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Prof Charles Spillane B.Sc.,Grad.Dip.,Ph.D.
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Biography:
| Research Interests & Expertise Plant Genetics; Plant Biosciences; Plant Biotechnology. Genetics; Epigenetics; Agricultural Biotechnology; Science & Technology Policy (esp re Developing Countries). Research Experience & Employment 1/9/09 - Established Professor (Chair) of Plant Science; Head of Discipline of Botany & Plant Science; Director of Plant and AgriBiosciences Centre, NUI June 2003- Senior Lecturer (Scale B8) & Principal Investigator (SFI Investigator) heading plant genetics and biotechnology research group at University College Cork, 2000-2003 Research Fellow at 1999 - 2000 Research Fellow at Friedrich Miescher Institute, 1998-1999 Research Fellow at Delbruck Laboratory, 1997-1998 Plant Genetics/Biotech Consultant with Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 1995-1997 Plant Biotechnology & Genetic Resources Consultant with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 1990-1991 Postgraduate diploma in Management for Engineers and Scientists at Dept. of Management Studies, 1988-1995 Ph.D. research on plant molecular genetics with Dr. Tony Kavanagh, Genetics Dept, 1984-1988 B.Sc. (Biotechnology) Degree at Dept. of Biology, |
Research Interests
| Research expertise: Plant and agricultural molecular biosciences, genetics, epigenetics and biotechnology research Plant biotechnology & science/technology policy analysis & advice Science and Technology for Sustainable Development Research interests: Plant biotechnology Plant genetics Plant molecular biology Plant epigenetics Crop breeding Microalgal genetics & biotechnology Plants & Sustainable Development Plants and Human Nutrition Agricultural Biotechnology Food Biotechnology Plants & Human Health Plant Genetic Resources & AgroBiodiversity GM crops/food Bioenergy Plant science & technology policy |
Books
| Spillane C and McKeown PC (2012) Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics. Methods in Molecular Biology. Berlin: Springer Verlag. [Details] |
| Peter C. McKeown & Charles Spillane (2012) Epigenetic phenomena in plants: Understanding and Analysis. New York: Humana Press/Springer. [Details] |
| van Hintum ThJL., Brown AHD, Spillane C and Hodgkin T (2000) Core collections of Plant Genetic Resources. Rome: IPGRI. [Details] |
| Cooper DC, Spillane C, and Hodgkin T (2000) Broadening the Genetic Bases of Crop Production. Rome & Wallingford: IPGRI, FAO: Rome, CABI: Wallingford. [Details] |
| Thro AM and Spillane C (1999) Biotechnology assisted participatory plant breeding: Complement or contradiction?. Cali, Colombia: CGIAR/CIAT. [Details] |
| Spillane C, Engels J, Fassil F, Withers L, Gass T, and Cooper D (1999) Strengthening National Programmes for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: IPGRI. [Details] |
| Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (1997) The State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: FAO. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Peter C. McKeown, Klaudia M. Sikora and Charles Spillane (2012) 'Analysis of genomic imprinting by quantitative allele-specific expression by pyrosequencing' In: Epigenetic phenomena in plants: Understanding and Analysis. New York: Springer/Humana Inc. [Details] |
| Peter C. McKeown, Antoine Fort and Charles Spillane (2012) 'Imprinting and hybridity: an evolutionary overview' In: Z. J. Chen & J. Birchler. Unknown: 2012. [Details] |
| McKeown PC, Sikora K and Spillane C (2012) 'Pyrosequencing-based quantification of plant imprinting by QUASE' In: Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics. Berlin: Springer Verlag. [Details] |
| M, Suzuki M, Pascual M, Greally J and Spillane C (2012) 'HpaII tiny fragment enrichment by ligation-mediated PCR (HELP) tagged DNA methylation assay' In: Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics. Berlin: Springer Verlag. [Details] |
| McKeown PC, Fort A, Spillane C (2012) 'Genomic imprinting and hybridity' In: Hybrid and Polyploid Genomics. New York: John Wiley & Sons. [Details] |
