Denise O'Meara

Our review is finally here! We include all the terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammal-focused #eDNA and #iDNA studies available up to Jan 2025! It's amazing to see how far this field has come 🧬🦦

05.05.2025 11:43 — 👍 17    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1

Project MUSE - DNA Barcoding Reveals an Increased Diversity Within the Genus <i>Culex</i> (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ireland

And congratulations to Thomas Curran for publishing his paper in Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy muse.jhu.edu/article/955351, with copies available on ResearchGate shorturl.at/nlDLc

23.04.2025 10:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Molecular characterisation of common Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Ireland - Parasites & Vectors Background Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) act as vectors for several arboviruses, including bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV), which affect livesto...

Delighted to share some of our new work on the molecular characterisation of Irish midges and mosquitoes. Congratulations to Elsie Isiye for publishing her paper in Parasites & Vectors parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

23.04.2025 10:18 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Tapiwa's PhD was supervised by Drs David O'Neill, Orla O'Donovan, and Catherine O'Reilly. Many thanks to Dr Orla Cahill (TU Dublin) for serving as external examiner. I was privileged to be his internal examiner.

01.02.2025 10:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to @TapiwaNyakauru1 on successfully defending his PhD! 🎉 His research explored the genomic & proteomic effects of heavy metal exposure on hyperaccumulator plants Eichhornia crassipes & Pistia stratiotes. Wishing him the best in his next steps!

01.02.2025 10:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Molecular characterisation of common Culicoides Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Ireland Background Biting midges in the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) act as vectors for several arboviruses, including Bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV), which affect livesto...

Thrilled to share Elsie Isiye's first first-author preprint! She explores 'Molecular characterisation of common Culicoides biting midges in Ireland,' including potential vectors of Bluetongue & Schmallenberg viruses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

10.01.2025 18:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We'll sign off for the Xmas break with a new pre-print using arboreal camera trapping and non-invasive genotyping to estimate group sizes in the critically endangered primate, the northern muriqui, in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

20.12.2024 16:41 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I started Ireland's most ambitious camera trap project in Wicklow as part of the Snapshot Europe initiative ☘️

Since 2021, I have partnered with UCD and ReWild Wicklow - deploying 150 camera traps, collecting ~400,000 photos, and ~31 years worth of survey effort.

2024's details and highlights 🧵👇

19.12.2024 20:24 — 👍 113    🔁 26    💬 5    📌 7

Absolutely - might just take a little longer for their genetics to catch up.

28.11.2024 13:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Last part of this site sampling session in the Southwest this week

Looking at Lesser Horseshoe Bats (micro)habitat use!

What's been done;

🟢 Static Detectors
🟢 DNA Metabarcoding (using faeces)
🟢 Invertebrate Sampling

(SM4-Bat from 2 weeks ago)

#LoveIrishResearch

26.11.2024 19:50 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Scottish pine martens are making a comeback, but their genetic recovery lags behind. Our new study explores why genetic diversity matters for their long-term survival. Read more here: rdcu.be/d1b1o #Conservation #Genetics #Wildlife Photo by Maurice Flynn, Waterford

23.11.2024 08:52 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1