The VistaMilk Podcast
VistaMilk SFI Research Centre is focused on innovative pasture-based dairying and is co-funded by Science Foundation Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. During the course of this podcast series, we will introduce you to some of our fantastic researchers and the work they do here at the centre.
Episodes
22 episodes
Search for the Supercow
Dr Maeve Williams, a post-doctoral researcher with Teagasc, joins the pod to talk about her research into cow genetics and identifying traits which can help breed more productive, healthier cows. Some might even call it the search for the Irish...
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36:25
Dairy Designed for Health
Prof Paul Cotter, Head of Food Biosciences at Teagasc, joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about his work – including fermented dairy products and their health benefits, mapping the microbiome of milk to understand how better to use it for gut he...
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36:36
Growing Better Milk
Jeremy Probert is joined by VistaMilk PhD researcher Renata Kostovska to talk about swards – and how including different plants, which require less fertiliser, alongside traditional rye grass in pasture can benefit the quantity and quality of m...
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32:55
Sustainability Standards
Host Jeremy Probert talks to Keeley McGarr-O’Brien, a Walsh Scholar at Teagasc, about her VistaMilk-funded work to develop a better understanding of dairy sector sustainability standards and how they might be improved.
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32:45
Measuring Methane
Teagasc Research Officer Dr Ben Lahart joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about his recently-published research, which suggests that the amount of methane emitted by Irish cows is significantly less than previously believed.
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24:09
Solving The World’s Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle
VistaMilk PhD researcher Rose Edwin joins host Jeremy Probert to discuss her work profiling Irish soil and its implications for soil fertility, plant growth, environmental sustainability, and human health. Rose's goal is to map the microbiome o...
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33:00
Wireless Comms for Cows
Nadeem Rather, a PhD researcher at Tyndall Institute in Cork, joins the pod to talk about his work developing of a completely new material that will allow the transmission of data without any electronics or batteries – and its implications for ...
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30:59
Grassroots of Sustainability
Dr Elodie Ruelle, Research Officer with Vistamilk, joins podcast host Jeremy Probert to talk about grass growth, grass modelling, and getting to the grassroots of the sustainability issue.
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34:03
Rise of The Bionanomachines
Host Jeremy Probert is joined by Dr Lee Coffey, Jennifer Drohan, and Dr Daniel Martins to talk about how the development of bionanomachines which use living bacteria to deliver molecular communications could benefit the health of animals and, p...
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33:22
Secrets of The Soil
Host Jeremy Probert is joined by Alan O’Riordan and Han Shao to talk about nitrates sensors.
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32:40
The Colour of Health
Jeremy from 4TC interviews Alfonso Prado-Cabrero and John Nolan from NRCI about the research they are conducting on carotenoids and lutein as supplements in yoghurt and the potential health benefits of these.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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44:49
Soil from Space
VistaMilk PhD student, Rumia Basu talks about how satellites are used to monitor our soils
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27:37
VistaMilk director, Donagh Berry talks about ‘Tinder for Cows’
4TC's Jeremy Probert interviews VistaMilk director, Donagh Berry, on how ‘Tinder for Cows’ matchmaking service is helping Irish dairy farmers increase performance and reduce each cow’s environmental hoofprint.
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35:31
VistaMilk interviews Dr. Deirdre Hennessy, VistaMilk Funded Investigator and Senior Research Officer at Teagasc
During this episode of the VistaMilk podcast, Dr. Deirdre Hennessy, VistaMilk Funded Investigator and Senior Research Officer at Teagasc, is interviewed by Jeremy Probert of 4TC Communications. Deirdre speaks about the importance of clove...
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36:19
Behind the Science at VistaMilk with PhD student Md Ridwan Adib at Tyndall National Institute
During this episode of "Behind the Science at VistaMilk”, Education and Public Engagement Manager, Eimear Ferguson, speaks with Md Ridwan Adib about his work as a PhD student working in sensor development at Tyndall National Institute. Ad...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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21:45
Behind the Science at VistaMilk with PhD student Ana Claudia Ferreira at Tyndall National Institute.
During this episode of "Behind the Science at VistaMilk”, Education and Public Engagement Manager, Eimear Ferguson, speaks with Ana Claudia Ferreira about his work as a PhD student working in sensor development at Tyndall National Institute. Cl...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:38
Behind the Science at VistaMilk with PhD student Zhongzheng Wang at Tyndall National Institute.
During this episode of "Behind the Science at VistaMilk”, Education and Public Engagement Manager, Eimear Ferguson, speaks with Zhongzheng Wang about his work as a PhD student working in sensor development at Tyndall National Institute. Zhongzh...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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15:43
VistaMilk Interviews Kay O’Connell, in-service training specialist at Teagasc
During this fifth episode of The VistaMilk Podcast, VistaMilk site manager at Teagasc, Elizabeth Walsh, speaks with Kay O’Connell, in-service training specialist. Kay discusses the importance of women taking up leadership roles and how th...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:58
VistaMilk interviews Professor Marian Scott, Scottish Statistician, Author and Academic
During this third episode of the VistaMilk podcast, our Education and Public Engagement manager, Eimear Ferguson, speaks with Professor Marian Scott, Scottish statistician, Author Academic and member of the VistaMilk Scientific Advisory Committ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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24:39
VistaMilk interviews Professor Orla Feely, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact at University College Dublin
During this episode of the VistaMilk podcast, VistaMilk Phd student at Tyndall National Institute, Claudia Ferreira speaks with Professor Orla Feely, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact and Professor of Electronic Engineeri...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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24:25
VistaMilk interviews Hannah Mulligan Quinn at Tory Hill Farm
During this second episode of the VistaMilk podcast, our Education and Public Engagement manager, Eimear Ferguson, speaks with Hannah Mulligan Quinn, farmer and farmer advocate about her career to date and how important it is for men and women ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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18:11
VistaMilk interviews Dr. Eva Lewis, Head of the Food Innovation Team at Devenish
During this first episode the VistaMilk podcast, VistaMilk site manager at Teagasc, Elizabeth Walsh speaks with Dr. Eva Lewis, Head of the Food Innovation Team at Devenish, about her career to date and why she thinks we should take a moment to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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25:58