O'Flaherty Lab

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!

A busy summer of conferences for the lab!

➡️ Slurry additive to cut slurry methane emissions by 80% (+locks in nutrients, cuts odour & reduces gas safety hazard) ~ farm roll out 2024 ➡️ Feed pellet to cut bovine methane by 30% (also improves performance) ~ roll out from 2024/25 Costs & detail to come @farmersjournal

(1) The @farmersjournal in #Galway today to meet with @glasport_bio team at @uniofgalway & on dairy farm of John Finn, Oranmore Trials, approvals & roll outs look promising for 2 methane-cutting products ⬇️

A nice wrap to 2022. Got my first paper published, investigating the effects of various brown and green seaweeds on methane emissions in vitro frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…. (1/4)

⌛️😱! Last 5 days before the deadline (31/01/2023) for abstract submission 7isebe.sciencesconf.org Thanks to all the partners @imbe_marseille @MIOceanologie @LBE_INRAE @cerege_officiel @LPED151 @IMI_amu @ird_fr @univamu @INEE_CNRS @labodeep @microbeelectric @voflab @ietsbio3 etc.

Dear network, our best wishes for this new year! The organization of the 7ISEBE informs you that you still have time until the 31/01/2023 to submit your work to the congress that will take place in May in Marseille. 7isebe.sciencesconf.org Last opportunity 👏😊⏰!

Planning your next #amplicon #sequencing dataset?? Check our our hot-off-the-press review to take your data Beyond Basic Diversity Analysis!! mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/1…

We've told ya once that #VFAs are the future of a circular #bioeconomy, and now we've said it again :) Check out our new article hot off the press in @Ferment_MDPI!! mdpi.com/1818248

Proud to announce that the VOF lab is now officially Green Lab Certified!!! Find out more from @My_Green_Lab, or reach out to @carolineod93 and @FabianaMariaCo3 who made it all happen for us :) Let's Go Green!!

As the world’s population grows, how do we increase food production, reduce greenhouse gas emissions & manage waste, all at once? At the Microbial Ecology Laboratory #NUI Galway, researchers are discovering how. @voflab @phosphorus_ie @Ryaninstitute bit.ly/3RQJGRj

Curious about what's happening at the VOF lab these days?? Vincent and Anna have just been featured in the #NUIGalway University magazine on how we use "Mighty Microbes" to make Irish #agriculture and waste treatment more #sustainable. Check it out! impact.nuigalway.ie/news/mighty-mi…

Mighty Microbes – Making Irish Agriculture More Sustainable impact.nuigalway.ie/news/mighty-mi…

Have you ever presented a poster in a field?? @carolineod93 has!! Check out her work on methane abatement from agricultural ruminants 🐄🐑

Thanks @LutRaskin and @microbesmith for throwing a great #AD17 conference and an even greater party!! ❤️the Galway team :)

Prof VOF is back and has promised anyone at #AD17 a pint if they can tell him what these biofilms are :)

Optimizing VFA production with @CNzeteu at #AD17

Interested in VFA production?? Come chat to @FabianaMariaCo3 about her research during the poster session today at #AD17 :)

Trust Anna to drop some serious microbiology on these engineers at #AD17

It's workshop time at #AD17!! Prof O'Flaherty is on a roll!!