| Kilcoyne M, Gerlach JQ, Spillane C, Joshi L (2010) 'Biotechnology Crops - Applications for Biopharmaceutical Production' In: Biotechnology Crops - Applications for Biopharmaceutical Production. Germany: Springer Series. [Details] |
| Gerlach J.Q., Kilcoyne M., McKeown P., Spillane C., and Joshi L (2009) 'Plant produced biopharmaceuticals' In: Development and Deployment of Transgenic Plants. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. [Details] |
| Gerlach JQ, Kilcoyne M, McKeown P, Spillane C and Joshi L (2009) 'Plant produced biopharmaceuticals' In: Biotech Plants: Development, Utilization and Deployment. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. [Details] |
| Garnier O, Laouielle S and Spillane C (2006) 'Genomic imprinting in plants' In: Genomic Imprinting. Georgetown, Texas: Landes Biosciences. [Details] |
| Spillane C and Doyle A (2004) 'Poverty alleviation, plant biotechnology and the CGIAR International Agricultural Research Centres' In: Handbook of Plant Biotechnology. Europe: Wiley Europe. [Details] |
| 48. Grossniklaus, U. Moore, J.M., Brukhin, V., Gheyselinck, J., Baskar, R., Vielle-Calzada, J-P., Baroux, C., Page, D.R., and Spillane, C. (2002) 'Engineering of apomixis in crop plants: what can we learn from sexual model systems?' In: Plant Biotechnology 2002 & Beyond. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. [Details] |
| Spillane C (2002) 'Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries: Proprietary Knowledge and Diffusion of Benefits' In: Biotechnology, Agriculture and the Developing World. Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. [Details] |
| Spillane C and Pinto Y (2001) 'Biosafety in agricultural biotechnology: Balancing social and environmental impacts' In: Economics of Managing Biotechnologies. Netherlands: Springer. [Details] |
| Spillane C, Vielle-Calzada J-P and Grossniklaus U (2000) 'Parent-of-origin effects and seed development: Genetics and epigenetics' In: Transgenic Plants and Crops. New York: Marcel-Dekker Inc. [Details] |
| Spillane C and Thro AM (2000) 'Farmer participatory research and pro-poor agricultural biotechnology' In: Den Ny Verden Vol 1. Copenhagen: Centre for Development Research. [Details] |
| Spillane C and Gepts P (2000) 'Evolutionary and genetic perspectives on the dynamics of crop genepools' In: Broadening the Genetic Bases of Crop Production. Wallingford: CABI. [Details] |
| Brown AHD and Spillane C (1999) 'Implementing core collections - principles, procedures, progress, problems and promise' In: Core Collections for Today and Tomorrow. Madisin, Wisconsin: Crop Science Society of America. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Kohler C, Wolff P and Spillane (2012) 'Epigenetic mechanisms underlying genomic imprinting in plants'. Annu Rev Plant Biol, . [Details] |
| Sikora KM, Magee DA, Berkowicz EW, Lonergan P, Evans AC, Carter F, Comte A, Waters SM, Machugh DE, Spillane C (2012) 'PHLDA2 is an imprinted gene in cattle'. Gene, 43 (5):587-590. [DOI] [Details] |
| Selcuklu SD, Donoghue MT, Kerin MJ, Spillane C (2012) 'Regulatory interplay between miR-21, JAG1 and 17beta-estradiol (E2) in breast cancer cells'. Biochem, 423 (2):234-239. [DOI] [Details] |
| Selcuklu SD, Donoghue MT, Rehmet K, de Souza Gomes M, Fort A, Kovvuru P, Muniyappa MK, Kerin MJ, Enright AJ, Spillane C (2012) 'MicroRNA-9 Inhibition of Cell Proliferation and Identification of Novel miR-9 Targets by Transcriptome Profiling in Breast Cancer Cells'. Journal Of Biological Chemistry, 287 (35):29516-29528. [DOI] [Details] |
| Juenger TE, Donoghue MT, Keshavaiah C, Tuteja R, Spillane C, O'Connell MJ, Doyle AM (2012) 'In Arabidopsis thaliana codon volatility scores reflect GC3 composition rather than selective pressure'. Notes, 5 (1). [DOI] [Details] |
| Selcuklu, SD,Donoghue, MTA,Kerin, MJ,Spillane, C (2012) 'Regulatory interplay between miR-21, JAG1 and 17beta-estradiol (E2) in breast cancer cells'. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications, 423 :234-239. [DOI] [Details] |
