Aoife M Duff
@AoifeDuff2
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Joined July 2013
Dig into soil health with GroundTruth! Teagasc is calling on students, teachers, farmers & communities to join a nationwide citizen science project in 2025. No science background needed—just curiosity! Express your interest now:
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New paper alert! Dive into our latest research, "Counting Soil Microbial Communities: The Impact of qPCR Platform and Mastermix on Accuracy and Precision", now published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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qPCR is used to measure soil microorganisms but can be affected by inhibitors, change in mastermix, and platform. This study measured precision and accurac
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Interested in soil ecology and microbiology? Have a look at this exciting new opportunity.
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Check our latest publication in Plant and Soil as part of the @MASTER_IA_H2020 with the key findings nicely summarised by @Soilmicrobio below:
Manipulation of sward diversity is a more effective management strategy than addition of microbial inoculants in intensively managed grassland https://t.co/FdS27651Gd. New paper led by @IsraelIkoyi as part of the @MASTER_IA_H2020 project. Key findings 1. Generally, there was no
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Calling all low-input & extensive #Grasslands farmers! Want to uncover the secrets of soil microbes & nutrient cycling on your farm? Join @KarlaBurke19 and @AaronFox_IRL research study in the heart of Ireland's West & South! #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Diversity #TeagascJC
Are you a low-input or extensive #Grasslands farmer? Would you be interested in taking part in a study on how microbes cycle nutrients in your soil? Keen on hearing from the farmers in west and south of Ireland. Please get in touch🙂@teagasc
#loveirishresearch #TeagascJC
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Are you a low-input or extensive #Grasslands farmer? Would you be interested in taking part in a study on how microbes cycle nutrients in your soil? Keen on hearing from the farmers in west and south of Ireland. Please get in touch🙂@teagasc
#loveirishresearch #TeagascJC
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Delighted to be part of the Teagasc Johnstown castle research team and contributing research to this area ! https://t.co/32nvzFQQL8
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Interested in soil microbiology? 4 year PhD opportunity available with us at #TeagascJC in Wexford Ireland and #UL funded under the SFI - IRC Pathway Programme. https://t.co/ba4hckD65V. Deadline 9th October! @akschmalen @Soilmicrobio
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The Dream Team! Photo of the @MASTER_IA_H2020 team at our final consortium meeting in Malaga. Too many people to tag everyone but a particular thank you to David Yanez and his team and @mairead_coakley for organising this week’s event
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~1cm 🌊rise every 2 years now... (...and increasing). #sealevel #climatechange
Global sea level rise and its accelerating rate... 🌊 First update now in for 2023 from https://t.co/dRrTIxkkIH.
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A story of success. Land restoration of the Loess Plateau (China), an area of fertile #soils, rich in #human history & great civilisations… #agriculture #SoilHealth
The Loess plateau was the cradle of the Chinese civilization and sustained vibrant agriculture for thousands of years. By the 20th century, overgrazing, deforestation, and the ensuing cycle of drought and erosion reshaped this once-fertile land into a desolate dust bowl.
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It’s April. #JustStopOil
Huge plumes of smoke were seen on both sides of Spain's border with France due to wildfires. Trains and roads connecting both countries were shut
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What is the global biomass of wild mammals relative to humans and our livestock? This paper by @GreenspoonLior et al. offers an 😮 answer https://t.co/kvDsZRPxl0 Land ≈20 million tonnes (Mt) (95% CI 13-38 Mt) Ocean ≈40 Mt (95% CI 20-80 Mt) Livestock ≈630 Mt Humans ≈390 Mt
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We've a 43 month Research officer role now available @teagasc in Wexford, Ireland #TeagascJC on @Root2Res focusing on how crop genetics control root and rhizosphere microbiomes & their resilience to climate stress. Join our team 🤗 https://t.co/TS1sm6oxGj. Appreciate RT.
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The chip on the left that looks like there a is a number of different cells and hyphae is the grassland and unfortunately the one on the right which looks like a desert is the ploughed field!!!
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What an amazing talk by Edith Hammer ! -Looking at soil microbes on a microchip, guess which chip is the ploughed field vs grassland???
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Great to speak at #GSB2023 in UCD today, I really enjoyed the session, looking forward to the next few days.
@AoifeDuff2 @teagasc speaking about the impact of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil microbial communities in grasslands #GSB2023
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