Forum on Biodiversity 23rd June 2017

Dr. Jim CarolanMaynooth University

Establishing a Pollinator Research Network for Ireland

Forum on Biodiversity 23rd June 2017

Irish Pollinator Research Network

IPRNmission

Connecting Researchers

Practical Research

Publicise

Public Engagement

IPRN-Connecting Irish Researchers

Share ExpertiseMeetings

Pool resources

IPRN

Connecting Researchers

Practical Research

Publicise

Public Engagement

Numerous researchers and students from 4 Institutions

Dr. Jim CarolanDr. Dara Stanley

Prof. Jane Stout

Dr. Blánaid White

IPRN-Practical and Important Research

IPRN

Connecting Researchers

Practical Research

Publicise

Public Engagement

IndividualsNutrition, behaviour, health, fitness

PopulationsPopulation size, density, growth rates…

CommunitiesSpecies richness, diversity, community composition, interaction networks

LandscapesComposition, configuration, connectivity

Evidence based Risk Assessment

AIPP progress

Policy development

1. Creating pollinator friendly habitats

2. Raising awareness

3. Supporting beekeepers & growers

4. Expanding knowledge

5. Tracking changes

www.biodiversityireland.ie/pollinator-plan

IPRN-Publicise Irish Pollinator Research

IPRN

Connecting Researchers

Practical Research

Publicise

Public Engagement

IPRN-Outreach and public engagementPublic contact points

Provide expertise to local communitiesregarding the AIPP

Develop Biodiversity Programmes and Initiatives for our Universities

Pollination Research at TCD

Professor Jane StoutDepartment of Botany,School of Natural Sciences,Trinity College Dublin

For more info see: https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/staff/stout/index.php

stoutj@tcd.ie@JaneCStout

IndividualsNutrition, behaviour, health, fitness

PopulationsPopulation size, density, growth rates…

CommunitiesSpecies richness, diversity, community composition, interaction networks

LandscapesComposition, configuration, connectivity

Addressing challengesat a range of scales

Sarah Gabel Impacts pesticides on hoverflies

Dr Laura RussoImpacts of chemicals on interactions

Saorla KavanaghHoney chemistry in relation to land use

Dr Aoife DelaneySustainable sheapollination in West Africa

Fergus ChadwickPollen foraging in urban landscapes

Pollination Research at TCD

Finding Solutions: recognising value, changing policy and behaviour

Dr James MurphyMarket and non market values of pollination

Super B Working GroupRole of pollinators for medicinal and symbolic plants

Hannah HamiltonBusiness drivers for biodiversity action

Natural CapitalLinking the economy & nature for a sustainable

future

H2020 project on nature-based solutions

Pollination Research at TCD

Stanley Ecology lab • Botany & Plant Science, Ryan

Institute

Ecology of plants, pollinators and interactions between them

For more info see: www.darastanley.wix.com/ecology

Dr. Dara StanleyLecturer in Plant EcologyDepartment of Botany & Plant Science Ryan Institute,NUI Galway

Pollination at NUI Galway

Pollination research interests

• Impacts of pesticide use on bee behaviour and pollination

• Plants and pollinators in agriculture• Crop pollination• Agricultural management and pollination• Agri-environment schemes

• Results based agri-environment schemes and pollinators• Burren & Leitrim• Michelle Larkin (PhD student), Emmeline Cosnett (intern),

Laura McEntegart (4th yr student)

For more info see: www.darastanley.wix.com/ecology

Current pollination projects

• Plant-pollinator interaction networks in biodiversity hotspots

• Eva Crane Trust pollen reference collection of Burren plants• Fergus Chadwick (intern)

• Campus pollinators and management• Kate Greaney (4th yr student)

For more info see: www.darastanley.wix.com/ecology

Pollinator Research at DCU

Dr. Blánaid WhiteSchool of Chemical SciencesNational Centre for Sensor Research & DCU Water InstituteDublin City University

For more info see: www.dcu.ie/chemistry/people/blanaid-white

Does landscape structure impact the nutritional value of Irish honey?

Blanaid.white@dcu.ie

@blanaidwhitedcu

Sarah Gabel Impacts pesticides on hoverflies

Saorla KavanaghHoney chemistry in relation to land use

Related PhD Projects

Rebecca MarkeyJessica Gunnoo

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Pollinator Research at DCU

HoneyBioactive compounds

antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti carcinogenic

Polyphenols:FlavonoidsPhenolic acids

Characterisation:

physiochemical parameters

bioactive constituents

anthropogenic constituents

Pollinator Research at DCU

Total Phenolic Content Land cover

Pollinator Research at DCU

Environmental Proteomics Laboratory

Jim Carolan @CrawliOmics Carolan Lab

Collaborators: Prof Jane Stout TCD School of Natural SciencesProf Mark Brown Royal Holloway London

Dr. Joe Colgan Queen Mary University London

Dearbhlaith Larkin

Felipe Guapo

Pollinator Research at Maynooth

Dearbhlaith Larkin

Pollinator Research at Maynooth

Pesticides

Carolan Lab

Characterised response to infectionsNew aspects to the immune system

Pesticide effects on metabolism

Pollinator Research at Maynooth

Investigating pesticide effects on bee physiology and brain proteome

Felipe Guapo

Pollinator Research at Maynooth

Investigating pesticide effects on bee physiology and brain proteome

Felipe Guapo

Major changes in brain molecular profileInhibition of neuron functionsExplains behavioural and navigation issues

Pollinator Research at Maynooth

Collaborators: Dr Mary Coffey TeagascOak Park Research CentreDr. Carla Surlis Teagasc

Professor Kevin KavanaghMedical Mycology LabMaynooth University

Investigating the effect of parasitizationby Varroa destructor on worker and drone Apis mellifera

Worker Control

Worker ParasitisedDrone Control

Drone Parasitised

IPRN-Not an exclusive group!

Questions?Jim Carolan @CrawliOmics

Carolan Lab