| Berkowicz, EW,Magee, DA,Berry, DP,Sikora, KM,Howard, DJ,Mullen, MP,Evans, RD,Spillane, C,MacHugh, DE (2012) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor gene (IGF2R) are associated with body size traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle'. Animal Genetics, 43 :81-87. [DOI] [Details] |
| Magee, D.A., Berry, D.P., Berkowicz, E.W., Sikora, K.M., Howard, D.J., Mullen, M.P., Evans, R.D., Spillane, C., and MacHugh, D.E. (2011) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the bovine DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain are associated with economically important production traits in cattle'. Journal Of Heredity, 102 :94-101. [DOI] [Details] |
| Simrat Kaur, Mohan C. Kalita, Ravi B. Srivastava and Charles Spillane (2011) 'Eco-physiological Barriers and Technological Advances for Biodiesel Production from Microalgae'. Biodiesel, . [Details] |
| Sikora, KM,Magee, DA,Berkowicz, EW,Berry, DP,Howard, DJ,Mullen, MP,Evans, RD,MacHugh, DE,Spillane, C (2011) 'DNA sequence polymorphisms within the bovine guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gs subunit alpha (Gs alpha)-encoding (GNAS) genomic imprinting domain are associated with performance traits'. BMC Genetics, 12 . [DOI] [Details] |
| Donoghue, MTA,Keshavaiah, C,Swamidatta, SH,Spillane, C (2011) 'Evolutionary origins of Brassicaceae specific genes in Arabidopsis thaliana'. Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 11 . [DOI] [Details] |
| Wolff, P,Weinhofer, I,Seguin, J,Roszak, P,Beisel, C,Donoghue, MTA,Spillane, C,Nordborg, M,Rehmsmeier, M,Kohler, C (2011) 'High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Arabidopsis Endosperm'. Plos Genetics, 7 . [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| McKeown, PC,Laouielle-Duprat, S,Prins, P,Wolff, P,Schmid, MW,Donoghue, MTA,Fort, A,Duszynska, D,Comte, A,Lao, NT,Wennblom, TJ,Smant, G,Kohler, C,Grossniklaus, U,Spillane, C (2011) 'Identification of imprinted genes subject to parent-of-origin specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds'. Bmc Plant Biology, 11 . [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Gomes, MD,Muniyappa, MK,Carvalho, SG,Guerra-Sa, R,Spillane, C (2011) 'Genome-wide identification of novel microRNAs and their target genes in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni'. Genomics, 98 :96-111. [DOI] [Details] |
| Girum Azmach, Mosisa Worku, Legesse Wolde, Wende Abera, Birhanu Tadesse, Tolera Keno, Temesgen Chibsa, Charles Spillane and Abebe Menkir (2011) 'Development of Improved Yellow Maize Germplasm in Ethiopia'. Proceedings Of The Third National Maize Workshop Of Ethiopia, :18-20. [Details] |
| Varshney RK, Chen W, Li Y, Bharti AK, Saxena RK, Schlueter JA, Donoghue MT, Azam S, Fan G, Whaley AM, Farmer AD, Sheridan J, Iwata A, Tuteja R, Penmetsa RV, Wu W, Upadhyaya HD, Yang SP, Shah T, Saxena KB, Michael T, McCombie WR, Yang B, Zhang G, Yang H, Wang J, Spillane C, Cook DR, May GD, Xu X, Jackson SA (2011) 'Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers'. Nature Biotechnology, 30 (1):83-89. [DOI] [Details] |
| Berkowicz, E.W., Magee, D.A., Sikora, K.M., Berry, D.P., Howard, D.J., Mullen, M.P., Evans, R.D., Spillane, C., and MacHugh, D.E. (2011) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms at the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) locus are associated with dairy performance in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle'. The Journal Of Dairy Research, 78 :1-8. [DOI] [Details] |
| O'Connell, MJ,Loughran, NB,Walsh, TA,Donoghue, MTA,Schmid, KJ,Spillane, C (2010) 'A phylogenetic approach to test for evidence of parental conflict or gene duplications associated with protein-encoding imprinted orthologous genes in placental mammals'. Mammalian Genome, 21 :486-498. [DOI] [Details] |
| Magee, DA,Berkowicz, EW,Sikora, KM,Sweeney, T,Kenny, DA,Kelly, AK,Evans, RD,Wickham, BW,Bradley, DG,Spillane, C,MacHugh, DE (2010) 'HIGH CONCORDANCE OF BOVINE SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM GENOTYPES GENERATED USING TWO INDEPENDENT GENOTYPING STRATEGIES'. Animal Biotechnology, 21 :257-262. [DOI] [Details] |
