Ireland: Participants in COST Action 850

Ann BURNELL Nematode Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Tel: 00353-1-7083840 Fax: 00353-1-7083845 E-mail: ann.burnell@may.ie

Main research activities related to EPNs:
1. Molecular genetics and genomics of EPN.
2. Gene expression during EPN dauer juvenile recovery.
3. Functional genomics of anhydrobiosis in nematodes.
4. The molecular genetics of longevity phenotypes in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Martin DOWNES Ecology Laboratory Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Tel: 00353-1-7083837 Fax: 00353-1-7083845 E-mail: martin.downes@may.ie

Main research activities related to EPNs:
1. Fundamental and applied aspects of biological control of pest and pathogen populations.
2. Studies in how genetic and geographic biotype boundaries are created and maintained.
3. Identification of components of ecological competence which are important in the success of EPN.

Christine GRIFFIN Environmental Physiology and Behaviour Laboratory, Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Tel: 00353-1-7083841 Fax: 00353-1-7083845 E-mail: Christine.Griffin@may.ie

Main research activities related to EPNs:
1. Survival and infection strategies of EPN.
2. Development and utilization of EPN as biological control agents.
3. Pest species currently targeted include pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) in reforestation, black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) in soft fruits, sciarid and phorid flies in mushroom cultivation.

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