Stuart Kirwan, Paul Smith and Sinéad Waters report on microbiome analysis to investigate methane production in beef cattle in an effort to reduce methane gas emissions by 2030. Read more here: bit.ly/46PhGox

Great presentation this morning from Emily Roskam on the effects of linseed oil, a brown seaweed and seaweed extract on methane emissions in beef cattle ⁦Teagasc⁩ Lyon EAAP⁩ ⁦METH-ABATE⁩ ⁦Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁩

Excellent presentations today ⁦Lyon EAAP⁩ by our PhD students ⁦Emily Roskam⁩ and ⁦Caroline Ní Dhomhnaill⁩ on dietary supplementation of sheep and beef cattle with calcium peroxide! ⁦O'Flaherty Lab⁩ ⁦Teagasc⁩ ⁦Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁩ ⁦METH-ABATE⁩

Successful PhD viva congrats to Steven McLoughlin! PhD student of Sinéad Waters & CharlesSpillane Nice photo this morning with PhD supervisors, PhD Examiners (Professor Sharon Huws & Dave Styles) & Viva Chair (Peter McKeown) #Climate #Agriculture #Microbiome #Ruminants

Part 2 of #AgriClimate2023 is looking at the State of Science: Methane, with Prof. Sinead Waters, Principal Research Scientist, Animal and Bioscience Department, Teagasc Animal breeding and genetics speaking about Feed Additives.

Exciting PhD fellowship available in Rumen Microbiology as part of a collaboration with my lovely colleagues Sinead Waters #Teagasc, Sharon Huws and Fernanda Godoy Santos #QUB #universityofgalway Funded by the Global Methane Hub and Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine!

Delighted to catch up with my Canadian collaborator Dr Stephanie Terry (AAFC) at the EU-Canada Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture in Brussels ⁦Canada in EU 🇨🇦🇪🇺⁩ ⁦Teagasc⁩ ⁦Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁩

Next steps will follow! 👇Find information on the dialogue and the five workshops held here europa.eu/!gq4d4Q

Delighted to present the MAGS project at the DAFM ⁦Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁩ launch of proposals funded in their 2023 Thematic Research Call with my colleagues ⁦Paul Smith⁩ who presented BeefQuest and benlahart who introduced Rumenventory! ⁦

Just out in Journal of Dairy Science | JDS Communications. The science behind the 🇨🇦global first selection index for methane BaesC Animal Biosciences UofGResearch Symposium Review: Development of genomic evaluation for methane efficiency in Canadian Holsteins - JDS Communications jdscommun.org/article/S2666-…

Join us for the second anaerobic fungi specific congress! We will present a diverse programme, which includes sessions particularly aimed at young scientists. Participation for AFN members is free of charge!

Congratulations to Neal Folliard, Teagasc Walsh Scholar and ⁦Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway⁩ PhD student who was winner of best oral presentation in the theme of ‘Sustainable Futures’ at the Research and Innovation Day for the College of Science and Engineering ⁦Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway⁩ May 9th!

Fantastic Teagasc colleague Paul Smith continues the theme..but specifically focusing on controlling methane production from ruminants Stuart Kirwan Sinéad Waters

Want to present your research at the only anaerobic fungi specific conference worldwide? Submit your abstract to IAFC2024 now :)! Submission Deadline: May 31st! To learn more, visit anaerobicfungi.org/iafc-2024/

Wonderful & inspiring Q & A session yesterday between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu QU Dongyu & our talented Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway young researchers/students engaged in #agriculture, #foodsystems & #foodsecurity activities globally - during the Food and Agriculture Organization delegation visit to University of Galway

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Congratulations to Dr. Steven McLoughlin, who was awarded his PhD at the University of Galway Conferring this afternoon. Great to catch up with Steven, his lovely family and co-supervisor ⁦CharlesSpillane⁩ after the ceremony! Enjoy the celebrations 🎉🎉

University of Galway spearheads all-island research to reduce methane from farming. €1.4m Government funding to progress collaboration for ‘Methane Abatement in Grazing Systems - MAGS’ to pioneer greenhouse gas reduction solutions for agriculture. More: ow.ly/VLrM50SsVNc

The MASTER project focused on harnessing food chain microbiomes to benefit the global agri-food industry. Read more about it in the latest issue of TResearch: bit.ly/4dzeY9U MASTER IA H2020 Paul Cotter SoilEnvMicro Sinéad Waters Mairead

A great pleasure to deliver a keynote presentation at the International Symposium for Ruminant Physiology #ISRP in Chicago. Big thanks to my Teagasc and INRAE co-authors ⁦David Kenny⁩, ⁦Paul Smith⁩, ⁦Diego Morgavi⁩, ⁦Milka Popova⁩ and Maguy Eugene.