| Magee DA, Sikora KM, Berkowicz EW, Berry DP, Howard DJ, Mullen MP, Evans RD, Spillane C, MacHugh DE (2010) 'DNA sequence polymorphisms in a panel of eight candidate bovine imprinted genes and their association with performance traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle'. Bmc Genetics, 11 . [DOI] [Details] |
| Atanassov A, Gheysen G, Murphy DJ, Sanvido O, Schiemann J, Spillane C, Tuberosa R (2010) '1 out of 27-European politicians score poorly in agbiotech'. Nature Biotechnology, 28 (6):551-552. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morris SH and Spillane C (2010) 'EU GM Crop Regulation: A Road to Resolution or a Regulatory Roundabout?'. European Journal Of Risk Regulation, 4 :359-369. [Details] |
| Selcuklu SD, Donoghue MT, Spillane C (2009) 'miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes'. Biochemical Society Transactions, 37 (Pt 4):918-925. [DOI] [Details] |
| Schouest, K,Zitova, A,Spillane, C,Papkovsky, DB (2009) 'TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICALS USING CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS AND OPTICAL OXYGEN RESPIROMETRY'. Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry, 28 :791-799. [Details] |
| Tessadori, F,van Zanten, M,Pavlova, P,Clifton, R,Pontvianne, F,Snoek, LB,Millenaar, FF,Schulkes, RK,van Driel, R,Voesenek, LACJ,Spillane, C,Pikaard, CS,Fransz, P,Peeters, AJM (2009) 'PHYTOCHROME B and HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 Control Light-Induced Chromatin Compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana'. Plos Genetics, 5 . [DOI] [Details] |
| O’Brien M, Spillane C, Meade C, and Mullins E (2008) 'Impact of Arable Farming on Irish Biodiversity: A Scarcity of Studies Hinders a Rigorous Assessment'. Biology And Environment: Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, . [Details] |
| Garnier O, Laouielle-Duprat S, Spillane C (2008) 'Genomic imprinting in plants'. Adv Exp Med Biol, 626 :89-100. [Details] |
| Garnier O, Laoueille-Duprat S, Spillane C (2008) 'Genomic imprinting in plants'. Genetics, 3 (1):14-20. [Details] |
| Morris SH, Spillane C (2008) 'GM directive deficiencies in the European Union. The current framework for regulating GM crops in the EU weakens the precautionary principle as a policy tool'. Embo Reports, 9 (6):500-504. [DOI] [Details] |
| Selcuklu SD, Spillane C (2008) 'Translational epigenetics: clinical approaches to epigenome therapeutics for cancer'. Genetics, 3 (2):107-112. [Details] |
| Garnier, O,Laouielle-Duprat, S,Spillane, C (2008) 'Genomic imprinting in plants'. Advances In Tnf Family Research, 626 :89-100. [Details] |
| Nembaware, V,Lupindo, B,Schouest, K,Spillane, C,Scheffler, K,Seoighe, C (2008) 'Genome-wide survey of allele-specific splicing in humans'. BMC Genomics, 9 . [DOI] [Details] |
| Haun, WJ,Laoueille-Duprat, S,O'Connell, MJ,Spillane, C,Grossniklaus, U,Phillips, AR,Kaeppler, SM,Springer, NM (2007) 'Genomic imprinting, methylation and molecular evolution of maize Enhancer of zeste (Mez) homologs'. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 49 :325-337. [DOI] [Details] |
| Martin G, Schouest K, Kovvuru P, Spillane C (2007) 'Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes'. Journal of biosciences, 32 (6):1049-1052. [Details] |
| Spillane C, Schmid KJ, Laoueillé-Duprat S, Pien S, Escobar-Restrepo JM, Baroux C, Gagliardini V, Page DR, Wolfe KH, Grossniklaus U (2007) 'Positive darwinian selection at the imprinted MEDEA locus in plants'. Nature, 448 (7151):349-352. [DOI] [Details] |
| Fouhy, Y,Scanlon, K,Schouest, K,Spillane, C,Crossman, L,Avison, MB,Ryan, RP,Dow, JM (2007) 'Diffusible signal factor-dependent cell-cell signaling and virulence in the nosocomial pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia'. Journal Of Bacteriology, 189 :4964-4968. [DOI] [Details] |
