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The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary research team at Teagasc Food Research Centre Ashtown, investigating strategies to improve the quality and safety of horticultural production systems as part of the HortAssure project.

The candidate will be primarily based in the Food Safety Department but will also work with the Horticultural Development Department and ...

The successful candidate will have proven microbiology/cell biology experience and expertise, ideally with preparation of samples for high throughput sequencing.

The successful candidate would need to have exceptional laboratory abilities, a strong background in molecular biology, be a good communicator with a capacity to organise, manage and prioritise workload.

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The genetic improvement of forages plays a major role in the enhancement of agricultural systems.

In the past, forage breeding has focused mainly on improving animal production potential but now climate change mitigation and reducing the environmental impacts of farming are equally important.

Balancing animal production targets against the need for more sustainable produ...

The successful appointee will support the research programme in the area of dairy calf-to-beef production systems which will include the delivery of the research programme as outlined in the Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre (AGRIC) research programme, as well as contributing to the writing of research proposals and grant applications.

Duties will include g...

To develop, lead and implement a state of the art research programme in the production of suckler beef cattle with particular focus on the following:

Genetic and nutritional factors influencing the productivity of suckler beef cattle.

Increasing animal performance and efficiency from both grazed and conserved forages

Impact of both genetics and nutrition on environme...

The successful appointee will develop, lead and implement a research programme in the area of dairy-beef production systems with particular focus on the following:

Profitable pasture based dairy-beef production systems with reduced animal- and systems-level GHG emissions

Reducing the national slaughter age of beef cattle in pasture based dairy-beef systems through improv...

The successful candidate will be employed to work on the DairyMix project.

This is an is an ERA-NET funded project with partners from eight partner countries and aims to investigate sustainability of mixed dairy and arable production systems.

The role will focus on 1) analysis of farm level data such as calculation of environmental indicators collected on case study fa...

The newly appointed Operations Manager will play a central role in driving the success and sustainability of the Teagasc Climate Centre.

A knowledge of scientific/agricultural concepts, principles, practices and methods used to conduct climate research are required for this post. In association with the Head of the Climate Centre, the functions of the post will include:

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