Title : Forensic techniques monitor the effect of climate change on threatened mammal populations Title : Attendance of the North American Bat Research Symposium 2010 conference Title : Post-glacial colonisation & demographic history of Europe's lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) Title : The Impact of Ecological Niche Specialisation on the Evolution of Olfaction in Bats Title : Next Generation Sequencing Investigates the Evolution of Olfaction in Mammals Title : Molecular evolution of hearing in mammals Title : Conservation of the Whiskered Bat (Myotis Mystacinus) in Ireland Sponsor : National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) Title : A molecular investigation in mammalian vision Sponsor : Portuguese Ministry for Science Technology and Higher Education Title : The ecology and phylogeography of the whiskered bat in Ireland Title : Molecular evolution of olfactory receptors in mammals Title : Conservation and phylogeography of the endangered lesser horseshoe bat Sponsor : Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) Title : A comparative genomic investigation into the molecular mechanisms and evolution of sensory perception in mammals
Title : A Molecular Investigation into the Population Dynamics Conservation Status of the World's Smallest Mammal, Craseonycteris thonglongyai Sponsor : Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Title : Conservation and phylogeography of the lesser horseshoe bat Title : The evolution of Mammalian Olfaction Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) (5) Phylogenetic history, population structure and conservation status of Irish bats.
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(3) Untangling the drivers of sensory speciation. (2) Evolution of sensory perception in mammals and the implications for visual and auditory diseases. (1) Evolution of exceptional longevity in mammals. Finally, I investigate how species and populations transform in response to recent environmental changes and use genetic data to inform conservation management plans.Ĭurrent research projects running in my laboratory include: Furthermore, I use evolutionary analyses of whole genomes and targeted genes sequenced in divergent species to understand of the patterns of human disease mutations in many inherited visual and auditory diseases. I examine this variation using comparative genomics to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying morphological and physiological adaptation and to help annotate and explain our own genome. Mammals are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, with large differences in body size, life span, ecological adaptation, metabolic rate, behavior, reproduction and locomotion. in Zoology, 1st Class Honours, UCD, Ireland (1991-1995).įor the past 15 years I have investigated the evolutionary relationships among mammals both at the nucleotide and genomic level. Ireland and University of California, Riverside,Įdinburgh, Scotland and Cochrane Ecological Institute, Alberta, Canada National Cancer Institute, USA (2002-2005).