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Dr Niamh O'Dowd
| Name: | Dr Niamh O'Dowd |
|---|---|
| Phone Number | 8003 |
| Room: | Invent |
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| Work Area: | Special Projects Research Officer |
Dr Niamh O'Dowd
Biographical Details:
Niamh obtained her PhD in 1991 from Trinity College Dublin in the area of plant secondary metabolites. In 2001 she became a Scientific Programme Officer with Science Foundation Ireland. In 2007 she joined the Office of the Vice-President for Research at DCU where she co-ordinated the PRTLI Cycle 4 and 5 bids.
Research Interests:
Responsible for Research Assessment and Reporting; Institutional proposals; HEA (PRTLI, LIRE, RFES, Equipment, ERDF procedures); Forfas (HERD, Research Prioritization); Irish Aid; DCU-RCSI-NUIM Translational Research Hub (TRH); National Research Data Project (iResearch), FP7 Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production technologies (NMP); Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology (FAFB); Environment, socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities (SESH), Security and ENIAC. Point of Contact for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Selected Peer Reviewed Journals
- O'Dowd NA, Richardson DHS. 1994. Production of tumors and roots by Ephedra following Agrobacterium rhizogenes infection. Canadian Journal Of Botany, 72, 2, pp203-207.
- O'Dowd NA, Richardson DHS. 1993. In vitro organogenesis of Ephedra. Phytomorphology, 43, 1-2, pp19-24.
- O'Dowd NA, Canny MJ. 1993. A simple method for locating the start of symplastic water-flow (flumes) in leaves. New Phytologist, 125, 4, pp743-748.
- O'Dowd NA, Richardson DHS. 1993. In-vitro micropropagation of Ephedra. Journal Of Horticultural Science, 68, 6, pp1013-1020.
- O'Dowd NA, McCauley PG, Richardson DHS, Wilson G. 1993. Callus production, suspension-culture and in-vitro alkaloid yields of Ephedra. Plant Cell Tissue And Organ Culture, 34, 2, pp149-155.
Selected Books
- Brennan, Fiona; O'Dowd, Niamh. Research Support - The Way Forward, Dublin City University, 2011.
- O'Dowd NA. The Improvement of Irish Birch. Phase 1: Selection of Individuals and Populations, COFORD, 2004.
Selected Chapters
- O'Dowd NA, McCauley PG, Wilson G, Parnell JAN, Kavanagh TAK, McConnell DJ. 1998. Ephedra species: In vitro culture, micropropagation and the production of ephedrine and other alkaloids. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants X (Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry)