| Collinge MA, Spillane C, Köhler C, Gheyselinck J, Grossniklaus U (2004) 'Genetic interaction of an origin recognition complex subunit and the Polycomb group gene MEDEA during seed development'. Plant Cell, 16 (4):1035-1046. [DOI] [Details] |
| Spillane C, Curtis MD, Grossniklaus U (2004) 'Apomixis technology development-virgin births in farmers' fields?'. Nature Biotechnology, 22 (6):687-691. [DOI] [Details] |
| Spillane C, Baroux C, Escobar-Restrepo JM, Page DR, Laoueille S, Grossniklaus U (2004) 'Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis'. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 69 :465-475. [DOI] [Details] |
| Kohler C, Hennig L, Spillane C, Pien S, Gruissem W, Grossniklaus U (2003) 'The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1'. Genes & Development, 17 (12):1540-1553. [DOI] [Details] |
| Baroux C, Spillane C, Grossniklaus U (2002) 'Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants'. Genome Biol, 3 (9). [Details] |
| Baroux C, Spillane C, Grossniklaus U (2002) 'Genomic imprinting during seed development'. Genetics, 46 :165-214. [Details] |
| Grossniklaus U, Spillane C, Page DR, Köhler C (2001) 'Genomic imprinting and seed development: endosperm formation with and without sex'. Current opinion in plant biology, 4 (1):21-27. [Details] |
| Spillane C, Vielle-Calzada JP, Grossniklaus U (2001) 'APO2001: A sexy apomixer in como'. Plant Cell, 13 (7):1480-1491. [Details] |
| Spillane C, MacDougall C, Stock C, Köhler C, Vielle-Calzada JP, Nunes SM, Grossniklaus U, Goodrich J (2000) 'Interaction of the Arabidopsis polycomb group proteins FIE and MEA mediates their common phenotypes'. Current Biology, 10 (23):1535-1538. [Details] |
| Vielle-Calzada JP, Thomas J, Spillane C, Coluccio A, Hoeppner MA, Grossniklaus U (1999) 'Maintenance of genomic imprinting at the Arabidopsis medea locus requires zygotic DDM1 activity'. Genes & Development, 13 (22):2971-2982. [Details] |
| Spillane C, Verchot J, Kavanagh TA, Baulcombe DC (1997) 'Concurrent suppression of virus replication and rescue of movement-defective virus in transgenic plants expressing the coat protein of potato virus X'. Virology, 236 (1):76-84. [DOI] [Details] |
Other Journals
| O’Mahony C & Spillane C (2004) 'Open-access publishers: Knowledge brokers in the electronic age' Irish Medical Times . [Details] |
| Spillane C (2000) 'Can agricultural biotechnology contribute to poverty alleviation?' AgBiotechNet . [Details] |
| Cooper HD, Spillane C, Anishetty M, Griffee P (1998) 'Promoting the identification, conservation and use of wild food plants for food and agriculture: the FAO Global Plan of Action' Cahiers Options Mediterraneenes 38 :1022-1379. [Details] |
| Gilbert J, Spillane C, Kavanagh TA and Baulcombe DC (1997) 'Elicitation of Rx-mediated resistance to PVX in potato does not require new RNA synthesis and may involve a latent hypersensitive response' Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 11 :833-835. [Details] |
| Cooper HD, Spillane C, Kermali I and Anishetty M (1996) 'Harnessing plant genetic resources for sustainable agriculture' Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 114 . [Details] |
| Kavanagh TA and Spillane C (1995) 'Strategies for engineering virus resistance in transgenic plants' Euphytica 85 :149-158. [Details] |
| Kavanagh TA and Spillane C (1992) 'Genes with your greens' Technology Ireland 24 :24-26. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Selcuklu, SD,Donoghue, MTA,Spillane, C (2009) BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes , pp.918-925 [DOI] [Details] |
| Spillane, C,Baroux, C,Escobar-Restrepo, JM,Page, DR,Laoueille, S,Grossniklaus, U (2004) COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis , pp.465-475 [Details] |
Published Reports
| Kaur S., McKeown P.C. and Spillane C. (2011) Assessment of biological barriers and R&D priorities for enhancement of microalgal strains for biorefinery applications. Enterprise Ireland Competence Centre for Biorefinery and Bioenergy Report, Dublin. [Details] |
| National Platform for Biodiversity Research (2007) Biodiversity Knowledge Programme for Ireland. EPA, Dublin. [Details] |
| Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) (2000) Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture. FAO, Rome. [Details] |
| Persley GJ, Spillane C, Eggen A, Lehn-Jenszen H, Chiono C, Wagner H and Hammond K (2000) Modern biotechnology and the management of animal genetic resources: policy issues. FAO, Rome. [Details] |
| Spillane C (1999) Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. FAO Inter-Governmental Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome. [Details] |
| FAO (1996) Draft Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. FAO, Rome. [Details] |
| FAO (1995) Recent International Developments of Relevance to the Draft Code of Conduct for Plant Biotechnology. FAO, Rome. [Details] |
| Department of Agriculture Ireland (1995) Country Report on the Status of Plant Genetic Resources in the Republic of Ireland. Department of Agriculture, Dublin. [Details] |
Editorial
| Martin, G,Schouest, K,Kovvuru, P,Spillane, C (2007) Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes. Editorial [Details] |
Reviews
| Garnier, O,Laoueille-Duprat, S,Spillane, C (2008) Genomic imprinting in plants. Reviews [Details] |
Working Paper
| Spillane C & O’Mahony C (2006) Plants for the Future in Ireland?”, Discussion document on EPSO/EUROPABIO national consultation on future of plant biotechnology in Ireland. Working Paper [Details] |
Conference Contributions
| Peter C. McKeown, Dorota Duszynska and Charles Spillane (2008) Apomixis and seed development for agriculture. [Poster Presentation], Agriculture and Biotechnology International Conference, University College Cork , 08-SEP-08 - 10-SEP-08. |
| Peter McKeown, Sylvia Laouille-Duprat, Pjotr Prins and Charles Spillane (2009) Imprinting in Arabidopsis. [Oral Presentation], Irish National Development Biology meeting, NUI Galway , 04-DEC-09 - 04-DEC-09. |
| Peter C. McKeown, Rachel Clifton, Dorota Duszynska and Charles Spillane (2009) Plant polyploid reproduction and phenotypes. [Chaired Session], Irish Plant Scientists Annual Meeting, Trinity College Dublin , 04-MAY-09 - 06-MAY-09. |
| Peter C. McKeown, Rachel Clifton and Charles Spillane (2009) Presentation of work relating to polyploid phenotypes and gene expression in Arabidopsis. [Oral Presentation], International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridisation, and Biodiversity, St. Malo , 04-MAY-09 - 06-MAY-10. |
| Peter C. McKeown, Sylvia Laouille-Duprat, Antoine Fort, Mark T.A. Donoghue, Pjotr Prins and Charles Spillane (2011) Identification of novel imprinted genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. [Oral Presentation], Irish Plant Scientists Annual Meeting, Queen's University Belfast , 02-MAY-11 - 03-MAY-11. |
| Peter C. McKeown, Dorota Duszynska, Thomas Juenger and Charles Spillane (2012) Reproductive effects in polyploid Arabidopsis. [Poster Presentation], International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridisation, and Biodiversity, Prague , 07-MAY-12 - 10-MAY-12. |
Teaching Interests
Topics
Modules 1st Year Undergraduate Botany and Plant Science 1st Year Biology Lectures
2nd Year Undergraduate Lecturers: Prof. Charles Spillane, Dr. Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington, Dr. Colin Kelleher (National Botanic Gardens) a) Plant Biosciences for Humanity: This BT209 module component provides an introduction to the major sustainable development challenges facing humanity to 2050 and the key role that plant sciences research will play in addressing such challenges. Topics covered include origins & evolution of seed plants, origins of agriculture and crop/animal husbandry, plant domestication genetics, plant genetic resources, human use of plants (economic botany & ethnobotany), plants & human health, introduction to plant genetics and plant variation, the plant-based biorefinery & bio-economy. The module component also contains an introduction to tree biology, the ecology and evolution of trees; trees and global biodiversity; modern methods in tree biology; an introduction to forestry; products derived from trees; understanding