat? Opsin Phylogenetics Illuminates the Evolution of Color Vision in Bats'. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (1) :54-68.Available Online  
Dr Ganesh Thapa
Gunupuru LR; Arunachalam C; Malla KB; Kahla A; Perochon A; Jia J; Thapa G; Doohan FM (2018) 'A wheat cytochrome P450 enhances both resistance to deoxynivalenol and grain yield'. PLoS ONE 13 (10) Available Online  
Mr Conor Whelan
Huang Z; Whelan CV; Foley NM; Jebb D; Touzalin F; Petit EJ; Puechmaille SJ; Teeling EC (2019) 'Longitudinal comparative transcriptomics reveals unique mechanisms underlying extended healthspan in bats'. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3 (7) :1110-1120.Available Online  
Jebb D; Foley NM; Whelan CV; Touzalin F; Puechmaille SJ; Teeling EC (2018) 'Population level mitogenomics of long-lived bats reveals dynamic heteroplasmy and challenges the Free Radical Theory of Ageing'. Scientific Reports 8 (1) Available Online  
Dr Hannah White
White HJ; Gaul W; Sadykova D; León-Sánchez L; Caplat P; Emmerson MC; Yearsley JM (2019) 'Land cover drives large scale productivity-diversity relationships in Irish vascular plants'. PeerJ 2019 (5) Available Online  
White HJ; Montgomery IW; Lennon JJ (2018) 'Contribution of local rarity and climatic suitability to local extinction and colonization varies with species traits'. Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (6) :1560-1572.Available Online  
Dr Jonathan Yearsley
Säterberg T; Jonsson T; Yearsley J; Berg S; Ebenman B (2019) 'A potential role for rare species in ecosystem dynamics'. Scientific reports 9 (1) :11107.Available Online  
White HJ; Gaul W; Sadykova D; León-Sánchez L; Caplat P; Emmerson MC; Yearsley JM (2019) 'Land cover drives large scale productivity-diversity relationships in Irish vascular plants'. PeerJ 2019 (5) Available Online  
Dr Charilaos Yiotis
Li H; Yu J; McElwain JC; Yiotis C; Chen ZQ (2019) 'Reconstruction of atmospheric CO 2 concentration during the late Changhsingian based on fossil conifers from the Dalong Formation in South China'. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 519 :37-48.Available Online  

