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Aoife M. Duff

@aoifeduff.bsky.social
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Soil microbiologist at Teagasc. Interested in microbial ecology, nutrient cycling, climate change, microbial adaptation to the environment, soil microbiome and nature

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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Big day for us yesterday with the opening of our new research facility at Johnstown Castle www.rte.ie/news/regiona... #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #WaterQuality #Climate
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New €12.7m research facility opens in Co Wexford
A new €12.7 million research facility that will focus on the environment and sustainability has officially opened in Co Wexford.
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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
If you do #qPCR on soils you might be interested in this paper led by @aoifeduff.bsky.social @femsmicro.org which shows the effect of mastermix, sample type, platform and gene target on the inhibition, precision and accuracy of quantification academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
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Counting soil microbial communities: the impact of qPCR platform and mastermix on accuracy and precision
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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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📣We're currently recruiting a soil biology postdoc interested in nutrient cycling in grassland systems at Teagasc Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland with @aaronfoxirl.bsky.social #TeagascJC Further details and link to apply topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job... closing date 13/02/2025
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
EU emissions down 7% in 2023, from 2022 ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/...
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EU greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 7% in 2023
In 2023, the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions by economic activities and households totalled 3.4 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents. This represents a 7% decrease compared with 2022 and 18% reduction comp...
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David Ullrich @davidullrich202.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Extreme heat may rapidly sap the ocean’s ability to absorb CO₂ The ocean carbon sink ― which removes about a quarter of our emissions from the atmosphere each year ― was much weaker than expected in 2023 www.newscientist.com/article/2459... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Extreme heat may rapidly sap the ocean’s ability to absorb CO2
The ocean carbon sink – which removes about a quarter of our emissions from the atmosphere each year – was much weaker than expected in 2023
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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
📣Join our team! We looking for a root microbiome and phenotyping technician to join our Roots2Resilience root2res.eu team @teagasc Wexford. Mixture of lab and fieldwork.Further details and application here topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job.... Closing date 2nd Jan. 🥔🦠🌱
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Eithne Browne @ebrowne.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
An exciting new opportunity for a root microbiome and phenotyping technician working with us in the @soilmicrobio.bsky.social group based in Teagasc Johnstown Castle. Please share 🌱 topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job...
image of a person holding a potato plant with washed roots
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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We've a 5 month Research officer role assessing the impact of management & climate on soil ecology available at Teagasc in Wexford, Ireland as part of the soilguard project. topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job... Deadline 22/11/24
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