wood structure on macroscopic and microscopic scales. Laboratory-based practicals are supplemented by a scientific study visit to the plant research and exhibition facilities at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. b) Terrestrial Plant Ecology, Plant Diversity & the Environment: This BT209 module component provides an introduction to ecology, physiology, taxonomy, and environmental indicator and commercial value of key plant groups in a range of terrestrial environments. Important plant groups, including mosses, liverworts, ferns and seed plants, are treated in considerable detail and with reference to both Irish and north-west European floras. Laboratory-based practicals are supplemented by a 3-day residential field course based in the NUI, Galway Research Station in Carron, Burren, Co. Clare. 3rd Year Undergraduate BT311 (Plant & AgriBiosciences for Sustainable Development): 12 ECTS Credits. Taught in Semester I and II Lecturer: Prof Charles Spillane This module provides advanced training in plant and agri-biosciences (particularly genetics and biotechnology approaches) for addressing major sustainable development challenges facing society. The module will inform and update students of the mega-challenges humanity faces for ensuring provision of plant-derived food, fibre, fuel (energy), medicines, green chemicals and biomaterials to 2050. The module will focus on current sustainable development challenges facing Ireland, EU member states and particularly developing countries. Plant and agri-biosciences research approaches for sustainable development will be covered in depth and will include plant, forestry, livestock and microalgal genetics, molecular biology/genetics, cell and tissue culture, propagation biology, genetic engineering, chromosome biology, epigenetics, genomics, bioinformatics and synthetic biology. A major focus will be placed on plant and agri-biosciences research which levers solar-powered photosynthetic organisms to facilitate a societal transition to a more sustainable bio-based economy. Lectures will be complemented with lab practicals, field and study visits to research sites, visiting lectures and assigments for students to investigate and develop their own innovative approaches for applying biosciences research to addressing major sustainable development challenges. 4th Year UndergraduateBT433 (Plant Genetics & Biotechnology for Food and Livelihood Security, 6 ECTS) - Semester 1 & 2 Lecturer: Prof Charles Spillane This module provides advanced training in plant genetics, epigenetics and biotechnologies. Fundamental aspects of plant genetics will be covered including nuclear and extranuclear inheritance, epigenetics, plant developmental genetics, plant model organisms, comparative genetics, genomics, polyploidy, reproductive genetics, genetic engineering and mutagenesis techniques, chromosome engineering and synthetic biology. Applied aspects of the module will focus on plant genetics and biotechnology research currently underway to address major challenges facing society, with a particular focus on challenges facing food and nutritionally-insecure developing countries. BT432 (Current Topics in Plant Scienc e, 6 ECTS) - Semester 1 & 2 Lecturer: Prof. Charles Spillane This module provides students with training and state-of-the art knowledge on a range of current topics in plant science. Through a combination of lectures, seminar-series, workshops, career & entrepreneurship development training, field and study visits and didactic interaction with visiting researchers and scientists, students will gain exposure to plant science topics of direct relevance to real life issues and applications. This module will involve lectures and presentations from professional plant scientists working in industry, academic, research institutes and givernment organisations from Ireland and internationally. Students will have the opportunity to interact with a range of professional plant scientists. Postgraduate (PhD training)See: http://www.nuigalway.ie/spillanelab/welcome.html |