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David MacHugh

David Machugh

Working Group 2 Vice Leader
University College Dublin, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science Agriculture and Food Science Centre
Ireland
"Full Professor of Functional Genomics, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science (SAFS) and UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin. His expertise is in functional genomics and systems biology of host-pathogen interactions in domestic animals with a specific focus on diseases caused by mycobacterial infections; particularly, bovine tuberculosis caused by infection with Mycobacterium bovis and Johne's disease in cattle caused by infection with M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Epigenomics of economically important traits in livestock. Evolutionary origins and population genomics of domestic cattle. Palaeogenomics of domestic livestock and their wild ancestors. Genome mapping in domestic animal species. Equine physiological genomics for performance and health traits. Application of genomics to commercial animal breeding and food production. Several national and international projects on livestock genomics."