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Conference Publications

Dr Harriet Benbow
Feechan A; Benbow H; Tiley A; Gibriel H; Casey E; Doohan F (2019) International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB) 2019: Book of Abstracts  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB) 2019, Dublin, IrelandAvailable Online  
Dr Edward Casey
Feechan A; Benbow H; Tiley A; Gibriel H; Casey E; Doohan F (2019) International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB) 2019: Book of Abstracts  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB) 2019, Dublin, IrelandAvailable Online  
Professor Fiona Doohan
Ajaz S; Brennan C; Christodoulou T; Benbow H; Doohan F (2019) Exploring the evolution of disease response in wheat  In: Irish Plant Scientists' Association Meeting 2019, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland  
Ajaz S; Brennan C; Christodoulou T; Benbow H; Doohan F (2019) Exploring the evolution of STB response in wheat  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB,2019), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  
Benbow H; McCabe A; Christodoulou T; Brennan C; Ajaz S; Zhou B; Sleczka K; Berry S; Uauy C; Mullins E (2019) The first 24 hours: A critical period for STB resistance  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB, 2019)  
Brennan C; Zhou B; Benbow H; Ajaz S; Karki S; Hehir G; Feechan A; Mullins E; Doohan F (2019) Investigating the role of taxonomically restricted genes and their potentially antagonistic role in combatting secreted fungal effectors  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB, 2019, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  
Deshaies M; Ward P; Doohan F (2018) Investigating the effect of a plant extract-based product and chitosan on the incidence of Fusarium head blight of wheat  In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY  
Feechan A; Benbow H; Tiley A; Gibriel H; Casey E; Doohan F (2019) International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB) 2019: Book of Abstracts  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB) 2019, Dublin, IrelandAvailable Online  
Heckmann A; Perochon A; Benbow H; Doohan F (2019) Uncovering the role of TaFROG in wheat resistance to Fusarium Head Blight disease  In: Irish Plant Scientists' Association Meeting 2019, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland  
Sleczka K; Benbow H; Hehir G; Brennan C; Ajaz S; Zhou B; Christodoulou T; Berry S; Uauy C; Mullins E (2019) Identification and characterisation of novel wheat genes that confer resistance to Septoria Tritici Blotch disease during latent phase of the infection  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB, 2019), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  
Sleczka K; Benbow HR; Hehir G; Brennan CJ; Ajaz S; Zhou B; Christodoulou T; Berry S; Uauy C; Mullins E (2019) Identification and characterisation of novel wheat genes that confer resistance to Septoria Tritici Blotch disease during latent phase of the infection  In: New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists 2019, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  
Zhou B; Brennan C; Ajaz S; Benbow H; Karki S; Feechan A; Doohan F (2019) Wheat encodes small, effector-like secreted proteins that contribute to the resistance to Septoria tritici blotch  In: International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB, 2019), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  
Zuniga-Soto E; Fitzpatrick D; Doohan F; Mullins E (2019) Transcriptomic Response of the Novel Plant Engineering Bacterium Ensifer adhaerens  In: IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL  
Dr Ibrahim Khalil
Khalil M; Osborne B (2018) Improved methodologies for the measurement of organic carbon and estimation of stock changes in agricultural soils and their potentials for offsetting greenhouse gases  In: International Conference on Agricultural GHG Emissions and Food Security – Connecting research to policy and practice, Berlin, Germany  
Khalil MI (2019) Evidence of aerobic and anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification in agricultural soils  In: International Symposium on Tracing Denitrification, Justus-Liebig UNiversity, Giessen, Germany.  
Khalil MI; Osborne BA (2019) Assessing the sensitivity of fertilizer types and soil variables on nitrous oxide emissions in permanent grasslands using the DNDC model  In: International Symposium on Tracing Denitrification, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany  
Osborne B; Khalil MI (2018) GHG-MANAGE: Managing and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in various landscape mosaics  In: the Intl. Conf. on Agricultural GHG Emissions and Food Security – Connecting research to policy and practice, Berlin, Germany  
Dr Sonia Negrao
Johansen K; Morton MJL; Malbeteau Y; Aragon B; Al-Mashharawi S; Ziliani M; Angel Y; Fiene G; Negrao S; Mousa MAA (2019) Predicting biomass and yield at harvest of salt-stressed tomato plants using uav imagery  In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, Available Online  
Professor Bruce Osborne
Khalil M; Osborne B (2018) Improved methodologies for the measurement of organic carbon and estimation of stock changes in agricultural soils and their potentials for offsetting greenhouse gases  In: International Conference on Agricultural GHG Emissions and Food Security – Connecting research to policy and practice, Berlin, Germany  
Khalil MI; Osborne BA (2019) Assessing the sensitivity of fertilizer types and soil variables on nitrous oxide emissions in permanent grasslands using the DNDC model  In: International Symposium on Tracing Denitrification, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany  
Osborne B; Khalil MI (2018) GHG-MANAGE: Managing and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in various landscape mosaics  In: the Intl. Conf. on Agricultural GHG Emissions and Food Security – Connecting research to policy and practice, Berlin, Germany  
Dr Alexandre Perochon
Heckmann A; Perochon A; Benbow H; Doohan F (2019) Uncovering the role of TaFROG in wheat resistance to Fusarium Head Blight disease  In: Irish Plant Scientists' Association Meeting 2019, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland  
Dr Florence Renou-Wilson
Renou-Wilson F; Walz K; Wilson D; Byrne KA (2019) Assessing impacts of land use on carbon stock and properties of Irish ombrotrophic peat soils - preliminary results of a national peatland survey  In: European Geosciences Union 2019, Vienna  
Dr Gavin Stewart
Pinki F; Stewart G; Costello D (2019) Investigating the role of urea transporters in the brain during health and disease  In: BNA Festival of Neuroscience 2019, Available Online  

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